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
IBM pushes qubit count over 400 with new processor November 09, 2022 Milestone is important for the company's road map, less critical for performance. https://bit.ly/3NUWtRd Read more
The sign-in menu is the latest frontier for Microsoft ads in Windows 11 November 09, 2022 Most OSes do this kind of thing, but Windows remains uniquely pushy about it. https://bit.ly/3tgvAO1 Read more
FTX on brink of collapse after “liquidity crunch” at crypto exchange November 08, 2022 Binance steps in with deal to rescue arch-rival after surge in withdrawals. https://bit.ly/3EqhVdT Read more
Starlink announces 1TB monthly cap, users who go over will get slower speeds November 08, 2022 It'll be 25¢ per GB for additional high-speed data; overnight use doesn't count. https://bit.ly/3UzYUuu Read more
Hacker took pains to hide $3.36B of stolen bitcoin. Feds found it anyway November 07, 2022 The haul, the second biggest in DOJ history, shows the difficulty of hiding cryptocurrency. https://bit.ly/3zVhJQR Read more
New Go-playing trick defeats world-class Go AI—but loses to human amateurs November 07, 2022 Adversarial policy attacks blind spots in the AI—with broader implications than games. https://bit.ly/3WJkheC Read more
Algorithms quietly run the city of DC—and maybe your hometown November 06, 2022 DC agencies deploy dozens of automated decision systems, often without residents’ knowledge. https://bit.ly/3Ur4FL0 Read more
Herzog and Žižek become uncanny AI bots trapped in endless conversation November 04, 2022 New site provides all the finest points of nonsense philosophy, verbalized forever. https://bit.ly/3TmwbIR Read more
OpenAI debuts DALL-E API so devs can integrate its AI artwork into their apps November 03, 2022 OpenAI offers integrated AI image generation on a demand—for 2 cents an image. https://bit.ly/3zHvSRR Read more
Why Egypt became one of the biggest chokepoints for Internet cables November 03, 2022 When underwater cables congregate in one place, things get tricky. https://bit.ly/3NuuJTn Read more
Intel’s oft-delayed “Sapphire Rapids” Xeon CPUs are finally coming in early 2023 November 02, 2022 CPUs have been trickling out of Intel, but still waiting for volume shipments. https://bit.ly/3sUCGry Read more
Pantone wants $15/month for the privilege of using its colors in Photoshop November 01, 2022 Changes have already hit some users, but communication and timing are muddled. https://bit.ly/3sQMB1e Read more
OpenSSL 3 patch, once Heartbleed-level “critical,” arrives as a lesser “high” November 01, 2022 It's tricky to exploit, and on a less-popular version, but needs patching ASAP. https://bit.ly/3sPYJPQ Read more