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Why a new anti-revenge porn law has free speech experts alarmed | TechCrunch
Privacy and digital rights advocates are raising alarms over a law that many would expect them to cheer: a federal crackdown on revenge porn and AI-generated deepfakes. The newly signed Take It Down Act makes it illegal to publish nonconsensual explicit images — real or AI-generated — and gives platforms just 48 hours to comply…
How to Prepare for a Recession: 6 Money Rules Experts Recommend
Prepping for a recession? Experts recommend building a cash buffer and expanding your skillset to boost job prospects. Getty Images/ Jeffrey Hazelwood/ CNET It’s not just a gut feeling. Prediction markets currently estimate a 57% chance of a recession in 2025, up more than 30 percentage points since the start of Trump 2.0. Over the…
Student Loan Payment Collections Restart in 4 Days. Here's What Experts Say to Do Now
Viva Tung/CNET The US Department of Education is resuming collection efforts on defaulted student loans starting on Monday. If you’re more than nine months behind on your student loan payments, that means your wages could be garnished as soon as this summer. It may sound scary, but wage garnishment to pay off a debt isn’t…
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Should You Replace Your TP-Link Router? We Asked 4 Cybersecurity Experts to Weigh In
It’s not every day a humble Wi-Fi router makes an appearance in the halls of Congress. But that’s exactly what happened on March 5 when Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi, a Democrat from Illinois, held up a TP-Link router and said, “Don’t use this.” Krishnamoorthi has been urging a ban of the routers for months in response…
Experts don’t think AI is ready to be a ‘co-scientist’ | TechCrunch
Last month, Google announced the “AI co-scientist,” an AI the company said was designed to aid scientists in creating hypotheses and research plans. Google pitched it as a way to uncover new knowledge, but experts think it — and tools like it — fall well short of PR promises. “This preliminary tool, while interesting, doesn’t…
CNET Survey: 43% of Americans Use VPNs, Citing Privacy as the Primary Reason. Experts Expect That Number to Rise
Virtual privacy networks are gaining popularity. Between January’s short-lived TikTok ban, the rise of AI scams and online privacy concerns, Americans are turning to VPNs to access restricted content or to increase their security. An exclusive CNET survey found that 43% of US adults are using VPNs, and nearly half do so to safeguard their…