Enlarge / Supply-chain attacks, like the latest PyPi discovery, insert malicious code into seemingly functional software packages used by developers. They’re becoming increasingly common. (credit: Getty Images) Researchers have discovered yet another set of malicious packages in PyPi, the official and most popular repository for Python programs and code libraries. Those duped by the seemingly familiar...
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Setting our heart-attack-predicting AI loose with “no-code” tools
Enlarge / Ahhh, the easy button! (credit: Aurich Lawson | Getty Images) This is the second episode in our exploration of “no-code” machine learning. In our first article, we laid out our problem set and discussed the data we would use to test whether a highly automated ML tool designed for business analysts could return...
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SGX, Intel’s supposedly impregnable data fortress, has been breached yet again
Enlarge (credit: Intel) Intel’s latest generation of CPUs contains a vulnerability that allows attackers to obtain encryption keys and other confidential information protected by the company’s software guard extensions, the advanced feature that acts as a digital vault for security users’ most sensitive secrets. Abbreviated as SGX, the protection is designed to provide a fortress...
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Crypto and the US government are headed for a decisive showdown
Enlarge (credit: Elena Lacey | Getty Images) If you have paid casual attention to crypto news over the past few years, you probably have a sense that the crypto market is unregulated—a tech-driven Wild West in which the rules of traditional finance do not apply. If you were Ishan Wahi, however, you would probably not...
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A.I. Is Not Sentient. Why Do People Say It Is?
Robots can’t think or feel, despite what the researchers who build them want to believe.
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Why Alex Jones’s Trial Won’t Stop the Spread of Lies
His success has inspired a new generation of conspiracy theorists, who have learned how to stay away from legal trouble.
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Plug-In Hybrid Cars Gain Ground in Race With Electric Rivals
There has been a surge in the sales of cars that can travel short distances on just electricity and have a gasoline engine for longer trips.
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4 iPhone and Android Tricks You May Not Know About
Keeping up with new software features can be a chore, but here are a few tools from recent updates that may be useful — and potentially lifesaving.
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Crypto ‘Mixer’ Tornado Cash Is Blacklisted by the Treasury Department
The crackdown was the government’s latest effort to rein in the crypto industry.
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Crypto-driven GPU crash makes Nvidia miss Q2 projections by $1.4 billion
Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) Nvidia doesn’t officially announce its second-quarter financial results until the end of the month, but the company is trying to soften the blow by announcing preliminary results today. And as with so many other tech companies in the last month, the results are mixed at best. With $6.7 billion in revenue,...