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Hacker plants false memories in ChatGPT to steal user data in perpetuity
Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) When security researcher Johann Rehberger recently reported a vulnerability in ChatGPT that allowed attackers to store false information and malicious instructions in a...
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“Anne Frank” Copyright Dispute Triggers VPN and Geoblocking Questions at EU’s...
The Diary of Anne Frank is one of the best known literary works in history, written by a young girl hiding from the Nazis in Amsterdam during World War II. Anne Frank died in 1945, but her legacy...
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Hacker miraculously gets an Intel 4004 to run Linux, takes about five days to...
Dmitry Grinberg is reasonably well-known in the hacking community. He designed the firmware for this year’s uber-cool DefCon 32 attendee badges that featured a Game Boy Advance emulator. He also...
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Caroline Ellison gets 2 years for covering up Sam Bankman-Fried’s FTX fraud
Enlarge / Caroline Ellison, former chief executive officer of Alameda Research LLC, was sentenced Tuesday for helping Sam Bankman-Fried cover up FTX’s fraudulent misuse of customer funds. (credit:...
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Asus Zenbook S 14 featuring Intel’s latest Core Ultra 7 debuts
The brand new Asus Zenbook S 14 features excellent build quality and impressive battery life, however according to reviewers it falls behind Snapdragon X Elite laptops in some performance metrics....
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The first ever webcam was used at Cambridge University, but what was it...
Computer scientists at Cambridge University deployed the first ever webcam in 1991. Read Entire Article
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Meta’s new lightweight AR prototype shows a future beyond bulky VR headsets
Enlarge / The future’s so bright, Mark Zuckerberg’s gotta wear shades. (credit: Meta) Thus far, Meta’s heavily money-losing Reality Labs division has been primarily focused on bulky virtual reality...
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California governor demonstrates wishy-washy stance on digital consumer rights
Assembly Bill 2863, introduced in April, requires companies with convenient online or in-app subscription options to allow customers to unsubscribe just as quickly. Many services are simple to...
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Cox asks court to block Rhode Island plan for broadband expansions
Enlarge (credit: Getty Images | Adrienne Bresnahan) Cox Communications asked a court to block Rhode Island’s plan for distributing $108.7 million in federal funding for broadband deployment. If...
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DoNotPay has to pay $193K for falsely touting untested AI lawyer, FTC says
Enlarge (credit: style-photography | iStock / Getty Images Plus) Among the first AI companies that the Federal Trade Commission has exposed as deceiving consumers is DoNotPay—which initially was...
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HP’s new AI chatbot tries to simplify printing – but is it really necessary?
HP recently introduced a new AI chatbot for printers, meaning to bring “intelligent features” that make printing more manageable for users. The company touts that its HP Print AI is the industry’s...
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Talking to ChatGPT for the first time is a surreal experience
Enlarge / Putting the “chat” in ChatGPT (credit: Getty Images) In May, when OpenAI first demonstrated ChatGPT-4o’s coming audio conversation capabilities, I wrote that it felt like we were “on the...
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OpenAI’s Murati shocks with sudden departure announcement
Enlarge / Mira Murati, Chief Technology Officer of OpenAI, speaks during The Wall Street Journal’s WSJ Tech Live Conference in Laguna Beach, California on October 17, 2023. (credit: PATRICK T. FALLON...
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91 percent of Amazon employees are “dissatisfied” with remote work ending: Poll
Amazon corporate office building in Sunnyvale, California. (credit: Getty Images) An overwhelming majority of Amazon employees are “dissatisfied” with Amazon killing remote work and requiring them to...
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Assassin’s Creed Shadows delayed after poor Star Wars Outlaws reception
Enlarge / The dual protagonists of Assassin’s Creed Shadows. (credit: Ubisoft) Assassin’s Creed Shadows, the long-anticipated next major edition in the popular historical, open-world game franchise,...
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NIST proposes barring some of the most nonsensical password rules
Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), the federal body that sets technology standards for governmental agencies, standards organizations, and...
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FAA-SpaceX regulatory dispute simmers on as sides dig in
Enlarge / Elon Musk, SpaceX’s founder and CEO, has called for the resignation of the FAA administrator. (credit: Dominika Zarzycka/NurPhoto via Getty Images) The clash between SpaceX and the Federal...
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ChatGPT vulnerability allows hackers to record your sessions indefinitely
Security research Johann Rehberger recently discovered a way to use ChatGPT as spyware. He reported it to OpenAI, but the company brushed him off, calling it a “safety” rather than a security issue...
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RTS classics StarCraft, StarCraft II make their way to PC Game Pass
Phil Spencer’s Tokyo Game Show update. Beloved real-time strategy classics StarCraft and StarCraft II will soon be available in Microsoft’s Game Pass subscription for PC, the company announced during...
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Automattic and WP Engine go to war over WordPress trademarks and resources
Automattic CEO and former Lead Developer at WordPress Foundation Matt Mullenweg didn’t mince words when he called WP Engine a “cancer” to the WordPress (WP) community. The company offers managed...
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