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Wednesday October 9, 2024. 04:17 AM
UN report finds Telegram, cryptocurrency are tools of a growing 'criminal service economy' Organized crime syndicates across Asia are using AI, messaging platforms like Telegram, and cryptocurrency to help them expand, with help from dedicated service providers, according to ...
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A new HBO documentary claims Canadian developer Peter Todd is Satoshi Nakamoto, the pseudonymous founder of bitcoin. The documentary's director, Emmy-nominated filmmaker Cullen Hoback, 'comes to the conclusion by stitching together old clues and new ones,' reports Politico....
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Foxconn has chosen Mexico for the site of the world's largest manufacturing facility for Nvidia's GB200 superchips. These chips are a 'key component of the U.S. firm's next-generation Blackwell family computing platform,' notes Reuters. From the report: 'We're building the...
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A federal jury has found IT consulting firm Cognizant guilty of discriminating against American IT workers. The court case, Palmer v. Cognizant Tech. Solutions Corp., was argued in Los Angeles at the US District Court for the Central District of California. The jury also...
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A new HBO documentary takes a swing at uncovering the real identity of Satoshi Nakamoto, inventor of Bitcoin. But without incontrovertible proof, the myth lives on.
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'Alleged photos and videos of an unannounced 14-inch MacBook Pro with an M4 chip continue to surface on social media, in what could be the worst product leak for Apple since an employee accidentally left an iPhone 4 prototype at a bar in California in 2010,' writes...
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Artificial intelligence still no substitute for the real thing Microsoft's LinkedIn will update its User Agreement next month with a warning that it may show users generative AI content that's inaccurate or misleading.…
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'Plasma is a popular desktop (and mobile) environment for GNU/Linux and other UNIX-like operating systems,' writes longtime Slashdot reader jrepin. 'Among other things, it also powers the desktop mode of the Steam Deck gaming handheld. The KDE community today announced the...
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TL;DR: Create like Takahashi or Monet when you have Paintstorm Studio, a digital art tool available for $19.99 (reg. $49)! As much as you love painting, there's a high chance you're not giving Michelangelo or Mary Cassatt a run for their money—their skills are just...
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Plus: SAP re-patches a failed patch for critical-rated flaw Patch Tuesday It's the second Tuesday of the month, which means Patch Tuesday, bringing with it fixes for numerous flaws, bugs and vulnerabilities in major software. And this one is a doozy.…
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An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: Months ago, 13-year-old Willis 'Blue Scuti' Gibson became the first person to 'beat' NES Tetris, crashing the game after a 1,511-line, 157-level performance. Over the weekend, 16-year-old Michael 'dogplayingtetris'...
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'You can get cheaper flight tickets by using a VPN and appearing to the internet as if you were somewhere else.' I've read that claim many times, but I've had my doubts about its truthfulness. The theory goes that airlines offer different prices based on your geographic...
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X has been restored in Brazil after being shut down nationwide for over a month. According to court documents released today, X ultimately complied with all of Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes' demands. 'They included blocking certain accounts from the...
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First-ever awarded for contributions to artificial intelligence If you needed another sign that we've well and truly entered the AI age, here it is: The first Nobel Prize has been awarded for contributions to artificial intelligence. …
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Investment firm Hindenburg Research claims Roblox is 'consistently overstating the amount of people on its platform by 25 percent to 42 percent or more.' The Verge reports: Roblox, which went public in 2021, reported having 79.5 million daily active users in its most recent...
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Tuesday October 8, 2024. 11:41 PM
Star Wars. Close Encounters of the Third Kind. E.T. the Extraterrestrial. Jaws. Jurassic Park. Schindler's List. Saving Private Ryan. Superman. Valley of the Dolls—he did that one too. There is no composer for film more iconic than John Williams. And now his biggest...
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Given Amnesty's involvement, it's a safe bet spyware is in play Qualcomm has issued 20 patches for its chipsets' firmware, including one Digital Signal Processor (DSP) software flaw that has been exploited in the wild.…
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An anonymous reader quotes a report from TechCrunch: U.S. money transfer giant MoneyGram has confirmed that hackers stole its customers' personal information and transaction data during a cyberattack last month. The company said in a statement Monday that an unauthorized...
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Over the decades, my primary operating system of choice has changed a few times. As a wee child of six years old, we got out first PC through one of those employer buy-a-PC programs, where an employer would subsidize its employees buying PCs for use in the home. The goal...
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In 1970, Black Sabbath released their self-titled first album that changed rock music forever and laid the foundation for heavy metal. Built upon Tony Iommi's unparalleled guitar riffs with Ozzy's haunting vocals over top, Sabbath's sound blended blues, hard rock, and...
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