AI-powered misinformation is the world's biggest short-term threat, Davos report says (www.thehindu.com)
Hackers just leaked sensitive files from over 200 police departments that are searchable by badge number (www.businessinsider.com)
Hackers just leaked sensitive files from over 200 police departments that are searchable by badge number::Police departments have been sharing information about COVID-19, George Floyd protesters, and even tweets critical of the police.
Hackers can infect network-connected wrenches to install ransomware | Researchers identify 23 vulnerabilities, some of which can exploited with no authentication (arstechnica.com)
Hackers can infect network-connected wrenches to install ransomware | Researchers identify 23 vulnerabilities, some of which can exploited with no authentication::Researchers identify 23 vulnerabilities, some of which can exploited with no authentication.
Hewlett Packard Enterprise to buy Juniper Networks in $14 bln deal (www.reuters.com)
Jan 9 (Reuters) - Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE.N) will buy networking gear maker Juniper Networks (JNPR.N) for $14 billion in an all-cash deal, in an attempt to spruce up the company’s artificial intelligence (AI) offerings.
"Did you realize that we live in a reality where SciHub is illegal, and OpenAI is not?" (fosstodon.org)
The Chinese typewriter from the 1930s (twitter.com)
AI-powered misinformation is the world's biggest short-term threat, Davos report says (apnews.com)
Airlines say they found loose parts in door panels during inspections of Boeing 737 Max 9 jets (apnews.com)
Airlines say they found loose parts in door panels during inspections of Boeing 737 Max 9 jets::Federal investigators are learning more about how a door panel flew off an Alaska Airlines jetliner last week.
737 MAX Checker (www.ismyplanea737max.com)
Duolingo lays off 10% of contract workers, partly due to AI (www.techspot.com)
North Korea rolls out 4G service with secondhand Huawei gear (www.lightreading.com)
HP sued (again) for blocking third-party ink from printers, accused of monopoly (arstechnica.com)
HP sued (again) for blocking third-party ink from printers, accused of monopoly::Suit seeks injunction blocking HP from bricking printers using third-party ink.
X Purges Prominent Journalists, Leftists With No Explanation (www.vice.com)
X Purges Prominent Journalists, Leftists With No Explanation::Ken Klippenstein, Steven Monacelli, and Alan MacLeod were all suspended from the platform.
FTC bans X-Mode from selling phone location data, and orders firm to delete collected data (techcrunch.com)
This startup is bringing a 'voice frequency absorber' to CES 2024 | TechCrunch (techcrunch.com)
“No one cared who I was until I put on the mask” -Bane
Amazon’s Twitch to Cut 500 Employees, About 35% of Staff (www.bloomberg.com)
Amazon’s Twitch to Cut 500 Employees, About 35% of Staff::Move is designed to stem losses after two rounds of layoffs last year.
Elon Musk's X claims it's now a 'video-first platform' as it tries to reverse an advertiser exodus that has cost it billions in value (fortune.com)
The claim is a major departure for the service, which has long been known as a destination for posting short snippets of text.
TikTok pulled a hashtag-tracking feature researchers used to study the platform (www.engadget.com)
Alaska flight incident reveals another feature Boeing didn’t inform pilots about - Federal investigators said that Boeing didn’t make pilots aware that when a plane rapidly depressurizes, the cockp... (www.politico.com)
Alaska flight incident reveals another feature Boeing didn’t inform pilots about - Federal investigators said that Boeing didn’t make pilots aware that when a plane rapidly depressurizes, the cockp…::undefined
Hobbes OS/2 Archive to shut down in three months – OSnews (www.osnews.com)
The announcement on hobbes.nmsu.edu...
VW solid-state battery retains 95% capacity over 1,000 charge cycles in lab testing (www.techspot.com)
Faster than ever: Wi-Fi 7 standard arrives (www.zdnet.com)
Faster than ever: Wi-Fi 7 standard arrives::How fast do you want your Wi-Fi to go? How does 5.8 Gigabits per second sound? Fast enough for you?
Elon Musk’s ironic bot army exposed (boingboing.net)
Honda debuts new global EV series, Honda Zero, coming in 2026 (www.theverge.com)
HP customers claim firmware update rendered third-party ink verboten | Then the company cranked up the price of cartridges, complaint alleges (www.theregister.com)
HP customers claim firmware update rendered third-party ink verboten | Then the company cranked up the price of cartridges, complaint alleges::Then the company cranked up the price of cartridges, complaint alleges
