Gamers unite against Donald Trump over White House’s ‘AI slop’: ‘Would never associate with MAGA’

The White House sparked widespread mockery by posting an AI-generated image of Donald Trump as Halo’s Master Chief, featuring a flawed US flag. Gamers, both Democrats and Republicans, criticized the bizarre political mashup. This occurred after the Whi…

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Louvre Jewel Heist

I assume I don’t have to explain last week’s Louvre jewel heist. I love a good caper, and have (like many others) eagerly followed the details. An electric ladder to a second-floor window, an angle grinder to get into the room and the display cases, security guards there more to protect patrons than valuables—seven minutes, in and out.

There were security lapses:

The Louvre, it turns out—at least certain nooks of the ancient former palace—is something like an anopticon: a place where no one is observed. The world now knows what the four thieves (two burglars and two accomplices) realized as recently as last week: The museum’s Apollo Gallery, which housed the stolen items, was monitored by a single outdoor camera angled away from its only exterior point of entry, a balcony. In other words, a free-roaming Roomba could have provided the world’s most famous museum with more information about the interior of this space. There is no surveillance footage of the break-in…

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The Dark Web Has a New Spy, and It’s Not Human

In cybercrimes’ cat-and-mouse game, criminals almost always leave digital breadcrumbs behind. Every leaked credential posted, boasted about, or sold on the dark web forms a trail. Investigators have long relied…
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