The music industry traded tape for hard drives and got a hard-earned lesson. [[{“value”:” Enlarge / Hard drives, unfortunately, tend to die not with a spectacular and sparkly bang, but with a head-is-stuck whimper. (credit: Getty Images) One of the things enterprise storage and destruction company Iron Mountain does is handle the archiving of the …
Music industry’s 1990s hard drives, like all HDDs, are dying Read More »
A recent AI discovery resurrected my late father’s handwriting—and I want anyone to use it. [[{“value”:” Enlarge / An AI-generated image featuring my late father’s handwriting. (credit: Benj Edwards / Flux) Growing up, if I wanted to experiment with something technical, my dad made it happen. We shared dozens of tech adventures together, but those …
Two algorithms added so far, two more planned in the coming months. [[{“value”:” Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) Microsoft has updated a key cryptographic library with two new encryption algorithms designed to withstand attacks from quantum computers. The updates were made last week to SymCrypt, a core cryptographic code library for handing cryptographic functions in Windows …
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Taylor Swift on AI: “The simplest way to combat misinformation is with the truth.” [[{“value”:” Enlarge / A screenshot of Taylor Swift’s Kamala Harris Instagram post, captured on September 11, 2024. (credit: Taylor Swift / Instagram) On Tuesday night, Taylor Swift endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris for US President on Instagram, citing concerns over AI-generated …
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.mobi top-level-domain managers changed the location of its WHOIS server. No one got the memo. [[{“value”:” Enlarge (credit: Aurich Lawson | Getty Images) It’s not every day that a security researcher acquires the ability to generate counterfeit HTTPS certificates, track email activity, and execute code of his choice on thousands of servers—all in a single …
Rogue WHOIS server gives researcher superpowers no one should ever have Read More »
New AI feature aims to streamline game creation on popular online platform. [[{“value”:” Enlarge (credit: SOPA Images via Getty Images) On Friday, Roblox announced plans to introduce an open source generative AI tool that will allow game creators to build 3D environments and objects using text prompts, reports MIT Tech Review. The feature, which is …
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Optical Character Recognition converts passwords shown in images to machine-readable text. [[{“value”:” Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) Researchers have discovered more than 280 malicious apps for Android that use optical character recognition to steal cryptocurrency wallet credentials from infected devices. The apps masquerade as official ones from banks, government services, TV streaming services, and utilities. In …
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Supply of processors helps Chinese startups advance AI technology despite US restrictions. [[{“value”:” Enlarge (credit: VGG | Getty Images) The cost of renting cloud services using Nvidia’s leading artificial intelligence chips is lower in China than in the US, a sign that the advanced processors are easily reaching the Chinese market despite Washington’s export restrictions. …
Nvidia’s AI chips are cheaper to rent in China than US Read More »
Core drilling is tricky. Getting a 6 GHz signal through concrete is now easier. [[{“value”:” Enlarge / “Hmm, no signal here. I’m trying to figure it out, but nothing comes to mind …” (credit: Getty Images) One issue in getting office buildings networked that you don’t typically face at home is concrete—and lots of it. …
WaveCore runs right through a concrete wall with gigabit-speed network signal Read More »
WhisperGate campaign targeted Ukrainian critical infrastructure and allies worldwide. [[{“value”:” Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) Federal prosecutors on Thursday unsealed an indictment charging six Russian nationals with conspiracy to hack into the computer networks of the Ukrainian government and its allies and steal or destroy sensitive data on behalf of the Kremlin. The indictment, filed in …
US charges Russian military officers for unleashing wiper malware on Ukraine Read More »
