Economy

April 30, 2024
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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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April 30, 2024
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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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April 30, 2024
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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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April 29, 2024
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Critics question tech-heavy lineup of new Homeland Security AI safety board

Enlarge (credit: Benj Edwards | Getty Images) On Friday, the US Department of Homeland Security announced the formation of an…
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April 29, 2024
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Connected devices with awful default passwords now illegal in UK

Enlarge / A group of Black Friday online shopping purchases photographed in delivery boxes filled with polystyrene packing pellets, taken…
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April 29, 2024
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Account compromise of “unprecedented scale” uses everyday home devices

Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) Authentication service Okta is warning about the “unprecedented scale” of an ongoing campaign that routes fraudulent…
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April 26, 2024
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Hackers make millions of attempts to exploit WordPress plugin vulnerability

Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) Hackers are assailing websites using a prominent WordPress plugin with millions of attempts to exploit a…
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April 25, 2024
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Apple releases eight small AI language models aimed at on-device use

Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) In the world of AI, what might be called “small language models” have been growing in…
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April 25, 2024
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Zombie worm continues to infect millions of IPs years after it was left for dead

Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) A now-abandoned USB worm that backdoors connected devices has continued to self-replicate for years since its…
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April 25, 2024
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Alleged AI voice imitation leads to arrest in Baltimore school racism controversy

Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) On Thursday, Baltimore County Police arrested Pikesville High School’s former athletic director, Dazhon Darien, and charged…
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