Unique IDs assigned to Android and iOS devices threaten your privacy. Who knew? [[{“value”:” You likely have never heard of Babel Street or Location X, but chances are good that they know a lot about you and anyone else you know who keeps a phone nearby around the clock. Reston, Virginia-located Babel Street is the …
Location tracking of phones is out of control. Here’s how to fight back. Read More »
A year later, a compelling group of TED speakers move from “what’s this?” to “what now?” [[{“value”:” SAN FRANCISCO—On Tuesday, TED AI 2024 kicked off its first day at San Francisco’s Herbst Theater with a lineup of speakers that tackled AI’s impact on science, art, and society. The two-day event brought a mix of researchers, …
At TED AI 2024, experts grapple with AI’s growing pains Read More »
Vulnerability allowing remote code execution has been discussed since at least 9 days ago. [[{“value”:” Fortinet, a maker of network security software, has kept a critical vulnerability under wraps for more than a week amid reports that attackers are using it to execute malicious code on servers used by sensitive customer organizations. Fortinet representatives didn’t …
FortiGate admins report active exploitation 0-day. Vendor isn’t talking. Read More »
Co-founder thinks other companies should consider a “swim against the stream.” [[{“value”:” 37Signals is not a company that makes its policy or management decisions quietly. The productivity software company was an avowedly Mac-centric shop until Apple’s move to kill home screen web apps (or Progressive Web Apps, or PWAs) led the firm and its very-public-facing co-founder, …
Basecamp-maker 37Signals says its “cloud exit” will save it $10M over 5 years Read More »
New Alt+Space shortcut puts OpenAI’s assistant a key press away at all times. [[{“value”:” On Thursday, OpenAI released an early Windows version of its first-ever ChatGPT app for Windows, following a Mac version that launched in May. Currently, it’s only available to subscribers of Plus, Team, Enterprise, and Edu versions of ChatGPT, and users can …
Migrating didn’t hurt as much as I thought it would—and dynamic DNS still works! [[{“value”:” A few months back, I put together a big fat guide on how to configure DNS and DHCP on your LAN the old-school way, with bind and dhcpd working together to seamlessly hand out addresses to hosts on your network …
Finally upgrading from isc-dhcp-server to isc-kea for my homelab Read More »
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 …
Cheap AI “video scraping” can now extract data from any screen recording Read More »
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 …
Duo accused of DDoSing some of the world’s biggest tech companies Read More »
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 …
Deepfake lovers swindle victims out of $46M in Hong Kong AI scam Read More »
