Monthly Archives: February 2024

U.S. insights company shows ransomware hackers drew in $1bn across 2023

Posted on February 10, 2024 by Techme101

Ransomware hackers extorted $1bn across 2023, according to data insights company and blockchain platform. The company published a report showing the extent of malicious hacking and developing trends affecting entities across the last year. Chainanalysis provides data, software, services, and … Continue reading →

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Meta will no longer prompt political content across apps

Posted on February 10, 2024 by Techme101

Meta is set to stop promoting political content across the company’s social apps. In a report released on both Meta’s Transparency Centre and an Instagram blog post, the content-sharing giant made its approach clear. “People have told us they want … Continue reading →

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With Disney’s magic, Fortnite is poised to win the metaverse

Posted on February 10, 2024 by Techme101

We may not be using the M word much these days, but the race to build an interconnected avatar-driven virtual world didn’t take the last year off. The metaverse, a tech buzzword sandwiched in between the hype eras of NFTs … Continue reading →

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How to fake a robotics demo for fun and profit

Posted on February 10, 2024 by Techme101

In March 2008, a roboticist in winter wear gave Big Dog a big kick fhttps://youtu.be/W1czBcnX1Ww?si=3-qFm7oneOOZG4xc&t=34or the camera. The buzzing DARPA-funded robot stumbled, but quickly regained its footing amid the snowy parking lot. “PLEASE DO NOT KICK THE WALKING PROTOTYPE DEATH … Continue reading →

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Meet the Pranksters Behind Goody-2, the World’s ‘Most Responsible’ AI Chatbot

Posted on February 10, 2024 by Techme101

Self-righteous chatbot Goody-2 was built to take AI guardrails to an illogical extreme. The artists behind the project say there’s a serious point behind the gag.

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Amazon’s Prime Video lands exclusive NFL playoff game next season

Posted on February 10, 2024 by Techme101

Amazon is going deeper into the NFL after agreeing in 2021 to pay about $1 billion a year for the exclusive rights to Thursday Night Football.

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Meet Goody-2, the AI too ethical to discuss literally anything

Posted on February 10, 2024 by Techme101

Every company or organization putting out an AI model has to make a decision on what, if any, boundaries to set on what it will and won’t discuss. Goody-2 takes this quest for ethics to an extreme by declining to … Continue reading →

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‘World’s biggest casino’ app exposed customers’ personal data

Posted on February 9, 2024 by Techme101

The startup that develops the phone app for casino resort giant WinStar has secured an exposed database that was spilling customers’ private information to the open web. Oklahoma-based WinStar bills itself as the “world’s biggest casino” by square footage. The … Continue reading →

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Apple defends parts pairing as Oregon mulls right-to-repair bill

Posted on February 9, 2024 by Techme101

Oregon may soon become the latest state to pass right-to-repair legislation. Last month, Google lent its support in an open letter, calling Senate Bill 1596 “a compelling model for other states to follow.” The bill, sponsored by a sextet of … Continue reading →

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AI might be reading your Slack messages: ‘A lot of this becomes thought crime’

Posted on February 9, 2024 by Techme101

Aware uses AI to analyze companies’ employee messages across Slack, Microsoft Teams, Zoom and other communications services.

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