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How 3 hours of inaction from Amazon cost cryptocurrency holders $235,000
Enlarge Amazon recently lost control of IP addresses it uses to host cloud services and took more than three hours to regain control, a lapse that allowed hackers to steal $235,000 in cryptocurrency from users of one of the affected customers, an analysis shows. The hackers seized control of roughly 256 IP addresses through BGP...
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Starlink is getting a lot slower as more people use it, speed tests show
Enlarge (credit: Starlink) Starlink’s median download speeds in the US dropped from 90.6Mbps to 62.5Mbps between the first and second quarters of 2022, according to Ookla speed tests. Starlink’s median upload speeds in the US dropped from 9.3Mbps to 7.2Mbps in the same timeframe. Median latency also got a little worse for Starlink’s US customers,...
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Is the Hyperloop Doomed?
Though some efforts continue, the once-promising technology has run up against significant challenges — most notably creating an entirely new transit infrastructure.
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Artist receives first known US copyright registration for generative AI art
Enlarge / An excerpt from the AI-assisted comic book Zarya of the Dawn, which received a US copyright registration. (credit: Kris Kashtanova) In what might be a first, a New York-based artist named Kris Kashtanova has received US copyright registration on their graphic novel that features AI-generated artwork, according to their Instagram feed and confirmed...
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AI model from OpenAI automatically recognizes speech and translates it to English
Enlarge (credit: Benj Edwards / Ars Technica) On Wednesday, OpenAI released a new open source AI model called Whisper that recognizes and translates audio at a level that approaches human recognition ability. It can transcribe interviews, podcasts, conversations, and more. OpenAI trained Whisper on 680,000 hours of audio data and matching transcripts in 98 languages...
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Twitch Says It Will Reduce Payments for Many Popular Streamers
The video game streaming service is struggling to strike the right balance between popularity and profit.
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Jesse Powell, C.E.O. of Cryptocurrency Exchange Kraken, Steps Down
Jesse Powell, the chief executive, has battled with employees after posting messages about race and gender and urging those who disagreed with his values to leave.
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The Settings That Make Smartphones Easier for Everyone to Use
The accessibility features Apple and Google include in their mobile software can help people of all abilities get more from their devices.
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Fearing copyright issues, Getty Images bans AI-generated artwork
Enlarge / A selection of Stable Diffusion images with a strikeout through them. (credit: Ars Technica) Getty Images has banned the sale of AI generative artwork created using image synthesis models such as Stable Diffusion, DALL-E 2, and Midjourney through its service, The Verge reports. To clarify the new policy, The Verge spoke with Getty...