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Friday January 24, 2025. 02:40 AM
The World Economic Forum's Global Risks Report 2025 (PDF) highlights misinformation as the top global risk due to generative AI tools and state-sponsored campaigns undermining democratic systems, while cyberespionage ranks as a persistent threat with inadequate cyber...
Who guards the guardrail makers? Not the bosses who hire them, it's alleged Scale AI, which labels training data for machine-learning models, was sued this month, alongside labor platform Outlier, for allegedly failing to protect the mental health of contractors hired to...
Vivaldi has made version 7.1 of its web browser available for download here. This version introduces many powerful new features for those seeking a more private and customizable browsing experience. With its focus on user control and independence, Vivaldi 7.1 should be an...
But we mean, you've had nearly four years to patch One of the critical security flaws exploited by China's Salt Typhoon to breach US telecom and government networks has had a patch available for nearly four years - yet despite repeated warnings from law enforcement and...
On Tuesday, President Trump announced a new $500 billion initiative to build artificial intelligence infrastructure in the United States. Within hours, entrepreneur Elon Musk publicly mocked the plan, saying that the founding organizations don’t have enough money to make...
Kensington has released a cool new product for fans of Apple’s diminutive desktop -- the Security Mount for the Mac mini equipped with M4 and M4 Pro chips. This mount is designed to help users securely install and protect the compact computer, making it suitable for home,...
Greg Kroah-Hartman has released the 6.12.11, 6.6.74, 6.1.127, and 5.15.177 stable kernels. They all contain important fixes, as is the usual case.
Thursday January 23, 2025. 11:56 PM
AMD has confirmed a vulnerability in its processor lineup that leaked out early before the company had a chance to issue a patch. While the vulnerability appears to affect consumer Ryzen CPUs, AMD has yet to name them nor describe the vulnerability. The vulnerability will...
A 'uretprobe' is a dynamic, user-space tracepoint injected by the kernel into a running process; this document tersely describes their use. Among other things, uretprobes are used by the perf utility to time function calls. The 6.11 kernel saw a significant change to...
In three major moves this week, the Trump administration is already having profound negative impacts on public health—to absolutely nobody's surprise, sadly. LIKE BOING BOING BUT NOT THE ADS? CLICK HERE TO GO AD-FREE! First, Trump has called for an immediate freeze on me...
US President Donald Trump has wasted no time in demonstrating his fealty to the cryptocurrency industry that backed his 2024 election ambitions. The alliance could herald a golden dawn for crypto, industry figures believe.
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Having reliable internet access is essential for businesses. When connectivity is lost, it can lead to decreased productivity, lost revenue, and even harm to your reputation. To avoid these challenges, a backup internet connection is a practical solution that ensures...
Cybersecurity company Palo Alto Networks has released the Quantum Random Number Generator (QRNG) Open API framework, enabling users to prepare for quantum security threats. Unveiled January 22, the framework addresses the need for multi-vendor interoperability across the...
Supportive as ever, Linda Yaccarino, Elon's choice to run his personal social media network, offered the world tears of laughter as she shared her boss's Nazi jokes. LIKE BOING BOING BUT NOT THE ADS? CLICK HERE TO GO AD-FREE! Let this settle the whole question of what was ...
Right now, the adult use of marijuana for fun is legal in 24 US states along with Washington DC, Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, and the US Virgin Islands. And yet it's stupidly still a Federal crime. Marijuana Moment spoke with multiple legalization advocates to get a sense ...
Pocketpair, creators of the game fans dubbed “Pokémon with guns,” is partnering with the studio behind Tales of Kenzera: Zau as it aims to publish more indie games.
Hello Operator? Can you give me number nine? Can I see you later? Will you give me back my dime? OpenAI on Thursday launched a human-directed AI agent called Operator that can use a web browser by itself to accomplish various online tasks, or at least try to do so.…
A Federal judge in Seattle, Washington, has temporarily blocked convicted felon and President of the United States Donald Trump's unlawful executive order denying birthright citizenship. Washington Attorney General Nick Brown was one of many State Attorney Generals to...
No in-the-wild exploits … yet Cisco has pushed a patch for a critical, 9.9-rated vulnerability in its Meeting Management tool that could allow a remote, authenticated attacker with low privileges to escalate to administrator on affected devices.…
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