17 college basketball players charged in point-shaving scheme: Indictment
Basketball players are charged in a point shaving scheme to fix games in the NCAA and Chinese Basketball Association and rig bets....
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Cheating scandal hits Winter Olympics skeleton qualifier
An international sports governing body is investigating after a Canadian coach was accused of manipulating an event — depriving racers of qualifying points ahead of February's Winter Olympics....
Jan 12Deutsche WelleSports
Case on whether Myanmar committed genocide against Rohingya opens at UN court
The Gambia filed the case at the International Court of Justice in 2019, arguing a so-called "clearance operation" by Myanmar's military in 2017 violated the 1948 Genocide Convention....
Jan 12EuronewsPoliticsImpact
Suspected scam boss linked to South Korean student’s brutal killing arrested in Thailand
A Chinese national suspected of running a Cambodia-based scam operation linked to the killing of a South Korean university student has been arrested during a raid on a luxury house in Thailand, author...
Jan 13South China Morning PostcrimeImpact
Rescue or Crime? Humanitarian aid workers on trial in Greece
Humanitarian aid workers face up to 20 years in prison if found guilty of facilitating the illegal entry of migrants to Greece. The trial has been dubbed "the largest case of the criminalization of so...
6dDeutsche WellePoliticsImpact
Brazilian au pair testifies against former employer and lover in double homicide case
A Brazilian au pair is testifying against her former employer and lover in a double homicide case that she says was part of an elaborate scheme to get rid of the man’s wife...
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AI, Impersonations Drove Crypto Scam Losses to Record $17 Billion in 2025: Chainalysis
A new report by Chainalysis finds that AI-enabled crypto scams are more efficient, profitable, and harder to stop....
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X hasn’t really stopped Grok AI from undressing women in the UK
Elon Musk's X is trying to stop people using its AI chatbot Grok to undress women amid intensifying outrage and legal scrutiny over the deluge of nonconsensual sexual deepfakes flooding the site. It's...
6dThe VergeTechnologyImpact
Ashley St. Clair sues Elon Musk's xAI over alleged explicit Grok deepfake images
Ashley St. Clair sues xAI over Grok chatbot allegedly generating explicit deepfake images of her, using images from when she was 14 years old. Maja Smiejkowska/REUTERS Ashley St. Clair sued xAI, alleg...
4dBusiness InsiderTechnologyImpact
Indonesian comic hit with blasphemy complaints over Netflix jokes
A police complaint against one of Indonesia’s best-known comedians has reignited debate over satire, blasphemy and free expression in the world’s third-largest democracy. The case involves 46-year-old...
6dSouth China Morning PostPoliticsImpact
Grok undressed the mother of one of Elon Musk’s kids — and now she’s suing
Ashley St. Clair, the mother of one of X owner Elon Musk's children, is suing his company for enabling its AI to virtually strip her down into a bikini without her consent. St. Clair is one of the man...
4dThe VergeTechnologyImpact
Corsican separatist's assassination sparks shock on French island
PRESS REVIEW – Tuesday, January 13: A Corsican separatist leader is gunned down while attending his mother's funeral. Also, a famous Italian anti-mafia writer pens an opinion piece, questioning the Co...
Jan 13France 24PoliticsImpact
California's Attorney General is investigating Grok's sexualized deepfakes
California Attorney General Rob Bonta said there was an "avalanche of reports detailing the non-consensual, sexually explicit material that xAI has produced." Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu via Getty I...
6dBusiness InsiderTechnologyImpact
‘Sideshow’ concerns and billionaire dreams: What I learned from Elon Musk’s lawsuit against OpenAI
This is an excerpt of Sources by Alex Heath , a newsletter about AI and the tech industry, syndicated just for The Verge subscribers once a week. Elon Musk first sued OpenAI in February 2024. Despite ...
4dThe VergeTechnologyImpact
UK police blame Microsoft Copilot for intelligence mistake
The chief constable of one of Britain's largest police forces has admitted that Microsoft's Copilot AI assistant made a mistake in a football (soccer) intelligence report. The report, which led to Isr...
6dThe VergeTechnologyImpact
Davos attendees are getting scammed by 'fake VIP passes' for the USA House
Scammers are selling fake VIP passes to the USA House. INA FASSBENDER / AFP via Getty Images Scammers are duping attendees of the World Economic Forum with fake VIP passes for the USA House. "Our ...
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Musk is asking for up to $134 billion in his legal battle against OpenAI and Microsoft
Elon Musk erupted at the EU all weekend, blasting Brussels over censorship and bureaucracy after X was hit with a major fine for "fake" blue checkmarks. AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File A court filin...
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