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Critical Windows code-execution vulnerability went undetected until now
Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) Researchers recently discovered a Windows code-execution vulnerability that has the potential to rival EternalBlue, the name…
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Lobbyists have held up nation’s first right-to-repair bill in New York
Enlarge / Tech companies, including Apple, have lobbied hard to prevent a New York bill that would require them to…
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The risk of escalation from cyberattacks has never been greater
Enlarge (credit: Huang Evan via Getty Images) In 2022, an American dressed in his pajamas took down North Korea’s Internet…
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Riffusion’s AI generates music from text using visual sonograms
Enlarge / An AI-generated image of musical notes exploding forth from a computer monitor. (credit: Ars Technica) On Thursday, a…
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Stability AI plans to let artists opt out of Stable Diffusion 3 image training
Enlarge / An AI-generated image of a person leaving a building, thus opting out of the vertical blinds convention. (credit:…
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Microsoft discovers Windows/Linux botnet used in DDoS attacks
Enlarge (credit: Aurich Lawson / Ars Technica) Microsoft researchers have discovered a hybrid Windows-Linux botnet that uses a highly efficient…
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FuboTV goes kaput during World Cup semifinals, blames “criminal cyber attack”
Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) Sports-focused streaming-video service FuboTV said a “criminal cyber attack” was responsible for a prolonged outage that…
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ArtStation artists stage mass protest against AI-generated artwork
Enlarge / A screenshot of the “Trending” page on ArtStation from December 14, 2022. It shows anti-AI protest images added…
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Prosecutors charge 6 people for allegedly waging massive DDoS attacks
Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) Federal prosecutors on Wednesday charged six people for allegedly operating websites that launched millions of powerful…
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Meet Ghostwriter, a haunted AI-powered typewriter that talks to you
Enlarge / Ghostwriter understands what you type and can automatically write responses using OpenAI’s GPT-3. (credit: Arvind Sanjeev / Ars…
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