Ars Technica used in malware campaign with never-before-seen obfuscation — Buried in URL was a string of characters that appeared to be random, but were actually a payload (arstechnica.com)
Ars Technica used in malware campaign with never-before-seen obfuscation — Buried in URL was a string of characters that appeared to be random, but were actually a payload::Vimeo also used by legitimate user who posted booby-trapped content.
Chinese hackers are determined to 'wreak havoc' on US critical infrastructure, FBI director warns (apnews.com)
Chinese hackers are determined to ‘wreak havoc’ on US critical infrastructure, FBI director warns::FBI Director Chris Wray has told House lawmakers that Chinese government hackers are busily targeting critical infrastructure inside the United States, including water treatment plants, the electrical grid and transportation...
AI Companies Lose $190 Billion After Dismal Financial Reports (futurism.com)
Reuters reports that AI-related companies lost $190 billion in stock market value on Tuesday following disappointing earnings reports.
Mark Zuckerberg says sorry to families of children who committed suicide — after rejecting suggestion to set up a compensation fund to help the families get counseling (arstechnica.com)
Mark Zuckerberg says sorry to families of children who committed suicide — after rejecting suggestion to set up a compensation fund to help the families get counseling::CEOs of Meta, TikTok, Snap, Discord, and X testified at hearing on child safety.
Disney+, Hulu and ESPN+ will start cracking down on password sharing | CNN Business (www.cnn.com)
Disney+, Hulu and ESPN+ will start cracking down on password sharing | CNN Business::Disney is banning password sharing on its streaming services, following in the footsteps of competitor Netflix.
The man who owes Nintendo $14m: Gary Bowser and gaming’s most infamous piracy case (www.theguardian.com)
Exploring Reddit’s third-party app environment 7 months after the APIcalypse (arstechnica.com)
Exploring Reddit’s third-party app environment 7 months after the APIcalypse::Apollo dev: “I don’t believe Reddit’s leadership… cares about developers anymore.”
Snap is recalling and refunding every drone it ever sold (www.theverge.com)
Snap is recalling and refunding every drone it ever sold::Snap is recalling every one of its Pixy drones because their batteries pose a fire hazard. Yes, the entire drone is being recalled, not just the removable battery. Snap discontinued the drone just months after release.
Amazon is more profitable than ever after a year of mass layoffs (finance.yahoo.com)
Amazon is more profitable than ever after a year of mass layoffs::The tech giant posted the largest quarterly operating income in its history on the back of cost-cutting and faster revenue growth in key divisions.
Misinformation spreads in China on ‘civil war’ in Texas (www.bbc.co.uk)
Misinformation spreads in China on ‘civil war’ in Texas::Chinese social media cheers intensifying standoff between Texas and the White House over illegal migrants.
Apple Has Sold Approximately 200,000 Vision Pro Headsets (www.macrumors.com)
Apple Has Sold Approximately 200,000 Vision Pro Headsets::Apple has sold upwards of 200,000 Vision Pro headsets, MacRumors has learned from a source with knowledge of Apple’s sales numbers. Apple began…
Police Departments Are Turning to AI to Sift Through Millions of Hours of Unreviewed Body-Cam Footage (www.propublica.org)
Mozilla slams Microsoft for using dark patterns to drive Windows users towards Edge in a new Research Report (www.theregister.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/11483626...
Alaska Airlines Plane Appears to Have Left Boeing Factory Without Critical Bolts (www.wsj.com)
Alaska Airlines Plane Appears to Have Left Boeing Factory Without Critical Bolts::undefined
Scientists Develop New Dirt-Powered Fuel Cell That Runs Forever (scitechdaily.com)
Northwestern University researchers have introduced a soil-microbe-powered fuel cell, significantly outperforming similar technologies and providing a sustainable solution for powering low-energy devices.
'The Last of Us Part 3' concept confirmed by Neil Druckmann (ew.com)
The Retro Web (theretroweb.com)
This is a project aimed at documenting as many pieces of hardware as possible, built entirely by volunteers, who code for the site/add new entries in their free time. We also have a GitLab repository, where you can see the code behind TRW.
Multinational firm’s Hong Kong office loses HK$200 million after scammers stage deepfake video meeting (www.scmp.com)
Multinational firm’s Hong Kong office loses HK$200 million after scammers stage deepfake video meeting::undefined
Apple’s Vision Pro battery pack is hiding the final boss of Lightning cables (www.theverge.com)
Apple’s Vision Pro battery pack is hiding the final boss of Lightning cables::The Vision Pro’s battery connector is removable once you press the eject button, and it uses a 12-pin connector that looks like a wider version of a Lightning cable.
A startup allegedly “hacked the world.” Then came the censorship—and now the backlash. (arstechnica.com)
A startup allegedly “hacked the world.” Then came the censorship—and now the backlash.::Anti-censorship voices are working to highlight reports of one Indian company’s hacker past.
AMD’s new CPU hits 132fps in Fortnite without a graphics card (www.pcgamesn.com)
AMD’s new CPU hits 132fps in Fortnite without a graphics card::Also get 49fps in BG3, 119fps in CS2, and 41fps in Cyberpunk 2077 using the new AMD Ryzen 8700G, all without the need for an extra CPU cooler.
'Yellowstone' star Lainey Wilson testifies AI using her voice was 'gut punch': 'It is a personal violation' (www.foxnews.com)
‘Yellowstone’ star Lainey Wilson testifies AI using her voice was ‘gut punch’: ‘It is a personal violation’::Lainey Wilson spoke in front of the House Judiciary Committee Republicans on Friday asking for artists to have a “choice” when it comes to AI platforms using musicians’ voices.
Google will no longer back up the Internet: Cached webpages are dead. Google Search will no longer make site backups while crawling the web. (arstechnica.com)
Google will no longer back up the Internet: Cached webpages are dead. Google Search will no longer make site backups while crawling the web.::Google Search will no longer make site backups while crawling the web.
Computer RAM gets biggest upgrade in 25 years but it may be too little, too late — LPCAMM2 won't stop Apple, Intel and AMD from integrating memory directly on the CPU (www.techradar.com)
Computer RAM gets biggest upgrade in 25 years but it may be too little, too late — LPCAMM2 won’t stop Apple, Intel and AMD from integrating memory directly on the CPU::LPCAMM2 is a revolution in RAM, but it faces an uphill struggle