Software Development

 Researcher feeds screen recordings into Gemini to extract accurate information with ease.  [[{“value”:” Recently, AI researcher Simon Willison wanted to add up his charges from using a cloud service, but the payment values and dates he needed were scattered among a dozen separate emails. Inputting them manually would have been tedious, so he turned to …

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 Hospitals, government agencies, and a large roster of tech companies all targeted.  [[{“value”:” Federal authorities have charged two Sudanese nationals with running an operation that performed tens of thousands of distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks against some of the world’s biggest technology companies, as well as critical infrastructure and government agencies. The service, branded …

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 What’s with the sudden interest in nuclear power among tech titans?  [[{“value”:” On Tuesday, Google announced that it had made a power purchase agreement for electricity generated by a small modular nuclear reactor design that hasn’t even received regulatory approval yet. Today, it’s Amazon’s turn. The company’s Amazon Web Services (AWS) group has announced three …

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 Scammers used AI deepfake tools to create fake online personas, tricking victims in video calls.  [[{“value”:” On Monday, Hong Kong police announced the arrest of 27 people involved in a romance scam operation that used AI face-swapping techniques to defraud victims of $46 million through fake cryptocurrency investments, reports the South China Morning Post. The …

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 Once, FASTCash ran only on Unix. Then came Windows. Now it can target Linux, too.  [[{“value”:” In the beginning, North Korean hackers compromised the banking infrastructure running AIX, IBM’s proprietary version of Unix. Next, they hacked infrastructure running Windows. Now, the state-backed bank robbers have expanded their repertoire to include Linux. The malware, tracked under …

North Korean hackers use newly discovered Linux malware to raid ATMs Read More »

 SpaceX: “Small-but-meaningful updates” can boost speed from about 100Mbps to 1Gbps.  [[{“value”:” SpaceX is seeking approval for changes to Starlink that the company says will enable gigabit-per-second broadband service. In an application submitted to the Federal Communications Commission on October 11, SpaceX claims the requested “modification and its companion amendment will enable the Gen2 system …

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 New Google agreement could boost development of zero-emission small modular reactors.  [[{“value”:” On Monday, Google announced an agreement with Kairos Power to purchase nuclear energy from multiple small modular reactors (SMRs), marking the first deal of its kind. The partnership aims to bring Kairos Power’s initial SMR online by 2030, with additional reactor deployments planned …

Google and Kairos sign nuclear reactor deal with aim to power AI Read More »

 New text-to-video tool focuses on video pros, made with content owner permission.  [[{“value”:” On Monday, Adobe announced Firefly Video Model, a new AI-powered text-to-video generation tool that can create novel videos from written prompts. It joins similar offerings from OpenAI, Runway, Google, and Meta in an increasingly crowded field. Unlike the competition, Adobe claims that …

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 Wayback Machine back in read-only mode after DDoS, may need further maintenance.  [[{“value”:” The Internet Archive has brought its Wayback Machine back online “in a provisional, read-only manner” as it continues to recover from attacks that took the site down last week, founder Brewster Kahle said in a post last night. The archive.org home page …

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 Partying robots spark debate about accuracy of Musk’s “biggest product ever of any kind” vision.  [[{“value”:” Two years ago, Tesla’s Optimus prototype was an underwhelming mess of exposed wires that could only operate in a carefully controlled stage presentation. Last night, Tesla’s “We, Robot” event featured much more advanced Optimus prototypes that could walk around …

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