2+ week, 1+ day ago   (761+ words) Zhao, a 30-something woman living in Beijing, says she lost over $100,000 in May to a romance scammer who claimed to be a researcher working for Microsoft. After initially chatting Zhao up on the Chinese social media platform Xiaohongshu, he asked…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (271+ words) A fashion tech entrepreneur has been ordered to serve time in prison after her ridiculous excuse for defrauding investors crumpled in court. On Thursday, Christine Hunsicker, former CEO of the “clothing-as-a-service” startup CaaStle was sentenced to five years in prison…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (400+ words) Numerous scandals this year have sparked a public inquiry into government and military insider trading on prediction markets. In some cases, arrests have been made. But a new investigation by the nonprofit research group Anti-Corruption Data Collective suggests the corruption…...

3+ week, 13+ hour ago   (155+ words) (Aug. 22, 2026 / JNS) A Palm Beach County employee driving a county building-services truck allegedly shouted “Heil Hitler” at a Jewish driver and made a Nazi salute, according to the StopAntisemitism NGO. The alleged incident prompted Rep. Jared Moskowitz (D-Fla.) to call…...

3+ week, 20+ hour ago   (634+ words) For 6,895 days, Guy Miles sat behind bars for a crime he didn’t commit. He lost years of freedom, along with the opportunity to watch his son grow up. But now, authorities have officially exonerated him — acknowledging his innocence in the…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (543+ words) If this is what passes for TikTok content, it is easy to see why some people hate the app. Two 13-year-old boys were arrested Friday after allegedly turning a California dad’s relaxing jacuzzi soak into a violent stunt, with one…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (348+ words) Nearly two years after TikTok faced a lawsuit under the Biden administration over child privacy concerns, the social media company has reached a $400 million settlement in the U.S. TikTok and its parent company ByteDance were first hit with the lawsuit in…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (310+ words) FBI Director Kash Patel sued The Atlantic to clear his name, and legal analyst Michael Popok was taken aback, as he may have just handed the magazine the keys to his phone. On his MeidasTouch show Legal AF, Popok picked…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (305+ words) Meta’s AI glasses —the so-called smart glasses with a camera embedded in the frame—have quickly (and predictably) become a tool for harassment. Especially when worn by middle school boys. Futurism’s Maggie Harrison DuPré documented the problem in a thorough…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (272+ words) My colleague Paresh Dave and I each spent a day in federal court in Oakland, California, this week, monitoring the latest Meta child safety trial. In case you missed it in the spring, Meta (along with YouTube) lost a landmark…...