Economy

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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July 26, 2024
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Hang out with Ars in San Jose and DC this fall for two infrastructure events

Enlarge / Infrastructure! Howdy, Arsians! Last year, we partnered with IBM to host an in-person event in the Houston area…
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July 25, 2024
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Google AI earns silver medal equivalent at International Mathematical Olympiad

Enlarge / An illustration provided by Google. (credit: Google) On Thursday, Google DeepMind announced that AI systems called AlphaProof and…
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July 25, 2024
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OpenAI hits Google where it hurts with new SearchGPT prototype

Enlarge (credit: Benj Edwards / OpenAI) Arguably, few companies have unintentionally contributed more to the increase of AI-generated noise online…
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July 25, 2024
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Chrome will now prompt some users to send passwords for suspicious files

(credit: Chrome) Google is redesigning Chrome malware detections to include password-protected executable files that users can upload for deep scanning,…
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