Reading up on Wall Street Journal
4 deep · digging since feb 06
- People Keep Sneaking Into an Empty IBM Campus. This Town Has Had Enough. - WSJ
A vacant IBM campus in Somers, N.Y. has become a destination for trespassing urban explorers, drawing police responses and local frustration.
- AI Supercharges Deepfake Nudes—Unleashing a New Form of Bullying Among Kids - WSJ
AI nudify tools spread deepfake child abuse images, and schools, police, and parents lack the legal tools and protocols to stop the harassment effectively.
- Why Almost Everyone Loses—Except a Few Sharks—on Prediction Markets - WSJ
A WSJ analysis finds a small number of algorithmic traders capture most winnings on Polymarket and Kalshi, while typical users lose money.
- I’m Signing Off From This Column After 12 Years. Here’s What’s Changed in Tech. - WSJ
After 12 years as a WSJ columnist, Joanna Stern reflects on the consumer-tech shifts that reshaped daily life, including phones becoming everything, cars becoming computers, and AI becoming the new interface.