ChatGPT has a new vanity domain name, and it may have cost $15 million
Speculator swapped pricey domain for OpenAI shares instead of taking cash payment.
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Biz & IT // Informed technology
Trump plans to dismantle Biden AI safeguards after victory
Trump plans to repeal Biden's 2023 order and levy tariffs on GPU imports.
Benj Edwards
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Corning faces antitrust actions for its Gorilla Glass dominance
European Commission looks into alleged exclusivity, pricing, and patent demands.
Kevin Purdy
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Anthropic’s Haiku 3.5 surprises experts with an “intelligence” price increase
Anthropic’s smallest AI model now beats its older largest LLM, Opus, at some tasks.
Benj Edwards
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Suspect arrested in Snowflake data-theft attacks affecting millions
Threat actor exploited account credentials swept up by infostealers years earlier.
Dan Goodin
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New Zemeckis film used AI to de-age Tom Hanks and Robin Wright
Time-hopping film Here used AI trained on every Tom Hanks movie to make him appear young again.
Benj Edwards
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Nvidia ousts Intel from Dow Jones Index after 25-year run
Stock index switch-up reflects symbolic market shift as chip industry refocuses around AI.
Benj Edwards
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Perplexity will show live US election results despite AI accuracy warnings
AI search engine embraces 2024 US election with live tracker and chatbot info hub.
Benj Edwards
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Most Read
Thousands of hacked TP-Link routers used in yearslong account takeover attacks
The botnet is being skillfully used to launch "highly evasive" password-spraying attacks.
Dan Goodin
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Colorado scrambles to change voting-system passwords after accidental leak
"The goal is to complete the password updates by this evening," government says.
Jon Brodkin
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OpenAI launches ChatGPT with Search, taking Google head-on
As traditional web search falters, OpenAI offers an AI-based alternative.
Benj Edwards
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300 percent price hikes push disgruntled VMware customers toward Broadcom rivals
Ars speaks with users and partners unhappy with Broadcom's changes.
Scharon Harding
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Dropbox lays off 20% of staff, says it overinvested and underperformed
Dropbox also laid off 500 last year but still had "excess layers of management."
Jon Brodkin
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Android Trojan that intercepts voice calls to banks just got more stealthy
FakeCall malware can reroute calls intended for banks to attacker-controlled numbers.
Dan Goodin
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Downey Jr. plans to fight AI re-creations from beyond the grave
In podcast interview, actor takes firm stance against digital recreations of his likeness.
Benj Edwards
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Google CEO says over 25% of new Google code is generated by AI
We've always used tools to build new tools, and developers are using AI to continue that tradition.
Benj Edwards
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Here’s the paper no one read before declaring the demise of modern cryptography
The advance was incremental at best. So why did so many think it was a breakthrough?
Dan Goodin
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Hospitals adopt error-prone AI transcription tools despite warnings
OpenAI’s Whisper tool may add fake text to medical transcripts, investigation finds.
Benj Edwards
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Kremlin-backed hackers have new Windows and Android malware to foist on Ukrainian foes
"Civil Defense" pushes hybrid espionage/influence campaign targeting recruits.
Dan Goodin
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Removal of Russian coders spurs debate about Linux kernel’s politics
Torvalds defends move, says "Russian troll factories" won't deter him.
Kevin Purdy
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Location tracking of phones is out of control. Here’s how to fight back.
Unique IDs assigned to Android and iOS devices threaten your privacy. Who knew?
Dan Goodin
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At TED AI 2024, experts grapple with AI’s growing pains
A year later, a compelling group of TED speakers moves from "what's this?" to "what now?"
Benj Edwards
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FortiGate admins report active exploitation 0-day. Vendor isn’t talking.
Vulnerability allowing remote code execution has been discussed since at least 9 days ago.
Dan Goodin
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Basecamp-maker 37Signals says its “cloud exit” will save it $10M over 5 years
Co-founder thinks other companies should consider a "swim against the stream."
Kevin Purdy
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OpenAI releases ChatGPT app for Windows
New Alt+Space shortcut puts OpenAI's assistant a key press away at all times.
Benj Edwards
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Finally upgrading from isc-dhcp-server to isc-kea for my homelab
Migrating didn’t hurt as much as I thought it would—and dynamic DNS still works!
Lee Hutchinson
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Cheap AI “video scraping” can now extract data from any screen recording
Researcher feeds screen recordings into Gemini to extract accurate information with ease.
Benj Edwards
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Two accused of DDoSing some of the world’s biggest tech companies
Hospitals, government agencies, and a large roster of tech companies all targeted.
Dan Goodin
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Amazon joins Google in investing in small modular nuclear power
What's with the sudden interest in nuclear power among tech titans?
John Timmer
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Deepfake lovers swindle victims out of $46M in Hong Kong AI scam
Scammers used AI deepfake tools to create fake online personas, tricking victims in video calls.
Benj Edwards
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North Korean hackers use newly discovered Linux malware to raid ATMs
Once, FASTCash ran only on Unix. Then came Windows. Now it can target Linux, too.
Dan Goodin
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SpaceX tells FCC it has a plan to make Starlink about 10 times faster
SpaceX: "Small-but-meaningful updates" can boost speed from about 100Mbps to 1Gbps.
Jon Brodkin
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Google and Kairos sign nuclear reactor deal with aim to power AI
New Google agreement could boost development of small modular reactors—if they work.
Benj Edwards
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Adobe unveils AI video generator trained on licensed content
New text-to-video tool focuses on video pros, made with content owner permission.
Benj Edwards
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The Internet Archive and its 916 billion saved web pages are back online
Wayback Machine back in read-only mode after DDoS, may need further maintenance.
Jon Brodkin
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Invisible text that AI chatbots understand and humans can’t? Yep, it’s a thing.
A quirk in the Unicode standard harbors an ideal steganographic code channel.
Dan Goodin
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