TechnologyWashington Post technology news.https://www.washingtonpost.comWed, 16 Oct 2024 17:44:12 +00001hourly1U.S. charges Sudanese men with running powerful cyberattack-for-hire gang https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2024/10/16/sudanese-charged-cyberattack-gang/https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2024/10/16/sudanese-charged-cyberattack-gang/Joseph MennWed, 16 Oct 2024 17:18:35 +0000The U.S. government says two brothers targeted big U.S. corporations, a hospital and an Israeli defense system in a mostly ideologically driven operation.Inside Elon Musk’s plan to trigger a ‘red wave’ for Trumphttps://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2024/10/15/musk-america-pac-door-knocking/https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2024/10/15/musk-america-pac-door-knocking/Trisha Thadani, Elizabeth DwoskinWed, 16 Oct 2024 16:52:08 +0000Billionaire Elon Musk’s super PAC is using an old-school strategy heavy on door-knocking and mail shots — but his erratic management style has caused problems.Amazon doubles down on nuclear energy with deal for small reactorshttps://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2024/10/16/amazon-smr-nuclear/https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2024/10/16/amazon-smr-nuclear/Shannon Najmabadi, Evan HalperWed, 16 Oct 2024 16:35:09 +0000The cloud computing and retail giant signed a deal to buy electricity generated by small modular reactors. AI is spawning a flood of fake Trump and Harris voices. Here’s how to tell what’s real.https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/interactive/2024/ai-voice-detection-trump-harris-deepfake-election/https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/interactive/2024/ai-voice-detection-trump-harris-deepfake-election/Pranshu Verma, Rekha Tenjarla, Bishop SandWed, 16 Oct 2024 10:05:19 +0000AI has made it extraordinarily simple to copy someone’s voice — allowing thousands of audio impersonations, known as “deepfakes,” to flood the internet.Everything we know about ‘shadowbans’ on social media https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2024/10/16/shadowban-social-media-algorithms-twitter-tiktok/https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2024/10/16/shadowban-social-media-algorithms-twitter-tiktok/Tatum HunterWed, 16 Oct 2024 09:00:00 +0000Call it a “shadowban” or “algorithmic suppression,” but companies are tight-lipped about what gets blocked from algorithmic feeds.Don’t say ‘vote’: How Instagram hides your political postshttps://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2024/10/16/instagram-limits-political-content-shadowban-election-posts/https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2024/10/16/instagram-limits-political-content-shadowban-election-posts/Geoffrey A. FowlerWed, 16 Oct 2024 09:00:00 +0000Our tech columnist investigates how Meta’s Instagram, Facebook and Threads suppress content related to the election. Even discussing how to vote isn’t safe.Five ways to stop companies from using your data in new wayshttps://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2024/10/15/meta-ai-linkedin-paypal-user-data/https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2024/10/15/meta-ai-linkedin-paypal-user-data/Shira OvideTue, 15 Oct 2024 16:30:00 +0000And why the backlash to Meta AI, LinkedIn and PayPal’s new advertising business is a healthy thing. Whitmer apologizes after Catholics say Doritos video mocked Communionhttps://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/10/14/whitmer-apologizes-chip-communion/https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/10/14/whitmer-apologizes-chip-communion/Jonathan EdwardsMon, 14 Oct 2024 20:53:15 +0000Gov. Gretchen Whitmer apologized for putting a chip on the extended tongue of an influencer in a video that a Catholic organization called a mockery of Communion.