The FBI Confirmed It: A School District's Student Data Was Stolen
Springfield, Massachusetts went back to school Monday. On Tuesday evening the FBI told the district its data was gone — student addresses, ages, ethnicities and medical information — and a ransomware ...
21 Syys 20min
A Dr. Seuss Character Got 10+ Kids Arrested
An AI-made Cat in the Hat, posted with a threat naming a real school, has put more than ten kids in handcuffs in at least eight states — including one in Andalusia, Alabama, where a Snapchat warrant e...
13 Syys 17min
600,000 Kids, No AI at School — and Two Corrections We Owe You
New York City just told 600,000 kids they can't use generative AI at school this year — and banned companion chatbots in every grade. But the part that should change your Tuesday night is what the Met...
6 Syys 17min
Meta Settled in Eight Days. Here's What It Actually Agreed To
Eight days into a trial I told you would run six to eight weeks, Meta settled with the states.Here is the sentence almost every headline dropped three words from: Meta agreed to pay at least $12.1 bil...
1 Syys 15min
The Scariest Number in Child Safety Was Wrong
Fourth straight week with no new viral challenge and no new slang — so this episode is about a courtroom and a number.On Tuesday, August 18, opening statements began in Oakland federal court in the mu...
25 Elo 15min
The Number Everyone Is Quoting Wrong — And What 137 Reports a Day Actually Means
Twenty-nine states began picking a jury against Meta this week in Oakland — and a New Mexico judge had already ordered the company to pay $567 million days earlier. But the most useful thing in this e...
18 Elo 15min
No New Challenge. No New Slang. Three Courtrooms Instead.
No viral challenge this week. No new slang. What there was instead is three courtrooms — a state trial, a federal bellwether, and a brand-new wrongful-death suit — all arguing the same question: not w...
10 Elo 11min
The TikTok Challenge Police Keep Warning You About Doesn't Exist
Police departments in three states warned parents about a TikTok challenge this week. Reporters who went looking for it couldn't find a single video. Meanwhile two governments did something genuinely ...
31 Heinä 13min
