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EmTech Digital 2024: A thoughtful look at AI’s pros and cons with minimal hype

Enlarge / Nathan Benaich of Air Street Capital delivers the opening presentation on the state of AI at EmTech Digital 2024 on May 22, 2024. (credit: Benj Edwards) CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts—On Wednesday, AI enthusiasts…

A root-server at the Internet’s core lost touch with its peers. We still don’t know why.

Enlarge For more than four days, a server at the very core of the Internet’s domain name system was out of sync with its 12 root server peers due to an unexplained glitch…

Researchers spot cryptojacking attack that disables endpoint protections

Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) Malware recently spotted in the wild uses sophisticated measures to disable antivirus protections, destroy evidence of infection, and permanently infect machines with cryptocurrency-mining software, researchers said Tuesday. Key to…

OpenAI on the defensive after multiple PR setbacks in one week

Enlarge (credit: Benj Edwards | Getty Images) Since the launch of its latest AI language model, GPT-4o, OpenAI has found itself on the defensive over the past week due to a string of…

New Windows AI feature records everything you’ve done on your PC

Enlarge / A screenshot of Microsoft's new "Recall" feature in action. (credit: Microsoft) At a Build conference event on Monday, Microsoft revealed a new AI-powered feature called "Recall" for Copilot+ PCs that will…

Financial institutions have 30 days to disclose breaches under new rules

Enlarge (credit: Brendan Smialowski / Getty Images) The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) will require some financial institutions to disclose security breaches within 30 days of learning about them. On Wednesday, the SEC…

Archie, the Internet’s first search engine, is rescued and running

Enlarge (credit: The Serial Port/YouTube) It's amazing, and a little sad, to think that something created in 1989 that changed how people used and viewed the then-nascent Internet had nearly vanished by 2024. Nearly,…

Arizona woman accused of helping North Koreans get remote IT jobs at 300 companies

Enlarge (credit: Getty Images | the-lightwriter) An Arizona woman has been accused of helping generate millions of dollars for North Korea’s ballistic missile program by helping citizens of that country land IT jobs…

Google unveils Veo, a high-definition AI video generator that may rival Sora

Enlarge / Still images taken from videos generated by Google Veo. (credit: Google / Benj Edwards) On Tuesday at Google I/O 2024, Google announced Veo, a new AI video-synthesis model that can create…

BreachForums, an online bazaar for stolen data, seized by FBI

Enlarge / The front page of BreachForums. The FBI and law enforcement partners worldwide have seized BreachForums, a website that openly trafficked malware and data stolen in hacks. The site has operated for…