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AI tool colorizes black-and-white photos automatically

Enlarge / Palette.fm does AI photo colorization using text prompts for refinement. (credit: Benj Edwards / Ars Technica) A Swedish machine learning researcher named Emil Wallner has released a free web tool called…

VMware bug with 9.8 severity rating exploited to install witch’s brew of malware

(credit: Pixabay) Hackers have been exploiting a now-patched vulnerability in VMware Workspace ONE Access in campaigns to install various ransomware and cryptocurrency miners, a researcher at security firm Fortinet said on Thursday. CVE-2022-22954…

Adobe plays catch-up with Project Blink, an AI-powered video editor

Enlarge / Project Blink can edit video using text search and word processing techniques. (credit: Adobe) Yesterday, Adobe announced Project Blink, an AI-powered web app that can recognize objects, people, sounds, and words…

US court rules, once again, that AI software can’t be listed as inventor on a patent

Enlarge / US court (not pictured) rules that software cannot be registered as a patent "inventor." (credit: Ars Technica) The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has ruled that AI software…

Microsoft leaked 2.4TB of data belonging to sensitive customer. Critics are furious

Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) Microsoft is facing criticism for the way it disclosed a recent security lapse that exposed what a security company said was 2.4 terabytes of data that included signed invoices…

Google Play apps with >20M downloads depleted batteries and network bandwidth

20M downloads depleted batteries and network bandwidth"> Enlarge (credit: NurPhoto | Getty Images) Google Play has given the boot to 16 apps with more than 20 million combined installations after researchers detected malicious…

AI is changing scientists’ understanding of language learning

Enlarge / Is living in a language-rich world enough to teach a child grammatical language? (credit: kate_sept2004 via Getty) Unlike the carefully scripted dialogue found in most books and movies, the language of…

Starlink unveils airplane service—Musk says it’s like using Internet at home

Enlarge / An airplane with a Starlink Aviation terminal installed. (credit: Starlink) Close-up view of the Starlink Aviation terminal. (credit: Starlink) SpaceX is now advertising Starlink Aviation, promising 350Mbps broadband with unlimited data…

Tired of laundry folding? AI breaks the robot folding speed record

Enlarge / An ABB industrial robot folding a shirt using AUTOLAB's new "SpeedFolding" method. (credit: UC Berkeley AUTOLAB) While it's possible that someone out there enjoys folding clothes, it's probably not a beloved…

GPS interference caused the FAA to reroute Texas air traffic. Experts stumped

Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) The Federal Aviation Administration is investigating the cause of mysterious GPS interference that, over the past few days, has closed one runway at the Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport and…