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Economy
Biden’s executive order limits government’s use of commercial spyware
Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) President Joe Biden on Monday signed an executive order barring many uses by the federal government…
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Economy
Retro Chatbot: ChatGPT comes to MS-DOS with new AI client
Enlarge / A photo of an IBM PC 5155 portable computer running a ChatGPT client written by Yeo Kheng Meng.…
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Economy
Twitter source code was leaked on GitHub shortly after Musk’s layoff spree
Enlarge (credit: Getty Images | Future Publishing) Portions of Twitter’s source code recently appeared on GitHub, and Twitter is trying…
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Economy
Android app from China executed 0-day exploit on millions of devices
Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) Android apps digitally signed by China’s third-biggest e-commerce company exploited a zero-day vulnerability that allowed them…
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Economy
ChatGPT gets “eyes and ears” with plugins that can interface AI with the world
Enlarge (credit: Aurich Lawson | Getty Images) On Thursday, OpenAI announced a plugin system for its ChatGPT AI assistant. The…
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Economy
Huge collection of vintage Apple computers goes to auction next week
Enlarge / I mostly recognize this early laptop from its resemblance to a similar-looking computer in the film 2010. It’s…
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Investing
The New Deal and Recovery, Part 26: The RFC, Conclusion
(This is the last installment of a three-part essay. The other parts are here and here.) A Capital Bank As…
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Economy
If your Netgear Orbi router isn’t patched, you’ll want to change that pronto
Enlarge / An Orbi 750 series router. (credit: Netgear) If you rely on Netgear’s Orbi mesh wireless system to connect…
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Economy
Journalist plugs in unknown USB drive mailed to him—it exploded in his face
Enlarge / Ecuadorian police tweeted this picture of officials investigating a drive mailed to a journalist in Guayaquil. (credit: Policía…
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Economy
Ethical AI art generation? Adobe Firefly may be the answer
Enlarge / An Adobe Firefly AI image generator example. (credit: Adobe) On Tuesday, Adobe unveiled Firefly, its new AI image…
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