14 hrs agoThe College Board Tells TikTok and Facebook Your SAT ScoresGizmodo’s tests found the higher-ed gatekeeper shares GPAs, SAT scores, and other data with big tech.ByThomas GermainPublishedAugust 25, 2023
8/24/23Driverless Cars Are Worse at Spotting Kids and Dark-Skinned People, Study SaysNew research shows driverless car software is significantly more accurate with adults and light skinned people than…ByThomas GermainUpdatedYesterday
8/24/23Now playing This Giant Company Owns Almost Every Dating AppThe company Match Group made $3.2 billion dollars from all their dating apps last year.PublishedAugust 24, 2023
8/21/23'Benefits of Slavery:' Google's AI Search Gives Ridiculous and Wrong AnswersGoogle's AI-powered Search Generative Experience is happy to list the advantages of genocide and provide cooking…ByThomas GermainUpdatedTuesday 10:16PM
8/21/23‘I Was Shadowbanned:’ How Hinge's Algorithm Decides Who You DateSome dating app users say manipulative algorithms suppress the good matches. When tech companies run romance, the…ByThomas GermainPublishedAugust 21, 2023
8/18/23Uber and Lyft Could Leave Minneapolis Over $0.51Ride-sharing could be toast in the Twin Cities over a new $1.40 per mile and $0.51 per minute minimum wage for…ByThomas GermainUpdatedAugust 19, 2023
8/17/23WokeGPT: Study Says ChatGPT Shows Liberal BiasResearchers found lefty leanings in some of the AI's responses, which ChatGPT likely picked up from its training…ByThomas GermainPublishedAugust 17, 2023
8/16/23Alleged Stalking Victims Accuse Tile of Advertising Its Devices as Women TrackersTile explicitly marketed its products as stalking aids and failed to implement even basic safety features, according…ByThomas GermainUpdatedAugust 17, 2023
8/15/23YouTube Cracks Down on Cancer QuacksYouTube says it’s 'not a platform for distributing information that could harm people,' with a new crackdown on lies…ByThomas GermainPublishedAugust 15, 2023
8/14/23Listen to Werner Herzog Read a Book of AI PoetryThe 80-year-old director narrated the audio-book for “I Am Code: An Artificial Intelligence Speaks,” a poetry…ByThomas GermainPublishedAugust 14, 2023
8/9/23CNET Deletes Thousands of Old Articles to Game Google SearchGoogle says deleting old pages to bamboozle Search is "not a thing!" as CNET erases its history.ByThomas GermainPublishedAugust 9, 2023
8/9/23The 5 Best VPNs for the Back to School 2023 SeasonThe best VPNs hide traffic from your school’s IT department, which is why you should never use them.ByThomas GermainUpdatedAugust 11, 2023
8/7/23Zoom Contradicts Its Own Policy About Training AI on Your DataZoom's Terms of Service say it can train its AI on your calls, videos, and other data. The company says you don't…ByThomas GermainUpdatedAugust 8, 2023
8/4/23The Reddit Protest Is Finally Over. Reddit Won.Reddit corporate claims victory over its disgruntled mods as r/aww, r/pics, and r/videos abandon the "John Oliver…ByThomas GermainPublishedAugust 4, 2023
8/3/23Want Free Self-Driving Mode In Your Tesla? Researchers Found a JailbreakHackers used "voltage glitching" to unlock Tesla's premium features like $300 heated seats and to hijack personal…ByThomas GermainPublishedAugust 3, 2023
8/1/23Troll Impersonates Twitter CEO Linda Yaccarino After She Changed Her UsernameCEO Linda Yaccarino changed her handle to reflect Twitter's new name, X. Now someone's impersonating her using an @…ByThomas GermainUpdatedAugust 1, 2023
8/1/23Facebook's Next Big Plan Could Be Adding an Abraham Lincoln ChatbotMeta is developing AI chatbot personas in its latest attempt to reinvigorate Facebook, according to a new report.ByThomas GermainPublishedAugust 1, 2023
7/31/23Twitter Sues Hate Speech Researchers Days After It Unbanned Kanye WestElon Musk's Nazi tolerance continues with the return of swastika-tweeting Ye. Meanwhile, Musk's sued the Center for…ByThomas GermainUpdatedAugust 1, 2023
7/29/23Now playing I Gave Sam Altman a Copy of My Eyeballs | Future TechGizmodo tech editors chat about Sam Altman’s new tech endeavor “WorldCoin” that creates a unique one-of-a-kind ID…PublishedJuly 29, 2023
7/29/23I Gazed Into Worldcoin’s Orb and Saw a Boring Dystopia Staring BackSam Altman believes his AI-enabled, iris-scanning Orbs can help save the world from other AI systems he's creating.…ByMack DeGeurin and Thomas GermainPublishedJuly 29, 2023