NY Times Tech: Russian Influencer Ksenia Sobchak on the War: Resistance Is Futile, So Find Ways to Cope - Ksenia Sobchak, one of the best known media figures still in Russia, says her fatalistic stance just reflects a grim reality. Some liberals call her a Kremlin stooge, while hawks see her as disloyal. - https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/11/world/europe/ksenia-sobchak-putin-russia-ukraine-war.html

NY Times Tech: China’s Military, ‘Chasing the Dream,’ Probes Taiwan’s Defenses - Day by day, the People’s Liberation Army is turning up the pressure, deploying an ever-wider array of planes and ships. - https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/11/world/asia/china-taiwan-military.html

NY Times Tech: Russia-Ukraine War: Zelensky Cracks Down on Corruption in Military Recruitment - President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine ordered the dismissal of all the directors of regional military recruitment centers, saying that the system “should be run by people who know exactly what war is.” - https://www.nytimes.com/live/2023/08/11/world/russia-ukraine-news

NY Times Tech: A New Frontier for Travel Scammers: A.I.-Generated Guidebooks - Shoddy guidebooks are flooding Amazon. Their authors claim to be renowned travel writers, but are they A.I. inventions? And how big is the problem? - https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/05/travel/amazon-guidebooks-artificial-intelligence.html

NY Times Tech: Ransomware Attack Disrupts Health Care in at Least Three States - It was not immediately clear how many locations operated by Prospect Medical Holdings were affected but some sites had to cut back services or close. - https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/05/us/cyberattack-hospitals-california.html

NY Times Tech: Eight Months Pregnant and Arrested After False Facial Recognition Match - Porcha Woodruff thought the police who showed up at her door to arrest her for carjacking were joking. She is the first woman known to be wrongfully accused as a result of facial recognition technology. - https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/06/business/facial-recognition-false-arrest.html

NY Times Tech: With No Date Set, Musk and Zuckerberg Trade Barbs on ‘Cage Match’ - Elon Musk, in an early-morning post, said he planned to livestream the event on his own platform. Mark Zuckerberg called for a “more reliable” platform, adding, “I’m ready today.” - https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/06/technology/elon-musk-mark-zuckerberg-cage-match.html

NY Times Tech: Crypto’s Next Craze? Orbs That Scan Your Eyeballs. - Sam Altman, OpenAI’s chief executive, has started Worldcoin, a cryptocurrency project that aims to scan billions of human irises. - https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/07/technology/worldcoin-iris-scans.html

NY Times Tech: This Is a Reminder That You’re Probably Oversharing on Venmo - The mobile wallet service is a cautionary tale of how apps born at least a decade ago may be exposing more information than you would like. - https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/09/technology/personaltech/venmo-privacy-oversharing.html

NY Times Tech: Dozens of Children Die in Hot Cars Each Year. Back-Seat Sensors Could Save Them. - A moment of forgetfulness by a distracted or sleep-deprived parent can be devastating. Experts and child-safety advocates have called for interior motion sensors in all vehicles. - https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/10/us/hot-car-deaths-sensors.html

NY Times Tech: Driverless Taxis Can Expand San Francisco Services, Regulators Say - Autonomous Cruise and Waymo cars have been buzzing around the city for some time, and now can offer paid rides throughout it around the clock. - https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/10/technology/driverless-cars-san-francisco.html

NY Times Tech: San Francisco Officials Hesitant to Expand Driverless Car Services - Local officials are worried that state regulators are too eager about a plan by the companies Cruise and Waymo to offer round-the-clock driverless taxi services. - https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/09/technology/san-francisco-driverless-cars.html

NY Times Tech: Amid Sextortion’s Rise, Computer Scientists Tap A.I. to Identify Risky Apps - Researchers who found that a fifth of social networking apps have received multiple user complaints about sexual exploitation have launched a website to help parents vet apps. - https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/10/business/sextortion-ai-app-danger-project-safety-reviews.html

NY Times Tech: Sweden Is Not Staying Neutral in Russia’s Information War - The country has empowered a government agency to openly combat online disinformation coming from foreign adversaries, and especially the Kremlin. - https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/10/technology/sweden-combat-disinformation.html

NY Times Tech: Sam Bankman-Fried Sent to Jail After Judge Revokes Bail - Mr. Bankman-Fried had been under house arrest at his parents’ home as he awaited trial on charges stemming from the collapse of his cryptocurrency company, FTX. - https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/11/technology/sam-bankman-fried-jail.html

NY Times Tech: Sweden Is Not Staying Neutral in Russia’s Information War|||The country has empowered a government agency to openly combat online disinformation coming from foreign adversaries, and especially the Kremlin.|||https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/10/technology/sweden-combat-disinformation.html - -

NY Times Tech: Sam Bankman-Fried Sent to Jail After Judge Revokes Bail|||Mr. Bankman-Fried had been under house arrest at his parents’ home as he awaited trial on charges stemming from the collapse of his cryptocurrency company, FTX.|||https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/11/technology/sam-bankman-fried-jail.html - -

NY Times Tech: Sweden Is Not Staying Neutral in Russia’s Information War|||The country has empowered a government agency to openly combat online disinformation coming from foreign adversaries, and especially the Kremlin.|||https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/10/technology/sweden-combat-disinformation.html - -

NY Times Tech: Sam Bankman-Fried Sent to Jail After Judge Revokes Bail|||Mr. Bankman-Fried had been under house arrest at his parents’ home as he awaited trial on charges stemming from the collapse of his cryptocurrency company, FTX.|||https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/11/technology/sam-bankman-fried-jail.html - -

NY Times Tech: Sweden Is Not Staying Neutral in Russia’s Information War|||The country has empowered a government agency to openly combat online disinformation coming from foreign adversaries, and especially the Kremlin. -