This is what happened to the world’s most pointless website

How it started and how it’s going with the dumbest website in the world, the company whose fans turned against and your favorite simple technology.

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Ask Help Desk: Stop auto-correct from ducking up

From perplexing auto-corrections to the best way to call 911, we are answering your biggest tech questions. https://wapo.st/3nqPcfV

U.S. charges North Korean man with cyberattacks on NASA

Rim Jong Hyok is accused of using ransomware to attack computer systems at American hospitals, generating money to pay for hacking NASA and U.S. military bases. https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2024/07/25/north-korea-hacking-indictment/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

A booming industry of AI age scanners, aimed at children’s faces

“Age assurance” checks -- increasingly popular among lawmakers trying to wall kids off from the open internet -- rely on a style of surveillance that ranges “from ‘somewhat privacy violating’ to ‘authoritarian nightmare.’” https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2024/08/07/face-scanning-kids-online-privacy/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

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