Bitcoin aficionados are hoping that a scheduled reduction in the number of new coins going into circulation will cause the price of the cryptocurrency to skyrocket.
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LLMs keep leaping with Llama 3, Meta’s newest open-weights AI model
Enlarge (credit: Getty Images | Benj Edwards) On Thursday, Meta unveiled early versions of its Llama 3 open-weights AI model that can be used to power text composition, code generation, or chatbots. It also announced that its Meta AI Assistant is now available on a website and is going to be integrated into its major...
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LastPass users targeted in phishing attacks good enough to trick even the savvy
Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) Password-manager LastPass users were recently targeted by a convincing phishing campaign that used a combination of email, SMS, and voice calls to trick targets into divulging their master passwords, company officials said. The attackers used an advanced phishing-as-a-service kit discovered in February by researchers from mobile security firm Lookout. Dubbed CryptoChameleon...
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OpenAI winds down AI image generator that blew minds and forged friendships in 2022
Enlarge / An AI-generated image from DALL-E 2 created with the prompt “A painting by Grant Wood of an astronaut couple, american gothic style.” (credit: AI Pictures That Go Hard / X) When OpenAI’s DALL-E 2 debuted on April 6, 2022, the idea that a computer could create relatively photorealistic images on demand based on...
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Blake Griffin was a cultural phenomenon with the LA Clippers, but not for the reason you think
A player’s impact on sports culture can be best measured by the moments that come to mind when you mention their name. Basketball’s greats have them: Michael Jordan, Kobe Bryant, Allen Iverson, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, on and on. For LA Clippers forward Blake Griffin, who announced his retirement Tuesday after 14 years, there are many moments...
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TikTok Bill to Be Bundled With Aid to Ukraine and Israel, House Speaker Indicates
A new measure attempts to force the Senate’s hand on passing legislation to ban TikTok or mandate the app’s sale.
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What a TikTok Ban Would Mean for the U.S. Defense of an Open Internet
Global digital rights advocates are watching to see if Congress acts, worried that other countries could follow suit with app bans of their own.
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Kremlin-backed actors spread disinformation ahead of US elections
Enlarge (credit: da-kuk/Getty) Kremlin-backed actors have stepped up efforts to interfere with the US presidential election by planting disinformation and false narratives on social media and fake news sites, analysts with Microsoft reported Wednesday. The analysts have identified several unique influence-peddling groups affiliated with the Russian government seeking to influence the election outcome, with the...
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Broadcom says “many” VMware perpetual licenses got support extensions
Enlarge (credit: Getty) Broadcom CEO Hock Tan this week publicized some concessions aimed at helping customers and partners ease into VMware’s recent business model changes. Tan reiterated that the controversial changes, like the end of perpetual licensing, aren’t going away. But amid questioning from antitrust officials in the European Union (EU), Tan announced that the...