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Microsoft ties executive pay to security following multiple failures and breaches
Enlarge / A PC running Windows 11. (credit: Microsoft) It’s been a bad couple of years for Microsoft’s security and…
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AI in space: Karpathy suggests AI chatbots as interstellar messengers to alien civilizations
Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) On Thursday, renowned AI researcher Andrej Karpathy, formerly of OpenAI and Tesla, tweeted a lighthearted proposal…
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Maximum-severity GitLab flaw allowing account hijacking under active exploitation
Enlarge A maximum severity vulnerability that allows hackers to hijack GitLab accounts with no user interaction required is now under…
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Hacker free-for-all fights for control of home and office routers everywhere
Enlarge (credit: Aurich Lawson / Ars Technica) Cybercriminals and spies working for nation-states are surreptitiously coexisting inside the same compromised…
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Anthropic releases Claude AI chatbot iOS app
Enlarge / The Claude AI iOS app running on an iPhone. (credit: Anthropic) On Wednesday, Anthropic announced the launch of…
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The BASIC programming language turns 60
Enlarge / Part of the cover illustration from “The Applesoft Tutorial” BASIC manual that shipped with the Apple II computer…
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Here’s your chance to own a decommissioned US government supercomputer
Enlarge / A photo of the Cheyenne supercomputer, which is now up for auction. (credit: US General Services Administration) On…
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Health care giant comes clean about recent hack and paid ransom
Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) Change Healthcare, the health care services provider that recently experienced a ransomware attack that hamstrung the…
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AWS S3 storage bucket with unlucky name nearly cost developer $1,300
Enlarge / Be careful with the buckets you put out there for anybody to fill. (credit: Getty Images) If you’re…
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Mysterious “gpt2-chatbot” AI model appears suddenly, confuses experts
Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) On Sunday, word began to spread on social media about a new mystery chatbot named “gpt2-chatbot”…
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