“Please slow down”—The 7 biggest AI stories of 2022 December 26, 2022 Highlights from a year when generative AI went mainstream. https://bit.ly/3YIRUOZ Read more
Meta to pay $725 million to settle Cambridge Analytica lawsuit December 23, 2022 Data harvested by Cambridge Analytica was used for political campaigns. https://bit.ly/3jt65Hy Read more
LastPass says hackers have obtained vault data and a wealth of customer info December 22, 2022 Password manager says breach it disclosed in August was much worse than thought. https://bit.ly/3vccwkY Read more
Compromised dispatch system helped move taxis to front of the line December 22, 2022 Defendants allegedly conspired with Russians, drew as many as 1,000 daily trips. https://bit.ly/3Vkons3 Read more
Okta says source code for Workforce Identity Cloud service was copied December 21, 2022 Code stored on GitHub was copied after threat actor gained unauthorized access. https://bit.ly/3johisR Read more
Eufy publicly acknowledges some parts of its “No clouds” controversy December 21, 2022 Eufy changed some cloud behavior, admitted it can do more, ignored some issues. https://bit.ly/3GairNH Read more
Raspberry Pi 5 not arriving in 2023 as company hopes for a “recovery year” December 20, 2022 To avoid cannibalizing supply for other Pi products, the next model must wait. https://bit.ly/3YGUfJY Read more
Make your noisy recording sound like pro audio with Adobe’s free AI tool December 19, 2022 "Enhance Speech" uses AI to make poor-quality voice recordings sound professional. https://bit.ly/3G4F99X Read more
Critical Windows code-execution vulnerability went undetected until now December 19, 2022 Microsoft elevates security rating for vulnerability resembling EternalBlue. https://bit.ly/3PMhmPp Read more
Lobbyists have held up nation’s first right-to-repair bill in New York December 19, 2022 Passed with bipartisan support, the bill could die on Gov. Hochul's desk. https://bit.ly/3WxxzKi Read more
The risk of escalation from cyberattacks has never been greater December 19, 2022 Cyberwarfare is getting real. https://bit.ly/3Wkpvg6 Read more
Riffusion’s AI generates music from text using visual sonograms December 17, 2022 Stable Diffusion-powered music generator processes sound in the visual space. https://bit.ly/3FE947u Read more
Microsoft discovers Windows/Linux botnet used in DDoS attacks December 16, 2022 MCCrash is specially designed to take down Minecraft servers and performs other DDoSes. https://bit.ly/3YrAfLt Read more
ArtStation artists stage mass protest against AI-generated artwork December 15, 2022 Users of popular portfolio site seek to castigate and disrupt AI-generated art. https://bit.ly/3FtRO4Z Read more
Meet Ghostwriter, a haunted AI-powered typewriter that talks to you December 14, 2022 Custom typewriter hack uses Arduino, Rapsberry Pi, and GPT-3 to dramatic effect. https://bit.ly/3BZnZsb Read more
Microsoft digital certificates have once again been abused to sign malware December 13, 2022 Code-signing is supposed to make people safer. In this case, it made them less so. https://bit.ly/3WaCYa6 Read more
China bans AI-generated media without watermarks December 12, 2022 China regulates generative AI tech with rules that aim to spur growth and ban deception. https://bit.ly/3YcNRu5 Read more
AI image generation tech can now create life-wrecking deepfakes with ease December 09, 2022 AI tech makes it trivial to generate harmful fake photos from a few social media pictures. https://bit.ly/3V0ClPH Read more
North Korean hackers once again exploit Internet Explorer’s leftover bits December 08, 2022 There are still lots of ways to exploit Internet Explorer through a Word doc. https://bit.ly/3ux3SNM Read more
Adobe Stock begins selling AI-generated artwork December 06, 2022 AI-wielding artist must assert ownership and label each piece as "Generative AI." https://bit.ly/3iME0Li Read more
No Linux? No problem. Just get AI to hallucinate it for you December 05, 2022 ChatGPT-generated command line can create virtual files, execute code, play games. https://bit.ly/3Fwck6k Read more
Syntax errors are the doom of us all, including botnet authors December 05, 2022 A command typo might have dismantled most of an advanced malware's network. https://bit.ly/3gZtWxK Read more
Darknet markets generate millions in revenue selling stolen personal data December 03, 2022 A handful of markets were responsible for trafficking most of the data. https://bit.ly/3XUfZBL Read more
Apple slices its AI image synthesis times in half with new Stable Diffusion fix December 02, 2022 Creating AI-generated images on Macs, iPhones, and iPads just got a lot faster. https://bit.ly/3ujnAw7 Read more
Never-before-seen malware is nuking data in Russia’s courts and mayors’ offices December 02, 2022 CryWiper masquerades as ransomware, but its real purpose is to permanently destroy data. https://bit.ly/3XRXTk1 Read more
Hive Social turns off servers after researchers warn hackers can access all data December 01, 2022 Site officials say site will be down for a couple of days. https://bit.ly/3OS2zCc Read more
My secret life as an 11-year-old BBS sysop December 01, 2022 Revisiting the wonder and betrayal of online life circa 1992. https://bit.ly/3gKNEgR Read more
Disney’s new neural network can change an actor’s age with ease November 30, 2022 "Production ready" neural net makes actors younger or older for film or TV. https://bit.ly/3uxrT7v Read more
Play app with 100K downloads booted for forwarding texts to developer server November 30, 2022 Texts were used to provide verification codes for fraudulent accounts. https://bit.ly/3FfW7ll Read more
How secure a Twitter replacement is Mastodon? Let us count the ways November 29, 2022 The demise of Twitter's security and privacy teams has people looking for alternatives. https://bit.ly/3Fd8q1K Read more
Used thin client PCs are an unsexy, readily available Raspberry Pi alternative November 29, 2022 Turn yesterday's corporate computer into today's Pi-like system—with some work. https://bit.ly/3VDWJqw Read more
Nvidia wins award for AI that can play Minecraft on command November 28, 2022 NeurIPS 2022 honors MineDojo for playing Minecraft when instructed by written prompts. https://bit.ly/3FatLcn Read more
Apple iPhone factory workers clash with police in China November 23, 2022 Violence erupts at Foxconn plant in Zhengzhou as COVID cases rise across country. https://bit.ly/3i1CuEp Read more
Meta researchers create AI that masters Diplomacy, tricking human players November 22, 2022 Meta's Cicero can negotiate or persuade with natural language—just like a human. https://bit.ly/3gtTxi9 Read more
Thinking about taking your computer to the repair shop? Be very afraid November 22, 2022 Not surprisingly, female customers bear the brunt of the privacy violations. https://bit.ly/3tT8pK3 Read more
3D for everyone? Nvidia’s Magic3D can generate 3D models from text November 21, 2022 New AI aims to democratize 3D content creation, no modeling skills required. https://bit.ly/3Vf7sY1 Read more
New Meta AI demo writes racist and inaccurate scientific literature, gets pulled November 18, 2022 Galactica language model generated convincing text about fact and nonsense alike. https://bit.ly/3EJsEjn Read more
Nvidia and Microsoft team up to build massive AI cloud computer November 16, 2022 AI supercomputer will use "tens of thousands" of Nvidia A100 and H100 GPUs. https://bit.ly/3hQBX8s Read more
Amazon begins layoffs of up to 10,000 jobs, blames “uncertain” economy November 16, 2022 Amazon confirms Devices & Services layoffs; warehouse jobs apparently safe. https://bit.ly/3hH7xFn Read more
ISP deploys fiber service with a wrinkle—the users themselves own each network November 16, 2022 Despite costly Silicon Valley project, CEO says this isn't just for wealthy areas. https://bit.ly/3EC9M67 Read more
State-sponsored hackers in China compromise certificate authority November 15, 2022 Active in dozens of advanced hacks since 2009, Billbug is still going strong. https://bit.ly/3hPknSk Read more
Researchers break security guarantees of TTE networking used in spacecraft November 15, 2022 Used by NASA and many others, time-triggered Ethernet safety can be compromised. https://bit.ly/3AhBjXQ Read more
“Project Volterra” review: Microsoft’s $600 Arm PC that almost doesn’t suck November 15, 2022 There's a reason it isn't a Surface PC, but it's good for its intended purpose. https://bit.ly/3E6T0dP Read more
Hungry for AI? New supercomputer contains 16 dinner-plate-size chips November 14, 2022 Exascale Cerebras Andromeda cluster packs more cores than 1,954 Nvidia A100 GPUs. https://bit.ly/3Afp0et Read more
How North Korea became a mastermind of crypto cybercrime November 14, 2022 Cryptocurrency theft has become one of the regime’s main sources of revenue. https://bit.ly/3twRInz Read more
“Dark ships” emerge from the shadow of the Nord Stream pipeline mystery November 12, 2022 Satellite monitors found 2 vessels with their trackers turned off in area of explosions. https://bit.ly/3Aa1L5E Read more
DeviantArt upsets artists with its new AI art generator, DreamUp November 11, 2022 Confused artists discover their work will be used for AI training by default. https://bit.ly/3hCGkDH Read more
Stable Diffusion in your pocket? “Draw Things” brings AI images to iPhone November 10, 2022 It's not fast, but it's free—and it runs locally on pocket-sized hardware. https://bit.ly/3UHoCx6 Read more
A search bar is among the Task Manager improvements in new Windows 11 build November 10, 2022 New theme options and a better toggle for Efficiency mode are also in testing. https://bit.ly/3UpXAL2 Read more
“Too easy“—Midjourney tests dramatic new version of its AI image generator November 09, 2022 Version 4 offers greater detail and better compositions from simple prompts. https://bit.ly/3A3Fy9o Read more