Economy
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Darknet markets generate millions in revenue selling stolen personal data
Enlarge (credit: Peach_istock via Getty Images) It is common to hear news reports about large data breaches, but what happens…
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Apple slices its AI image synthesis times in half with new Stable Diffusion fix
Enlarge / Two examples of Stable Diffusion-generated artwork provided by Apple. (credit: Apple) On Wednesday, Apple released optimizations that allow…
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Never-before-seen malware is nuking data in Russia’s courts and mayors’ offices
Enlarge Mayors’ offices and courts in Russia are under attack by never-before-seen malware that poses as ransomware but is actually…
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OpenAI invites everyone to test new AI-powered chatbot—with amusing results
Enlarge / An AI-generated image of a chatbot exploding forth from squiggly radial lines, as was foretold by the prompt.…
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Hive Social turns off servers after researchers warn hackers can access all data
Enlarge (credit: Hive Social) Hive Social, a social media platform that has seen meteoric growth since Elon Musk took over…
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My secret life as an 11-year-old BBS sysop
Enlarge / Benj Edwards’ computer running The Cave BBS in 1994. (credit: Benj Edwards) Thirty years ago last week—on November…
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Chrome, Defender, and Firefox 0-days linked to commercial IT firm in Spain
Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) Google researchers said on Wednesday they have linked a Barcelona, Spain-based IT company to the sale…
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Disney’s new neural network can change an actor’s age with ease
Enlarge / An example of Disney’s FRAN age-changing AI that shows the original image on the left and re-aged rows…
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Play app with 100K downloads booted for forwarding texts to developer server
Enlarge (credit: Mateusz Slodkowski/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images) Google has removed two apps, one with more than 100,000 downloads, after…
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OpenAI upgrades GPT-3, stunning with rhyming poetry and lyrics
Enlarge / An AI-generated image inspired by Leonardo da Vinci. (credit: Ars Technica) On Monday, OpenAI announced a new model…
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