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twitter Brazilian court orders block on Twitter after it refuses to appoint a legal agent there Rob Beschizza

privacy Meta to pay $1.4bn for unauthorized facial scans of Texas Facebook users Rob Beschizza

News Bad dad Elon Musk blames a "woke mind virus" instead of himself Jason Weisberger

music Universal Music Group partners with AI voice-cloning company Thom Dunn

photography Photographer wins AI image contest with a real photograph and is then disqualified when the truth is discovered Jennifer Sandlin

gadgets 8BitDo M Edition: a modern mechanical keyboard reminiscent of IBM's famed Model M Rob Beschizza

science fiction "Big Germs" — short fiction by Rudy Rucker Boing Boing

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News First major AI music video divides fans: "creepy" or "artistic leap"? Mark Frauenfelder

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politics Maybe Parliament's honeytrap scandal shows Westminster has simply fallen below the ambient stupidity threshold where that sort of scam thrives Rob Beschizza

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the party of chaos GOP strategist says it's obvious why the party keeps losing: A "rapist" runs the show Carla Sinclair

books Excerpts from"Mary Tyler MooreHawk," Dave Baker's post-modern mystery and pop culture love letter Gareth Branwyn

hacking 23andMe to hacking victims: it's your fault because you reused passwords Natalie Dressed

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