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Redditors prank AI-powered news mill with “Glorbo” in World of Warcraft

Enlarge / A World of Warcraft illustration from the Zleague.gg article on "Glorbo." (credit: Zleague.gg) On Thursday, a Reddit user named kaefer_kriegerin posted a fake announcement on the World of Warcraft subreddit about…

Zyxel users still getting hacked by DDoS botnet emerge as public nuisance No. 1

Enlarge (credit: Aurich Lawson / Ars Technica) Organizations that have yet to patch a 9.8-severity vulnerability in network devices made by Zyxel have emerged as public nuisance No. 1 as a sizable number…

Google demos “unsettling” tool to help journalists write the news

Enlarge / An AI-generated image of a "robot journalist." (credit: Midjourney) Google has been developing tools aimed at helping journalists write news articles, reports The New York Times and Reuters. It has demonstrated…

Microsoft to stop locking vital security logs behind $57-per-user monthly plan

Enlarge (credit: Getty Images | SOPA Images ) Microsoft will expand access to important security log data after being criticized for locking detailed audit logs behind a Microsoft 365 enterprise plan that costs…

Firmware vulnerabilities in millions of computers could give hackers superuser status

Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) Two years ago, ransomware crooks breached hardware-maker Gigabyte and dumped more than 112 gigabytes of data that included information from some of its most important supply-chain partners, including Intel…

Behind the scenes: How we host Ars Technica, part 1

Enlarge / Take a peek inside the Ars vault with us! (credit: Aurich Lawson | Getty Images) A bit over three years ago, just before COVID hit, we ran a long piece on…

Attackers find new ways to deliver DDoSes with “alarming” sophistication

Enlarge (credit: Aurich Lawson / Getty) The protracted arms race between criminals who wage distributed denial-of-service attacks and the defenders who attempt to stop them continues, as the former embraces “alarming” new methods…

The Cyber Trust Mark is a voluntary IoT label coming in 2024. What does it mean?

Enlarge / The U.S. Cyber Trust Mark logos, which may or may not have an assigned order at the moment. Which one most says "secure" to you? (credit: Federal Communications Commission) The goal…

Study claims ChatGPT is losing capability, but some experts aren’t convinced

Enlarge (credit: Benj Edwards / Getty Images) On Tuesday, researchers from Stanford University and University of California, Berkeley published a research paper that purports to show changes in GPT-4's outputs over time. The…

Microsoft 365’s Copilot assistant for businesses comes with a hefty price tag

Enlarge (credit: Microsoft) A few months ago, Microsoft previewed Microsoft 365 Copilot, a new service that promised to integrate generative AI features into Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Teams, and the other productivity apps…