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Reddit Wants to Get Paid for Helping Teach Big AI Systems
Reddit announced it will begin charging for access to its application programming interface.
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To the Highest Bidder: A Military Database of Fingerprints, Iris Scans
Security researcher Matthias Marx successfully bid on eBay for a Secure Electronic Enrollment Kit, which contained the names, nationalities, photographs, fingerprints...
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How the Global Spyware Industry Spiraled Out of Control
The market for commercial spyware — which allows governments to invade mobile phones and vacuum up data — is booming. Even the U.S. government is using it.
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White House Pushes Journals to Drop Paywalls on Publicly Funded Research
The White House has directed academic journals to provide immediate access to research that is publicly funded.
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