3+ week, 4+ day ago   (276+ words) An anonymous threat, an AI-generated voice and a $15,000 ransom demand threw a Northern California high school into chaos on Tuesday morning. The Wheatland Police Department received an anonymous bomb threat overnight targeting Wheatland Union High School in Yuba County. Using…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (1496+ words) “Would you like a glass of champagne?” Even though I’m painfully thirsty and nervous beyond belief, I decline the salesperson’s offer. I’m sitting upstairs in Rolex’s flagship London store on Old Bond Street. I’ve just handed over a fake Rolex…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (1282+ words) Have you been hearing a lot about Flock recently? You’re not alone: The surveillance company has put 120,000 cameras on roads in every US state except Alaska, and people are mad about it — online, at city council meetings, and out in…...

4+ week, 7+ hour ago   (1301+ words) Flock Safety is tightening privacy and oversight controls for its nationwide network of automated license plate readers as more communities pull back from the technology and lawmakers across the political spectrum push for new restrictions. The company announced Thursday that…...

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, 3+ day ago   (708+ words) Rebel Creamery’s founders say they designed the company’s logo and ice cream pint packaging themselves in Adobe Illustrator. But that DIY branding design landed them in a nearly $24 million legal dispute. The Utah-based, low-carb ice cream maker, whose products are…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (1081+ words) Seventeen years after becoming the most legendary bank robber of the internet age, Anthony Curcio was again inside a federal courtroom facing prison. It was January 17, 2026. Dressed in a casual blue suit and loose tie, the 45-year-old still possessed the…...

4+ week, 15+ hour ago   (1429+ words) No one, it seems, knows why cyberattackers would target Suisun City, a sleepy, marsh-front suburb of 29,000 people on the northeast outskirts of the San Francisco Bay Area. But target it, they did, with crippling effects. Whoever they are. Before sunrise…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (355+ words) FBI Director Kash Patel’s legal team acknowledged in a court filing that his security detail possessed “breaching equipment” after a report about his alcohol use claimed the director had been unreachable. Last month, The Atlantic moved to dismiss a $250 million…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (576+ words) Flock Safety is best known for its license plate-scanning technology. But during an interview on the “All-In” podcast released Monday, CEO Garrett Langley said that business now represents just under half of the company’s “forward-looking revenue.” The company is increasingly…...