A child psychiatrist who altered a first-day-of-school photo he saw on Facebook to make a group of girls appear nude. A U.S. Army soldier accused of creating images depicting children he knew being sexually abused. A software engineer charged with generating hyper-realistic sexually explicit images of children.
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Elon Musk pledged to give victims of Hurricane Helene 30 days worth of free access to his satellite-based Starlink internet service — but the billionaire failed to mention that survivors of the disastrous storm that has claimed the lives of more than 200 people will need to fork over $400 for the system’s hardware. After 30 days, customers who qualify for free access will be automatically moved onto a $120-a-month subscription.
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With Washington lawmakers largely unable or unwilling to pass new tech regulations, states have become the most powerful force in shaping one of the country’s most dynamic sectors over the past three years. As state lawmakers tackle issues such as online safety and artificial intelligence, Kingman has effectively set national policy for a specific and increasingly central part of that story: how much control citizens have over their online data.
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An enormous amount of sensitive information including Social Security numbers for millions of people could be in the hands of a hacking group after a data breach and may have been released on an online marketplace, The Los Angeles Times reported this week.
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Boneless Wings Might Not Be Actual Chicken Wings, But They Can Contain Bones. The Ohio Supreme Court has decided that "chicken wings advertised as 'boneless' can have bones". The Ohio Supreme Court issued the ruling, "rejecting claims by a restaurant patron who suffered serious medical complications from getting a bone stuck in his throat."
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