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Mikael Thalen is a tech and security reporter covering social media, data breaches, hackers, and more.

Mikael Thalen

Photo Illustration of Jeff Bezos in a crosswalk sign in front of the skyline in Seattle.

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Seattle crosswalks hacked to play AI message from Jeff Bezos—days after Silicon Valley-Musk prank

Anonymous: photo collage image of a person wearing Guy Fawkes mask in front of a screen of code.

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A 10-terabyte data dump on Trump, Russia hyped by ‘Anonymous’ isn’t real

Photo illustration of a crosswalk sign at Silicon Valley with an image of Elon Musk with a teardrop.

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‘I’m so alone’: Crosswalk speakers across Silicon Valley hacked to play AI audio of Musk begging for friends

Nate Wolf is a reporter based in New York City. His work has appeared in the Chief, InsuranceNewsNet, and Deadspin.

Nate Wolf

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Trump’s FTC firings put bedrock US-EU data-sharing agreement in peril

David Covucci was the senior politics and technology editor at the Daily Dot, covering the nexus between Washington and Silicon Valley. His work has appeared in Vice, the Huffington Post, Jezebel, Gothamist, and other publications.

David Covucci

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5 former FCC commissioners call on Brendan Carr to end ’60 Minutes’ investigation

Katherine Huggins is a New York-based journalist and freelance contributor to the Daily Dot&#8217;s tech and politics section.

Katherine Huggins

Screenshot from X user @AlexHortonTX of a Tweet from @DODResponse with a Community note and the same tweet without one.

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Community Note fact-checking Pete Hegseth’s response to secret Yemen Signal chat disappears from X

Left: Photo of actress Edi Patterson from her Instagram; Right: Screenshot of Edi Patterson's Instagram post describing her mother's medical situation; Caption: Instagram caption from Edi Patterson "Let's see if they make this one immediately disappear from my grid too.

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‘Righteous Gemstones’ star says Instagram deleted her posts calling out UnitedHealthcare for denying a claim

Photo Illustration of a hand with a gavel about to strike the Meta and X logo in front of an American Flag.

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Will Trump’s firings at the FTC make life easier for Big Tech?

Mars Ramos is a museum educator and freelance writer. She loves long walks in nature, doing yoga, and baking brownies.

Mars Ramos

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‘They sell these at Walmart. They sell these on Amazon’: Woman says she cut cable, Netflix, all her streaming services. Then she reveals what she got instead

Melody Heald is a culture writer. Her work can be found in Glitter Magazine, BUST Magazine, and more.

Melody Heald

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Woman’s MacBook won’t turn on anymore. Will an Igloo fridge really save it?

Braden Bjella is a culture writer. His work can be found in Mixmag, Electronic Beats, Schon! magazine, and more.

Braden Bjella

Screenshots of Tiktok user @thecoloriivory holding her Nissan Sentra keys.

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‘This is not my car, y’all’: Woman uses key fob to unlock her Nissan Sentra. It unlocks someone else’s car

Brooke Sjoberg is a freelance writer who graduated with her Bachelors in Journalism from the University of Texas at Austin in 2020.

Brooke Sjoberg

Photo of a T-Mobile store exterior; Screenshot from @sste.ph's Tiktok of a T-Mobile employee cleaning an IPad screen.

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‘He said it was free’: T-Mobile customer agrees to ‘free’ screen protector on iPad. Then she sees what the worker charged her

A tweet from X user @LinusEkenstam that reads: "Grok needs a lot of red teaming, or it needs to be temporary turned off. It’s an international security concern." over a photo illustration of a pixelated hacker.

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‘Turn it off’: Grok under fire after providing assassination advice, chemical weapons recipes

Mustafa Gatollari has been an internet culture writer for over a decade. He has a passion for connecting what’s trending on social media to solid research—helping to separate clout-chasing claims from facts.

Mustafa Gatollari

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‘Sadly not everyone got CarPlay for this in my town’: Man says car is tailing. Then he uses this little-known touchscreen feature to get him back

Makalah Wright is a writer for the Daily Dot. She has written articles for various publications based on mental health, relationships, and Gen Z-related topics. She is currently a senior at the University of West Georgia, where she studies public relations and music. In her free time, she enjoys spending time with loved ones, shopping, traveling to new places, and playing the clarinet.

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