Enlarge / Excerpt of a 1923 cartoon that predicted a “cartoon dynamo” and “idea dynamo” that could create cartoon art automatically. The full cartoon is reproduced below. (credit: Paleofuture) In 1923, an editorial cartoonist named H.T. Webster drew a humorous cartoon for the New York World newspaper depicting a fictional 2023 machine that would generate...
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Microsoft to Lay Off 10,000 Workers as It Looks to Trim Costs
The job cuts, which amount to less than 5 percent of the company’s work force, are its largest in roughly eight years.
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How the Netherlands Is Taming Big Tech
Dutch privacy negotiators have spurred major changes at Google, Microsoft and Zoom, using a landmark European data protection law as a lever.
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Want a Giant Neon Twitter Bird? It’s One of Many Items Up for Auction.
The company’s artwork, high-end furniture and espresso machines are for sale in an online auction that evoked a more flush era when its tastes reflected its status as a hot tech-world employer.
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Bitcoin Price Rallies to Recoup Losses Since FTX Collapse
Investors have pushed the cryptocurrency above $21,000, and other digital tokens have risen as well.
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Bomb Cyclone? Or Just Windy with a Chance of Hyperbole?
When the barometer drops, the volume of ‘hyped words’ rises, and many meteorologists aren’t happy about it.
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Authorities dismantle crypto exchange Bitzlato, allege it was cybercrime “haven”
Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) Federal authorities on Wednesday arrested the founder of Bitzlato, a cryptocurrency exchange they said has been a financial haven for Russia-aligned criminals engaged in ransomware and illicit drug sales on the dark web. Anatoly Legkodymov, a 40-year-old Russian national residing in Shenzhen, China, was arrested on Wednesday in Miami, US prosecutors...
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Microsoft to lay off 10,000 workers, blames decelerated customer spending
Enlarge (credit: Getty) Microsoft is laying off about 10,000 employees by the end of Q3 of its 2023 fiscal year, the company confirmed today. Microsoft’s Securities and Exchange Commission filing (PDF) described the move as a “response to macroeconomic conditions and changing customer priorities.” Microsoft says it has 221,000 workers worldwide, meaning about 4.5 percent...
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(BPRW) Los Angeles Urban League Appoints Cynthia Mitchell Heard As Its New Chief Operating Officer
(Black PR Wire) LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA – Cynthia Mitchell Heard, a highly respected leader in nonprofit, has joined the Los Angeles Urban League (LAUL) as its Chief Operating Officer (COO). The announcement was made by Ambassador Michael A. Lawson,
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More than 4,400 Sophos firewall servers remain vulnerable to critical exploits
Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) More than 4,400 Internet-exposed servers are running versions of the Sophos Firewall that’s vulnerable to a critical exploit that allows hackers to execute malicious code, a researcher has warned. CVE-2022-3236 is a code injection vulnerability allowing remote code execution in the User Portal and Webadmin of Sophos Firewalls. It carries a...