Economy

July 25, 2024
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Secure Boot is completely broken on 200+ models from 5 big device makers

Enlarge (credit: sasha85ru | Getty Imates) In 2012, an industry-wide coalition of hardware and software makers adopted Secure Boot to…
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July 24, 2024
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We made a cat drink a beer with Runway’s AI video generator, and it sprouted hands

Enlarge In June, Runway debuted a new text-to-video synthesis model called Gen-3 Alpha. It converts written descriptions called “prompts” into…
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July 24, 2024
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CrowdStrike blames testing bugs for security update that took down 8.5M Windows PCs

Enlarge / CrowdStrike’s Falcon security software brought down as many as 8.5 million Windows PCs over the weekend. (credit: CrowdStrike)…
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July 24, 2024
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Elon Musk claims he is training “the world’s most powerful AI by every metric”

Enlarge / Elon Musk, chief executive officer of Tesla Inc., during a fireside discussion on artificial intelligence risks with Rishi…
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July 24, 2024
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How Russia-linked malware cut heat to 600 Ukrainian buildings in deep winter

Enlarge / The cityscape from the tower of the Lviv Town Hall in winter. (credit: Anastasiia Smolienko / Ukrinform/Future Publishing…
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July 23, 2024
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The first GPT-4-class AI model anyone can download has arrived: Llama 405B

Enlarge (credit: Benj Edwards / Getty Images) In the AI world, there’s a buzz in the air about a new…
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July 22, 2024
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Microsoft says 8.5M systems hit by CrowdStrike BSOD, releases USB recovery tool

Enlarge / A bad update to CrowdStrike’s Falcon security software crashed millions of Windows PCs last week. (credit: CrowdStrike) By…
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July 22, 2024
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Astronomers discover technique to spot AI fakes using galaxy-measurement tools

Enlarge / Researchers write, “In this image, the person on the left (Scarlett Johansson) is real, while the person on…
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July 19, 2024
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CrowdStrike fixes start at “reboot up to 15 times” and get more complex from there

Enlarge (credit: hdaniel) Airlines, payment processors, 911 call centers, TV networks, and other businesses have been scrambling this morning after…
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July 19, 2024
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Major outages at CrowdStrike, Microsoft leave the world with BSODs and confusion

Enlarge / A passenger sits on the floor as long queues form at the check-in counters at Ninoy Aquino International…
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