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Pro-China campaign targeted YouTube with AI avatars
Think tank Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI) last week published details of a campaign that spreads English language pro-China and anti-US narratives on YouTube.…
Shame about those wildfires. We'll just let the fossil fuel giants off the hook, then?
Comment You surely noticed much of the world was on fire this year, especially if you were in the western United States, western or eastern Canada, Australia, Greece, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Algeria, Tunisia... you get the idea.…
Hundreds of thousands of dollars in crypto stolen after Ledger code poisoned
Cryptocurrency wallet maker Ledger says someone slipped malicious code into one of its JavaScript libraries to steal more than half a million dollars from victims.…
Ubiquiti blunder let some folks view others' security cameras, accounts
Ubiquiti says it fixed a bug that allowed some of its customers to glimpse strangers' security camera footage and access accounts and devices that didn't belong to them.…
Google hopes to end tsunami of data dragnet warrants with Location History shakeup
Google has announced changes to its handling of Location History data that are expected to limit the internet giant's ability to respond to so-called geofence warrants.…
Kraft Heinz suggests we simmer down about those Snatch ransomware claims
The Kraft Heinz Company says its systems are all up and running as usual as it probes claims that some of its data was stolen by ransomware crooks.…
Missing tomatoes ketchup with ISS crew after almost a year lost in space
There is good news and bad news regarding the two tomatoes lost aboard the International Space Station (ISS) last year. The good news is that they've been found. The bad news is that they look less than appetizing.…
Google Pixel gets privacy mode to keep your selfies safe from prying repair techs
Google Pixel owners who need to take their devices in for repair now have an option to protect their data from snooping techs in the form of a new "repair mode." …
HashiCorp loses its Hashi, keeps the Corp as co-founder waves goodbye
HashiCorp co-founder Mitchell Hashimoto is leaving the building.…
SpaceX cleared to test satellite phone service via Starlink
SpaceX has got approval to run tests of a proposed service that allows unmodified smartphones to make calls via a satellite link.…
NKabuse backdoor harnesses blockchain brawn to hit several architectures
Incident responders say they've found a new type of multi-platform malware abusing the New Kind of Network (NKN) protocol.…
Last Vega rocket launch delayed over fuel tank vanishing act
The final Vega rocket launch is being delayed to September 2024 as engineers wrestle with the unusual problem of disappearing fuel tanks.…
England's village green hydrogen dream in tatters
A second planned trial to provide hydrogen for home heating was this week officially cancelled in England, a government minister has confirmed.…
Lenovo leaps into AI limelight with Intel's Emerald Rapids
Lenovo is the latest vendor to unveil systems aimed at the wave of interest in AI, but the China-based tech giant is also among the first to say its boxes will feature Intel's Emerald Rapids Xeon chips featuring AMX technology for AI acceleration.…
To BCC or not to BCC – that is the question data watchdog wants answered
A data regulator has reminded companies they need to take care while writing emails to avoid unintentionally blurting out personal data.…
You don't get what you don't pay for, but nobody is paid enough to be abused
On Call Here at The Register we don't guarantee much – other than that every Friday morning will feature a new instalment of On Call, our weekly column featuring readers' stories of supplying support services and the sometimes-savage response to their efforts.…
Damn, even the Pope thinks AI and autonomous weapons need reining in
Pope Francis urged world leaders to establish an international treaty regulating AI, and warned against relying on machines to make moral and ethical decisions that should be left to humans.…
Is it 2000 or 2023? Get ready for AI-anchored news again
A startup with aspirations of becoming a trusted global news brand is planning to launch a service delivering curated content – written by AI and delivered by artificial anchors. …
China’s e-commerce players commit to broaden overseas
Amazon is set to open an innovation center in the Chinese city of Shenzhen to assist Middle Kingdom businesses increase exports – an effort that aligns with the likes of Alibaba and the wider Chinese e-commerce industry.…
Science fiction writers hate what AI has done to copyright and their generosity
The Science Fiction Writers Association (SFWA) has asked us all to imagine a future in which builders of AI models offer a price they're willing to pay for the copyrighted material they need, and creators choose whether to pay it until enough deals are struck that all stakeholders achieve satisfaction.…