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deputy tech editor @nbcnews — online investigations, internet culture, extremism, child safety Signal: beng.38 [email protected]

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10 women have sued the Tea app after data breaches exposed user photos, ID's and DMs. The suits could result in tens-of-millions of dollars in damages. But Tea is still the #3 free app in the App store today.
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“Two prominent Israeli human rights organizations released reports Monday concluding that their government’s actions in the Gaza Strip amounted to genocide”.
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The two groups said they found deliberate intent by Israeli decision-makers to target the whole population of Gaza and destroy life for the Palestinian people.
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RT @brunaahorvath: Kidnappers are taking people for ransom around the world, but they don't want cash via @nbcnews.
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Kidnapping and extortion are growing concerns in the crypto world, with cases rising alongside the price of bitcoin.
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Crypto kidnapping are on the rise, and are only projected to get worse as the price of cryptocurrencies increases . @brunaahorvath talked to victims of crypto kidnappings around the world to hear their stories.
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Kidnapping and extortion are growing concerns in the crypto world, with cases rising alongside the price of bitcoin.
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Police didn’t enter MN state senator Melissa Hortman’s home for OVER AN HOUR after they heard shots being fired… instead they waited to send in a drone.
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Update: the Tea app has been hacked, and 72,000 images from the app have been leaked, including verification selfies and photos of users' driver's licenses.
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The viral app requires new users to take selfies, which it says it deletes after review.
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Tea about the Tea app. The whisper network app for women, which displays photos of men with their names, was founded by a man, and has inspired backlash apps like "Teaborn," an app where men can discuss women. That app was removed from the app store.
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RT @David_Ingram: If you work at Tesla and have a copy of this memo (or any tip, really), I'm on Signal at davidingram.77 .
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The company said its timeline for Robotaxi launch had been moved up and the service could launch as soon as Friday.
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Reuters: USAID analysis found no evidence of massive Hamas theft of Gaza aid — challenging the main rationale that Israel and the U.S. give for backing a new armed private aid operation.
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An internal U.S. government analysis found no evidence of systematic theft by the Palestinian militant group Hamas of U.S.-funded humanitarian supplies, challenging the main rationale that Israel and...
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Tea about the Tea app. The whisper network app for women, which displays photos of men with their names, was founded by a man, and has inspired backlash apps like "Teaborn," an app where men can discuss women. That app was removed from the app store.
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“I’ve seen so many people I know on the app, it's crazy,” said one user of Tea, which topped the Apple App Store charts this week — shortly before the app was hacked.
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The funny thing about the Coldplay incident hot takes is that they all focused on "cameras everywhere" from a social media/phone perspective -- but the true culprit was an old school kiss cam, which has caused awkward interactions at mass events far before social media existed.
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There's an obit on Gawker's front page today. But it's not for Hulk Hogan, it's for Val Kilmer, and it's from April. It's also just a link to a Variety article.
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Linda Yaccarino paid tribute to Hulk Hogan, calling him "gentle and kind"
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Eagerly awaiting The Undertaker’s statement on Hulk Hogan.
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Quite the week for boomer masculinity.
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“The United Nations said Tuesday that more than 1,000 Palestinians have now been killed by Israeli forces while seeking food since the start of a new aid distribution system launched by the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation in late May.”.
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Doctors and aid groups warned of a hunger crisis now reaching a climax in the besieged and bombarded Palestinian enclave.
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NEW: A former Pentagon employee says xAI’s $200 million contract was a late addition made under Trump to a set of AI contracts that had been in the works since Biden was President. Through March, he said, xAI had not been part of the funding plan.
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A MAGA bot network on X is divided over the Trump-Epstein backlash.
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Researchers have found hundreds of fake X accounts that support the Trump administration.
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