Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) Nine days after a Russian-speaking ransomware syndicate took down the biggest US health care payment processor, pharmacies, health care providers, and patients were still scrambling to fill prescriptions for medicines, many of which are lifesaving. On Thursday, UnitedHealth Group accused a notorious ransomware gang known both as AlphV and Black Cat...
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Hugging Face, the GitHub of AI, hosted code that backdoored user devices
Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) Code uploaded to AI developer platform Hugging Face covertly installed backdoors and other types of malware on end-user machines, researchers from security firm JFrog said Thursday in a report that’s a likely harbinger of what’s to come. In all, JFrog researchers said, they found roughly 100 submissions that performed hidden and...
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Swish to success: Caitlin Clark declares for the WNBA Draft
Written by Sara Jane Gamelli X Instagram TikTok Twitch 18 points away from the all-time scoring record, Iowa’s Caitlin Clark has officially declared for the 2024 WNBA Draft. (Photo by G Fiume/Getty Images) It’s a leap day fans will never forget. Hoop fans get ready, Caitlin Clark is taking her talents to the WNBA. This...
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Caleb Williams displayed his swagger at NFL combine
INDIANAPOLIS – Although former star USC quarterback Caleb Williams will have a lot to prove in the NFL, this much is already clear about the presumptive No. 1 overall pick during April’s NFL draft: He’s supremely confident. Williams’ off-the-charts belief in himself was on display Friday morning as he answered a volley of reporters’ questions...
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The pros and cons of proposed advancements in the NFL and college football
College football might follow in the footsteps of the NFL as the NFL mulls taking a page out from soccer. After the Michigan sign-stealing scandal, in-helmet communicators could be coming to FBS programs, as well as a two-minute timeout. The Shield meanwhile might eschew the chain gang for optical tracking technology… Read more…
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Every No. 1 NFL Draft pick since 2000
The NFL Scouting Combine is the first sign for everyone to get serious about draft talk. It gives football fans just under two months to prepare for a new name to walk across the stage as Roger Goodell says, “With the first overall pick…” Will they become the new face of the league? Or will...
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HP wants you to pay up to $36/month to rent a printer that it monitors
Enlarge / The HP Envy 6020e is one of the printers available for rent. (credit: HP) HP launched a subscription service today that rents people a printer, allots them a specific amount of printed pages, and sends them ink for a monthly fee. HP is framing its service as a way to simplify printing for...
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AI-generated articles prompt Wikipedia to downgrade CNET’s reliability rating
Enlarge (credit: Jaap Arriens/NurPhoto/Getty Images) Wikipedia has downgraded tech website CNET’s reliability rating following extensive discussions among its editors regarding the impact of AI-generated content on the site’s trustworthiness, as noted in a detailed report from Futurism. The decision reflects concerns over the reliability of articles found on the tech news outlet after it began...