Enlarge / An AI-generated image of a “Beautiful queen of the universe looking at the camera in sci-fi armor, snow and particles flowing, fire in the background” created using alpha Midjourney v6. (credit: Midjourney) In December, just before Christmas, Midjourney launched an alpha version of its latest image synthesis model, Midjourney v6. Over winter break,...
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A “ridiculously weak“ password causes disaster for Spain’s No. 2 mobile carrier
Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) Orange España, Spain’s second-biggest mobile operator, suffered a major outage on Wednesday after an unknown party obtained a “ridiculously weak” password and used it to access an account for managing the global routing table that controls which networks deliver the company’s Internet traffic, researchers said. The hijacking began around 9:28 Coordinated...
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Mandiant, the security firm Google bought for $5.4 billion, gets its X account hacked
Enlarge Google-owned security firm Mandiant spent several hours trying to regain control of its account on X (formerly known as Twitter) on Wednesday after an unknown scammer hijacked it and used it to spread a link that attempted to steal cryptocurrency from people who clicked on it. “We are aware of the incident impacting the...
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SpaceX Illegally Fired Workers Critical of Musk, NLRB Says
The National Labor Relations Board said the rocket company had wrongly dismissed eight people for a letter raising concerns about the chief executive.
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Boy, 13, Is Believed to Be the First to ‘Beat’ Tetris
Willis Gibson, a competitive Tetris player prodigy from Oklahoma, advanced so far in the original Nintendo version of the game that it froze. “I can’t feel my fingers,” he said afterward.
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Millions still haven’t patched Terrapin SSH protocol vulnerability
Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) Roughly 11 million Internet-exposed servers remain susceptible to a recently discovered vulnerability that allows attackers with a foothold inside affected networks. Once they’re in, attackers compromise the integrity of SSH sessions that form the lynchpin for admins to securely connect to computers inside the cloud and other sensitive environments. Terrapin, as...
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Early Mickey Mouse is now in the public domain—and AI is already on the case
Enlarge / AI-generated results of a gangster Mickey Mouse, Eldritch Horror Mickey Mouse, and Basketball Mickey Mouse created by a model trained on 1928 public domain Mickey Mouse cartoons. (credit: Schroedingercat, Kevin Elliott, David Binkowski) On January 1, three early Mickey Mouse cartoons entered the public domain in the US, and AI experimenters have wasted...
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(BPRW) UNCF Institute for Capacity Building Awarded 2023 Amazon Web Services IMAGINE Grant to Develop HBCUv
(Black PR Wire) UNCF (United Negro College Fund) Institute for Capacity Building (ICB) is proud to announce that it has been awarded the 2023 Amazon Web Services (AWS) IMAGINE Grant. The grant is open to registered 501(c) non-profit organiz…
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How Tracking and Technology in Cars Is Being Weaponized by Abusive Partners
Apps that remotely track and control cars are being weaponized by abusive partners. Car manufacturers have been slow to respond, according to victims and experts.
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An Artist in Residence on A.I.’s Territory
Alexander Reben is taking his tech-savvy perspective to OpenAI, a company that some in the art world believe is a threat to their future.