Monthly Archives: February 2024

China-linked hackers target US infrastructure for over five years

China-backed hackers have been infiltrating major U.S. critical infrastructure sectors for “at least five years,” an intelligence advisory revealed today. This campaign, detailed by the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), the NSA, and the FBI, underscores a bold … Continue reading

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OpenAI’s image generator DALL-E 3 to add watermarks to images

OpenAI’s DALL-E 3 image generator will add watermarks to image information when more businesses begin to accept the Coalition for Content Provenance and Authenticity (C2PA) standards. More and more companies are following suit to support this new standard from the … Continue reading

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CERN releases robot-dog to inspect radiation zones and its very Black Mirror

The European Organisation for Nuclear Research (CERN) has unveiled their new best friend: a robot called the CERNquadbot. The four-legged robot, a new type of robot for CERN, is reported to have successfully completed its first radiation protection test — … Continue reading

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Microsoft warns of Iran’s advanced cyber operations targeting US elections

Microsoft’s Threat Analysis Center (MTAC) has shed light on Iran’s evolving cyber operations, suggesting that the country may employ sophisticated techniques to target the 2024 U.S. presidential elections, according to a recent report by The Register. Drawing from Iran’s recent … Continue reading

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Amazon’s Cloud Boss Likens Generative AI Hype to the Dotcom Bubble

Adam Selipsky, CEO of Amazon’s dominant cloud platform AWS, says generative AI is valuable but that the excitement around some AI companies is similar to when dotcom darlings were “dramatically overhyped.”

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Epic Games and Disney partner up on a Fortnite ‘entertainment universe’

Lego Fortnite is only two months old, but Epic Games is already out with an even bigger collaboration. Epic and Disney announced today that the companies will partner on an “all-new games and entertainment universe” that will bring characters from … Continue reading

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How Twitter’s descent into chaos is paving the way for a new web

The post-Twitter era has spurred the development and further growth of numerous social networks that prioritize brief posts, from open source standbys like Mastodon to new decentralized concepts like Bluesky, and those from smaller startups like Post, Spill, and Spoutible, … Continue reading

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Arm shares spike 24% after chip designer gives strong forecast, says AI is increasing sales

Arm’s intellectual property is in nearly every smartphone, many PCs, and thousands of miscellaneous other chips.

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PayPal issues disappointing guidance even as fourth-quarter earnings top estimates

PayPal reported fourth-quarter financials that topped analysts’ estimates but provided guidance that came in slightly below Wall Street expectations.

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Ex-Blue Origin leaders’ secretive lunar startup Interlune has moonshot mining plans

Interlune, a stealth startup headed by ex-Blue Origin executives, is focused on mining the moon for a rare isotope of helium that could be used to scale quantum computing and eventually even fusion power, TechCrunch has learned. Regulatory filings reported … Continue reading

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