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New AI music generator Udio synthesizes realistic music on demand

Enlarge / A screenshot of AI-generated songs listed on Udio on April 10, 2024. (credit: Benj Edwards) Between 2002 and 2005, I ran a music website where visitors could submit song titles that…

AT&T: Data breach affects 73 million or 51 million customers. No, we won’t explain.

Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) AT&T is notifying millions of current or former customers that their account data has been compromised and published last month on the dark web. Just how many millions, the…

Elon Musk: AI will be smarter than any human around the end of next year

Enlarge / Elon Musk, owner of Tesla and the X (formerly Twitter) platform on January 22, 2024. (credit: Getty Images) On Monday, Tesla CEO Elon Musk predicted the imminent rise in AI superintelligence…

Thousands of LG TVs are vulnerable to takeover—here’s how to ensure yours isn’t one

Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) As many as 91,000 LG TVs face the risk of being commandeered unless they receive a just-released security update patching four critical vulnerabilities discovered late last year. The vulnerabilities…

Critical takeover vulnerabilities in 92,000 D-Link devices under active exploitation

Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) Hackers are actively exploiting a pair of recently discovered vulnerabilities to remotely commandeer network-attached storage devices manufactured by D-Link, researchers said Monday. Roughly 92,000 devices are vulnerable to the…

MIT License text becomes viral “sad girl” piano ballad generated by AI

Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) We've come a long way since primitive AI music generators in 2022. Today, AI tools like Suno.ai allow any series of words to become song lyrics, including inside jokes…

Ivanti CEO pledges to “fundamentally transform” its hard-hit security model

Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) Ivanti, the remote-access company whose remote-access products have been battered by severe exploits in recent months, has pledged a "new era," one that "fundamentally transforms the Ivanti security operating…

German state gov. ditching Windows for Linux, 30K workers migrating

Enlarge (credit: Getty) Schleswig-Holstein, one of Germany’s 16 states, on Wednesday confirmed plans to move tens of thousands of systems from Microsoft Windows to Linux. The announcement follows previously established plans to migrate…

Fake AI law firms are sending fake DMCA threats to generate fake SEO gains

Enlarge / A person made of many parts, similar to the attorney who handles both severe criminal law and copyright takedowns for an Arizona law firm. (credit: Getty Images) If you run a…

TSMC “still assessing” chipmaking facilities after 7.4-magnitude quake hits Taiwan

Enlarge / TSMC's headquarters, seen here, are in Hsinchu, Taiwan. (credit: Sam Yeh via Getty Images) Chipmaking operations at Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC) were briefly paused today following a 7.4-magnitude earthquake that…