Explore, expand, exploit, and exterminate isn’t just a tactic employed by tech giants — it’s a genre of video game usually known as 4X. For Aftermath, Luke Plunkett extols the virtues and explores the problems of the 1994 PC game “Sid Meier’s Colonization.” “The narrative arc of 'Colonization' is as wafer-thin as America’s,” he writes. “You’re really just building your little video game America exactly the same way the real one was built. From the mass importation of religious fanatics, ruthless opportunists and murderous imperialists, to the seizure of vast tracts of land to the genocide of entire nations.”
Aftermath
Sid Meier's Colonization Is The American Video Game - Aftermath
No game has told the American story better, whether intentionally or not
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"Newly unsealed emails allegedly provide the 'most damning evidence' yet against Meta in a copyright case raised by book authors alleging that Meta illegally trained its AI models on pirated books." [@ArsTechnica](
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“Torrenting from a corporate laptop doesn’t feel right”: Meta emails unsealed
Meta's alleged torrenting and seeding of pirated books complicates copyright case.
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Apparently, we're all charging our phones wrong. [@Vox](
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You’re charging your phone wrong. It’s not your fault.
Lithium-ion battery technology is imperfect, but it’s not going anywhere.
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For the first time, Apple's App Store has been infected with photo scanning malicious software used to steal crypto wallets, according to researchers at Kaspersky.
BGR
Crypto-Stealing Malware Found In Apple
According to cybersecurity company Kaspersky, crypto-stealing malware has been found on Apple
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Peter Akemann, co-founder of video game studio Treyarch and recent president of Skydance Interactive, has pleaded guilty to crashing a drone into a firefighting plane during the recent Los Angeles wildfires. Akemann ignored flying restrictions in order to survey the Palisades Fire but lost track of his drone. Here's more from Eurogamer.
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Treyarch co-founder pleads guilty to flying drone that crashed into firefighting plane during LA wildfires
Treyarch co-founder Peter Akemann - who more recently served as president of Skydance Interactive - has pleaded guilty …
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The uncertainty surrounding TikTok's presence in the U.S. benefited Snap's business, says CEO Evan Spiegel.
TechCrunch
Snap says TikTok uncertainty benefited its business | TechCrunch
During Snap's fourth-quarter earnings call on Tuesday, CEO Evan Spiegel said that the uncertainty surrounding TikTok's future has positiv...
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DeepSeek's artificial intelligence tool has the capability to send user data to the Chinese government. "We see direct links to servers and to companies in China that are under control of the Chinese government. And this is something that we have never seen in the past," says cybersecurity CEO, Ivan Tsarynny.
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DeepSeek coding has the capability to transfer users' data directly to the Chinese government
DeepSeek coding has the capability to transfer users' data directly to the Chinese government
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DJI explains why it won’t stop drones from flying over the White House — and what happens in a US ban
What if DJI sold new gear everywhere but here?
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Meet the hired guns who help make sure the details of school cyberattacks stay hidden from the victims, whose leaked personal information leaves them vulnerable to identity theft and other forms of online exploitation.
Kept in the Dark: Meet the Hired Guns Who Ensure School Cyberattacks Stay Hidden
Meet the Hired Guns Who Make Sure School Cyberattacks Stay Hidden
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Australia has banned China's DeepSeek from all federal government devices and systems over security concerns. [@BBCNews](
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Australia bans DeepSeek on government devices over security risk
The Australian government says the Chinese AI app is a threat to it and its assets.
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