Enlarge (credit: Getty Images | Bloomberg) Verizon is replacing its confusing mess of six “unlimited” wireless plans with a slightly less confusing menu of options. Starting tomorrow when the new plans roll out, customers selecting a new plan will have two primary choices. Only the more expensive option will include access to the fastest portions...
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Poll: 61% of Americans say AI threatens humanity’s future
Enlarge / An AI-generated image of “real space invaders” threatening the earth. (credit: Midjourney) A majority of Americans believe that the rise of artificial intelligence technology could put humanity’s future in jeopardy, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll published on Wednesday. The poll found that over two-thirds of respondents are anxious about the adverse effects of...
Malware turns home routers into proxies for Chinese state-sponsored hackers
Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) Researchers on Tuesday unveiled a major discovery—malicious firmware that can wrangle a wide range of residential and small office routers into a network that stealthily relays traffic to command and control servers maintained by Chinese state-sponsored hackers. A firmware implant, revealed in a write-up from Check Point Research, contains a full-featured...
(BPRW) THE BLACK HOLLYWOOD EDUCATION & RESOURCE CENTER ANNOUNCES THE 30th ANNIVERSARY OF SISTAS ARE DOIN’ IT FOR THEMSELVES SHORT FILM SHOWCASE AND VIRTUAL FILM FESTIVAL
(Black PR Wire) Hollywood, CA – The Black Hollywood Education and Resource Center (BHERC) will host the 30th Anniversary of its Sistas Are Doin’ It For Themselves Short Film Showcase and Virtual Film Festival. All in-person events will be held…
(BPRW) Dr. Eli Joseph To Serve as Academic Marshal at Columbia University and NYU In Class of 2023 Commencement
(Black PR Wire) On Wednesday, May 17, 2023, the Columbia University Commencement ceremony of the 269th academic year will take place on the Morningside Campus. On the same day, violet banners will fly high over Yankee Stadium as New York University conven…
U.S.-Made Technology Is Flowing to Russian Airlines, Despite Sanctions
Russian customs data shows that millions of dollars of aircraft parts made by Boeing, Airbus and others were sent to Russia last year.
E.U. Approves Microsoft’s $69 Billion Deal for Activision
The green light follows objections to the blockbuster deal by American and British regulators on the grounds that it would undercut competition.
Microsoft is scanning the inside of password-protected zip files for malware
Enlarge Microsoft cloud services are scanning for malware by peeking inside users’ zip files, even when they’re protected by a password, several users reported on Mastodon on Monday. Compressing file contents into archived zip files has long been a tactic threat actors use to conceal malware spreading through email or downloads. Eventually, some threat actors...
As AI-generated fakes proliferate, Google plans to fight back
Enlarge / Photorealistic AI-generated images like this one may distort our sense of history. Google wants to fix that. (credit: Midjourney) On Wednesday at Google I/O 2023, Google announced three new features designed to help people spot AI-generated fake images in search results, reports Bloomberg. The features will identify the known origins of an image,...
Ex-ByteDance Executive Accuses TikTok Parent Company of ‘Lawlessness’
The former executive sued ByteDance, which owns TikTok, for wrongful termination and accused the company of lifting content from rivals and “supreme access” by the Chinese Communist Party.