Economy
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A widespread logic controller flaw raises the specter of Stuxnet
Enlarge In 2009, the computer worm Stuxnet crippled hundreds of centrifuges inside Iran’s Natanz uranium enrichment plant by targeting the…
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Hackers discover that vulnerabilities are rife in the auto industry
Enlarge (credit: Aurich Lawson | Getty Images) If you purchased a new car in the past few years, chances are…
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Big ambitions, tiny LEDs: Apple said to be developing Micro LED displays for 2024
Enlarge / This is the front of the Apple Watch Ultra. (credit: Samuel Axon) We learned earlier this week that…
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Iran to use facial recognition to identify women without hijabs
Enlarge (credit: James Marshall/Getty Images) Last month, a young woman went to work at Sarzamineh Shadi, or Land of Happiness,…
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Flights grounded nationwide as FAA’s notice system suffers outage
Enlarge / As of 7:30 am Eastern, all domestic flights have been grounded due to a NOTAM outage. (credit: Getty…
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A fifth of passwords used by federal agency cracked in security audit
Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) More than a fifth of the passwords protecting network accounts at the US Department of the…
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Controversy erupts over non-consensual AI mental health experiment
Enlarge / An AI-generated image of a person talking to a secret robot therapist. (credit: Ars Technica) On Friday, Koko…
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Report: Apple plans to use its own Wi-Fi and Bluetooth chip in future iPhones
Enlarge / The iPhone 14 Pro. (credit: Apple) For years now, Apple has wanted to replicate its success in processors…
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Messenger billed as better than Signal is riddled with vulnerabilities
Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) Academic researchers have discovered serious vulnerabilities in the core of Threema, an instant messenger that its…
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Microsoft’s new AI can simulate anyone’s voice with 3 seconds of audio
Enlarge / An AI-generated image of a person’s silhouette. (credit: Ars Technica) On Thursday, Microsoft researchers announced a new text-to-speech…
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