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Lindsey is a Seattle area writer interested in all things society, including internet culture, politics, and mental health. Outside of the Daily Dot, her work can be found in publications such as The Mary Sue, Truthout, and YES! Magazine.

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Clippy the paperclip is taking over profile pics across the internet in protest of big tech

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Video: Plane flies above Stanford’s graduation with a “Congrats! Don’t work for Elon” banner

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Karoline Leavitt seethes at Amazon over report it planned to show consumers just how much tariffs were costing them

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

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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

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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.

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

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

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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

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

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

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DoorDash drivers struggle to drum up support for repeat of last year’s Valentine’s Day strike

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‘Grubhub and Seamless be paying’: NYC’s e-bike swap for delivery drivers criticized as app subsidy

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‘Hypocritical babies’: OpenAI’s myriad lawsuits flagged after accusing DeepSeek of intellectual property theft

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