Economy
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Big Tech companies use cloud computing arms to pursue alliances with AI groups
Enlarge (credit: zhengshun tang via Getty Images) Big Tech companies are aggressively pursuing investments and alliances with artificial intelligence startups…
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Microsoft alleges attacks on French magazine came from Iranian-backed group
Enlarge Microsoft said on Friday that an Iranian nation-state group already sanctioned by the US government was behind an attack…
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The newest feature in the Microsoft Store is more ads
Enlarge (credit: Microsoft) If your main problem with the Microsoft Store is that you get too many relevant results when…
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Until further notice, think twice before using Google to download software
Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) Searching Google for downloads of popular software has always come with risks, but over the past…
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ChatGPT sets record for fastest-growing user base in history, report says
Enlarge / A realistic artist’s depiction of an encounter with ChatGPT Plus. (credit: Benj Edwards / Ars Technica / OpenAI)…
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Up to 29,000 unpatched QNAP storage devices are sitting ducks to ransomware
As many as 29,000 network storage devices manufactured by Taiwan-based QNAP are vulnerable to hacks that are easy to carry…
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Netflix stirs fears by using AI-assisted background art in short anime film
Enlarge / A still image from the short film Dog and Boy,, which uses image synthesis to help generate background…
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New data illustrates time’s effect on hard drive failure rates
Enlarge (credit: Getty) SSDs have usurped hard disk drives (HDDs) when it comes to performance, but whether building a network-attached…
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Paper: Stable Diffusion “memorizes” some images, sparking privacy concerns
Enlarge / An image from Stable Diffusion’s training set compared (left) to a similar Stable Diffusion generation (right) when prompted…
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Pig-butchering scam apps sneak into Apple’s App Store and Google Play
Enlarge (credit: Aurich Lawson | Getty Images) In the past year, a new term has arisen to describe an online…
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