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03.09.24
BREAKING NEWS | 3-MINUTE READ Florida Middle Schoolers Arrested for Allegedly Creating Deepfake Nudes of Classmates
BY CAROLINE HASKINS
In what appears to be the first criminal case of its kind, two teenage boys were charged under a 2022 Florida law for allegedly creating AI-generated images depicting middle school classmates.
GOING DOWN | 5-MINUTE READCities Aren't Prepared for a Crucial Part of Sea-Level Rise: They're Also Sinking
BY MATT SIMON
Coastal land is dropping, known as subsidence. That could expose hundreds of thousands of additional Americans to inundation by 2050.
DEALS | 7-MINUTE READ 18 Great Deals on Tents, Backpacks, Sleeping Bags, and Outdoor Gear
BY SCOTT GILBERTSON
Some of our favorite outdoor gear is on sale at REI. Now's the time to upgrade your pack or grab a comfy new camp chair.
THIRSTY WORK | 8-MINUTE READSolar-Powered Farming Is Quickly Depleting the World's Groundwater Supply
BY FRED PEARCE
Farmers in hot, arid regions are turning to low-cost solar pumps to irrigate their fields, eliminating the need for expensive fossil fuels and boosting crop production. But by allowing them to pump throughout the day, the new technology is drying up aquifers around the globe.
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SUPER CONSPIRACY | 3-MINUTE READInside Election Conspiracy Groups on Super Tuesday
BY DAVID GILBERT
Despite Trump's overwhelming victories on Tuesday, election deniers still found room to boost baseless conspiracies about voting fraud across the country.
THE MONITOR | 3-MINUTE READ No, Leave the World Behind and Civil War Aren't Happening Before Your Eyes
BY ANGELA WATERCUTTER
Earlier this week, after Instagram, Facebook, and Threads went down, Leave the World Behind took off on social media. The trend's bizarre origins have something in common with Alex Garland's new movie Civil War.
TOUGH QUESTIONS | 2-MINUTE READThis Senator Wants to Know What Meta and TikTok Are Doing About Parent-Run Girl Influencer Accounts
BY VITTORIA ELLIOTT
Senator Maggie Hassan wrote to Meta and other platforms asking what they're doing to protect girls after "The New York Times" found some parents posting suggestive images of their daughters online.
U-TURN | 3-MINUTE READ 5 Years After San Francisco Banned Face Recognition, Voters Ask for More Surveillance
BY LAUREN GOODE AND TOM SIMONITE
On Tuesday the country's techiest city backed a ballot proposition that tapped into concerns about crime, giving the police more freedom to use drones and other surveillance technology.
STREAM ON | 1-MINUTE READA Max Password-Sharing Crackdown Is Coming
Following in the footsteps of Netflix and Disney+, streaming service Max plans to start restricting password-sharing later this year.
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