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Amazon Gave Ring Security Footage to Police Without a Warrant

The company admits it provided user recordings to law enforcement 11 times this year in what they call "emergency" situations

This Twitter Account Makes Watching the Crypto/NFT Crash Much More Entertaining

Why @web3isgreat is a must-read, especially for people not on board with Web3

FIFA Will Use AI and Advanced Tracking Cameras to Help Make Offsides Calls at the World Cup

You'll see this tech at the 2022 World Cup. So why can't other sports utilize the same AI-assisted technology?

How New EU Tech Legislation Could Affect Apple Globally

The Digital Services Act and Digital Markets Act are aimed at curtailing the power of "gatekeeper" tech companies

People Are Using Deepfake Technology to Apply for Remote Jobs

The FBI released a warning about the scam, noting that most of the jobs involved work around proprietary and sensitive data

The Answers to All Your Not-So-Stupid Questions About Web 3.0

We spoke to more than a dozen experts to help simplify the third generation of the web — which, oddly, can be explained in baseball terms

No, Google Didn’t Just Create a Sentient Artificial Intelligence

Software engineer Blake Lemoine says Google's A.I. chatbot has a soul, but the company and many tech experts disagree

10 Great Father’s Day Tech Gifts Dad Can Use Right Away

These smart devices, screens and gadgets will get plenty of use

The Next Big Travel App Is…Instagram?

Investors think it could be the next Google for travel-related searches

Report: Metaverse Is Already Plagued by Hate Speech, Sexual Assault

The corporate accountability group SumOfUs details increasingly disturbing and unmoderated behavior by users in the virtual world

You Can Now Search Faces on the Internet With Disturbing Accuracy, But Should You?

The website PimEyes can pretty much find your face in any online photo in mere seconds, even when partially obscured or covered

Apple's Home Repair Kit Sounds Passive-Aggressively Awful

Wanna swap out a battery from your iPhone? It requires 79 pounds of equipment and a $1,200 credit card hold.

Google Admits Its Mind-Blowing Text-to-Image AI Is Endlessly Problematic

The tech company's Imagen application promises photorealistic image creation of whatever you type, making it ripe for abuse

Reminder: Chrome's "Incognito" Mode Doesn't Really Protect Your Privacy

A lawsuit against Google sheds light on the tech giant's private browsing claims, which carve out a lot of exceptions

Mastercard Wants You to Pay For Groceries With a Smile or Wave

Forced friendly gestures are the centerpiece of a controversial biometrics shopping program that swaps privacy for convenience

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IH Sleeps: 44 of Our Favorite Products for a Better Night of Rest

Hand-picked by your favorite InsideHook commerce editors

Meta's Latest Smart Glasses Are a Coperni Collaboration

Meta and Ray-Ban's lineup got a little bigger with this limited edition pair

You Need a Clicks Keyboard Phone Case

The tech you didn't know you needed

Can a Pair of Earbuds Fix America’s Sleep Problems?

With Ozlo, N.B. Patil and Rockwell Shah saved a "life-changing" sleep aid from the tech graveyard — then improved it

A Startup Linked to Peter Thiel Wants to Build the “Next Great City” in Greenland

Funded to the tune of $525 million, Praxis aims to “revitalize Western Civilization” through a techno-libertarian city upon a hill

Can an App Help You Drink Less?

Our drinks editor used the neuroscience-based app Reframe to rethink his boozing habits. Did it work?

The World Needs More Drinking Water. Kumulus Pulls It Out of Thin Air.

To solve the problem of water scarcity, Iheb Triki developed a washing machine-sized device that sucks it from the atmosphere, even in extremely dry climates

The Year the Tech Nerds Became the Bullies

There was a time when Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk were interested in innovation and high-minded ideals, but that pretense has been shed in favor of a new goal: power

The 22 Best Tech Gifts to Give This Christmas

From headphones to consoles, these are the best tech gifts this holiday season

To Run a Cutting-Edge AI Company, Brian Cook Goes Racing on Weekends

The WellSaid CEO also swears by office culture, Clayton Christensen books and Brian Eno’s deck of cards

Stuff We Swear By: Here’s Why We Love the reMarkable 2 Tablet for Notetaking

Drop the legal pad and jot some notes down on this one-function tablet

InsideCart: What Our Editors Bought in October

Including foldable crates, felted sweaters and fashionable glassware

NotebookLM Turns Your Research Into an Engaging Podcast

An experimental AI feature from Google shows a lot of promise