Critics alleged AMD removed the 'Diffused in Taiwan' labels to appease China.
rumored 1 article 2024-01-20
critics AMD China
AMD says it removed the country of diffusion labels from all new CPUs and APUs, after criticism that it removed the “Diffused in Taiwan” labels to appease China
Tom's Hardware · 2024-01-20 · #20
AI technologies (including deepfakes and voice cloning) are being used to help criminals carry out financial scams.
confirmed 1 article 2024-01-20
AI deepfakes voice cloning financial scams criminals
Rembrand inserts AI-generated virtual product placements into video podcasts, often undetected, to supplement host-read ads.
confirmed 1 article 2024-01-19
Rembrand video podcasts
Some video podcasts are using AI-generated product placements from a company called Rembrand to supplement their typical host-read ads
Bloomberg · 2024-01-19 · #14
Cold River is described as a Russia-linked hacking group.
confirmed 1 article 2024-01-19
Cold River Russia
Google's TAG says Russia-linked hacking group Cold River is ramping up its activity and using new tactics, like data-stealing malware, to cause more disruption
TechCrunch · 2024-01-19 · #34
Toufi Saliba said his respect for Meta increased after watching Yann LeCun speak at the Davos panel.
confirmed 1 article 2024-01-19
Toufi Saliba Meta
World leaders at the 2024 World Economic Forum fret over AI-powered misinformation and job displacement, following excitement about ChatGPT at the 2023 WEF
Washington Post · 2024-01-19 · #29
Yann LeCun stated that Meta has practiced open research and promoted open-source AI platforms, and that a consensus is emerging that open-source AI platforms are inevitable and beneficial.
confirmed 1 article 2024-01-19
Yann LeCun Meta open research open source AI platforms
World leaders at the 2024 World Economic Forum fret over AI-powered misinformation and job displacement, following excitement about ChatGPT at the 2023 WEF
Washington Post · 2024-01-19 · #29
World leaders at the 2024 World Economic Forum express concern about AI-driven misinformation and potential job displacement.
confirmed 1 article 2024-01-19
World leaders AI-powered misinformation job displacement
World leaders at the 2024 World Economic Forum fret over AI-powered misinformation and job displacement, following excitement about ChatGPT at the 2023 WEF
Washington Post · 2024-01-19 · #29
Former and current employees describe Twitch as having alienated its top creators, damaging creator relationships.
confirmed 1 article 2024-01-19
Twitch top creators
Former and current Twitch employees describe how Twitch never understood what its users wanted, failed to go mainstream, alienated its top creators, and more
Fast Company · 2024-01-19 · #26
Employees describe Twitch as having failed to go mainstream and achieve broader mainstream adoption.
failed 1 article 2024-01-19
Twitch
Former and current Twitch employees describe how Twitch never understood what its users wanted, failed to go mainstream, alienated its top creators, and more
Fast Company · 2024-01-19 · #26
Manta Network reported that all funds remain safe despite the DDoS attack and withdrawal delays.
confirmed 1 article 2024-01-19
Manta Network all funds
Manta Network was hit by a DDoS attack as it issued its MANTA token on January 18, leading to longer-than-expected withdrawal times; all funds remain safe
CoinDesk · 2024-01-19 · #11
The DDoS incident during the token issuance led to longer-than-expected withdrawal times for users.
confirmed 1 article 2024-01-19
Manta Network withdrawals
Manta Network was hit by a DDoS attack as it issued its MANTA token on January 18, leading to longer-than-expected withdrawal times; all funds remain safe
CoinDesk · 2024-01-19 · #11
Manta Network was hit by a DDoS attack during the issuance of its MANTA token on January 18, causing service disruption.
confirmed 1 article 2024-01-19
Manta Network MANTA token
Manta Network was hit by a DDoS attack as it issued its MANTA token on January 18, leading to longer-than-expected withdrawal times; all funds remain safe
CoinDesk · 2024-01-19 · #11
A judge at the award ceremony praised Rie Kudan's winning book as 'flawless.'
confirmed 1 article 2024-01-19
one of the judges Rie Kudan's winning book
Author Rie Kudan reveals that about 5% of her winning book quoted verbatim sentences generated by ChatGPT.
confirmed 1 article 2024-01-19
Rie Kudan winning book ChatGPT
Max Schrems criticized the FISA/TADPF 'court' system, asserting it is 'not even a court.'
confirmed 1 article 2024-01-18
Max Schrems FISA/TADPF court system
A look at the US Data Protection Review Court, authorized in October 2022 to resume US-EU data transfers and which issues secret rulings, raising privacy fears
Politico · 2024-01-18 · #32
Have I Been Pwned adds almost 71 million email addresses linked to stolen accounts from the Naz.API dataset to its breach notification service.
confirmed 1 article 2024-01-18
Have I Been Pwned Naz.API dataset
Have I Been Pwned adds almost 71M email addresses tied to stolen accounts from the Naz.API dataset, which allegedly contains 1B+ lines of stolen credentials
BleepingComputer · 2024-01-18 · #17
Netflix says it will not support its iPad app on the Apple Vision Pro AR/VR platform.
denied 1 article 2024-01-18
Netflix iPad app on Apple Vision Pro
Netflix is not planning to launch a native Apple Vision Pro app or support its iPad app on the AR/VR platform, and says users can watch Netflix in the browser
Bloomberg · 2024-01-18 · #15
Google's Threat Analysis Group reports Cold River is employing new tactics, including data-stealing malware, to cause greater disruption.
confirmed 1 article 2024-01-18
Cold River data-stealing malware
Google's Threat Analysis Group reports that Russia-linked hacking group Cold River is ramping up its activity.
confirmed 1 article 2024-01-18
Cold River
404 Media documented multiple AI-powered 'rip-off' sites appearing in Google News that copy and churn out content from other outlets.
confirmed 1 article 2024-01-18
Google News AI-powered rip-off sites other news outlets
A Consumer Reports study of 709 volunteers found that 186,892 companies had sent data about the volunteers to Facebook, an average of 2,230 companies per person.
confirmed 1 article 2024-01-18
Consumer Reports Facebook 186,892 companies 709 volunteers 2,230 companies per person (average)
A Consumer Reports study involving 709 volunteers: 186,892 companies had sent data about the volunteers to Facebook, or an average of 2,230 companies per person
The Markup · 2024-01-18 · #18
Bradley P. Moss reacted with surprise to reporting about a secret surveillance court.
confirmed 1 article 2024-01-18
Bradley P. Moss secret surveillance court
A look at the US Data Protection Review Court, authorized in October 2022 to resume US-EU data transfers and which issues secret rulings, raising privacy fears
Politico · 2024-01-18 · #32
Fujitsu says it has a moral obligation to compensate hundreds of UK sub-postmasters and postmistresses wrongly prosecuted between 1999 and 2015.
confirmed 1 article 2024-01-18
Fujitsu UK sub-postmasters and postmistresses
Fujitsu says it has a “moral obligation” to compensate hundreds of UK Post Office staff wrongly prosecuted from 1999 to 2015 due to bugs in its Horizon software
BBC · 2024-01-18 · #43
The Naz.API dataset is alleged to contain over 1 billion lines of stolen credentials.
rumored 1 article 2024-01-18
Naz.API dataset stolen credentials
Have I Been Pwned adds almost 71M email addresses tied to stolen accounts from the Naz.API dataset, which allegedly contains 1B+ lines of stolen credentials
BleepingComputer · 2024-01-18 · #17
A 2021 Meta presentation, cited in the lawsuit, states that 100,000 minor users each day received sexually abusive content on Meta's platforms.
rumored 1 article 2024-01-18
Meta 100,000 minor users per day received sexually abusive content on its platforms
New Mexico's lawsuit against Meta includes a 2021 Meta presentation that says 100,000 minor users each day received sexually abusive content on its Platforms
Wall Street Journal · 2024-01-18 · #38
LeftoverLocals allows attackers to exfiltrate data from local memory on impacted GPUs and devices.
confirmed 1 article 2024-01-17
LeftoverLocals vulnerability local memory affected devices
Researchers describe a GPU vulnerability that allows attackers to exfiltrate data from local memory on some devices with Apple, Qualcomm, AMD, and other chips
Wired · 2024-01-17 · #5
Omdia reports the healthcare sector suffered 241 publicly disclosed cyberattacks between January and September 2023, the highest of any sector.
confirmed 1 article 2024-01-17
Healthcare sector 241 publicly disclosed attacks January\u2013September 2023 more than any other sector
Omdia: the healthcare sector suffered more cyberattacks than any other sector between January and September 2023, with 241 publicly disclosed attacks
Financial Times · 2024-01-17 · #19
A year-long study monitoring product review queries on Google, Bing, and DuckDuckGo suggests search engines are increasingly losing the cat-and-mouse battle against SEO spam, allowing spam to more effectively influence results.
confirmed 1 article 2024-01-17
study Google Bing DuckDuckGo product review queries
A study monitoring product review queries on Google, Bing, and DuckDuckGo for a year suggests that search engines are losing the cat-and-mouse game of SEO spam
404 Media · 2024-01-17 · #13
CISA and the FBI warn that threat actors using Androxgh0st malware are building a botnet to steal credentials for AWS, Microsoft 365, and other cloud applications.
confirmed 1 article 2024-01-17
CISA FBI threat actors Androxgh0st AWS Microsoft 365 cloud applications
The CISA and the FBI warn that threat actors using Androxgh0st malware are building a botnet to steal credentials for AWS, Microsoft 365, and other cloud apps
BleepingComputer · 2024-01-17 · #10
Researchers disclose PixieFail, a set of nine UEFI firmware vulnerabilities in products from five leading suppliers that can allow attackers to infect devices with malware, posing a major risk to cloud and data center infrastructure.
confirmed 1 article 2024-01-17
Researchers PixieFail UEFI firmware five leading suppliers devices cloud and data centers