ASUS warns of critical remote authentication bypass on 7 routers (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
AMD has preemptively dropped support for Windows 10 on its new Ryzen AI 300 Series chips (www.tomshardware.com)
In another attempt to convince us that “AI PCs” are somehow fundamentally different from the PCs we’re already using, AMD has officially dropped support for Windows 10 from its new AMD Ryzen AI 300 Series platform. This can be observed by glancing at the official AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 specs page, which now only lists...
Robot cars can be crashed with tinfoil and painted cardboard (www.theregister.com)
A team of researchers from prominent universities – including SUNY Buffalo, Iowa State, UNC Charlotte, and Purdue – were able to turn an autonomous vehicle (AV) operated on the open sourced Apollo driving platform from Chinese web giant Baidu into a deadly weapon by tricking its multi-sensor fusion system, and suggest the...
France considers approval of European chat control plan (stackdiary.com)
The latest proposal mandates user consent for monitoring messages on all communication apps, including those with end-to-end encryption.
Spotify won’t open-source Car Thing, but starts refund process (arstechnica.com)
A Ticketmaster hack spilled sensitive data for 560 million customers, hackers say (qz.com)
ShinyHunters posted on Tuesday night in a hacking forum that it obtained data from Ticketmaster and its parent company, Live Nation, including customers’ names, addresses, emails, phone numbers, and order details, Cyber Daily wrote. The group is reportedly attempting to sell the stolen data for $500 million....
Rubén Baler, neuroscientist: ‘We are guinea pigs. Our attention has become a profitable commodity’ (english.elpais.com)
Discord to start showing ads in-app this week - Dexerto (www.dexerto.com)
In early March 2024, Discord revealed that “sponsored quests”, or ads would be added to the platform to help “support game developers” through the popular chat app....
The Affinity and Canva Pledge (affinity.serif.com)
An update from Affinity and Canva on the acquisition of Affinity/Serif by Canva. They have made 4 pledges, including to maintain perpetual licenses.
Calmara suggests it can detect STIs with photos of genitals -- a dangerous idea | TechCrunch (techcrunch.com)
You’ve gone home with a Tinder date, and things are escalating. You don’t really know or trust this guy, and you don’t want to contract an STI, so… what now?...
Generative AI will eventually poison itself (www.xda-developers.com)
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang debuts new $8,990 lizard-embossed leather jacket, also says something about AI GPUs | Tom's Hardware (www.tomshardware.com)
How to Figure Out What Your Car Knows About You (and Opt Out of Sharing When You Can) (www.eff.org)
Cars collect a lot of our personal data, and car companies disclose a lot of that data to third parties. It’s often unclear what’s being collected, and what’s being shared and with whom. A recent New York Times article highlighted how data is shared by G.M. with insurance companies, sometimes without clear knowledge from...
Ex-Activision CEO Bobby Kotick looks to buy TikTok amid shutdown fears - Dexerto (www.dexerto.com)
TikTok has been at the center of controversy for the United States government in the last few years. Particularly, members of the Senate believe China-based parent company ByteDance could spy on its users and share information with the Chinese Government....
Scientists find a simple way to destroy 'forever chemicals' — by beheading them (www.livescience.com)
the chemicals may interfere with the body’s hormones, raise cholesterol levels, affect fertility and increase the risk of certain cancers, according to the EPA."
Previously paid Nintendo DS emulator app on Android goes free (DraStic DS) (www.androidheadlines.com)
Max Password Sharing Crackdown Is Coming (www.thewrap.com)
Max’s paid sharing initiative will launch later this year, with a broader rollout in 2025. Warner Bros. Discovery’s Max will join competitors Netflix and Disney+ in cracking down on password sharing....
User got a $104K bill from hosting provider(Netlify): “I thought it was a joke” (cybernews.com)
Biden Calls Chinese Electric Vehicles a Security Threat (www.nytimes.com)
Biden Calls Chinese Electric Vehicles a Security Threat::The president ordered an investigation into auto technology that could track U.S. drivers, part of a broader effort to stop E.V. and other smart-car imports from China.
Police shut more than 14,000 accounts on Mega, Tutanota and Protonmail (therecord.media)
‘What Was She Supposed to Report?:’ Police Report Shows How a High School Deepfake Nightmare Unfolded (www.404media.co)
An in-depth police report obtained by 404 Media shows how a school, and then the police, investigated a wave of AI-powered “nudify” apps in a high school.
Disney Plus begins crackdown against password sharing (www.techspot.com)
Vivaldi explains why they will not embed LLM functionality in their browser (vivaldi.com)
The top five RSS readers for keeping up with your news feeds (www.theverge.com)
RSS readers allow you to collect the articles of specific sources in one app, making it a lot easier to find the content you’re interested in without crawling through a lot of noise. RSS (which may stand for Really Simple Syndication, Rich Site Summary, or one of several other possibilities — nobody seems sure) has been...
Work chat gone quiet? Microsoft Teams down for thousands of users - National | Globalnews.ca (globalnews.ca)
Work chat gone quiet? Microsoft Teams down for thousands of users - National | Globalnews.ca::Microsoft’s Teams app services were down for thousands of users on Friday, according to the outage tracking website Downdetector.com.
