Economy

October 30, 2023
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Biden issues sweeping executive order that touches AI risk, deepfakes, privacy

Enlarge (credit: Aurich Lawson | Getty Images) On Monday, President Joe Biden issued an executive order on AI that outlines…
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October 27, 2023
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Microsoft profiles new threat group with unusual but effective practices

Enlarge / This is not what a hacker looks like. Except on hacker cosplay night. (credit: Getty Images | Bill…
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October 27, 2023
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People are speaking with ChatGPT for hours, bringing 2013’s Her closer to reality

Enlarge / Joaquin Phoenix talking with AI in Her (2013). (credit: Warner Bros.) In 2013, Spike Jonze’s Her imagined a…
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October 26, 2023
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iPhone privacy feature hiding Wi-Fi MACs has failed to work for 3 years

Enlarge / Private Wi-Fi address setting on an iPhone. (credit: Apple) Three years ago, Apple introduced a privacy-enhancing feature that…
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October 25, 2023
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Pro-Russia hackers target inboxes with 0-day in webmail app used by millions

Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) A relentless team of pro-Russia hackers has been exploiting a zero-day vulnerability in widely used webmail…
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October 25, 2023
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University of Chicago researchers seek to “poison” AI art generators with Nightshade

Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) On Friday, a team of researchers at the University of Chicago released a research paper outlining…
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October 25, 2023
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Apple backs national right-to-repair bill, offering parts, manuals, and tools

Enlarge / A section of Apple’s repair manual for the M2 MacBook Air from 2022. Apple already offers customers some…
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October 25, 2023
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Hackers can force iOS and macOS browsers to divulge passwords and a whole lot more

Enlarge (credit: Kim et al.) Researchers have devised an attack that forces Apple’s Safari browser to divulge passwords, Gmail message…
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October 25, 2023
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“Do not open robots,” warns Oregon State amid college food delivery bomb prank

Enlarge / A 2020 file photo of a Starship Technologies food delivery robot. Food is stored inside the robot’s housing…
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October 24, 2023
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US surprises Nvidia by speeding up new AI chip export ban

Enlarge / A press photo of the Nvidia H100 Tensor Core GPU. (credit: Nvidia) On Tuesday, chip designer Nvidia announced…
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