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Meta to build election operations center in Europe to inspect AI content
Meta is launching an "EU-specific Elections Operations Center" to tackle AI-generated misinformation and political advertising to prepare for upcoming parliament elections.…
Broadcom builds a better SASE out of VMware VeloCloud and Symantec
Broadcom has delivered on its 2023 teaser of integration between VMware's SD-WAN and Symantec's Security Service Edge, by today debuting the "VMware VeloCloud SASE, Secured by Symantec" at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona.…
Mamas, don't let your babies grow up to be coders, Jensen Huang warns
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang believes AI has advanced to the point at which it's no longer necessary to prioritize computer science and coding education for the world's youth.…
'How do I reset my router' isn't in LLM corpuses. An alliance of telcos wants to change that
A joint venture comprising carriers SoftBank, Singtel, SK Telecom, Deutsche Telekom and e& Group plans to develop a large language model (LLM) they will use to automate customer service for the telco sector.…
Japan's SLIM unexpectedly wakes up on Moon after month-long nap
Against almost astronomical odds, Japan's Smart Lander for Investigating Moon (SLIM) has reestablished communication with the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA).…
China warns of fake digital currency wallets fleecing netizens
China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology has warned local netizens that fake wallet apps for the nation's central bank digital currency (CBDC) are already circulating and being abused by scammers.…
Underwater cables in Red Sea damaged months after Houthis threatened to do just that
Undersea data cables in the Red Sea have reportedly been damaged, months after Yemeni Houthi rebels threatened to do so.…
Google to bring Gemini model back online in a few weeks after adjusting historical color calibrations
Google hopes to reinstate Gemini's AI image-generating abilities in the next couple of weeks as it races to fix an issue that prevented the model’s text-to-image service from depicting White people.…
Russia's Cozy Bear dives into cloud environments with a new bag of tricks
Russia's notorious Cozy Bear, the crew behind the SolarWinds supply chain attack, has expanded its targets and evolved its techniques to break into organizations' cloud environments, according to the Five Eyes governments.…
With over 600 CHIPS fund applicants seeking over $70B, don't get your hopes up
US commerce secretary Gina Raimondo shared some hard truths about the $39 billion in CHIPS Act funding up for grabs in a speech on Monday.…
Nevada sues to deny kids access to Meta's Messenger encryption
A law firm acting on behalf of the Nevada Attorney General Aaron Ford has asked a state court to issue a temporary restraining order (TRO) denying minors access to encrypted communication in Meta's Messenger application.…
Man admits to paying magician $150 to create anti-Biden robocall
A political consultant admitted to paying a magician to create a fake anti-Biden robocall urging people not to vote in a Democratic primary election.…
ALPHV/BlackCat responsible for Change Healthcare cyberattack
The ALPHV/BlackCat ransomware gang is reportedly responsible for the massive Change Healthcare cyberattack that has disrupted pharmacies across the US since last week.…
Nvidia talks up local AI with RTX 500, 1000 Ada mobile GPUs
Nvidia rolled out a pair of entry-level laptop GPUs aimed at professional notebooks on Monday, with performance claims far exceeding that of standalone system on chips (SoCs) from Intel and AMD.…
Back from the dead: LockBit taunts cops, threatens to leak Trump docs
LockBit claims it's back in action just days after an international law enforcement effort seized the ransomware gang's servers and websites, and retrieved more than 1,000 decryption keys to assist victims.…
72 flights later and a rotor blade short, Mars chopper loses its fight with physics
A little more light is being shed on the fate of NASA's Mars helicopter, Ingenuity, thanks to fresh images snapped by the Perseverance rover.…
Dell promises 'every PC is going to be an AI PC' whether you like it or not
Dell Technologies has joined other PC vendors that bought a ticket on the AI hype train as it prepares to release a swathe of new devices.…
It is a bird, a plane or a Chinese spy balloon? None of the above
Just when you thought the skies over America were finally free of Chinese spy balloons … well they are, at least in this latest case of a mystery object that was spotted while flying over the western US.…
Musk 'texts' Nadella about Windows 11's demands for a Microsoft account
Are you getting a bit tired of Microsoft's demands while installing Windows 11? You aren't alone – billionaire Elon Musk is also less than impressed with the requirements for a smooth out-of-box experience.…
Greener, cheaper, what's not to love about a secondhand smartphone?
Half of consumers polled in a Vodafone-backed survey are considering buying a refurbished smartphone instead of a brand-new handset, with the lower purchase price and environmental concerns cited as the main reasons.…