Economy

August 2, 2024
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FLUX: This new AI image generator is eerily good at creating human hands

Enlarge / AI-generated image by FLUX.1 dev: “A beautiful queen of the universe holding up her hands, face in the…
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August 1, 2024
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Senate’s NO FAKES act hopes to make unauthorized “digital replicas” illegal

Enlarge (credit: Maria Korneeva via Getty Images) On Wednesday, US Sens. Chris Coons (D-Del.), Marsha Blackburn (R.-Tenn.), Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.),…
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July 31, 2024
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Cloudflare once again comes under pressure for enabling abusive sites

Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) A familiar debate is once again surrounding Cloudflare, the content delivery network that provides a free…
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July 31, 2024
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ChatGPT Advanced Voice Mode impresses testers with sound effects, catching its breath

Enlarge / A stock photo of a robot whispering to a man. (credit: AndreyPopov via Getty Images) On Tuesday, OpenAI…
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July 30, 2024
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Mysterious family of malware hid in Google Play for years

Enlarge A mysterious family of Android malware with a demonstrated history of effectively concealing its myriad spying activities has once…
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July 30, 2024
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AI search engine accused of plagiarism announces publisher revenue-sharing plan

Enlarge (credit: Moor Studio via Getty Images) On Tuesday, AI-powered search engine Perplexity unveiled a new revenue-sharing program for publishers,…
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July 29, 2024
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Hackers exploit VMware vulnerability that gives them hypervisor admin

Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) Microsoft is urging users of VMware’s ESXi hypervisor to take immediate action to ward off ongoing…
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July 29, 2024
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From sci-fi to state law: California’s plan to prevent AI catastrophe

Enlarge / The California State Capitol Building in Sacramento. (credit: Getty Images) California’s “Safe and Secure Innovation for Frontier Artificial…
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July 26, 2024
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97% of CrowdStrike systems are back online; Microsoft suggests Windows changes

Enlarge / A bad update to CrowdStrike’s Falcon security software crashed millions of Windows PCs last week. (credit: CrowdStrike) CrowdStrike…
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July 26, 2024
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At the Olympics, AI is watching you

Enlarge / Police observe the Eiffel Tower from Trocadero ahead of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games on July 22, 2024.…
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