Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) All-In-One Security, a WordPress security plugin installed on more than 1 million websites, has issued a security update after being caught three weeks ago logging plaintext passwords and storing them in a database accessible to website admins. The passwords were logged when users of a site using the plugin, typically abbreviated...
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Chasing defamatory hallucinations, FTC opens investigation into OpenAI
Enlarge / OpenAI CEO Sam Altman testifies about AI rules before the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Privacy, Technology, and the Law on May 16, 2023, in Washington, DC. (credit: Getty Images | Win McNamee ) OpenAI, best known for its ChatGPT AI assistant, has come under scrutiny by the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) over...
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Orlando Magic rookie Jett Howard follows in his father Juwan Howard’s NBA footsteps
It’s been nearly 20 years since Juwan Howard was selected in the NBA draft. And as nervous as the University of Michigan’s men’s basketball coach was on his memorable draft day, those butterflies pale compared with when he saw his son Jett get selected. “The coolest part of the draft was when I first walked...
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Sen. Tommy Tuberville draws scorn for not calling White nationalists ‘racists’
Tommy Tuberville, who famously coached the Auburn Tigers college football team before being elected to the U.S. Senate, created rancor when he refused to characterize White nationalists as “racists.” Tuberville, a Republican, was questioned about White nationalists espousing their racist views while serving in the U.S. military. Initially, Tuberville adamantly refused to say the two...
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LeBron James announces he will return for 21st season
LeBron James acknowledged on Wednesday night that a few months ago he was questioning to himself his ability to keep performing "without cheating the game" and to still "give everything to the game." Read more…
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F.T.C.’s Lina Khan Faces Fresh Questions After Microsoft Ruling
Lina Khan has said a fear of defeat should not deter the agency from suing big tech companies. But after Microsoft won a ruling this week, her critics say that strategy is flawed.
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Threads Review: How Meta’s New App Stacks Up Against Twitter
One of us is a Twitter addict; the other not so much. In the end, we were both unsure how people might use Threads in the long run.
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Linux could be 3% of global desktops. What happened to Windows?
How can you argue against these numbers? (credit: 20th Century Fox / Aurich Lawson) According to one measurement by one firm, Linux reached 3.07 percent market share of global desktop operating systems in June 2023. It’s a notable first for the more than 30-year-old operating system, though other numbers in Statcounter’s chart open it up...
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Musk announces new AI company that seeks to “understand the universe”
Enlarge / Elon Musk speaks via video link at the opening ceremony of the World Artificial Intelligence Conference (WAIC) in Shanghai on July 6, 2023. (credit: REBECCA BAILEY/AFP via Getty Images) On Wednesday, Elon Musk formally announced the formation of xAI, a company aimed at understanding “the true nature of the universe” that will draw...