International authorities and a raft of private technology companies say they have disrupted a cybercrime “assembly line” that allowed crooks to collect millions of login credentials and steal more than $47 million in ransom payments and by other fraudulent means. The crux of the operation was the simultaneous targeting of two unrelated tools that are...
Author: Admin
The Guardian: Texas Protesters Received Unusually Harsh Sentences in Crackdown on Dissent
All-Star Fever! Boston, Clark Lead 2nd Fan Vote Returns
Indiana Fever stars Aliyah Boston and Caitlin Clark led an Indianapolis takeover in the second round of WNBA All-Star Game fan voting. WNBA All-Star Game voters have caught the Indiana Fever. (Photo by Michael Hickey/Getty Images) Indiana teammates Aliyah Boston and Caitlin Clark headline the second round of WNBA All-Star Game fan voting: the tallies released by the league...
On Clive Davis and the death of a music mogul
The best way to encapsulate the complex, game-changing legacy of Clive Davis, the legendary label head who died Monday at 94, is through his discovery and meticulous shaping of Whitney Houston into a global pop star. The year was 1983. Months earlier, Davis orchestrated the gold comeback of the Queen of Soul, Aretha Franklin, with...
China Takes Supercomputer Crown From U.S. For First Time Since 2017
A supercomputer in Shenzhen was declared the world’s fastest. It uses only standard microprocessors and not the special-purpose chips called graphics processing units.
N.S.A. Lost Access to Powerful A.I. Model Amid Anthropic Dispute
A recent episode underscored the Trump administration’s increasing reliance on advanced A.I. systems for cybersecurity even as it battles a leading U.S. developer.
Meta Has Created a Prediction Markets App
The experimental app, internally called “Arena,” would be independent of Facebook and Instagram. It could compete for attention with Polymarket and Kalshi, the biggest prediction markets.
Tesla Crash That Killed a Texas Woman Will be Investigated by Federal Regulators
The car’s driver-assistance system was in use when the crash killed a woman on Friday, the police said.
U.S. Presses Meta to Agree to A.I. Reviews
Federal officials are urging the lone major tech company holdout to allow government safety evaluations, weeks after ordering Anthropic to pull its latest model.
White House drastically shortens deadline for dropping quantum-vulnerable crypto
The White House is drastically shortening the deadline for government agencies and organizations to adopt new quantum-resistant encryption systems that will withstand attacks that use quantum computers, as the federal government seeks to protect decades’ worth of secrets belonging to militaries, banks, governments, and most individuals on Earth. The executive order, titled Securing the Nation...


