Enlarge / Worldcoin’s “Orb,” a device that scans your eyeballs to verify that you’re a real…
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Analysis: of 460 companies that did SPAC deals, insiders at 232 sold $22B in shares in well-timed trades; Chamath Palihapitiya made $310M selling Virgin stock (Wall Street Journal)
Wall Street Journal: Analysis: of 460 companies that did SPAC deals, insiders at 232 sold $22B…
Unearthed: CosmicEnergy, malware for causing Kremlin-style power disruptions
Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) Researchers have uncovered malware designed to disrupt electric power transmission that may…
South Korea’s Naver plans to offer versions of its ChatGPT-like AI model to governments worried about US data controls, addressing political and cultural issues (Song Jung-a/Financial Times)
Song Jung-a / Financial Times: South Korea’s Naver plans to offer versions of its ChatGPT-like AI…
Green hills forever: Windows XP activation algorithm cracked after 21 years
Enlarge / With this background, potentially the most viewed photograph in human history, Windows XP always…
Activists and telecom experts say the Kenyan government’s plan, permitted by the Supreme Court, to track counterfeit phones is “excessive” and threatens privacy (Damilare Dosunmu/Rest of World)
Damilare Dosunmu / Rest of World: Activists and telecom experts say the Kenyan government’s plan, permitted…
Inner workings revealed for “Predator,” the Android malware that exploited 5 0-days
Enlarge Smartphone malware sold to governments around the world can surreptitiously record voice calls and nearby…
AGs from Washington DC and 48 US states file a lawsuit against Avid Telecom, accusing the firm of making 7.5B+ robocalls to people on the Do Not Call Registry (Associated Press)
Associated Press: AGs from Washington DC and 48 US states file a lawsuit against Avid Telecom,…
Among AI dangers, deepfakes worry Microsoft president most
Enlarge / An AI-generated image of a “wall of fake images.” (credit: Stable Diffusion) On Thursday,…
German newspaper Handelsblatt: a Tesla whistleblower leaked 100GB of data on customer FSD complaints from 2015 to 2022, including 2,400 self-acceleration issues (Emma Roth/The Verge)
Emma Roth / The Verge: German newspaper Handelsblatt: a Tesla whistleblower leaked 100GB of data on…