A look at hCaptcha, a reCAPTCHA alternative used by Discord and others, which trains ML systems and generative adversarial networks using AI-generated images
Discord's captcha is asking users to identify a ‘Yoko,’ a snail-like object that does not exist and was created by AI. — Matthew Gault Tweets: @jeffjarvis , @lazerwalker , @grege...
Some blue-check Twitter accounts, one pretending to be Bloomberg, spread an AI-generated image of an explosion at the Pentagon; the stock market briefly dipped
and markets briefly dipped Shannon Bond / NPR : Fake viral images of an explosion at the Pentagon were probably created by AI Davey Alba / Bloomberg : How Fake AI Photo of a Pentag...
Sources, former sellers, and court records shed light on “No. 1 BC”, a company that loads an encrypted messaging app on phones for use by organized crime groups
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A look at AI Hub, a Discord community focused on AI music that released an entire album featuring original songs using AI-generated vocals from famous artists
On Saturday, they released an entire album using an AI-generated copy of Travis Scott's voice, and labels are trying to kill it.
Twitter lets the certificate for its Tor onion site expire, effectively killing off the privacy-preserving and speech-protecting service after one year
Twitter has allowed the certificate for its Tor onion site to expire, effectively killing off a privacy- and speech-protecting service that it introduced last year.
A reporter says he used an AI-generated replica of a voice to bypass the voice verification system of the UK's Lloyds Bank and accessed an account's information
Banks in the U.S. and Europe tout voice ID as a secure way to log into your account. I proved it's possible to trick such systems with free or cheap AI-generated voices.
A look at the crypto promotion market, where paid influencers and middlemen like Dapp Centre coordinate campaigns that sometimes push the limits of US law
because it's not always disclosed—but many influencers posting about this or that cryptocurrency going 🚀 to the moon 🚀 are paid to do so: https://www.vice.com/... Edward Ongweso Jr...
A look at independent blockchain investigators like @zachxbt and YouTuber @coffeebreak_YT who uncover crypto and Web3 scams, often using pseudonymous identities
A handful of skilled independent investigators are uncovering high profile scams and hacks in the crypto and web3 world. Tweets: @honest_nft , @vice , @cryptoshields , @davidzmorri...
President Biden backs consumers' right to repair and acknowledges the anticompetitive practices of electronics manufacturers
“Too many areas, if you own a product, from a smartphone to a tractor, you don't have the freedom to choose how or where to repair that item you purchased.”
The AWS outage took down Amazon's Flex and Dolphin apps for logistics and time tracking, halting some deliveries
There's a mix of frustration and joy from workers as AWS outages cause chaos with Amazon's delivery infrastructure during its busy season. — Websites and online services …
Amazon says it resolved the underlying issues that caused an AWS outage starting around 10:45am ET and is “working towards recovery of any impaired services”
Yesterday AWS East experienced an outage, here are notable points: govtech.com : What caused Tuesday's major Amazon outage? Tweets: Shh / @worldwise001 : I'm almost certain the ima...
ConstitutionDAO faces existential questions as a “core team” makes key decisions; high transaction fees mean ~50% of “investors” may lose the money they put in
ConstitutionDAO tried to buy the Constitution. Now it has a $40 million mess on its hands and entire refunds are being wiped out by high fees.
FTC study on the six largest ISPs finds that some fail to fully inform consumers on how their data is monetized, such as using browsing history to serve up ads
The importance of the internet in the daily lives of consumers cannot be overstated. Lily Hay Newman / Wired : Security News This Week: An International Operation Knocked a Notorio...
As Twitch grapples with the fallout from its giant data leak, a look at the impact on its streamers, who had extensive revenue and personal data leaked
The leak of source code and some internal security files does not expose sensitive data, according to a former Twitch employee.
As Twitch grapples with the giant data leak, a look at the impact on its streamers, who had extensive revenue and personal data leaked
The leak of source code and some internal security files does not expose sensitive data, according to a former Twitch employee. — Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai
Twitch says a server configuration change left data exposed on the internet and let a third-party access its data
Out of an abundance of caution, we have reset all stream keys. You can get your new stream key here: https://dashboard.twitch.tv/settings/ stream.
Report: since 2004, Microsoft, Amazon, Google, Facebook and Twitter have earned $43.8B in contracts with the Pentagon, mostly in relation to the War on Terror
Edward Ongweso Jr / VICE : Tweets: @greisamartinez , @nullvoidstar , @vice , @caradefabio , @munira_ , and @acrecampaigns Tweets: Undeniable Greisa / @greisamartinez : @ACREcampai...
Facebook rolls out new security features for people in Afghanistan, including a one-click tool to quickly lock accounts and limit account discoverability
Facebook said Thursday it is rolling out new user controls for people in Afghanistan who are rushing to delete their digital footprints …
Facebook rolls out new security features for people in Afghanistan, including a one-click tool to quickly lock accounts and limit account discoverability
Facebook said Thursday it is rolling out new user controls for people in Afghanistan who are rushing to delete their digital footprints …
How the Taliban moved away from its technophobic roots and began using WhatsApp, Twitter, and Facebook to launder its brand and advance its agenda
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