Gabriel Weinberg of the search engine DuckDuckGo was the first competitor to testify in the Justice Department’s antitrust trial against Google.
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Incomplete disclosures by Apple and Google create “huge blindspot” for 0-day hunters
Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) Incomplete information included in recent disclosures by Apple and Google reporting critical zero-day vulnerabilities under active exploitation in their products has created a “huge blindspot” that’s causing a large number of offerings from other developers to go unpatched, researchers said Thursday. Two weeks ago, Apple reported that threat actors were actively...
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AI-generated books force Amazon to cap e-book publications to 3 per day
Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) On Monday, Amazon introduced a new policy that limits Kindle authors from self-publishing more than three books per day on its platform, reports The Guardian. The rule comes as Amazon works to curb abuses of its publication system from an influx of AI-generated books. Amazon revealed the new limitations in a...
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OpenAI’s new AI image generator pushes the limits in detail and prompt fidelity
Enlarge On Wednesday, OpenAI announced DALL-E 3, the latest version of its AI image-synthesis model that features full integration with ChatGPT. DALL-E 3 renders images by closely following complex descriptions and handling in-image text generation (such as labels and signs), which challenged earlier models. Currently in research preview, it will be available to ChatGPT Plus...
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The Signal Protocol used by 1+ billion people is getting a post-quantum makeover
Enlarge (credit: Aurich Lawson | Getty Images) The Signal Foundation, maker of the Signal Protocol that encrypts messages sent by more than a billion people, has rolled out an update designed to prepare for a very real prospect that’s never far from the thoughts of just about every security engineer on the planet: the catastrophic...
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Telling AI model to “take a deep breath” causes math scores to soar in study
Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) Google DeepMind researchers recently developed a technique to improve math ability in AI language models like ChatGPT by using other AI models to improve prompting—the written instructions that tell the AI model what to do. It found that using human-style encouragement improved math skills dramatically, in line with earlier results. In...
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What are “drainer smart contracts” and why is the FBI warning of them?
Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) The FBI is advising potential NFT buyers to be on the lookout for malicious websites that use “drainer smart contracts” to surreptitiously loot cryptocurrency wallets. The websites present themselves as outlets for legitimate NFT projects that provide new offerings. They’re promoted by compromised social media accounts belonging to known NFT developers...
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Unlimited miles and nights: Vulnerability found in rewards programs
Enlarge (credit: Jose A. Bernat Bacete) Travel rewards programs like those offered by airlines and hotels tout the specific perks of joining their club over others. Under the hood, though, the digital infrastructure for many of these programs—including Delta SkyMiles, United MileagePlus, Hilton Honors, and Marriott Bonvoy—is built on the same platform. The backend comes...
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(BPRW) Clark Atlanta University Names Atlanta Housing’s Brian Benn Vice President, CIO
(Black PR Wire) Clark Atlanta University has named Brian Benn as its new Vice President and Chief Information Officer. Benn is currently Chief Information Officer and Senior Vice President for Atlanta Housing. Benn began his career at NASA and …
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The Chip Titan Whose Life’s Work Is at the Center of a Tech Cold War
At 92, Morris Chang, the founder of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, can no longer stay in the shadows.