Enlarge / These days, it’s hard to buy a new vehicle without giving the dealer an extra wad of cash. (credit: Thitiphat Khuankaew / EyeEm / Getty Images) If there’s anything harder to buy right now than a new PlayStation 5 or a graphics card, it’s probably a new car, truck, or SUV. As we’ve reported,...
New technology that blends language and images could serve graphic artists — and speed disinformation campaigns.
Old-school media companies are challenging the streaming star, which needs new ways to stay on top.
The operation is the latest effort by the Biden administration to thwart actions by Russia by making them public before Moscow can strike.
Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) Security vendor WatchGuard quietly fixed a critical vulnerability in a line of its firewall devices and didn’t explicitly disclose the flaw until Wednesday, following revelations hackers from Russia’s military apparatus exploited it en masse to assemble a massive botnet. Law enforcement agencies in the US and UK on February 23 warned...
Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) The FBI remotely accessed and disinfected US-located devices running a powerful new strain of Russian state botnet malware, federal authorities said Wednesday. Those authorities added that the Kremlin was using the malware to wage stealthy hacks of its adversaries. The infected devices were primarily made up of firewall appliances from WatchGuard...
Enlarge (credit: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg via Getty Images) Intel, one of the world’s largest semiconductor companies, is suspending business operations in Russia “effective immediately,” the company announced on Tuesday. “Intel continues to join the global community in condemning Russia’s war against Ukraine,” the company said in a statement. Intel stopped shipping chips to customers in...
Free speech, open-source algorithms — and an edit button: The world’s richest person will soon help steer the social media platform where he has a huge following.
Inflation and gas prices are causing pain, but for millions, a rising stock market and increased homeowners’ equity are providing an unusual degree of security.
Early tests have been promising, but issues involving bias, privacy and mistrust of “black box” algorithms are possible pitfalls.