Enlarge (credit: MZLA Technologies) “Why does Thunderbird look so old?” That’s one of the most frequently…
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Some local legislators and residents in Northern Virginia, home to ~275 data centers with dozens more planned, complain of land use, cooling fan noise, and more (Antonio Olivo/Washington Post)
Antonio Olivo / Washington Post: Some local legislators and residents in Northern Virginia, home to ~275…
AI-powered Bing Chat spills its secrets via prompt injection attack
Enlarge / With the right suggestions, researchers can “trick” a language model to spill its secrets.…
Sources: China Telecom and China Mobile withdrew their ~20% investment in an Asia-Europe subsea cable project after US firm SubCom was chosen to build the line (Financial Times)
Financial Times: Sources: China Telecom and China Mobile withdrew their ~20% investment in an Asia-Europe subsea…
This week’s Reddit breach shows company’s security is (still) woefully inadequate
Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) Popular discussion website Reddit proved this week that its security still isn’t…
The US DOT says it is investigating Neuralink over the potentially illegal movement of hazardous pathogens, after an alert from an animal welfare advocacy group (Rachael Levy/Reuters)
Rachael Levy / Reuters: The US DOT says it is investigating Neuralink over the potentially illegal…
Want to delete your Twitter DMs? Good luck with that
Enlarge (credit: Aytac Unal/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images) Twitter’s direct messages have always been a security liability. The…
Meta says it has completed its acquisition of Within, originally announced in October 2021, after a judge denied the FTC’s request to stop the deal (Scott Stein/CNET)
Scott Stein / CNET: Meta says it has completed its acquisition of Within, originally announced in…
In Paris demo, Google scrambles to counter ChatGPT but ends up embarrassing itself
Enlarge (credit: Aurich Lawson) On Wednesday, Google held a highly anticipated press conference from Paris that…
Filing: eBay plans to lay off ~500 employees, ~4% of its total workforce, to create space to invest in “new technologies, customer innovations, and key markets” (Reuters)
Reuters: Filing: eBay plans to lay off ~500 employees, ~4% of its total workforce, to create…