Despite some companies making strides with ARM, for the most part, the desktop and laptop space is still dominated by x86 machines. For all their advantages, they have a glaring flaw for anyone concerned with privacy or security in the form of a hardware backdoor that can access virtually any part of the computer even Read more about Disabling Intel and AMD’s Backdoors On Modern computers[…]
In a news announcement on Wednesday, the Italian Data Protection Authority, known as the Garante, stressed that OpenAI needed to be more transparent about its data collection processes and inform users about their data rights with regards to the generative AI. These rights include allowing users and non-users of ChatGPT to object to having their Read more about Italy finds decently good out to really stupid ban: Demands OpenAI Allow ChatGPT User Corrections After Ban[…]
The 2019 release of the first image of a black hole was hailed as a significant scientific achievement. But truth be told, it was a bit blurry – or, as one astrophysicist involved in the effort called it, a “fuzzy orange donut.” Scientists on Thursday unveiled a new and improved image of this black hole Read more about Scientists unveil new and improved ‘skinny donut’ black hole image using ML algorithm[…]
[…] Debashis Chanda, a nanoscience researcher with the University of Central Florida, and his team have created a way to mimic nature’s ability to reflect light and create beautifully vivid color without absorbing any heat like traditional pigments do. Chanda’s research, published in the journal Science Advances, explains and explores structural color and how people Read more about Scientists create structural paint that stays cool underneath, doesn’t fade, extremely light and no toxins[…]
[…] On Tuesday, Google – which has answered the government’s call to secure the software supply chain with initiatives like the Open Source Vulnerabilities (OSV) database and Software Bills of Materials (SBOMs) – announced an open source software vetting service, its deps.dev API. The API, accessible in a more limited form via the web, aims Read more about Google debuts deps.dev API to check security status of dependencies[…]
Software engineer Jeff Lau, posting under the username UselessPickles, showed off the restored car phone in a video uploaded to YouTube. The Mitsubishi came from the factory with an optional “DiamondTel” handset and hands-free system, which was rendered inoperable by the discontinuation of analog “AMPS” cell service in the U.S. in 2008. (The 3G shutdown Read more about Mitsubishi 3000GT Car Phone Modded To Work Like an iPhone, link to full 3 year journey included[…]
Universal Music Group has told streaming platforms, including Spotify and Apple, to block artificial intelligence services from scraping melodies and lyrics from their copyrighted songs, according to emails viewed by the Financial Times. From the report: UMG, which controls about a third of the global music market, has become increasingly concerned about AI bots using Read more about Streaming Services Urged To Clamp Down on AI-Generated Music by Record Labels[…]
Scientists using data from the Atacama Cosmology Telescope in Chile have made a detailed map of dark matter’s distribution across a quarter of the sky. The map shows regions the distribution of mass extending essentially as far we can see back in time; it uses the cosmic microwave background as a backdrop for the dark Read more about New Map of Dark Matter Supports Einstein’s Theory of Gravity[…]
Researchers have discovered that in the exotic conditions of the early universe, waves of gravity may have shaken space-time so hard that they spontaneously created radiation. […] a team of researchers have discovered that an exotic form of parametric resonance may have even occurred in the extremely early universe. Perhaps the most dramatic event to Read more about Physicists Discover that Gravity Can Create Light[…]
Back in 2017, we learned about the biggest heist in EVE Online history (opens in new tab): A year-long inside job that ultimately made off with an estimated 1.5 triillion ISK, worth around $10,000 in real money. But now another EVE player claims to have pulled off a heist worth significantly more than that—and with Read more about EVE Online player uses CEO vote to pull off the biggest heist in the game’s history[…]
About a year ago, Google announced its Assured Open Source Software (Assured OSS) service, a service that helps developers defend against supply chain security attacks by regularly scanning and analyzing for vulnerabilities some of the world’s most popular software libraries. Today, Google is launching Assured OSS into general availability with support for well over a Read more about Google’s free Assured Open Source Software service hits GA[…]
Google unveiled a new open source security project on Thursday centered around software supply chain management. Given the acronym GUAC – which stands for Graph for Understanding Artifact Composition – the project is focused on creating sets of data about a software’s build, security and dependency. Google worked with Purdue University, Citibank and supply chain Read more about Google announces GUAC open source project on software supply chains[…]
Today, the Department of Commerce’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) launched a request for comment (RFC) to advance its efforts to ensure artificial intelligence (AI) systems work as claimed – and without causing harm. The insights gathered through this RFC will inform the Biden Administration’s ongoing work to ensure a cohesive and comprehensive federal Read more about US starts looking at AI regulation, Seeks Public Input to Boost AI Accountability[…]
[…] Jan Erik, sound muddled, he tells the caller he has already lost one million Swedish Krona (about £80,000) in trading scams. But the caller already knows this. And he knows it makes the pensioner a good target for a follow-up “recovery scam”. He tells Jan Erik that if he hands over his card details Read more about On the hunt for the businessmen behind a billion-dollar scam[…]
South Korea’s antitrust regulator has fined Alphabet Inc’s (GOOGL.O) Google 42.1 billion won ($31.88 million) for blocking the release of mobile video games on a competitor’s platform. The Korea Fair Trade Commission (KFTC) said on Tuesday that Google bolstered its market dominance, and hurt local app market One Store’s revenue and value as a platform, Read more about South Korea fines Google $32 mln for blocking games on competing platforms[…]
Microsoft has been trying to make changes to almost every feature we use on Windows, from the taskbar to notifications. With Windows 11 KB5025310 available in the Beta channel, Microsoft is changing how the Print Screen key works, i.e. its default behaviour. If your laptop has a dedicated Print Screen key, you can press it Read more about Windows 11 KB5025310 changes how the Print Screen key works[…]
A week before the 2023 Auto Shanghai show, Chinese EV maker BYD revealed Tuesday the coolest suspension technology since the Citroen DS’s hydropneumatic system. However, instead of being used on a quirky French sedan, BYD’s DiSus-X suspension was showcased on a quad-motor electric supercar, the BYD YangWang U9. With DiSus-X, the U9 can drive on Read more about This Chinese Electric Supercar Can Drive on Three Wheels, Jump in the Air[…]
On March 23, sky observers marveled at a gorgeous display of northern and southern lights. It was a reminder that when our Sun gets active, it can spark a phenomenon called “space weather.” Aurorae are among the most benign effects of this phenomenon. At the other end of the space weather spectrum are solar storms Read more about NASA Reveals What Made an Entire Starlink Satellite Fleet Go Down – movie included[…]
combined Python and a hefty dose of of AI for a fascinating proof of concept: self-healing Python scripts. He shows things working in a video, embedded below the break, but we’ll also describe what happens right here. The demo Python script is a simple calculator that works from the command line, and [BioBootloader] introduces a Read more about Wolverine Gives Your Python Scripts The Ability To Self-Heal bugs using chatGPT[…]
There’s an invisible monster on the loose, barreling through intergalactic space so fast that if it were in our solar system, it could travel from Earth to the Moon in 14 minutes. This supermassive black hole, weighing as much as 20 million Suns, has left behind a never-before-seen 200,000-light-year-long “contrail” of newborn stars, twice the Read more about Blach hole streaking through galaxy leaves wake of new stars[…]
a novel approach to the problem of scraping web content in a structured way without needing to write the kind of page-specific code web scrapers usually have to deal with. How? Just enlist the help of a natural language AI. Scrapeghost relies on OpenAI’s GPT API to parse a web page’s content, pull out and Read more about Tired Of Web Scraping? Make The AI Do It[…]
In VR, a blink can be a window of opportunity to improve the user’s experience. We’ll explain how in a moment, but blinks are tough to capitalize on because they are unpredictable and don’t last very long. That’s why researchers spent time figuring out how to induce eye blinks on demand in VR (video) and Read more about Triggering Blinks i n VR, a useful thing to do[…]
The Bruce Murray Laboratory for Planetary Visualization has completed a 5.7 terapixel mosaic of the surface of Mars rendered at 5.0 m/px. Each pixel in the mosaic is about the size of a typical parking space, providing unprecedented resolution of the martian surface at the global scale. The mosaic covers 99.5% of Mars from 88°S Read more about A super high resolution, Global CTX Mosaic map of Mars[…]
Right now, developers simply need to declare to Google that account deletion is somehow possible, but beginning next year, developers will have to make it easier to delete data through both their app and an online portal. Google specifies: For apps that enable app account creation, developers will soon need to provide an option to Read more about Google Will Require Android Apps to Make Account Deletion Easier[…]
A Cornell University researcher has developed sonar glasses that “hear” you without speaking. The eyeglass attachment uses tiny microphones and speakers to read the words you mouth as you silently command it to pause or skip a music track, enter a passcode without touching your phone or work on CAD models without a keyboard. Cornell Read more about Researchers built sonar glasses that track facial movements for silent communication[…]