A Spy Agency Leaked People’s Data Online—Then the Data Was Stolen
The National Telecommunication Monitoring Center in Bangladesh exposed a database to the open web. The types of data leaked online are extensive.
Read MoreThe National Telecommunication Monitoring Center in Bangladesh exposed a database to the open web. The types of data leaked online are extensive.
Read MoreVegan egg and lab-grown-meat startup Eat Just is being sued for more than $100 million. Former employees allege that’s just the start of its problems.
Read MoreBenjamin Mayo / 9to5Mac: Apple releases Apple Music Classical on iPad as part of a v1.1 update, the first major update to the app after its release in spring 2023 on iPhone — Apple Music Classical, included as part of a standard Apple Music subscription, launched as an iPhone only app in the spring …
Read MoreGet ready for the dark winter months with some cool LED smart strip lights — here are some on offer.
Read MoreStephen Nellis / Reuters: Synopsys, one of the largest chip design software makers, partners with Microsoft to build a Copilot to help with early chip designs using its vast data trove — Microsoft has mostly pitched its “Copilot” as a way to help finish up lines of computer code or quickly summarize a messy email
Read MoreYoolim Lee / Bloomberg: AI chip startup Sapeon, backed by South Korean conglomerate SK Group, announces the Sapeon X330, claiming 4x the performance of the X220, rolling out in H1 2024 — – Korean conglomerate SK Group hopes to build Nvidia alternative — SK Telecom split off Sapeon to accelerate AI chip development
Read MoreSynthID works by converting audio into a visual spectogram and adding a visual watermark. | Image: Google Audio created using Google DeepMind’s AI Lyria model, such as tracks made with YouTube’s new audio generation features, will be watermarked with SynthID to let people identify their AI-generated origins after the fact. In a blog post, DeepMind
Read MoreRecently, Google announced a new category of Chromebooks — the Chromebook Plus. These new, more powerful Chromebooks promise superior power and reliability for users, with support for more applications and use cases. In this brief guide, we will break down what exactly defines a Chromebook Plus, general specs and features, pricing, and more. What is
Read MoreCredit: C. Scott Brown / Android Authority The OnePlus 11 is now getting the stable Oxygen OS 14 update in India. Other regions should also get the update soon. Beta testers will be the first to receive the Android 14-based software. The OnePlus 11 is finally receiving the stable Oxygen OS 14 update after a
Read MoreSometimes the most interesting part of a project isn’t the widget itself, but what it teaches you about the manufacturing process. The story of the manufacturing scale-up of this Atari Punk Console and the lessons learned along the way is a perfect example of this. Now, don’t get us wrong — we love Atari Punk
Read MoreCredit: Damien Wilde / Android Authority Update: The timeline appears to be incorrect, as some of the mentioned dates have passed without the update rolling out to the mentioned devices. Samsung has finally shared the rollout timeline for One UI 6 for its supported devices. This timeline is shared for the EU region, and we
Read MoreKhari Johnson / Wired: Common Sense Media’s first ratings for ten AI chatbots and services warn parents that Snapchat’s MyAI, Dall-E 2, and Stable Diffusion may not be safe for kids — Common Sense Media’s first ratings for chatbots and other AI services warn parents that AI image generators and Snapchat’s My AI chatbot may
Read MoreIn today’s fast-paced digital landscape, let’s not kid ourselves about how fast we’re moving. Many of us, and the software we build, are still too slow. How do we know we’re even making progress? To know for sure that things are improving, we first need to measure them. If you think the performance of your
Read MoreImage: Epic Games Epic Games is adding a new voice reporting feature into Fortnite to help catch players who break the company’s community rules. If the feature is on — if you’re under 18, the feature is always on when using voice chats — the device you’re playing the game on will securely capture the
Read MoreSince 2021, lava has sporadically oozed out of various fissures crisscrossing southwest Iceland. Now, a huge sheet of magma could erupt at any minute. But where, and how severe will the eruption be?
Read MoreOne of the recurring themes of recent developer platform and tool releases, especially around .NET, is developer productivity. That’s not surprising, considering the current economic climate and its impact on staffing levels. We’ve all been tasked to do more with less. Microsoft and the .NET Foundation recently released the latest version of their cross-platform development
Read MoreIllustration by Nick Barclay / The Verge It’s a cliché at this point to say that podcasts (and, to a less publicized extent, audiobooks) have a discovery problem. To help fix that, Spotify announced it’s using Google Cloud’s AI tools to improve both content discovery and personalized recommendations for its audio offerings. With this latest
Read MoreSuvashree Ghosh / Bloomberg: Paxos and StraitsX get in-principle approvals from the Monetary Authority of Singapore to issue USD-backed stablecoins — – City-state issues in-principle licenses to stablecoin firms — Japan and Hong Kong also aim to attract such businesses — Singapore awarded a batch …
Read MoreCredit: Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority A user on Reddit spotted (and recorded) a YouTube porn ad in their mobile feed. The ad appears to be for a pet-focused social network but is overlayed with extremely NSFW content. Google has removed the ad in question and taken action against the account associated with it. Update:
Read MoreRobotic safety standards are designed for commercial bots, but amateur robot builders should also consider ideas like the keepout zone where a mobile robot isn’t permitted to go or how to draw out the safety perimeter space for your experimental robot arm. After all, that robot arm won’t stop crushing your fingers because you built
Read MoreRyosuke Eguchi / Nikkei Asia: Analysis: Chinese imports of chip manufacturing equipment rose 93% YoY to $8.7B in Q3 2023 and imports of lithography equipment from the Netherlands jumped 6x — Purchases from Netherlands jump as Chinese buyers grab what they can — Netherlands-based ASML is a major supplier …
Read MoreWill Knight / Wired: YouTube will let some Shorts creators test Dream Track, a new AI tool that can generate and remix music in the styles of seven different artists, including Sia — YouTube creators will get to test a new AI tool that generates and remixes music in the style of several famous musicians,
Read MoreTakashi Kawakami / Nikkei Asia: IDC: China-based Transsion, the largest smartphone manufacturer by sales in Africa, shipped 26M smartphones in Q3 2023, up 35% YoY, for a 8.6% global share — Leading brand in Africa, Pakistan and Bangladesh thrives on local needs — Transsion’s brands include Techno, itel and Infinix.
Read MoreStarting Friday, dockworkers in all Swedish ports will refuse to offload Teslas, cleaning crews will no longer clean showrooms, and mechanics won’t fix charging points as the labor dispute rages on.
Read MoreDan Goodin / Ars Technica: GitGuardian: nearly 3K of the 450K projects submitted to PyPI exposed at least one credential in code, like API keys, including some from “very large companies” — Many transgressions come from “very large companies that have robust security teams.”
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