New research reveals the strategies hackers use to hide their malware distribution system, and companies are rushing to release mitigations for the “Downfall” processor vulnerability on Intel chips.
Read MoreChristopher Mims / Wall Street Journal: How robots equipped with cameras, sensors, AI, and lasers are helping spot and repair problems with bridges, ships, and other critical infrastructure in the US — Robots fly, walk, swim and crawl with new sensors and artificial intelligence to spot—and sometimes fix—problems.
Read MoreIllustration by Samar Haddad / The Verge If you’ve treated the kids in your household to an Xbox Series X or Xbox Series S, you’ll of course want them to have fun — but you’ll also want to put limits on what they can do on the console, especially if they’re younger children. These consoles
Read MoreTikTok’s dissociative identity disorder community thinks doctors don’t know what’s going on. Some doctors feel the same about them. Continue reading…
Read MorePlus: Amazon Music gets pricier, a bunch of people still want to ban TikTok in the US, and it’s only getting hotter on planet Earth.
Read MoreReuters: Nestlé, Unilever, and other big advertisers are experimenting with using generative AI ads, but many remain wary of the security, copyright, and data bias risks — Some of the world’s biggest advertisers, from food giant Nestle (NESN.S) to consumer goods multinational Unilever (ULVR.L) …
Read MoreWe haven’t checked, but we’ll go out on a limb here and say this is the first project we’ve featured with a BOM that includes “an apartment in Paris with a breathtaking view of the Eiffel Tower.” We suppose there are other places in the world where a giant camera obscura like this would work
Read MoreLabor Day weekend arrives in a few weeks, but sales on weighted blankets, couches, and mattresses have already started.
Read MoreA victory for Montanans’ right to a clean, healthy environment could set a precedent for other climate lawsuits throughout the United States.
Read MoreOne of the greatest parts of the Google Pixel 7 is undoubtedly its camera. Even with hardware that is sometimes outmatched by some of the other best camera phones, Google consistently achieves impressive results, in part thanks to the Google Camera app. While it’s still an amazing piece of software, it has stagnated a bit
Read MoreJulian E. Barnes / New York Times: US intelligence agencies warn China and Russia are targeting private US space companies and preparing cyberattacks that could disable satellites in a conflict — U.S. officials say Chinese and Russian spy agencies are trying to steal technology from private American space companies …
Read MoreIf you were around when the Altair 8800 was king, you might remember the name Cromemco. They were an early vendor of add-ons for the Altair, along with companies like Godbout and Morrow. The company was mostly famous for a very crude digital camera for the Altair and a similarly-crude graphics interface card. They graduated
Read MoreEmily Bobrow / Wall Street Journal: A profile of and interview with Max Tegmark, co-founder of Elon Musk-backed Future of Life Institute, who warns AI could pose an existential threat to humanity — Long optimistic about the possibilities of artificial intelligence, the MIT physicist now says companies and governments must work together …
Read MoreWe’re used to time-lapse photography being merely a feature of our smartphone camera app, but of course it has its origins in film. A movie camera would be triggered frame by frame at fixed intervals, with the result being the timelapse. A dead art, you might wonder, were it not for [Kevin Santo Cappuccio], who
Read MoreSome residents of Yellowknife are staying behind to fight back wildfires that could soon engulf the Canadian city. Others have shared harrowing stories as they race to escape the flames.
Read MoreScreenshot by Jay Peters / The Verge Baldur’s Gate 3 is a delight on Steam Deck — even though I sometimes can’t tell what’s going on. I suspected that might be the case going in. Everything I had seen about Baldur’s Gate 3 before I downloaded it promised a vast, sprawling adventure, and all the
Read MoreWinston Cho / The Hollywood Reporter: A district court judge upheld a US Copyright Office finding that artwork created by AI isn’t eligible for copyright protection because it lacks human authorship — A federal judge on Friday upheld a finding from the U.S. Copyright Office that a piece of art created by AI is not
Read MoreCredit: Kaitlyn Cimino / Android Authority Beyond the basics of a band and case, the first impression of any Samsung smartwatch is the device’s face. For most users, a custom watch face adds tons of information, character, and color. It’s a simple (and often free) way to add style to your device. To help you get
Read MoreThere are many well-known physical constants, but it always interests us when someone can approximately measure them using equipment you probably have. We could pretend it is because we want to help kids do science projects, but who are we really kidding? It is just the cool factor. [Stoppi] shows us several neat ways to measure
Read MoreKirsten Korosec / TechCrunch: Cruise is complying with a California DMV request to cut its fleet by 50% as the regulator probes “recent concerning incidents” involving Cruise robotaxis — Cruise, the self-driving car subsidiary of GM, has been asked to reduce its robotaxi fleet by 50% in San Francisco following a crash Thursday night with
Read MoreThe world of non-fungible tokens (NFTs) has taken the digital landscape by storm, revolutionizing how we perceive and exchange digital assets. From artwork and collectibles to virtual real estate and music, NFTs have opened up new possibilities for creators, collectors, and investors alike. However, effective marketing strategies are essential in driving widespread adoption and understanding
Read MoreSean Hollister / The Verge: Western Digital refused to answer questions about how its portable SanDisk Extreme SSDs might lose all the data; the company is being sued over data-loss issues — Eleven days ago, we sent these questions to Western Digital’s head of PR and published them publicly on The Verge:
Read MoreYuga Labs owns Bored Ape Yacht Club, CryptoPunks, Meebits, and other NFT series. | Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Two of the biggest names in the NFT space are clashing over the future of how the tokens’ creators get paid. Yuga Labs, the company behind Bored Ape Yacht Club and CryptoPunks, said today
Read MoreRetired hardware engineer [Plasmode] recently took on the challenge of building a debugger for the 6502 designed to sit atop the microprocessor while seated in a solder less breadboard. The result is the Diagnostic Overlay for W65C02 Breadboard, consisting of 128 kB SRAM and a 1250-gate CPLD. Except being 0.8 in wide, the overlay debugger
Read MoreAt first glance, Elon Musk’s rebrand of Twitter to X appears to have been just as chaotic as many of his other changes to the app. It was inevitably the subject of much ridicule on his own site, the App Store wouldn’t initially allow him to change the app name to a single letter, and
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