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Flaws In Zoom"s Keybase App Kept Chat Images From Being Deleted

chicksdaddy writes: The Security Ledger reports that a flaw in Zoom's Keybase secure chat application left copies of images contained in secure communications on Keybase users' computers after they were supposedly deleted, according to researchers fr.....»»

Category: topSource:  slashdotFeb 28th, 2021

Google’s latest layoffs are in finance and real estate

Google's almost uncountable number of layoffs continues. Enlarge (credit: Sean Gallup | Getty Images) Google CEO Sundar Pichai promised more layoffs at Google this year, and the company is delivering. Business Insider w.....»»

Category: topSource:  arstechnicaRelated News15 hr. 27 min. ago

Chinese EV makers won’t get subsidies from Mexico after US pressure

Mexico has offered generous incentives for automakers in the past. Enlarge / The Chinese automaker BYD has every other electric vehicle maker worried. (credit: John Keeble/Getty Images) The United States has won an impor.....»»

Category: topSource:  arstechnicaRelated News15 hr. 27 min. ago

Big Tech can’t hoard brainwave data for ad targeting, Colorado law says

Neural data can reveal health, mental states, emotions, and cognitive function. Enlarge (credit: PM Images | DigitalVision) On Wednesday, Colorado expanded the scope of its privacy law initially designed to protect biome.....»»

Category: topSource:  arstechnicaRelated News15 hr. 27 min. ago

LastPass users targeted in phishing attacks good enough to trick even the savvy

Campaign used email, SMS, and voice calls to trick targets into divulging master passwords. Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) Password-manager LastPass users were recently targeted by a convincing phishing campaign that use.....»»

Category: topSource:  arstechnicaRelated News15 hr. 27 min. ago

Google merges the Android, Chrome, and hardware divisions

Google says the new “Platform and Devices” team will let it move faster. Enlarge / Google HQ. (credit: Getty Images) Google is doing a major re-org of Android, Chrome, and the Google hardware division: They're mergi.....»»

Category: topSource:  arstechnicaRelated News15 hr. 27 min. ago

LLMs keep leaping with Llama 3, Meta’s newest open-weights AI model

Zuckerberg says new AI model "was still learning" when Meta stopped training. Enlarge (credit: Getty Images | Benj Edwards) On Thursday, Meta unveiled early versions of its Llama 3 open-weights AI model that can be used.....»»

Category: topSource:  arstechnicaRelated News15 hr. 27 min. ago

Elon Musk’s Grok keeps making up fake news based on X users’ jokes

X likely hopes to avoid liability with disclaimer that Grok "can make mistakes." Enlarge (credit: SOPA Images / Contributor | LightRocket) X's chatbot Grok is supposed to be an AI engine crunching the platform's posts to.....»»

Category: topSource:  arstechnicaRelated News15 hr. 27 min. ago

Scientists explore the strategies of defects and nanostructure fabrication for promoting piezocatalytic activity

As an important chemical raw material, hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) is widely applied in various aspects of industry and life. The industrial anthraquinone method for H2O2 production has the serious flaws, such as high pollution and energy consumption. B.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated News19 hr. 59 min. ago

Author granted copyright over book with AI-generated text—with a twist

Copyright Office changed course after initially denying request. (credit: Getty Images) Last October, I received an email with a hell of an opening line: “I fired a nuke at the US Copyright Office this morning.” The.....»»

Category: topSource:  arstechnicaRelated News21 hr. 27 min. ago

Feds appoint “AI doomer” to run AI safety at US institute

Former OpenAI researcher once predicted a 50 percent chance of AI killing all of us. Enlarge (credit: Bill Oxford | iStock / Getty Images Plus) The US AI Safety Institute—part of the National Institute of Standards an.....»»

Category: topSource:  arstechnicaRelated NewsApr 18th, 2024

Billions of public Discord messages may be sold through a scraping service

Cross-server tracking suggests a new understanding of "public" chat servers. Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) It's easy to get the impression that Discord chat messages are ephemeral, especially across different public ser.....»»

Category: topSource:  arstechnicaRelated NewsApr 17th, 2024

Feds appoint “AI doomer” to run US AI safety institute

Former OpenAI researcher once predicted a 50 percent chance of AI killing all of us. Enlarge (credit: Bill Oxford | iStock / Getty Images Plus) The US AI Safety Institute—part of the National Institute of Standards an.....»»

Category: topSource:  arstechnicaRelated NewsApr 17th, 2024

Tesla asks shareholders to approve Texas move and restore Elon Musk’s $56B pay

Tesla board calls June 13 shareholder vote on Musk's pay and move to Texas. Enlarge / Tesla CEO Elon Musk at an opening event for Tesla's Gigafactory on March 22, 2022, in Gruenheide, southeast of Berlin. (credit: Getty Images |.....»»

Category: topSource:  arstechnicaRelated NewsApr 17th, 2024

Study finds iron-rich enamel protects, but doesn"t color, rodents" orange-brown incisors

Chattering squirrels, charming coypus, and tail-slapping beavers—along with some other rodents—have orange-brown front teeth. Researchers have published high-resolution images of rodent incisors in ACS Nano, providing an atomic-level view of the.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsApr 17th, 2024

WhatsApp chat filters separate unread messages, and groups

WhatsApp chat filters are the latest feature to be added to the popular messaging app, a few weeks after allowing users to pin multiple chats. You can now separate out only chats with unread messages, as well as separate group chats from individual o.....»»

Category: topSource:  pcmagRelated NewsApr 17th, 2024

WhatsApp Introduces New “Chat Filters” Option

Users will now be able to access a "Chat Filter" feature which categorizes all of their chats. The post WhatsApp Introduces New “Chat Filters” Option appeared first on Phandroid. WhatsApp has been rather busy lately – the.....»»

Category: asiaSource:  phandroidRelated NewsApr 17th, 2024

Attackers are pummeling networks around the world with millions of login attempts

Attacks coming from nearly 4,000 IP addresses take aim at VPNs, SSH and web apps. Enlarge (credit: Matejmo | Getty Images) Cisco’s Talos security team is warning of a large-scale credential compromise campaign that’s.....»»

Category: topSource:  arstechnicaRelated NewsApr 16th, 2024

ISPs can charge extra for fast gaming under FCC’s Internet rules, critics say

FCC plan rejected request to ban what agency calls "positive" discrimination. Enlarge (credit: Getty Images | Yuichiro Chino) Some net neutrality proponents are worried that soon-to-be-approved Federal Communications Com.....»»

Category: topSource:  arstechnicaRelated NewsApr 16th, 2024

YouTube puts third-party clients on notice: Show ads or get blocked

Google would really like it if everyone just paid for YouTube Premium instead. Enlarge (credit: Getty Images | Chris McGrath ) YouTube is putting third-party ad-blocking apps on notice. An ominous post on the official Y.....»»

Category: topSource:  arstechnicaRelated NewsApr 16th, 2024

New UK law targets “despicable individuals” who create AI sex deepfakes

Under new law, those who create the "horrific images" would face a fine and possible jail time. Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) On Tuesday, the UK government announced a new law targeting the creation of AI-generated sexu.....»»

Category: topSource:  arstechnicaRelated NewsApr 16th, 2024