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Cameo to the Moon, and Back
A start-up that offers fans a way to buy personalized videos from celebrities was supercharged by pandemic boredom and venture capital. All it had to do was grow forever.
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Feel-good story of the week: 2 ransomware gangs meet their demise
Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) From the warm-and-fuzzy files comes this feel-good Friday post, chronicling this week’s takedown of two hated ransomware groups. One vanished on Tuesday, allegedly after being hacked by a group claiming allegiance to Ukraine. The other was taken out a day later thanks to an international police dragnet. The first group, calling...
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Okta says hackers breached its support system and viewed customer files
Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) Identity and authentication management provider Okta said hackers managed to view private customer information after gaining access to credentials to its customer support management system. “The threat actor was able to view files uploaded by certain Okta customers as part of recent support cases,” Okta Chief Security Officer David Bradbury said...
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Thanks to AI, the future of programming may involve YELLING IN ALL CAPS
Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) Not long after OpenAI first unveiled its DALL-E 3 AI image generator integrated into ChatGPT earlier this month, some users testing the feature began noticing bugs in the ChatGPT app that revealed internal prompts shared between the image generator and the AI assistant. Amusingly to some, the instructions included commands written...
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RIP to my 8-port Unifi switch after years and years of Texas outdoor temps
Enlarge / My original US-8-150W shortly before being replaced. Don’t judge my zip-tie mounting job—it held for eight years! (credit: Lee Hutchinson) This morning, I’d like to pour one out for a truly awesome piece of gear that did everything I asked of it without complaint and died before its time: my Unifi 8-port POE...
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Ex-Alabama basketball star Brandon Miller hit with wrongful death suit
More than nine months after Jamea Jonae Harris was shot and killed in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, a federal wrongful death lawsuit was filed in her passing against three men including Brandon Miller, formerly of Alabama’s men’s basketball team and current Charlotte Hornet. Harris was killed on Jan. 15, with Darius Miles, who… Read more…
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Clothing brands by alums of historically Black colleges showcase school pride
During homecoming season thousands of alumni from historically Black colleges and universities travel to their alma maters for a weekend filled with reminiscing, partying, networking and sporting their university’s apparel. “Homecoming is a time where we’re supposed to come together, celebrate and reflect,” Paris Smith, a Morgan State University alumnus and fashion designer, told Andscape....
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New study says AI chatbots perpetuate racism in health care
SAN FRANCISCO — As hospitals and health care systems turn to artificial intelligence to help summarize doctors’ notes and analyze health records, a new study led by Stanford School of Medicine researchers cautions that popular chatbots are perpetuating racist, debunked medical ideas, prompting concerns that the tools could worsen health disparities for Black patients. Powered...
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Homecoming intensifies focus on bands at historically Black colleges
HBCU Bands is a monthly look at news and moves being made by bands at historically Black colleges and universities. Howard University snare drummer Joshua Wallington cannot wait to put on a good homecoming show this weekend in front of alumni who may be coming to Washington from as far as Australia. “It’s really cool...