Lucas Ropek

Staff Reporter

Lucas Ropek was previously a staff writer at Gizmodo covering cybersecurity, artificial intelligence, and cryptocurrency.

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Amazon Rolls Out New AI Tool to Help You Decide What to Buy

The Great Mental Outsourcing continues.

Artificial Intelligence Lucas Ropek Oct 23

Smart Glasses from Meta.

A Quick $60 Dollar Mod Will Let Creeps Evade Meta Ray-Bans’ Privacy Protections

Creeps of the world, rejoice.

Gadgets Lucas Ropek Oct 23

Tech Billionaires’ Project to Build a New City in California is Primed for a Comeback

Can California Forever pull it off?

Tech News Lucas Ropek Oct 23

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Democrats Will Launch a ‘Master ICE Tracker’ to Monitor Misconduct

It's a little bit unclear what the tracker will look like, but it'll apparently become available in the next few weeks.

Politics Lucas Ropek Oct 22

Eight Sleep Pod 5 Product In Bedroom Full System

The AWS Outage Borked People’s Pricey ‘Smartbeds’

Eight Sleep staff undoubtedly endured a sleepless night as the impact of the AWS outage spread to its neck of the woods.

Internet Lucas Ropek Oct 22

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei.

Anthropic Wants to Get the White House Off Its Back

Anthropic wants you to know it's not pushing for “woke AI."

Tech News Lucas Ropek Oct 22

The Wayback Machine’s Snapshotting Operations Are Undergoing a ‘Breakdown’

It's unclear what's causing the coverage shortage.

Tech News Lucas Ropek Oct 22

David Zaslav standing in front of a sign reading Max

Your HBO Max Is Getting a Price Hike Again

Here we go again.

Culture Lucas Ropek Oct 21

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Google’s New York Offices Reportedly Developed a Bug Problem (and Not the Software Kind)

The tech company needs a literal de-bugger.

Tech News Lucas Ropek Oct 21

A Tribute To Brian Wilson At The Granada Theatre

Kenny Loggins Doesn’t Want Any Part of Trump’s ‘No Kings’ ‘Poop’ Video

The "Danger Zone" singer is not amused.

Culture Lucas Ropek Oct 20

Federal agents, including members of the Department of Homeland Security, the Border Patrol, and police officers, attempt to keep protesters back outside a downtown U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facility on October 06, 2025 in Portland, Oregon.

DHS Asks OpenAI to Unmask User Behind ChatGPT Prompts, Possibly the First Such Case

ChatGPT conversations are being probed as part of a child abuse case, a report says.

Artificial Intelligence Lucas Ropek Oct 20

Marc Benioff speaking into a microphone

Salesforce Billionaire Marc Benioff Apologizes for Suggesting National Guard Should Activate in San Francisco

Benioff said he made the comments out of "an abundance of caution."

Tech News Lucas Ropek Oct 18

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CNN Is Trying to Sell a Streaming Service Again (Only More Expensive This Time)

Giving the Quibi of news one more try.

Culture Lucas Ropek Oct 17

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Miami Has a New Cop on the Beat: A Drone-Launching Police Car That Can Drive Itself

We're headed towards a real life Robocop.

Crime Lucas Ropek Oct 17

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The Electric Bill Is Too Damn High, and Both Sides Agree: It’s the Local Data Center’s Fault

Is AI making your utility bill explode?

Artificial Intelligence Lucas Ropek Oct 15

Ohio Lawmaker Wants to Ban Marriage Between Humans and AI Chatbots

Love should stay between a human and a human, according to one Ohio legislator.

Tech News Lucas Ropek Oct 14

Gavin Newsom Seeks to Rein in the AI Wild West

From chatbot guardrails to social media warning labels, California Governor Gavin Newsom has signed into law a bevy of new AI regulations

Tech News Lucas Ropek Oct 14

OpenAI Will Stop Saving Users’ Deleted Posts

ChatGPT chat logs have the right to disappear again.

Artificial Intelligence Lucas Ropek Oct 11

Creepy Israeli Spyware Vendor NSO Group Reportedly Sells to U.S. Company at the Worst Possible Time

Journalists beware.

Privacy & Security Lucas Ropek Oct 10

Peter Thiel speaks at The Cambridge Union on May 08, 2024 in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire.

Peter Thiel Thinks the Antichrist Is ‘Someone Like’ This AI Doomer That He Funded

Amidst his bizarre new proselytizing, the Palantir founder is pointing the finger at a former colleague.

Tech News Lucas Ropek Oct 10

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