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With Nvidia Eye Contact, you’ll never look away from a camera again

Enlarge / Nvidia's Eye Contact feature automatically maintains eye contact with a camera for you. (credit: Nvidia) Nvidia recently released a beta version of Eye Contact, an AI-powered software video feature that automatically…

Ransomware victims are refusing to pay, tanking attackers’ profits

Enlarge / Holding up corporations, utilities, and hospitals for malware-encrypted data used to be quite profitable. But it's a tough gig lately, you know? (credit: ifanfoto/Getty Images) Two new studies suggest that ransomware…

OpenAI and Microsoft announce extended, multi-billion-dollar partnership

Enlarge / The OpenAI logo superimposed over the Microsoft logo. (credit: Ars Technica) On Monday, AI tech darling OpenAI announced that it received a "multi-year, multi-billion dollar investment" from Microsoft, following previous investments…

300+ models of MSI motherboards have Secure Boot turned off. Is yours affected?

Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) Secure Boot is an industry standard for ensuring that Windows devices don’t load malicious firmware or software during the startup process. If you have it turned on—as you should…

Hacker group incorporates DNS hijacking into its malicious website campaign

Enlarge / DNS hijacking concept. Researchers have uncovered a malicious Android app that can tamper with the wireless router the infected phone is connected to and force the router to send all network…

Pioneering Apple Lisa goes “open source” thanks to Computer History Museum

Enlarge / The Apple Lisa 1, released in 1983. (credit: Apple, Inc.) As part of the Apple Lisa's 40th birthday celebrations, the Computer History Museum has released the source code for Lisa OS…

1923 cartoon predicts 2023’s AI art generators

Enlarge / Excerpt of a 1923 cartoon that predicted a "cartoon dynamo" and "idea dynamo" that could create cartoon art automatically. The full cartoon is reproduced below. (credit: Paleofuture) In 1923, an editorial…

Authorities dismantle crypto exchange Bitzlato, allege it was cybercrime “haven”

Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) Federal authorities on Wednesday arrested the founder of Bitzlato, a cryptocurrency exchange they said has been a financial haven for Russia-aligned criminals engaged in ransomware and illicit drug sales…

Amazon is discontinuing its AmazonSmile charity program next month

Enlarge (credit: Getty) Amazon's business practices and footprint have received plenty of criticism over the years. From its misleading products and reviews and its environmental impact to its effect on small businesses and…

More malicious packages posted to online repository. This time it’s PyPI

Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) Researchers have uncovered yet another supply chain attack targeting an open source code repository, showing that the technique, which has gained wide use in the past few years, isn’t…