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Reel-ing it in: Meta is paying influencers to promote teen accounts

Tech Transparency Project’s report shows whenever governments mull platform regulations, company recruits influencers to promote its safety featuresIn July 2025, Meta gathered parenting influencers from all over Australia at a waterfront venue overlooking the Sydney Opera House. It was a camping-themed event and in many ways was like any other influencer affair. There were Instagram-branded

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Microsoft Copilot reveals secret input that allowed it to be hacked

It’s not every day that attackers can force a frontier AI model to cough up user passwords and other sensitive data without user confirmation. That’s exactly what researchers recently did to Microsoft 365 Copilot Enterprise. Even more unusual is the source they tapped to discover the critical vulnerability that made their exploit possible. Rather than

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Scientists find fire salamanders glow blue-green under UV light from secretions

Under ultraviolet light, adult fire salamanders reveal a captivating blue-green fluorescence generated by their skin secretions, lasting for several hours. This striking luminescence is mainly concentrated in areas rich in glands, especially along their flanks and underside. Researchers propose that this unique trait could serve functions in communication or as a warning signal, enhancing our

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The Download: how people really use AI, and Flock’s design choices

This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. We still don’t know how people are really using AI AI companies like Anthropic and OpenAI regularly publish reports on how people are using their products. But they only release the

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