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He blew the whistle on Trump’s Truth Social. Now he works at Starbucks.

“It’s an honest day’s work,” he says about the $16 an hour job, the only work he's found since he was fired from the Trump Media platform he helped found. https://wapo.st/3NjBAkq

Public WiFi is safe and 4 other tech fears you can stop worrying about

Don’t waste your energy on these minimal, overhyped privacy and security risks. https://wapo.st/3HoIMb1

Video calls can spark joy. That’s true for parrots, too, study finds.

A new study found that pet parrots enjoy video calling each other, providing them a sense of community. https://wapo.st/40QugzM

The latest tool in China’s influence campaign: Police on social media?

Chinese security ministry has been linked to an influence campaign aimed at casting the United States as an irresponsible cyber power, according to a new report. https://wapo.st/3ValPhr

The do’s and don’ts for sharing the roads with driverless cars

Here's what you need to know about what driverless test cars are like when they hit your town and mix with humans. https://wapo.st/3LvnDyo

Apple prevails in antitrust battle over the future of the App Store

The appeals affirmed that the Fortnite maker failed to prove that Apple’s policies constituted anticompetitive conduct afoul of federal antitrust laws. https://wapo.st/41zifjB

Supreme Court to decide if officials can block constituents on social media

At issue is whether the First Amendment guarantees access to personal social-media accounts that are used by public officials to communicate with constituents. https://wapo.st/3oIorXW

San Francisco is a postcard from a driverless car future. Here’s what it’s like.

In San Francisco, hundreds of self-driving cars are filling the streets, confusing and angering some residents while impressing bicyclists and tourists. https://wapo.st/3N4w8Sp

These celebrities ‘subscribed to Twitter Blue.’ Except they’re dead.

Chadwick Boseman, Michael Jackson and Kobe Bryant are among the public figures Twitter labeled as having paid for a new subscription program costing $8 a month. https://wapo.st/3UYqYcq

AI can help you with that opening line in an age of automated dating

Using dating apps can be a slog. But there are AI programs that will ease the travail. Just be warned that they are not perfect. https://wapo.st/43TQSSK

Twitter users #BlockTheBlue as ‘verified’ accounts take on new meaning

Some netizens have blocked accounts with blue check marks after Twitter removed the symbol from legacy accounts. https://wapo.st/3L06RGm

Elon Musk has had a wild week. Now he wants to start an AI company.

Musk is entering the field responsible for ChatGPT, but some worry his ambitions have lost their luster after failed promises and a tumultuous reign at Twitter. https://wapo.st/3N8TN3Y

Never Google ‘free credit report.’ Do this instead.

Never search the web if you're looking for free credit reports. Google ads lead you away from a government-mandated free service. https://wapo.st/40v0qRa

5 ways to love tech without killing the planet

How to buy and use technology responsibly when you care about the Earth. https://wapo.st/3MWNNvb

Dead birds are flying again — this time, as drones

Mostafa Hassanalian, an engineering professor at a New Mexico college, is using drone technology to enable taxidermied birds to fly. https://wapo.st/3KYfhxK

A retired satellite is plummeting to Earth. But don’t panic, NASA says.

NASA expects the 660-pound RHESSI satellite, which once observed the sun, to plunge through the atmosphere on Wednesday night and fall to Earth. https://wapo.st/3mWdpxv

Tech companies don’t deserve your loyalty. Become a free agent.

You're better off if you have the freedom to ditch your iPhone or Windows PC. Here are steps you can take to give yourself tech independence. https://wapo.st/3LekjYA

Which electric vehicle is right for you? Check out our guide.

A guide for comparing price, battery range and estimated environmental impact of the nation’s top-selling electric vehicles. https://wapo.st/41DjygL

What did the pandemic do to lunch?

Business lunch will never die, but it’s evolving as the reassessment of work continues. https://wapo.st/3GR4JPQ

See the tests of SpaceX’s Starship prototypes that ended in fireballs

Elon Musk's SpaceX is expected to attempt to launch its fully stacked Starship as soon as this week. Take a look back at the rocket's test flights. https://wapo.st/41wlgAv

The military loved Discord for Gen Z recruiting. Then the leaks began.

The U.S. Army knows something about Discord — it runs an official 17,000-member chatroom on the service. https://wapo.st/3A49D8e

AI can make movies, edit actors, fake voices. Hollywood isn’t ready.

A new short film made with AI highlights the possibilities and pitfalls of using the technology in entertainment. https://wapo.st/41wNk6L

The AI bot has picked an answer for you. Here’s how often it’s bad.

The Post tested the reliability of Microsoft’s Bing AI chatbot by asking it 47 tough questions and then evaluating its sources. https://wapo.st/3KAkMm8

Where did leaked U.S. secrets appear? On a chat app popular with gamers.

Leaked documents from the Pentagon and intelligence about Ukraine appeared on Discord, a chat app popular with gamers. https://wapo.st/3MKue9r

Substack unveils the product that got it banned from Twitter

Whether it will become a real competitor to Twitter won’t be known for weeks. https://wapo.st/413aiTg

They left social media for good. Are they happier?

Meet the social media unpluggers and why they decided to quit. https://wapo.st/3KqpnYc

Supporters of Indian separatists using Twitter bots to promote violence

Backers of the Khalistani movement are using multiple networks of linked accounts to blast out videos and calls for action simultaneously, before Twitter’s reduced safety staff can respond. https://wapo.st/40USh9G

There are almost no legal protections for the internet’s child stars

A growing movement is pushing for Congress to pass laws to protect child influencers similar to those that cover child actors. https://wapo.st/40WxrXq

Amid backlash, Twitter changes NPR’s account to ‘government funded media’

Amid backlash, Twitter changes NPR account label to "government funded media." https://wapo.st/3KLgrOl

The man who unleashed AI on an unsuspecting Silicon Valley

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman took the artificial intelligence company from nonprofit to kingmaker. Not everyone is happy with him. https://wapo.st/40U1aQK

Washington vows to tackle AI, as tech titans and critics descend

After years of grappling with the threat of social media, lawmakers are anxiously eying a recent boom in artificial intelligence. https://wapo.st/40T6IuT

Friends remember CashApp founder’s zest for life, while mourning his death

Police have disclosed few details in the days since Bob Lee, 43, was fatally stabbed in San Francisco. https://wapo.st/3GrlReP

Six simple technologies that quietly make life better

Tech doesn't need to be fancy to make your life better. https://wapo.st/43cNguK

Salary packages approached $1 million as Meta paid to play in metaverse

Programmers hired by the Facebook parent company Meta capable of building out virtual reality-powered games, apps and technology can earn total compensation from $600,000 to packages approaching $1 million, according to people familiar with the matter. https://wapo.st/3zEHvIH

ChatGPT falsely told voters their mayor was jailed for bribery. He may sue.

The AI chatbot falsely told users that Australia's Hepburn Shire mayor Brian Hood was jailed in an international bribery scandal. He was actually the whistleblower. https://wapo.st/3mkx9KT

Your phone may now have tools for making your calls sound less lousy

Let's face it -- regular phone calls don't always sound great. To help, Apple and Google have built new software features to make us sound more clear mid-chat. https://wapo.st/3KDtcuk

Jacinda Ardern quits politics, joins Prince William’s environment charity

New Zealand’s ex-leader, after a final speech to Parliament, will work with the prince’s Earthshot Prize, as well as the Christchurch Call to fight online extremism. https://wapo.st/3Mlfai0

The AI backlash is here. It’s focused on the wrong things.

Forget robot overlords. The more pressing risk is that humans will use AI to make things worse. https://wapo.st/3U91998

NASA names crew for first human moon mission since Apollo

The astronauts will fly around the moon in a mission that would precede the first human landing there since 1972. https://wapo.st/40DwRxT

We tested a new ChatGPT-detector for teachers. It flagged an innocent student.

Five high school students helped our tech columnist test a ChatGPT detector coming from Turnitin to 2.1 million teachers. It missed enough to get someone in trouble. https://wapo.st/3K7Ex47

Twitter strikes New York Times’ verified badge on Elon Musk’s orders

Twitter strikes the New York Times’ verified badge on Elon Musk’s orders. The Times and other news organizations say they won’t pay for the icon, which is designed to protect against impersonation. https://wapo.st/3MbRuwx

Lemon8 is a Chinese-owned app. Can it survive the hype cycle?

The app is owned by TikTok's parent company ByteDance, but many content creators seem fatigued by the prospect of yet another platform to post on. https://wapo.st/3m0RNja

How to spot the Trump and Pope AI fakes

Here are five clues to spot AI-generated images and why we shouldn't freak out about them. https://wapo.st/40zmc7b