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Chinese hackers have unleashed a never-before-seen Linux backdoor::SprySOCKS borrows from open source Windows malware and adds new tricks.

Well, that was quick. We had just been discussing the encouraging news that Rockstar had scooped up Cfx.re, a community dedicated to roleplaying within GTA and Red Dead Redemption games, as well as several mods made within that community. The only thing that made this newsworthy at all is that Rockstar has had an awful...

AI hysteria is a distraction: algorithms already sow disinformation in Africa::Forget ‘AI doomerism’ hype over ChatGPT, big tech’s colonial attitude lets hateful electoral propaganda be fed to millions

They Didn’t Ask to Go Viral. Posting on Social Media Without Consent Is Immoral::It’s typical to ask friends for permission to share pictures of them. Yet people don’t extend this courtesy to strangers, either because they think nothing of it or they need to go viral at all costs.

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People put down deposits for every electric truck in development, leaving dealers in the lurch when they eventually cancel all but one::When an electric truck customer doesn’t show up to pick up their order, dealer are left with a car that might be hard to sell to someone else.

After decades lost, Star Trek’s original Enterprise model may have been found — the listing went down quickly, and Roddenberry’s son is trying to track it down::The listing went down quickly, and Roddenberry’s son is trying to track it down.

Japan’s automakers are keeping sports cars alive in the EV era::The Japan Mobility Show in Tokyo saw the debut of five different electrified sports cars, ranging from production-intent coupes to outrageous concept supercars.

23andMe user data targeting Ashkenazi Jews leaked online::A user on a popular hacker forum had claimed to have made a larger database of users for sale earlier this week. It’s unclear if whoever compiled the list to only include Ashkenazi heritage is the same person or group who initially made it for sale.

British microchip designing giant Arm has announced it has filed paperwork to sell its shares in the US....

Montana train derailment renews calls for automated systems to detect track problems::The NTSB is renewing its calls for major freight railroads to equip every locomotive with automated track inspection devices that it believes could have prevented a 2021 train derailment that killed three people in Montana.

Tesla directors agree to return $735 million following claims they were massively overpaid::Elon Musk, Larry Ellison and other current and former members of Tesla’s board of directors will return $735 million to settle claims that they massively overpaid themselves…

Cruise recalls all self-driving cars after grisly accident and California ban | All 950 of the General Motors subsidiary’s autonomous cars will be taken off roads for a software update::All 950 of the General Motors subsidiary’s autonomous cars will be taken off roads for a software update

LinkedIn Wants Its AI Bot to Help Find You a Job After You Lose Your Job to AI::LinkedIn invested $10 billion in OpenAI’s ChatGPT to keep up with the growing demand for AI.