August 2023

Google Chrome’s New Feature Alerts Users About Auto-Removal of Malicious Extensions 18/08/2023 at 10:32 By Google has announced plans to add a new feature in the upcoming version of its Chrome web browser to alert users when an extension they have installed has been removed from the Chrome Web Store. The feature, set for release […]

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OpenAI’s ChatGPT has a left wing bias – at times 18/08/2023 at 09:49 By Katyanna Quach The search for a politically neutral ‘truth’ goes on Poll  Academics have developed a method to assess whether ChatGPT’s output displays political bias, and assert the OpenAI model revealed a “significant and systemic” preference for left-leaning parties in the

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SUSE to flip back into private ownership just two-and-a-bit years after listing 18/08/2023 at 09:01 By Simon Sharwood Buyout offer is at €16 per share, compared to €30 at its 2021 IPO Linux loving software house SUSE is to quit the Frankfurt Stock Exchange and become a private company again, just two years after it

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India’s digital public goods diplomacy scores wins around the world 18/08/2023 at 07:05 By Simon Sharwood France likes its payment system, Saudi Arabia is close to co-operating, and the Caribbean is calling India’s government has announced that the island nation of Trinidad and Tobago has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to share India Stack,

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‘AI-written history’ of Maui wildfire becomes Amazon bestseller, fuels conspiracies 18/08/2023 at 05:17 By Katyanna Quach Bizarrely, Bezos’s bookshop is also promoting a book about the book A book that purports to recount the history of this month’s deadly Maui wildfire has become a bestseller on Amazon, despite reviewers panning the work because its prose

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YouTube accused of aiming ads at kids after promising it wouldn’t do that 18/08/2023 at 04:32 By Thomas Claburn Web giant comes out swinging, says allegations ‘without merit’ YouTube has allegedly been tracking children online and targeting them with personalized ads, potentially in violation of its agreement with the FTC and of the US Children’s

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Add ‘writing malware’ to the list of things generative AI is not very good at doing 18/08/2023 at 03:47 By Jessica Lyons Hardcastle But it may help with fuzzing Analysis  Despite the hype around criminals using ChatGPT and various other large language models to ease the chore of writing malware, it seems this generative AI

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Don’t just patch your Citrix gear, check for intrusion: Two bugs exploited in wild 18/08/2023 at 01:02 By Jessica Lyons Hardcastle About 2,000 NetScaler installations feared compromised as CISA raises alarm over ShareFile Miscreants are actively exploiting critical bugs in two of Citrix’s products, both of which the business IT player fixed earlier this summer.…

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Tesla knew Autopilot’s limitations killed a driver – but didn’t fix it, engineers claim 18/08/2023 at 00:02 By Brandon Vigliarolo This software couldn’t handle cross traffic, court told Tesla’s Autopilot engineers have claimed the automaker’s leadership not only knew the software was unable to detect and respond to cross traffic, it did nothing to fix

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Microsoft to shutter Xbox 360 Store next summer 17/08/2023 at 23:33 By Tobias Mann Don’t worry, your games are safe … for now Microsoft revealed Thursday it will shutter its Xbox 360 Store next summer, nearly two decades after the console hit the market. That will leave the IT giant catering for its current-gen Xbox

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Cost of gallium goes up after Chinese export restrictions land 17/08/2023 at 22:36 By Dan Robinson Measures needed to protect ‘national interest,’ says Beijing. Rubbish, it’s retaliation, scoff critics The price of gallium is said to have hit a 10-month high following export restrictions from China, which kicked in at the beginning of August in

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US Space Force finally creates targeting unit – better late than never, right? 17/08/2023 at 21:19 By Brandon Vigliarolo No rush on this seemingly vital component of defense, guys It’s taken a few years, but the US Space Force finally has a unit dedicated to target analysis, development, and engagement.… This article is an excerpt

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