Welcome to the age of the blob internet, a time in which the world wide web is overrun by bots automated to spam us, imitate us and ensure that we are all stuck picking fire hydrants from six different images just to read an article like this one.
How bots are driving the climate crisis and how we can solve it
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HighlightsFree Dark Web Monitoring Stamps the $17 Million Credentials Markets
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HighlightsSmart buildings: What happens to our free will when tech makes choices for us?
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AppsScreenshots have generated new forms of storytelling, from Twitter fan fiction to desktop film
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HighlightsDarknet markets generate millions in revenue selling stolen personal data, supply chain study finds
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SecurityPrivacy violations undermine the trustworthiness of the Tim Hortons brand
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Featured HeadlinesWhy Tesla’s Autopilot crashes spurred the feds to investigate driver-assist technologies – and what that means for the future of self-driving cars
