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Economy
Effective, fast, and unrecoverable: Wiper malware is popping up everywhere
Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) Over the past year, a flurry of destructive wiper malware from no fewer than nine families…
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China bans AI-generated media without watermarks
Enlarge / An unmarked AI-generated image of China’s flag, which will be illegal in China after January 10, 2023. (credit:…
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Economy
AI image generation tech can now create life-wrecking deepfakes with ease
Enlarge / This is John. He doesn’t exist. But AI can easily put a photo of him in any situation…
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Top News
Americans Generally Support Unions — And Averting A Rail Strike
Unions Americans Generally Support Unions — And Averting A Rail Strike By Monica Potts Dec. 9, 2022, at 6:00 AM…
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Economy
North Korean hackers once again exploit Internet Explorer’s leftover bits
Enlarge / APT37, a group believed to be backed by the North Korean government, has found success exploiting the bits…
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Economy
Adobe Stock begins selling AI-generated artwork
Enlarge / An AI-generated watercolor illustration, now eligible for inclusion in Adobe Stock. (credit: Benj Edwards / Ars Technica) On…
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Investing
Diamond and Dybvig and the Panic of 1907
My last post argued that, despite what Diamond and Dybvig’s famous theory suggests, bank runs have seldom proven fatal to…
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Economy
No Linux? No problem. Just get AI to hallucinate it for you
Enlarge / An AI-generated illustration of an AI-hallucinated computer. (credit: Benj Edwards / Ars Technica) Over the weekend, experimenters discovered…
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Economy
Syntax errors are the doom of us all, including botnet authors
Enlarge / If you’re going to come at port 443, you best not miss (or forget to put a space…
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Economy
Darknet markets generate millions in revenue selling stolen personal data
Enlarge (credit: Peach_istock via Getty Images) It is common to hear news reports about large data breaches, but what happens…
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