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Trump is setting us up for a cyber catastrophe
Trump’s neglect of cybersecurity is a “priceless gift” to adversaries like Russia and China.
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Caroline Orr Bueno
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Trump admin turns its back on flood-ravaged western NC
Unsurprisingly, Trump’s support for the region lasted about as long as the election.
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Caroline Orr Bueno
No, vaccination is not a “personal choice”
The dangerous myth behind HHS Secretary Kennedy’s claim that the decision to get vaccinated is a personal one.
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Elon Musk, DOGE, and the looming threat of rogue AI
If we couldn’t thwart DOGE’s attack on democracy, we don’t stand a chance against a hostile AI attempting the same thing.
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Caroline Orr Bueno
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LA wildfires disinformation reveals limits of fact-checking
Meta is ditching its fact-checking initiative — but is it really working for us anyway?
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Caroline Orr Bueno
How a viral rumor about a FEMA director being assaulted ended in real threats of violence
A reminder of the threat posed by unmitigated data voids.
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How the contrived panic over Haitian immigrants hijacked our algorithms — and our brains
This is what cognitive warfare looks like.
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Weaponized
Weaponized
Dispatches from the frontlines of the information war, where I’ll break down the latest in disinformation, deception, and the dark side of technology.
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