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Hunter-gatherer approach to childcare suggests that the key to mother and child well-being may be many caregivers
https://phys.org/news/2023-11-hunter-gatherer-approach-childcare-key-mother.html#google_vignette
Feds gonna fed
US govt pays AT&T to let cops search Americans' phone records – 'usually' without a warrant
https://www.theregister.com/2023/11/22/wyden_hemisphere_letter/
I thought she loved me
US cybercops take on 'pig butchering' org, return $9M in scammed crypto
https://www.theregister.com/2023/11/22/us_cybercops_take_on_pig/
I like you over there
Hell is other people - Why individualism shrinks the next generation
https://woodfromeden.substack.com/p/hell-is-other-people-why-individualism
Credit where it’s due
Russia's Sandworm – not just missile strikes – to blame for Ukrainian power blackouts
I’ll be watching you
Your car can keep collecting your data after a judge dismissed a privacy lawsuit
https://www.theverge.com/2023/11/9/23953798/automakers-collect-record-text-messages-federal-judge-ruling
Google got your back
How to Make Your Web Searches Secure and Private https://www.wired.com/story/how-to-make-web-searches-secure-private/
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How to manufacture consent https://prruk.org/noam-chomsky-the-five-filters-of-the-mass-media-machine/
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What's good in the forest? The internet has revolutionized our world, offering an unparalleled array of benefits that encompass instan...
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GM is using Google’s AI chatbot to handle simple OnStar calls The use of AI chatbots to handle navigation requests has freed up OnStar opera...
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Scared already or not yet? https://www.engadget.com/americans-growing-anxious-as-ai-adoption-expands-pew-research-finds-204500137.html?src=r...
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How to Use Proton Sentinel to Keep Your Accounts Safe If you want the highest possible level of protection, this is it. https://www.wired.c...
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How to Scrub Your Twitter/X Profile **Step One: Archive Your Tweets** Before you proceed with deleting your Twitter history, it's recomm...
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Why Do UFO Sightings Keep Happening Near Nuclear Sites? https://www.vice.com/en/article/v7bxdx/why-do-ufo-sightings-keep-happening-near-nucl...
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In May, a Russian media outlet criticized the US on Twitter, and an AI-driven account called CounterCloud responded with well-crafted rebutt...
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A New US Privacy Bill Seeks to End Warrantless Police and FBI Spying https://www.wired.com/story/government-surveillance-reform-act-2023/