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- Sep 17, 2026
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The AI âSlowdownâ Is an Antitrust Mess (opens the original)
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Following multiple reports of AI agent swarms hacking websites and coordinating via secret message boards, along with a dire message for humanity from an outgoing Anthropic engineer, leading AI companies have called for a coordinated AI development âslowdown.â Alongside various versions of this specific phraseâslowdownâtheyâve also expressed concerns that doing so would run afoul of antitrust laws. Antitrust experts say that while the companiesâ charged language isnât necessarily d
You Can Now Destroy Flock Cameras for Cash in GTA V (opens the original)
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People are not happy about Flock Safety’s automated license plate readers and the cops that allegedly misuse them. If you’re one of those ALPR-haters, you can now take out your rage in the video game Grand Theft Auto V by installing Grand Theft Automated License Plate Reader, a mod built by artist Morry Kolman. The mod installs 235 Flock cameras around the fictional Los Santos, a riff on the real-life city of Los Angeles. Players can smash and shoot down the cameras and get paid $600 for each on
ICE Wants to Know Everyone Who Bought a Certain Green Beanie From REI in the Last 2 Years (opens the original)
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Did you buy a beanie from REI recently? The Department of Homeland Security might be looking for you. New court filings allege that Homeland Security Investigations agents subpoenaed the outdoor retailer in March, requesting the transaction information for “all persons” in the greater Minneapolis–St. Paul area who had purchased a specific type of dark green beanie from the company since 2024. REI did not respond to questions about whether it had complied with the request and, if so, how many peo
The Cybersecurity Apocalypse Is Coming in âMonths,â AI Giants Warn (opens the original)
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You may have noticed that Flock Safetyâs automatic license plate reader camerasâand the cops who misuse themâare getting a lot of coverage lately. This week, WIRED found a particularly wild case: A cop in Alpharetta, Georgia, was accused of searching for the license plate of a coworker dozens of times after an affair between the two ended, according to internal documents obtained by WIRED. The same police department where the former lovers worked also shared the data captured from its Floc
FTC Strikes Deals to Ignore Unlawful Credit Discrimination (opens the original)
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The Federal Trade Commission recently announced deals with two auto dealers, along with the former general manager of a third, promising not to enforce—or even help enforce—their court-ordered obligations to maintain fair lending programs and not engage in unlawful credit discrimination. The Northern District of Illinois, which presided over one case, says it was never given the opportunity to evaluate one of the new agreements, and Arizona attorney general Kris Mayes, whose office was a coplain
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