Amazon drivers’ urine packaged as energy drink, sold on Amazon (arstechnica.com)
The Problem with Jon Stewart cancellation highlights a problem for Apple’s content (arstechnica.com)
Feel-good story of the week: 2 ransomware gangs meet their demise (arstechnica.com)
Feel-good story of the week: 2 ransomware gangs meet their demise (arstechnica.com)
One is fatally hacked, the other shut down in international police dragnet.
Okta says hackers breached its support system and viewed customer files (arstechnica.com)
Bet there was some good tokens in some of those customer HAR files.
Instagram sorry for translation error that put “terrorist” in Palestinian bios (arstechnica.com)
Meta has apologized after a 404 Media report investigating a viral TikTok video confirmed that Instagram’s “see translation” feature was erroneously adding the word “terrorist” into some Palestinian users’ bios....
India sets sights on a Moon landing in 2040, but is it realistic? (arstechnica.com)
BMW, Mini, Rolls-Royce, Toyota, and Lexus are switching EV plugs (arstechnica.com)
Two ransomware gangs knocked out of commission in a single week (arstechnica.com)
One is fatally hacked, the other shut down in international police dragnet.
Google-hosted malvertising leads to fake Keepass site that looks genuine (arstechnica.com)
Google-hosted malvertising leads to fake Keepass site that looks genuine (arstechnica.com)
FCC moves ahead with Title II net neutrality rules in 3-2 party-line vote (arstechnica.com)
The Federal Communications Commission today voted to move ahead with a plan that would restore net neutrality rules and common-carrier regulation of Internet service providers....
Google-hosted malvertising leads to fake Keepass site that looks genuine (arstechnica.com)
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AI chatbots can infer an alarming amount of info about you from your responses (arstechnica.com)
Vechev and his team found that the large language models that power advanced chatbots can accurately infer an alarming amount of personal information about users—including their race, location, occupation, and more—from conversations that appear innocuous.
Canada’s 84-year radio time check has stopped because of accuracy concerns | Ars Technica (arstechnica.com)
AI chatbots can infer an alarming amount of info about you from your responses (arstechnica.com)
Vechev and his team found that the large language models that power advanced chatbots can accurately infer an alarming amount of personal information about users—including their race, location, occupation, and more—from conversations that appear innocuous.
Mazda’s DMCA takedown kills a hobbyist’s smart car API tool (arstechnica.com)
Mazda is angry a customer used an API in a manner they couldn’t control. You can read the DMCA takedown notice here.
Qualcomm announces first-ever mass-market RISC-V Android SoC (arstechnica.com)
Qualcomm announces first-ever mass-market RISC-V Android SoC (arstechnica.com)
Before anyone gets too excited, they’re going to use RISC-V for watches and such (Wear OS), but it’s still a big step towards having Android phones use RISC-V and major adoption. Maybe RISC-V is closer than we thought!
Qualcomm announces first-ever mass-market RISC-V Android SoC (arstechnica.com)
Before anyone gets too excited, they’re going to use RISC-V for watches and such (Wear OS), but it’s still a big step towards having Android phones use RISC-V and major adoption. Maybe RISC-V is closer than we thought!