They could save money if Activision’s titles are added to Xbox Game Pass, a monthly subscription service. But some are reserving judgment.
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Experts Worry as Facial Recognition Comes to Airports and Cruises
Facial recognition software is speeding up check-in at airports, cruise ships and theme parks, but experts worry about risks to security and privacy.
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Google will shield AI users from copyright challenges, within limits
Enlarge (credit: Getty Images / Benj Edwards) On Thursday, Google announced that it plans to defend users of its generative AI systems on Google Cloud and Workspace platforms against intellectual property violation claims, reports Reuters. The move follows similar commitments by Microsoft and Adobe, but Google claims its approach is more comprehensive, covering both the...
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Biggest DDoSes of all time generated by protocol 0-day in HTTP/2
Enlarge (credit: Aurich Lawson / Getty) In August and September, threat actors unleashed the biggest distributed denial-of-service attacks in Internet history by exploiting a previously unknown vulnerability in a key technical protocol. Unlike other high-severity zero-days in recent years—Heartbleed or log4j, for example—which caused chaos from a torrent of indiscriminate exploits, the more recent attacks,...
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As Red States Curb Social Media, Did Montana’s TikTok Ban Go Too Far?
Montana is at the forefront of a wave of new tech laws passed by Republican-led states. Some give parents control over their children’s social media accounts.
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New Laws on Kids and Social Media Are Stymied by Industry Lawsuits
Federal judges in three states have blocked children’s privacy and parental oversight laws, saying they very likely violate free speech rights.
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‘A.I. Obama’ and Fake Newscasters: How A.I. Audio Is Swarming TikTok
TikTok accounts are spreading falsehoods with the help from A.I.-generated voices.
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Sam Bankman-Fried’s Closest Friends Become His Foes in Courtroom Clash
The FTX founder’s criminal trial has made clear just how much his inner circle has turned against him.
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Star Witness Caroline Ellison Says Sam Bankman-Fried Made ‘Terrible Mistakes’
Mr. Bankman-Fried’s lawyers sought to poke holes in Ms. Ellison’s testimony, but her account remained largely consistent.
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Caroline Ellison Says She and Sam Bankman-Fried Lied for Years
In her second day testifying at the FTX founder’s trial, Ms. Ellison said she had misled lenders and circulated phony financial documents at Mr. Bankman-Fried’s request.