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Here’s how hucksters are manipulating Google to promote shady Chrome extensions
The people overseeing the security of Google’s Chrome browser explicitly forbid third-party extension developers from trying to manipulate how the…
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Nvidia unveils $3,000 desktop AI computer for home researchers
On Monday, Nvidia announced Project DIGITS, a small desktop computer aimed at researchers, data scientists, and students who want to…
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Widely used DNA sequencer still doesn’t enforce Secure Boot
In 2012, an industry-wide coalition of hardware and software makers adopted Secure Boot to protect Windows devices against the threat…
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Sam Altman says “we are now confident we know how to build AGI”
On Sunday, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman offered two eye-catching predictions about the near-future of artificial intelligence. In a post titled…
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Time to check if you ran any of these 33 malicious Chrome extensions
As many of us celebrated the year-end holidays, a small group of researchers worked overtime tracking a startling discovery: At…
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Passkey technology is elegant, but it’s most definitely not usable security
It’s that time again, when families and friends gather and implore the more technically inclined among them to troubleshoot problems…
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2024: The year AI drove everyone crazy
It’s been a wild year in tech thanks to the intersection between humans and artificial intelligence. 2024 brought a parade…
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Health care giant Ascension says 5.6 million patients affected in cyberattack
Health care company Ascension lost sensitive data for nearly 5.6 million individuals in a cyberattack that was attributed to a…
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12 days of OpenAI: The Ars Technica recap
Over the past 12 business days, OpenAI has announced a new product or demoed an AI feature every weekday, calling…
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OpenAI announces o3 and o3-mini, its next simulated reasoning models
On Friday, during Day 12 of its “12 days of OpenAI,” OpenAI CEO Sam Altman announced its latest AI “reasoning”…
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