Economy
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Ongoing scam tricks kids playing Roblox and Fortnite
Enlarge (credit: Savusia Konstantin | Getty Images) Thousands of websites belonging to US government agencies, leading universities, and professional organizations…
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Real estate markets scramble following cyberattack on listings provider
Enlarge / MLS (Multiple Listing Service). (credit: Getty Images) Home buyers, sellers, real estate agents, and listing websites throughout the…
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An Apple malware-flagging tool is “trivially” easy to bypass
Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) One of your Mac’s built-in malware detection tools may not be working quite as well as…
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The New York Times prohibits AI vendors from devouring its content
Enlarge (credit: Benj Edwards / Getty Images) In early August, The New York Times updated its terms of service (TOS)…
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Sites scramble to block ChatGPT web crawler after instructions emerge
Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) Without announcement, OpenAI recently added details about its web crawler, GPTBot, to its online documentation site.…
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Microsoft finds vulnerabilities it says could be used to shut down power plants
Enlarge (credit: Rockwell Automation) On Friday, Microsoft disclosed 15 high-severity vulnerabilities in a widely used collection of tools used to…
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Zoom updates terms of service to clarify that it won’t use your calls to train AI
Enlarge (credit: Zoom) Earlier this week, videoconferencing company Zoom made headlines for a recent terms of service update that implied…
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How fame-seeking teenagers hacked some of the world’s biggest targets
Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) A ragtag bunch of amateur hackers, many of them teenagers with little technical training, have been…
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AI-powered grocery bot suggests recipe for toxic gas, “poison bread sandwich”
Enlarge (credit: PAK’nSAVE) When given a list of harmful ingredients, an AI-powered recipe suggestion bot called the Savey Meal-Bot returned…
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The Internet is not forever after all: CNET deletes old articles to game Google
Enlarge (credit: Aurich Lawson) CNET, one of the great-granddaddies of tech news on the web, has been having a rough…
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