Economy

May 22, 2023
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Here’s how long it takes new BrutePrint attack to unlock 10 different smartphones

Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) Researchers have devised a low-cost smartphone attack that cracks the authentication fingerprint used to unlock the…
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May 19, 2023
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It took 48 hours, but the mystery of the mass Asus router outage is solved

Enlarge / Detail of the ethernet ports on an Asus DSL-AC88U router, taken on November 30, 2017. (Photo by Olly…
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May 19, 2023
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Fearing leaks, Apple restricts its employees from using ChatGPT and AI tools

Enlarge / An AI-generated cartoon depiction of a chatbot being crossed out. (credit: Benj Edwards / Stable Diffusion) According to…
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May 19, 2023
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Potentially millions of Android TVs and phones come with malware preinstalled

Enlarge / Cybercriminals or anonymous hackers use malware on mobile phones to hack personal and business passwords online. (credit: Getty…
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May 18, 2023
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Google pushes .zip and .mov domains onto the Internet, and the Internet pushes back

Enlarge (credit: Aurich Lawson | Getty Images) A recent move by Google to populate the Internet with eight new top-level…
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May 18, 2023
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CEO: Raspberry Pi is “where we said we’d be” for 2023, recovery to follow

Enlarge / It’s hard to recover from a shortage, especially when buyers take on stockpiling habits, Raspberry Pi CEO Eben…
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May 18, 2023
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AI in your pocket: ChatGPT officially comes to iPhone with new app

Enlarge / Screenshots of the ChatGPT iPhone app provided by OpenAI. (credit: OpenAI) On Thursday, OpenAI released a free ChatGPT…
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May 17, 2023
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Verizon abandons its confusing mess of six “unlimited” wireless plans

Enlarge (credit: Getty Images | Bloomberg) Verizon is replacing its confusing mess of six “unlimited” wireless plans with a slightly…
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May 17, 2023
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Poll: 61% of Americans say AI threatens humanity’s future

Enlarge / An AI-generated image of “real space invaders” threatening the earth. (credit: Midjourney) A majority of Americans believe that…
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May 17, 2023
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Malware turns home routers into proxies for Chinese state-sponsored hackers

Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) Researchers on Tuesday unveiled a major discovery—malicious firmware that can wrangle a wide range of residential…
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