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In cybersecurity news, 2024 was framed by three “typhoons,” including Volt Typhoon and Salt Typhoon, two massive Chinese attacks.

Internet watchdogs generally agreed that Internet freedom declined once again in 2024 – the fourteenth loss in a row, according to Freedom House.

Researchers at Leiden University Medical Center, backed by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, have developed a new method of delivering malaria vaccines using genetically modified mosquitoes as “flying vaccinators.”

In the wake of Elon Musk’s fiery defense of H-1B visas, it has come to light that Tesla has replaced U.S. employees laid off earlier this year with foreign workers holding the very H-1B visas that Musk lashed out at conservatives for not supporting.

The rapid growth of AI data centers across the U.S. is not only straining power grids but also distorting the quality of electricity delivered to homes, threatening damage to appliances and increasing fire risks, according to an analysis performed by Bloomberg.

The Treasury Department says Chinese hackers remotely accessed several employee workstations and unclassified documents after compromising a third-party software service provider.

Entertainment giant Disney has suffered another massive barrage of dislikes after the Christmas Day release of the latest preview for its upcoming live-action re-make of “Snow White,” as the film’s star, Rachel Zegler, continuing to be a lightning rod for controversy.

The parents of Suchir Balaji, a former OpenAI researcher turned whistleblower who was found dead in his San Francisco apartment, have hired an independent investigator to conduct a private autopsy, casting doubt on the official ruling of suicide.

Geoffrey Hinton, widely regarded as the “Godfather of AI,” has issued a stark warning that artificial intelligence could drive the human race to extinction within the next 10 years. Hinton also believes that AI could make humans the equivalents of “three-year-olds,” with the machines becoming the “grown-ups.”

Tesla CEO and X owner Elon Musk has shifted his stance on the H-1B visa program, now calling for a “major reform” of the system just days after vowing to “go to war” in a fiery defense of the immigration program. 

Disney received a fact-check on the social media platform X when it falsely declared Mufasa the “#1 movie in America” over Sonic 3. 

As Google’s Waymo scales up its self-driving car service in San Francisco, some passengers have reported incidents of harassment and safety concerns while riding in the company’s driverless vehicles.

Elon Musk wrote a message on Friday to those who want to end the H1-B visa program: “F**k yourself in the face,” which is a line from the 2008 comedy film “Tropic Thunder.”

Denis Villeneuve, director of the hit sci-fi franchise Dune, expressed dismay about how individualism has suffered during the age of Big Tech

Nicole Shanahan, Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s running mate in 2024, said on Thursday that the H1-B visa program delivers “massive breaks” for cheap labor for tech companies, and those with the visas are essentially “indentured servants” for big tech.

An algorithm change on Elon Musk’s X platform following arguments about H-1B visas has sparked a debate about free speech at the same time as conservative users lament the loss of their blue verification badges and subscribers.

A new study by Anthropic, conducted in partnership with Redwood Research, has shed light on the potential for AI models to engage in deceptive behavior when subjected to training that conflicts with their original principles.

Elon Musk has called on his supporters to cease donations to Wikipedia, dubbing the online encyclopedia “Wokepedia” due to what he claims are plans to spend of over $50 million on diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives.

Apple has requested to participate in the next phase of the antitrust trial against Google, arguing that it cannot rely on the search giant to defend the revenue-sharing agreements that bring the iPhone maker up to $20 billion dollars annually via an exclusivity deal.

Elon Musk’s X has significantly raised the price of its top-tier user subscription in multiple regions to support the platform’s creator payouts and to provide an ad-free browsing experience.

Suchir Balaji, a former OpenAI engineer who raised concerns about the company’s AI training practices potentially violating copyright law, was reportedly being considered as a key witness in lawsuits against OpenAI before he was found dead in his San Francisco apartment on November 26.

Amazon Prime Studios is taking heat on Christmas for censoring a key scene in the classic Christmas film, “It’s a Wonderful Life” with many saying the edits make the movie nonsensical and eliminates one of the most important bits of character development in the film.

Artists, journalists, and merch sellers are facing a wave of DMCA takedown requests aimed at removing Luigi Mangione-related content from the internet. The accused CEO killer, a darling of the left, can be found on tee shirts and every other imaginable piece of merchandise, but copyright claims are taking them down at a rapid pace.

SpaceX has released a unique holiday greeting video featuring the Super Heavy Booster rocket and its 33 Raptor engines dancing to a heavy metal version of the classic Christmas carol, “Carol of the Bells.”

(AP) — Netflix will have one of its biggest days since the site launched in 1998 when it carries two NFL games for the first time on Christmas.

Amazon founder Jeff Bezos is denying claims that he will marry his fiancé, former news anchor Lauren Sanchez, this weekend in Aspen, Colorado. The cost estimate of the wedding had come in at a lofty $600 million.

Leftist echo chamber Bluesky, the social media platform enjoying explosive growth as Trump haters flee Elon Musk’s X/Twitter, is under fire for its failure to adequately address death threats and attempted doxxing targeting progressive journalist Jesse Singal. Singal, an ultraleftist, has nevertheless faced intense hate on Bluesky due to his criticism of the transgender agenda.

Google has put forward its own set of remedies to address the Department of Justice’s antitrust concerns, offering to unbundle Android apps instead of selling off Chrome or other major divisions.

A high-ranking executive for the Walt Disney Company has offered an explanation why the woke Disney+ “Star Wars” spin-off series “The Acolyte” was cancelled after just one season, saying the show didn’t perform well enough to justify its cost — which one estimate put close to a quarter of a billion dollars.

As drone sightings continue to puzzle authorities and residents in New Jersey and throughout the East Coast, a new tool developed by the FAA has the potential to quickly identify the source of these mystery drones. The feds have been slow to implement the technology and local and state law enforcement report having no access to the new tool.

Police in Spain have made a breakthrough in a year-old missing persons cold case turned murder investigation thanks to incriminating images captured by a Google Street View camera. 

The team behind the memecoin HAWK, tied to internet celebrity Haliey “Hawk Tuah Girl” Welch, has been sued by a group of investors for alleged violations of securities laws.