Economy

September 12, 2022
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Meta spins off PyTorch Foundation to make AI framework vendor neutral

Enlarge / The PyTorch logo on a fancy gradient. (credit: PyTorch Foundation) Meta AI announced today that the governance of…
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September 12, 2022
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Flooded with AI-generated images, some art communities ban them completely

Enlarge / An assortment of robot portraits generated by Stable Diffusion as found on the Lexica search engine. (credit: Lexica)…
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September 9, 2022
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New Linux malware combines unusual stealth with a full suite of capabilities

Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) Researchers this week unveiled a new strain of Linux malware that’s notable for its stealth and…
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September 9, 2022
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Nvidia’s flagship AI chip reportedly 4.5x faster than the previous champ

Enlarge / A press photo of the Nvidia H100 Tensor Core GPU. (credit: Nvidia) Nvidia announced yesterday that its upcoming…
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September 9, 2022
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Runway teases AI-powered text-to-video editing using written prompts

Enlarge / A still from Runway’s “Text to Video” teaser promo suggesting image-generation capabilities. (credit: Runway) In a tweet posted…
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September 8, 2022
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Feds claw back $30 million of cryptocurrency stolen by North Korean hackers

Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) Cryptocurrency analytics firm Chainalysis said on Thursday that it helped the US government seize $30 million…
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September 8, 2022
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With Koe Recast, you can change your voice as easily as your clothing

Enlarge / A colorful waveform dramatically swirls through latent space, seeking kawaii. (credit: Getty Images) Thanks to a web demo…
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September 7, 2022
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Ukraine is under attack by hacking tools repurposed from Conti cybercrime group

Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) Financially motivated hackers with ties to a notorious Conti cybercrime group are repurposing their resources for…
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September 7, 2022
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New wave of data-destroying ransomware attacks hits QNAP NAS devices

Enlarge (credit: Aurich Lawson) Network hardware-maker QNAP is urging customers to update their network-attached storage devices immediately to protect them…
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September 6, 2022
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Chrome patches high-severity 0-day, its 6th this year

Enlarge (credit: Getty Images | NurPhoto ) Google engineers have issued an emergency update for the Chrome browser to fix…
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