In a rare in-depth interview, this billionaire man of mystery, the head of Palantir Technologies, talks about war, A.I. and America’s future.
Windows 0-day was exploited by North Korea to install advanced rootkit
Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) A Windows zero-day vulnerability recently patched by Microsoft was exploited by hackers working on behalf of the North Korean government so they could install custom malware that’s exceptionally stealthy and advanced, researchers reported Monday. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2024-38193, was one of six zero-days—meaning vulnerabilities known or actively exploited before the...
(BPRW) Thrivin’ in Color Podcast Launches Black Business Month Special
(Black PR Wire) Miami, FL – August marks Black Business Month and BPRW’s Thrivin’ in Color podcast is celebrating with a special series throughout the month! The series features a collection of episodes highlighting prominent Black…
OpenAI Disrupts Iranian Misinformation Campaign
The company said the Iranian effort, which used ChatGPT, did not gain much traction.
Apple Changes App Store Rules
The company faces pressure from governments around the world and complaints from companies that it is still too restrictive.
In San Francisco, Local News Is Seeing a Resurgence
The city has become a hothouse for experimentation in local news. Could it serve as a model for the rest of the country?
Can Musk Get Trump Elected? + Steve Ballmer’s Quest for the Facts + This Week in A.I.
This is totally unprecedented for a tech C.E.O.
Chinese social media users hilariously mock AI video fails
Enlarge / Still from a Chinese social media video featuring two people imitating imperfect AI-generated video outputs. (credit: BiliBili) It’s no secret that despite significant investment from companies like OpenAI and Runway, AI-generated videos still struggle to achieve convincing realism at times. Some of the most amusing fails end up on social media, which has...
California A.I. Bill Is Tweaked
Silicon Valley companies still worry that state lawmakers are jumping the gun on regulating a still-unproven technology.
Bowling, Selfies and the ‘Dougie’: Biden Woos Influencers at the White House
For its first conference on the creator economy, the Biden administration celebrated social media creators. The president lauded them as a “breakthrough in how we communicate.”