Economy

November 1, 2022
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Meta’s AI-powered audio codec promises 10x compression over MP3

Enlarge / An illustrated depiction of data in an audio wave. (credit: Meta AI) Last week, Meta announced an AI-powered…
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November 1, 2022
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Pantone wants $15/month for the privilege of using its colors in Photoshop

Enlarge / The Pantone Solid Coated and Solid Uncoated color libraries are disappearing from Adobe’s apps at some point, though…
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November 1, 2022
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OpenSSL 3 patch, once Heartbleed-level “critical,” arrives as a lesser “high”

Enlarge / The fallout of an OpenSSL vulnerability, initially listed as “critical,” should be much less severe than that of…
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October 31, 2022
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Replit’s Ghostwriter AI can explain programs to you—or help write them

Enlarge / Replit’s Ghostwriter AI tool can assist you while you code. (credit: Replit) Today, Replit announced Ghostwriter, an AI-powered…
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October 31, 2022
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Unconfirmed hack of Liz Truss’ phone prompts calls for “urgent investigation”

Enlarge / Liz Truss, then Chief Secretary to the Treasury, taking a picture on her phone on May 1, 2018,…
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October 31, 2022
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Why the App Store’s tone-deaf gambling ads make me worry about Apple

Enlarge (credit: Aurich Lawson | Getty Images) Apple released iOS 16.1 and iPadOS 16.1 to the public last week, with…
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October 28, 2022
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How to download a backup copy of your Twitter data (or deactivate your account)

Enlarge / Whatever happens, it’s nice to know your data options. (credit: Benj Edwards) Big changes are underway at Twitter…
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October 28, 2022
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VMware patches vulnerability with 9.8/10 severity rating in Cloud Foundation

Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) Exploit code was released this week for a just-patched vulnerability in VMware Cloud Foundation and NSX…
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October 28, 2022
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Meet the Windows servers that have been fueling massive DDoSes for months

Enlarge (credit: Aurich Lawson / Getty) A small retail business in North Africa, a North American telecommunications provider, and two…
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October 27, 2022
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Redditor acquires decommissioned Netflix cache server with 262TB of storage

Enlarge / An Open Connect Appliance server from around 2013 that a Redditor acquired. (credit: PoisonWaffle3 / Reddit) A Reddit…
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