A look at the rise of AI-generated virtual influencers, with some charging thousands of dollars to promote products, leading to concerns from human influencers (Cristina Criddle/Financial Times)
Cristina Criddle / Financial Times : A look at the rise of AI-generated virtual inf…
Microsoft launches Copilot for iPhones and iPads right after Android
That didn't take long: just days after launching a dedicated Copilot app for Andr…
Chinese robotaxi companies are shifting to less advanced but more commercially viable smart-driving solutions, as funding dries up and losses continue to mount (Rita Liao/TechCrunch)
Rita Liao / TechCrunch : Chinese robotaxi companies are shifting to less advanced b…
This air fryer is ridiculously cheap in Walmart's after-Christmas sales
If you're on a budget and can't pick up our favorite Ninja kitchen appliance …
Sources: BuzzFeed is close to selling most of Complex Networks to livestream shopping startup Ntwrk for ~$100M, far below what Jonah Peretti originally sought (The Information)
The Information : Sources: BuzzFeed is close to selling most of Complex Networks to…
Researchers: hackers are abusing Google OAuth endpoint "MultiLogin" to restore expired authentication cookies and log into accounts even after a password reset (Bill Toulas/BleepingComputer)
Bill Toulas / BleepingComputer : Researchers: hackers are abusing Google OAuth endp…
Sources: US intelligence determined that the Chinese spy balloon that flew across the US in January and February 2023 used a US ISP to communicate with China (NBC News)
NBC News : Sources: US intelligence determined that the Chinese spy balloon that fl…
Binance CEO Richard Teng says the crypto exchange's user base grew 30% to 170M accounts in 2023; Binance Pay, Binance Earn, and Binance's P2P platform all grew (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)
Danny Nelson / CoinDesk : Binance CEO Richard Teng says the crypto exchange's u…
7 cool uses for your old laptop or PC
Getting a new computer is super exciting, whether you've picked up a new gaming r…
New Android malware family has infected thousands of devices - here's what we know
Cybersecurity researchers from McAfee hae uncovered over a dozen malicious apps lurki…
India seeks to block the URLs of nine crypto exchanges, including Binance, Kraken, KuCoin, and Huobi, for non-compliance with anti-money laundering laws (The Indian Express)
The Indian Express : India seeks to block the URLs of nine crypto exchanges, includ…
Researchers detail a zero-click iMessage attack that used four zero-days and hacked iPhones for over four years, including dozens belonging to Kaspersky staff (Dan Goodin/Ars Technica)
Dan Goodin / Ars Technica : Researchers detail a zero-click iMessage attack that us…
This versatile graphics-card docking station transforms your laptop into a high-performance machine – ideal for design and video editing
If you want to perform intensive computing tasks on a laptop or desktop with native o…
Tiger, Coatue, Vision Fund, a16z, Insight, Accel, Sequoia, Lightspeed, and Index together invested in 44 unicorns in 2023, down from 213 in 2022 and 471 in 2021 (Gené Teare/Crunchbase News)
Gené Teare / Crunchbase News : Tiger, Coatue, Vision Fund, a16z, Insight, Accel, Se…
Hackers stole billions of dollars of crypto in 2023
Every year since its inception, hackers have stolen more cryptocurrencies than the pr…
World's largest PC vendor quietly unveils a business projector that runs on Android - for under $350 it's actually affordable for a Full HD model
Lenovo is probably best known for its personal computers, but the company produces a …
Microsoft tests a feature that lets Windows 11 users reinstall the OS using Windows Update, a method that preserves files, settings, and installed apps (Mayank Parmar/Windows Latest)
Mayank Parmar / Windows Latest : Microsoft tests a feature that lets Windows 11 use…
Gear up early for spring cleaning with these cordless vacuums that are up to 75% off from Shark, LG and more
Now that the holiday season is winding down, it's time to prep for the year ahead…
Nielsen: YouTube's share of US viewership by 2- to 11-year-olds jumped from 29.4% in September 2021 to 33% in September 2023, while Netflix fell from 25% to 21% (Jessica Toonkel/Wall Street Journal)
Jessica Toonkel / Wall Street Journal : Nielsen: YouTube's share of US viewersh…
Dell cosies up with AMD to expand its generative AI portfolio to offer more choice to customers — it's also embracing standards-based networking, a thinly veiled dig at Nvidia
Dell has added an AMD-powered server to its ranks of high-performance computing portf…
After vocal commitments following George Floyd's murder in 2020, DEI programs at Big Tech companies, including Meta and Google, are in broad retreat in 2023 (Jennifer Elias/CNBC)
Jennifer Elias / CNBC : After vocal commitments following George Floyd's murder…
A profile of Yi He, a former talk-show host, who co-founded Binance with Changpeng Zhao and has sweeping control over its marketing and investment divisions (Wall Street Journal)
Wall Street Journal : A profile of Yi He, a former talk-show host, who co-founded B…
Researchers extract business and personal email addresses for 30+ NYT staff by fine tuning GPT-3.5 Turbo, bypassing the safeguards for privacy-related queries (Jeremy White/New York Times)
Jeremy White / New York Times : Researchers extract business and personal email addr…
"Stick them on disk": Plucky UK firm wants humble hard drives to win data war against tape, optical disks and cloud storage — and it plans to do so by getting rid of RAID and slowing down spinning disks to a full stop
Disk Archive Corporation has announced it can boast more than 350 customers in the br…
A look at Sam Altman's history at Loopt and Y Combinator, where his side activities and personal projects riled colleagues and forced his departure from YC (Wall Street Journal)
Wall Street Journal : A look at Sam Altman's history at Loopt and Y Combinator,…
9 great last-minute gifts at Amazon that will arrive before Christmas - and are up to 40% off
Christmas deals abound, and you can still save a lot, whether you're still seeki…
Experts warn against unrealistic expectations for quantum computers, citing the challenges in making fault-tolerant systems, Qubits' slow operating speeds, more (Edd Gent/IEEE Spectrum)
Edd Gent / IEEE Spectrum : Experts warn against unrealistic expectations for quantu…
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