Along with the higher spending, the owner of Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp projected lighter-than-expected revenue, causing its stock to plummet.
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Nation-state hackers exploit Cisco firewall 0-days to backdoor government networks
Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) Hackers backed by a powerful nation-state have been exploiting two zero-day vulnerabilities in Cisco firewalls in a five-month-long campaign that breaks into government networks around the world, researchers reported Wednesday. The attacks against Cisco’s Adaptive Security Appliances firewalls are the latest in a rash of network compromises that target firewalls, VPNs,...
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Deepfakes in the courtroom: US judicial panel debates new AI evidence rules
Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) On Friday, a federal judicial panel convened in Washington, DC, to discuss the challenges of policing AI-generated evidence in court trials, according to a Reuters report. The US Judicial Conference’s Advisory Committee on Evidence Rules, an eight-member panel responsible for drafting evidence-related amendments to the Federal Rules of Evidence, heard from...
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NFL draft confirms Black quarterbacks as face of the league
DETROIT – For the second time in as many years, two Black quarterbacks are expected to be selected among the top three picks in the three-day NFL draft that begins here Thursday, and three could go in the first round. In the last two NFL seasons, African American signal-callers were selected as the first- and...
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Instant Pot Steel-Cut Oats
This Instant Pot steel-cut oats recipe is the easiest way to make hearty and creamy steel-cut oatmeal for breakfast! Add your favourite toppings and enjoy a satisfying breakfast in minutes. I love oatmeal for breakfast, but for the sake of convenience, it’s usually in overnight form: apple pie overnight oats, high-protein overnight oats, or espresso...
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Microsoft Makes a New Push Into Smaller A.I. Systems
The company that has invested billions in generative A.I. pioneers like OpenAI says giant systems aren’t necessarily what everyone needs.
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In Silicon Valley, You Can Be Worth Billions and It’s Not Enough
Andreas Bechtolsheim, the first investor in Google, has an estimated $16 billion fortune. He recently settled charges that he engaged in insider trading for a profit of $415,726.
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Hackers infect users of antivirus service that delivered updates over HTTP
Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) Hackers abused an antivirus service for five years in order to infect end users with malware. The attack worked because the service delivered updates over HTTP, a protocol vulnerable to attacks that corrupt or tamper with data as it travels over the Internet. The unknown hackers, who may have ties to...
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Microsoft’s Phi-3 shows the surprising power of small, locally run AI language models
Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) On Tuesday, Microsoft announced a new, freely available lightweight AI language model named Phi-3-mini, which is simpler and less expensive to operate than traditional large language models (LLMs) like OpenAI’s GPT-4 Turbo. Its small size is ideal for running locally, which could bring an AI model of similar capability to the...