Economy

May 30, 2024
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Tech giants form AI group to counter Nvidia with new interconnect standard

Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) On Thursday, several major tech companies, including Google, Intel, Microsoft, Meta, AMD, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, Cisco,…
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May 30, 2024
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Law enforcement operation takes aim at an often-overlooked cybercrime linchpin

Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) An international cast of law enforcement agencies has struck a blow at a cybercrime linchpin that’s…
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May 30, 2024
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Mystery malware destroys 600,000 routers from a single ISP during 72-hour span

Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) One day last October, subscribers to an ISP known as Windstream began flooding message boards with…
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May 29, 2024
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OpenAI board first learned about ChatGPT from Twitter, according to former member

Enlarge / Helen Toner, former OpenAI board member, speaks during Vox Media’s 2023 Code Conference at The Ritz-Carlton, Laguna Niguel…
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May 29, 2024
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Researchers crack 11-year-old password, recover $3 million in bitcoin

Enlarge (credit: Flavio Coelho/Getty Images) Two years ago when “Michael,” an owner of cryptocurrency, contacted Joe Grand to help recover…
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May 28, 2024
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US sanctions operators of “free VPN” that routed crime traffic through user PCs

Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) The US Treasury Department has sanctioned three Chinese nationals for their involvement in a VPN-powered botnet…
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May 28, 2024
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OpenAI training its next major AI model, forms new safety committee

Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) On Monday, OpenAI announced the formation of a new “Safety and Security Committee” to oversee risk…
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May 24, 2024
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Newly discovered ransomware uses BitLocker to encrypt victim data

A previously unknown piece of ransomware, dubbed ShrinkLocker, encrypts victim data using the BitLocker feature built into the Windows operating…
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May 24, 2024
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Google’s “AI Overview” can give false, misleading, and dangerous answers

Enlarge / This is fine. (credit: Getty Images) If you use Google regularly, you may have noticed the company’s new…
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May 23, 2024
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Crooks plant backdoor in software used by courtrooms around the world

Enlarge (credit: JAVS) A software maker serving more than 10,000 courtrooms throughout the world hosted an application update containing a…
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