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Sources: Bari Weiss has complained that CBS News' Standards and Practices team has "too much power" and asked "what's the point of standards?" (Justin Baragona/The Independent)

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AI therapy is a surveillance machine in a police state Big Tech wants you to share your private thoughts with chatbots — while backing a government with contempt for privacy.

I cannot emphasize this enough: Please do not use AI tools as therapy. Not only is it not a good replacement for actual therapy, but your chat logs could be shared with the government, and I don't think you need a reminder that especially right now in the US, that could put you in danger.

What Really Happened With the DDoS Attacks That Took Down X Elon Musk said a “massive cyberattack” disrupted X on Monday and pointed to “IP addresses originating in the Ukraine area” as the source of the attack. Security experts say that's not how it works.

Elon Musk said a “massive cyberattack” disrupted X on Monday and pointed to “IP addresses originating in the Ukraine area” as the source of the attack. Security experts say that's not how it works.

Top US Election Security Watchdog Forced to Stop Election Security Work The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency has frozen efforts to aid states in securing elections, according to an internal memo viewed by WIRED

SCOOP: The top US election security watchdog has frozen all of its efforts to aid states in securing elections. The move represents the first major example of the country’s cyber defense agency accommodating Trump’s false claims of election fraud and online censorship.

Kash Patel Says He Never Promoted QAnon. Here Are All The Times He Did Kash Patel helped keep the QAnon movement alive on Truth Social, interacting with Q accounts, appearing on QAnon podcasts, and signing his children’s books with a QAnon catchphrase.

Kash Patel helped keep the QAnon movement alive on Truth Social, interacting with Q accounts, appearing on QAnon podcasts, and signing his children’s books with a QAnon catchphrase.

During a speech following Donald Trump's inauguration, Elon Musk appeared to deliver two Roman salutes, associated with Nazism, to the crowd (Hafiz Rashid/New Republic)

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In preparation for the TikTok ban, I've been trying out Xiaohongshu (Red Note), the Chinese app that has a very TikTok-like feel and interface. So far, it's fascinating, as it's becoming a mix of native Chinese content and English-speaking videos. It could potentially be a good alternative.

Dick Parsons, Emergency Fixer for Troubled Companies, Dies at 76 He led Time Warner, Citigroup and the Los Angeles Clippers through difficult periods.

Big loss for the business community. Dick Parsons was a legend and — by all accounts — a very decent human being.

1.21 gigawatts?!

Amazon doubles down on AI startup Anthropic with $4bn investment Amazon’s total investment in the AI company now totals $8bn, with its AWS unit as Anthropic’s cloud provider

Tech giants are hedging their bets. While Microsoft, Google, Apple, and Amazon have developed or are developing their own gen AI solutions, they’ve all invested in or worked with third parties.

Whether there will be a clear winner remains to be seen, but can a major acquisition be far away?