Jailbroken AI Chatbots Can Jailbreak Other Chatbots (www.scientificamerican.com)
LogoFAIL - A malicious attack that uses the company branding on boot to run deep code that Secure Boot and Operating Systems can't detect (www.securityweek.com)
Firmware security company Binarly on Wednesday disclosed the details of an attack method that can be used to compromise many consumer and enterprise devices by leveraging malicious UEFI logo images....
Redditor finds heavy block of iron shavings inside cheap PSU, also appears to lack safety protections (www.tomshardware.com)
Firefox is on the brink of being dropped by the US Government (www.brycewray.com)
COP28: Five reasons for optimism on climate (www.bbc.com)
I wish there were more articles about tech not tech biz
Just seems like everything is “this company did this to their employees” and less about “this novel messaging protocol offers these measured pros and cons.” Or similar...
Thomas 🔭✨ (@[email protected]) 23andMe just sent out an email trying to trick customers into accepting a TOS change that will prevent you from suing them after they literally lost your genome (hachyderm.io)
23andMe just sent out an email trying to trick customers into accepting a TOS change that will prevent you from suing them after they literally lost your genome ro thieves....
Soon, Google has even more leverage against adblockers (www.ghacks.net)
Moscow Bans QR Codes in Billboards Over Navalny’s Anti-Putin Campaign (www.themoscowtimes.com)
The UK tries, once again, to age-gate pornography (www.theverge.com)
[Facebook] Messenger is finally getting end-to-end encryption by default - The Verge (www.theverge.com)
Twitch to shut down in Korea over 'prohibitively expensive' network fees (techcrunch.com)
Broadcom to divest VMware’s EUC and Carbon Black units (www.theregister.com)
Warns of $1.3 billion charge for cutting Virtzilla's costs, rapid shift to subs and sales of the whole vStack rather than individual pieces
The White House is threatening the patents of high-priced drugs developed with taxpayer dollars (apnews.com)
Beeper Mini’s iMessage app for Android is broken, possibly by Apple (arstechnica.com)
Europe reaches a deal on the world's first comprehensive AI rules (apnews.com)
OpenAI cofounder Ilya Sutskever has become invisible at the company, with his future uncertain, insiders say (www.businessinsider.com)
OpenAI cofounder Ilya Sutskever has become invisible at the company, with his future uncertain, insiders say::The OpenAI co-founder was an integral part of what became ChatGPT. Insiders say his role in Sam Altman’s ouster is showing ongoing damage.
Gore-Tex is a Marketing Gimmick (www.youtube.com)
RyanF9 uses science to explain how Gore-Tex works and why you’re being ripped off.
Carmakers Push Forward With Plans To Make Basic Features Subscription Services, Despite Widespread Backlash (www.techdirt.com)
Microsoft’s Edge Copilot AI can’t really summarize every YouTube video - The Verge (www.theverge.com)
Google calls Drive data loss “fixed,” locks forum threads saying otherwise | Ars Technica (arstechnica.com)
OpenAI leaders warned of abusive behavior before Sam Altman’s ouster (www.washingtonpost.com)
The senior employees described Altman as psychologically abusive, creating chaos at the artificial-intelligence start-up — complaints that were a major factor in the board’s abrupt decision to fire the CEO...
Google announces April 2024 shutdown date for Google Podcasts (arstechnica.com)
Tesla must respect collective bargaining rights, Norway's sovereign wealth fund says (www.reuters.com)
Tesla must respect collective bargaining rights, Norway’s sovereign wealth fund says::U.S. auto maker Tesla Inc should respect fundamental labour rights, including collective bargaining, Norway’s $1.5 trillion sovereign wealth fund, the world’s biggest stock market investor, told Reuters on Friday.
FDA Approves World’s First Crispr Gene-Editing Drug for Sickle-Cell Disease | Landmark decision heralds a new type of medicine that can tackle genetic conditions that are hard to treat (www.wsj.com)
The key thing about this kind of therapy is that it’s not a drug you keep on taking - it’s a one-time thing which permanently cures the disease.
