“The Biden administration may have abandoned plans to create a ‘Disinformation Board,’ but a more insidious ‘Censorship Complex’ already exists and is growing at an alarming speed,” Cleveland wrote. “Its funding and collaboration implicate the government, academia, tech giants,...
The watch’s insecurity and the spying it enabled might be expected given the gadget’s pedigree: It’s sold by an obscure company called CJC, costs less than $30, and was made by an equally obscure manufacturer, YiQingTeng Electronics, in Shenzhen,...
I’ve combed the internet to find you today’s most fun/important/scary/fascinating stories about technology. 1 Meta has become the latest firm to say its AI hacked another companyIt blamed a “misconfiguration” by an independent cybersecurity tester. (CNN)+ The model reportedly...
OpenAI’s Atlas web browser could have security protections bypassed and be tricked into spamming dozens of WhatsApp contacts or making unauthorized purchases on Amazon, according to new research presented today at the Black Hat cybersecurity conference in Las Vegas.The...
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The must-reads I’ve combed the internet to find you today’s most fun/important/scary/fascinating stories about technology. 1 The US is considering banning Chinese data center componentsThe news comes just after the FCC announced curbs on other high-tech Chinese hardware. (Reuters $)+ Texas...
It’s officially getting hard to keep track of all the times and ways AI models from OpenAI and Anthropic have been involved in “security incidents,” going outside the confines of their testing and interacting with the wider internet in...
2 China is poised to win the technologies of the futureIt’s already a high-tech hardware powerhouse, but it increasingly has its sights set on software too. (New Yorker $)+ US tech and political leaders are freaking out, but few seem to...
There is no such thing as a universal “song of the summer” anymore, but if you’re into rap music, Fenix Flexin’s “Rubberz” is a pretty strong contender.Officially released in June, it currently sits at No. 58 in the Billboard...
It was a surprise, then, when last week the Federal Trade Commission issued a sweeping ban on foreign imports of advanced robots, including humanoids, quadrupeds, and wheeled robots. The decision, made by an increasingly partisan and Trump-aligned FTC, cites...
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