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A Typo Landed an Innocent Gamer in Prison for 18 Months

How much could a single underscore in a username really matter? Just ask Brandon Klayme, who served 18 months in prison before realizing how authorities arrested, charged, and convicted the wrong man.

Ebay Has to Pay $55.7 Million in Settlement for Its Unhinged Harassment Campaign

Business

For months on end, eBay employees and contractors made life hell for a couple that had criticized the company. Six years later, the company is finally paying up.

Inside police plans to share intelligence and crime data across the UK

Computing

Computer Weekly examines how UK police will use Palantir’s AI tools to dramatically increase intelligence sharing between forces, enabling investigators to analyse mobile phone data and sensitive information at scale

Technology teams to be hit by Visa’s 7% jobs cull

Computing

Payments giant Visa set to cut thousands of jobs as competition in the sector intensifies

Can the New York Times Save Journalism From Our AI Overlords?

Business

In 2023, the Times sued OpenAI and Microsoft for copyright infringement. They’ve since spent more than $20 million on the case, and publisher A.G. Sulzberger has no plans to stop fighting it.

Did an AI agent really break free and attack another company?

Computing

The reality of the AI-orchestrated cyber attack on Hugging Face is rather more complicated, and much more worrying, than it might appear at face value

Silicon Valley’s Next IPO Billionaires Are Coming. Nonprofits Are Ready for Them

Business

Anthropic and OpenAI employees are expected to give generously after their companies go public. “It’s going to be a wild ride,” says one nonprofit leader.

Eisteddfod tunes up for enhanced 4G, 5G mobile connectivity

Internet, Technology

Largest cultural festival in Wales offers enhanced mobile capacity and coverage to help keep visitors, performers and organisers connected

An Extreme Solar Storm May Be Even More Devastating Than Previously Imagined

Science

Scientists have long assumed that there’s an upper limit to the intensity of the solar winds that reach Earth. New research suggests there’s not—and the implications are alarming.

Cellular IoT connectivity market powers on

Internet, Technology

Research predicts robust growth for cellular internet of things sector, projecting 6.5 billion IoT devices connected to networks worldwide by 2030, generating annual connectivity revenues of €21.5bn

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