Daniel Stenberg says easy access to LLMs is producing junk AI-assisted bug reports that waste developer time and energy.
confirmed 1 article 2024-01-06
Daniel Stenberg LLMs AI-assisted bug reports developer time and energy
Daniel Stenberg, founder of open-source project curl, says easy access to LLMs is resulting in junk AI-assisted bug reports, wasting developer time and energy
daniel.haxx.se · 2024-01-06 · #2
Users report that X is increasingly showing malicious crypto advertisements linking to crypto drainers, fake airdrops, and Telegram channels that promote pump-and-dump schemes.
rumored 1 article 2024-01-06
X crypto drainers fake airdrops Telegram channels promoting pump and dumps
Hackers are using hijacked verified accounts to impersonate the LFG project (which does not have a blue check) to add legitimacy to crypto scam posts.
confirmed 1 article 2024-01-05
Hackers LFG project (unverified)
Hackers are hijacking X accounts of governments and businesses marked with gold and gray checkmarks, including Google's Mandiant, to promote crypto scams
BleepingComputer · 2024-01-05 · #20
Cosmos Institute aims to carve a new path between pessimism and unbridled optimism by promoting a balanced, enterprising optimism as a 'third way'.
confirmed 1 article 2024-01-05
Cosmos Institute balanced enterprising optimism (third way)
A look at the current AI philosophy landscape of existential pessimism vs. accelerationism, and the need for a balanced, enterprising optimism as the third way
Cosmos Institute · 2024-01-05 · #21
Brendan McCord proposes 'enterprising optimism' as a balanced third-way position in the AI philosophy landscape between existential pessimism and accelerationism.
confirmed 1 article 2024-01-05
Brendan McCord enterprising optimism
A look at the current AI philosophy landscape of existential pessimism vs. accelerationism, and the need for a balanced, enterprising optimism as the third way
Cosmos Institute · 2024-01-05 · #21
The AI philosophy landscape is framed as a contrast between existential pessimism and accelerationism.
confirmed 1 article 2024-01-05
existential pessimism accelerationism
A look at the current AI philosophy landscape of existential pessimism vs. accelerationism, and the need for a balanced, enterprising optimism as the third way
Cosmos Institute · 2024-01-05 · #21
Bill Perkins endorses Brendan McCord's thread and urges others to read it, while indicating he has many questions.
confirmed 1 article 2024-01-05
Bill Perkins Brendan McCord's thread
A look at the current AI philosophy landscape of existential pessimism vs. accelerationism, and the need for a balanced, enterprising optimism as the third way
Cosmos Institute · 2024-01-05 · #21
Pierre Vannier describes the presented middle voice between major ideological blocks as refreshing and interesting.
confirmed 1 article 2024-01-05
Pierre Vannier balanced middle voice between pessimism and accelerationism
A look at the current AI philosophy landscape of existential pessimism vs. accelerationism, and the need for a balanced, enterprising optimism as the third way
Cosmos Institute · 2024-01-05 · #21
Hackers hijacked and renamed the X account of Canadian senator Amina Gerba (gray checkmark) and are using it to spread crypto scams.
confirmed 1 article 2024-01-05
Hackers Amina Gerba X account (Canadian senator, gray checkmark)
Hackers are hijacking X accounts of governments and businesses marked with gold and gray checkmarks, including Google's Mandiant, to promote crypto scams
BleepingComputer · 2024-01-05 · #20
Substack recommends content, indicating platform-like behavior that undermines its claim of being only simple infrastructure/software.
confirmed 1 article 2024-01-05
Substack content
Substack wants to be seen as a pure infrastructure provider, akin to Cloudflare, but a platform can't claim to be simple software when it recommends content
Platformer · 2024-01-05 · #2
CertiK reports over $1.8 billion lost across 751 crypto hacks in 2023.
confirmed 1 article 2024-01-05
CertiK $1.8B lost 751 crypto hacks
CertiK: over $1.8B were lost across 751 crypto hacks in 2023, down 51% YoY from $3.7B in 2022; Q3 recorded the most losses at over $686M
Cointelegraph · 2024-01-05 · #5
TechInsights teardown finds Huawei's Qingyun L540 notebook uses a TSMC-made chip, quashing claims of a Chinese-made chip breakthrough.
denied 1 article 2024-01-05
Huawei Qingyun L540 TSMC
TechInsights teardown: Huawei's newest laptop, the Qingyun L540 notebook, runs on a chip made by TSMC, quashing talks of another Chinese tech breakthrough
Bloomberg · 2024-01-05 · #8
Employees describe CEO Robin Li's leadership style as a factor related to difficulties incubating new businesses at Baidu.
confirmed 1 article 2024-01-05
Robin Li Baidu
Current and former employees detail Baidu's difficulty incubating new businesses including CEO Robin Li's leadership style and most talented staff leaving
Financial Times · 2024-01-05 · #17
A Mastodon user claims Google will centralize control over user data by replacing cookies and altering system behavior.
confirmed 1 article 2024-01-05
Dr Ro Smith (@Rhube) Google users
As Google restricts third-party cookies for 1% of Chrome users, marketers, adtech companies, and publishers say Google has not done enough to prepare the market
Wall Street Journal · 2024-01-05 · #24
Industry groups argue the change strips users of anonymity and funnels significant user data to publishers.
confirmed 1 article 2024-01-05
marketers adtech companies publishers users publishers
As Google restricts third-party cookies for 1% of Chrome users, marketers, adtech companies, and publishers say Google has not done enough to prepare the market
Wall Street Journal · 2024-01-05 · #24
Marketers, adtech companies, and publishers say Google has not done enough to prepare the market for the cookie changes.
confirmed 1 article 2024-01-05
marketers adtech companies publishers Google
As Google restricts third-party cookies for 1% of Chrome users, marketers, adtech companies, and publishers say Google has not done enough to prepare the market
Wall Street Journal · 2024-01-05 · #24
HealthEC suffered a data breach between July 14 and July 23, 2023 exposing data of approximately 4.5 million patients.
confirmed 1 article 2024-01-05
HealthEC 4.5 million individuals
Health management solutions provider HealthEC suffered a data breach between July 14 and July 23, 2023 that impacted close to 4.5M patients
BleepingComputer · 2024-01-05 · #18
Hackers are hijacking verified X accounts belonging to governments and businesses (gold and gray checkmarks) to promote cryptocurrency scams.
confirmed 1 article 2024-01-05
Hackers X accounts of governments and businesses with gold and gray checkmarks
Hackers are hijacking X accounts of governments and businesses marked with gold and gray checkmarks, including Google's Mandiant, to promote crypto scams
BleepingComputer · 2024-01-05 · #20
Hackers targeted the Mandiant X account (part of Google) among others to push cryptocurrency scams.
confirmed 1 article 2024-01-05
Hackers Mandiant (Google) X account
Hackers are hijacking X accounts of governments and businesses marked with gold and gray checkmarks, including Google's Mandiant, to promote crypto scams
BleepingComputer · 2024-01-05 · #20
Marketers, adtech companies, and publishers say Google has not done enough to prepare the market for cookie changes.
confirmed 1 article 2024-01-04
marketers adtech companies publishers Google
In a letter to victims of its October 2023 breach, 23andMe blames the victims, saying users negligently reused and failed to update their passwords.
confirmed 1 article 2024-01-04
23andMe victims of October 2023 data breach users user passwords
In a letter to a group of victims of its October 2023 breach, 23andMe blames them, saying that “users negligently recycled and failed to update their passwords”
TechCrunch · 2024-01-04 · #9
Research finds deliberate internet shutdowns affected 747 million people globally in 2023.
confirmed 1 article 2024-01-04
deliberate internet shutdowns 747M people
Research: deliberate internet shutdowns affected 747M people globally in 2023, with a $9.01B cost; Russia accounted for $4.02B; X was the most blocked platform
Top10VPN · 2024-01-04 · #26
Research identifies X as the most blocked platform during deliberate internet shutdowns in 2023.
confirmed 1 article 2024-01-04
X
Research: deliberate internet shutdowns affected 747M people globally in 2023, with a $9.01B cost; Russia accounted for $4.02B; X was the most blocked platform
Top10VPN · 2024-01-04 · #26
Investigations found no records of Steven Reece Lewis at cited organisations and he does not appear to exist.
failed 1 article 2024-01-04
Steven Reece Lewis HyperVerse
The CEO of collapsed crypto fund HyperVerse, introduced to investors in 2021, doesn't appear to exist; Chainalysis: consumers lost $1.3B to HyperVerse in 2022
The Guardian · 2024-01-04 · #2
The study found 37% of boys aged 16\u201318 agreed they think they are addicted to social media.
confirmed 1 article 2024-01-03
Millennium Cohort study (UK) boys (aged 16\u201318) social media
A UK study of 7,000 people aged 16 to 18: 48% agreed with the statement “I think I am addicted to social media”; 57% of girls agreed, compared to 37% of boys
The Guardian · 2024-01-03 · #11
The Washington Post documented at least 30,573 false or misleading claims made by Donald Trump during his presidency (cited in the commentary).
confirmed 1 article 2024-01-03
Washington Post Donald Trump
Despite the focus on generative AI misinformation, policy discourse ignores that politicians pose the gravest misinformation threat, ahead of big 2024 elections
Financial Times · 2024-01-03 · #9
Orbit Chain lost approximately USD 81 million after an attack on its cross-chain bridge protocol.
confirmed 1 article 2024-01-03
Orbit Chain cross-chain bridge protocol USD 81 million
Orbit Chain, which facilitates cross-blockchain transactions, loses ~$81M after an attack on its cross-chain bridge protocol, reminiscent of Lazarus Group hacks
CoinDesk · 2024-01-03 · #30
Observers and users report consumer confusion about which streaming service licenses which movies due to the growing number of services and fragmented licensing.
confirmed 1 article 2024-01-03
consumers streaming services content licensing
Antenna: 6.3% of US customers cancelled major streaming services in November 2023, up from 5.1% YoY; 24% canceled three or more services over the past two years
Wall Street Journal · 2024-01-03 · #28
Critics and tech companies warn that the UK's Investigatory Powers (Amendment) Bill, a surveillance law moving through parliament, undermines user privacy.
rumored 1 article 2024-01-03
Critics tech companies UK Investigatory Powers (Amendment) Bill user privacy
Critics and tech companies worry that the UK's Investigatory Powers (Amendment) Bill, a surveillance law whisking through parliament, undermines user privacy
Politico · 2024-01-03 · #25
Former IRL employees report problems apparent from the start, including outages and inflated user metrics.
rumored 1 article 2024-01-03
Former employees of IRL IRL
Former employees at IRL, which is being sued by SoftBank for fraud, detail problems that were apparent from the start, such as outages and inflated user metrics
Financial Times · 2024-01-03 · #22