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Economy
Sites scramble to block ChatGPT web crawler after instructions emerge
Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) Without announcement, OpenAI recently added details about its web crawler, GPTBot, to its online documentation site.…
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Economy
Microsoft finds vulnerabilities it says could be used to shut down power plants
Enlarge (credit: Rockwell Automation) On Friday, Microsoft disclosed 15 high-severity vulnerabilities in a widely used collection of tools used to…
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Investing
Friday Feature: Stossel in the Classroom
Colleen Hroncich Continuing last week’s theme, Stossel in the Classroom (SITC) is another great resource for educators regardless of your…
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Economy
Zoom updates terms of service to clarify that it won’t use your calls to train AI
Enlarge (credit: Zoom) Earlier this week, videoconferencing company Zoom made headlines for a recent terms of service update that implied…
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Investing
Can Bay Area Political Leaders Solve Climate Change?
Marc Joffe Passing laws, adopting regulations, and spending money to fight climate change are popular activities for both elected and…
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Economy
How fame-seeking teenagers hacked some of the world’s biggest targets
Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) A ragtag bunch of amateur hackers, many of them teenagers with little technical training, have been…
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Investing
Biden’s Student Loan Repayment Plan Poses Danger to Taxpayers
Neal McCluskey The Biden administration has big plans for smaller federal student debt repayment. Arguably the centerpiece of this, now…
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Economy
AI-powered grocery bot suggests recipe for toxic gas, “poison bread sandwich”
Enlarge (credit: PAK’nSAVE) When given a list of harmful ingredients, an AI-powered recipe suggestion bot called the Savey Meal-Bot returned…
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Investing
Cutting Farm Subsidies
Chris Edwards The bipartisan debt‐ceiling deal passed in June reflected a new congressional focus on spending restraint. Congress should extend the…
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Economy
The Internet is not forever after all: CNET deletes old articles to game Google
Enlarge (credit: Aurich Lawson) CNET, one of the great-granddaddies of tech news on the web, has been having a rough…
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