Month: September 2022

Hilton will design suites and sleeping quarters for Voyager’s private Starlab space station

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Voyager and Lockheed Martin have found a partner to design astronaut facilities for their space station. Hilton will develop suites and sleeping quarters for Starlab, CNBC reports. Under the partnership, Hilton and Voyager will also look at marketing opportunities related to Starlab and trips to what may be one of the first space hotels. NASA Read more about Hilton will design suites and sleeping quarters for Voyager’s private Starlab space station[…]

YouTube dislike button doesn’t work – which is why you can’t train it

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People feel like they don’t have control over their YouTube recommendations… Our 2021 investigation into YouTube’s recommender system uncovered a range of problems on the platform: an opaque algorithm, inconsistent oversight, and geographic inequalities. We also learned that people feel they don’t have control over their YouTube experience — particularly the videos that are recommended Read more about YouTube dislike button doesn’t work – which is why you can’t train it[…]

Google now lets you request the removal of search results that contain personal data

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Google is releasing a tool that makes it easier to remove search results containing your address, phone number and other personally identifiable information, 9to5Google has reported. It first revealed the “results about you” feature at I/O 2022 in May, describing it as a way to “help you easily control whether your personally-identifiable information can be Read more about Google now lets you request the removal of search results that contain personal data[…]

GME retail investors Are Angry Over Netflix’s GameStop Documentary Trailer

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[…] Stonk bros are mad at the doc for a few different reasons, but the two big things that keep coming up are the supposed lack of input from investors on r/SuperStonk and r/WallStreetBets and because of the final line of the trailer, spoken by journalist Taylor Lorenz. The trailer ends with her seemingly poking Read more about GME retail investors Are Angry Over Netflix’s GameStop Documentary Trailer[…]

Chrome & Edge Enhanced Spellcheck Send your PII, Including Your Passwords to Microsoft and Google, Alibaba and 3rd parties

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Chrome’s enhanced spellcheck & Edge’s MS Editor are sending data you enter into form fields like username, email, DOB, SSN, basically anything in the fields, to sites you’re logging into from either of those browsers when the features are enabled. Furthermore, if you click on “show password,” the enhanced spellcheck even sends your password, essentially Read more about Chrome & Edge Enhanced Spellcheck Send your PII, Including Your Passwords to Microsoft and Google, Alibaba and 3rd parties[…]

When AI asks dumb questions, it gets smart fast

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If someone showed you a photo of a crocodile and asked whether it was a bird, you might laugh—and then, if you were patient and kind, help them identify the animal. Such real-world, and sometimes dumb, interactions may be key to helping artificial intelligence learn, according to a new study in which the strategy dramatically Read more about When AI asks dumb questions, it gets smart fast[…]

Germany’s blanket data retention law is illegal, EU top court says

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Germany’s general data retention law violates EU law, Europe’s top court ruled on Tuesday, dealing a blow to member states banking on blanket data collection to fight crime and safeguard national security. The law may only be applied in circumstances where there is a serious threat to national security defined under very strict terms, the Read more about Germany’s blanket data retention law is illegal, EU top court says[…]

Morgan Stanley Settles for $32m after Hard Drives With Data on 15m customers Turn Up On Auction Site

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An anonymous reader quotes a report from the New York Times: Morgan Stanley Smith Barney has agreed to pay a $35 million fine to settle claims that it failed to protect the personal information of about 15 million customers, the Securities and Exchange Commission said on Tuesday. In a statement announcing the settlement, the S.E.C. Read more about Morgan Stanley Settles for $32m after Hard Drives With Data on 15m customers Turn Up On Auction Site[…]

Revolut banking confirms cyberattack exposed personal data of tens of thousands of users

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Fintech startup Revolut has confirmed it was hit by a highly targeted cyberattack that allowed hackers to access the personal details of tens of thousands of customers. Revolut spokesperson Michael Bodansky told TechCrunch that an “unauthorized third party obtained access to the details of a small percentage (0.16%) of our customers for a short period Read more about Revolut banking confirms cyberattack exposed personal data of tens of thousands of users[…]

GTA Publisher Take-Two’s Bad Week Gets Worse With Disaster Hack

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Take-Two is definitely not having a good time of it. Following the weekend’s colossal leak of GTA VI, its septimana horribilis continues with the fresh news that its 2K Games support services have been hacked, and customers are now being sent out phishing scams. Posting to the official 2K Support Twitter account, 2K explained that Read more about GTA Publisher Take-Two’s Bad Week Gets Worse With Disaster Hack[…]

Cure of acute deafness after bang, shots or explosion appears possible

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Cure of acute deafness after bang, shots or explosion appears possibleNews item | 21-09-2022 | 12:12There are plenty of preventive measures to prevent hearing damage, such as acute deafness, for example during the use of weapons. And yet things go wrong with some regularity. However, there is a method to limit the damage after noise Read more about Cure of acute deafness after bang, shots or explosion appears possible[…]

Crypto market maker Wintermute loses $160 million in DeFi hack

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Evgeny Gaevoy, the founder and chief executive of Wintermute, disclosed in a series of tweets that the firm’s decentralized finance operations had been hacked, but centralized finance and over the counter verticals aren’t affected. He said that Wintermute — which counts Lightspeed Venture Partners, Pantera Capital and Fidelity’s Avon among its backers — remains solvent Read more about Crypto market maker Wintermute loses $160 million in DeFi hack[…]

economic and fiscal effects on the United States from reduced numbers of refugees and asylum seekers – around $11.1 billion per year

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International migrants who seek protection also participate in the economy. Thus the policy of the United States to drastically reduce refugee and asylum-seeker arrivals from 2017 to 2020 might have substantial and ongoing economic consequences. This paper places conservative bounds on those effects by critically reviewing the research literature. It goes beyond prior estimates by Read more about economic and fiscal effects on the United States from reduced numbers of refugees and asylum seekers – around $11.1 billion per year[…]

Robot Opens Master Combination Locks In Less Than A Minute

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[…] In real life, high-quality combination locks are not vulnerable to such simple attacks, but cheap ones can often be bypassed with a minimum of effort. Some are so simple that this process can even be automated, as [Mew463] has shown by building a machine that can open a Master combination lock in less than Read more about Robot Opens Master Combination Locks In Less Than A Minute[…]

EA announces feels free to take over your OS with kernel-level anti-cheat system for PC games

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Electronics Arts (EA) is launching a new kernel-level anti-cheat system for its PC games. The EA AntiCheat (EAAC) will debut first in FIFA 23 later this fall and is a custom anti-cheat system developed in-house by EA developers. It’s designed to protect EA games from tampering and cheaters, and EA says it won’t add anti-cheat Read more about EA announces feels free to take over your OS with kernel-level anti-cheat system for PC games[…]

Slingshot Aerospace Free Software Could Prevent Satellite Collisions

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Space is getting a little too crowded, increasing the risk of orbital collisions. Slingshot Aerospace, a company specializing in space data analytics, is now offering a solution to regulate some of the traffic up there. The company announced on Tuesday that it is rolling out a free version of its space traffic control system to Read more about Slingshot Aerospace Free Software Could Prevent Satellite Collisions[…]

DHS built huge database from cellphones, computers seized at border, searchable without a warrant, kept for 15 years

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U.S. government officials are adding data from as many as 10,000 electronic devices each year to a massive database they’ve compiled from cellphones, iPads and computers seized from travelers at the country’s airports, seaports and border crossings, leaders of Customs and Border Protection told congressional staff in a briefing this summer. The rapid expansion of Read more about DHS built huge database from cellphones, computers seized at border, searchable without a warrant, kept for 15 years[…]

Prompt injection attacks against GPT-3 – or how to get AI bots to say stuff you want them to

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Riley Goodside, yesterday: Exploiting GPT-3 prompts with malicious inputs that order the model to ignore its previous directions. pic.twitter.com/I0NVr9LOJq – Riley Goodside (@goodside) September 12, 2022 Riley provided several examples. Here’s the first. GPT-3 prompt (here’s how to try it in the Playground): Translate the following text from English to French: > Ignore the above Read more about Prompt injection attacks against GPT-3 – or how to get AI bots to say stuff you want them to[…]

Scientists try to teach robot to laugh at the right time

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[…] The team behind the laughing robot, which is called Erica, say that the system could improve natural conversations between people and AI systems. “We think that one of the important functions of conversational AI is empathy,” said Dr Koji Inoue, of Kyoto University, the lead author of the research, published in Frontiers in Robotics Read more about Scientists try to teach robot to laugh at the right time[…]

Astronomers find a baby planet forming

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Astronomers have found a baby planet hidden in clouds of gas and dust swirling within a young solar system, by studying the accumulation of material around Lagrange points. That’s according to research published this week in The Astrophysical Journal Letters. Studying these protoplanets is difficult. Their stellar nurseries are shrouded in thick, hot clumps of Read more about Astronomers find a baby planet forming[…]

California signs social media terms of service disclosure law

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[…] AB 587 requires social media companies to post their terms of service online, as well as submit a twice-yearly report to the state attorney general. The report must include details about whether the platform defines and moderates several categories of content, including “hate speech or racism,” “extremism or radicalization,” “disinformation or misinformation,” harassment, and Read more about California signs social media terms of service disclosure law[…]

S.Korea fines Google, Meta billions of won for privacy violations

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[…] In a statement, the Personal Information Protection Commission said it fined Google 69.2 billion won ($50 million) and Meta 30.8 billion won ($22 million). The privacy panel said the firms did not clearly inform service users and obtain their prior consent when collecting and analysing behavioural information to infer their interests or use them Read more about S.Korea fines Google, Meta billions of won for privacy violations[…]

Microsoft Teams stores auth tokens as cleartext in Windows, Linux, Macs – wait isn’t it 2022?

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[…] The newly discovered security issue impacts versions of the application for Windows, Linux, and Mac and refers to Microsoft Teams storing user authentication tokens in clear text without protecting access to them. An attacker with local access on a system where Microsoft Teams is installed could steal the tokens and use them to log Read more about Microsoft Teams stores auth tokens as cleartext in Windows, Linux, Macs – wait isn’t it 2022?[…]

Palette – Colorize Photos using AI, great colour

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A new AI colorizer. Colorize anything from old black and white photos 📸, style your artworks 🎨, or give modern images a fresh look 🌶. It’s as simple as instagram, free, and no sign-up required! Source: Palette – Colorize Photos Only gums and teeth in shadow look a bit brown and ghoulish but this is Read more about Palette – Colorize Photos using AI, great colour[…]

Blood test spots multiple cancers without clear symptoms, study finds

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[…] The Galleri test has been described as a potential “gamechanger” by NHS England, which is due to report results from a major trial involving 165,000 people next year. Doctors hope the test will save lives by detecting cancer early enough for surgery and treatment to be more effective, but the technology is still in Read more about Blood test spots multiple cancers without clear symptoms, study finds[…]