October 2023

Astroboffins spot high-power 8b year old radio burst from pre-Earth event

Astroboffins spot high-power 8b year old radio burst from pre-Earth event 20/10/2023 at 21:43 By Brandon Vigliarolo Signal could help astronomers suss out the mass of the universe An international team of scientists have discovered a fast radio burst (FRB) so distant that it blows the previous record away, but is still one of the

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Israeli ‘Cyber War Room’ Uses Amazon Facial Recognition To Find Missing And Dead After Hamas Attack

Israeli ‘Cyber War Room’ Uses Amazon Facial Recognition To Find Missing And Dead After Hamas Attack 20/10/2023 at 21:43 By Thomas Brewster, Forbes Staff Amazon’s algorithms help identify at least 60 missing people in images and videos scraped from social media sites like Facebook and TikTok. Israel’s military is now running the project, its creators

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In Other News: Energy Services Firm Hacked, Tech CEO Gets Prison Time, X Glitch Leads to CIA Channel Hijack

In Other News: Energy Services Firm Hacked, Tech CEO Gets Prison Time, X Glitch Leads to CIA Channel Hijack 20/10/2023 at 21:43 By SecurityWeek News Summary of notable cybersecurity news stories that may be top headlines, but are important for the week of October 16, 2023. The post In Other News: Energy Services Firm Hacked,

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Binance shutting down European Visa debit card in December

Binance shutting down European Visa debit card in December 20/10/2023 at 21:02 By Cointelegraph By Derek Andersen Mastercard ended its partnership in Latin America and Bahrain with Binance in September, possibly due to the regulatory environment. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

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IBM’s new AI chip offers 22X speedup with ‘mind-blowing’ energy efficiency

IBM’s new AI chip offers 22X speedup with ‘mind-blowing’ energy efficiency 20/10/2023 at 21:02 By Cointelegraph By Tristan Greene The team’s already years into work on the next version of the potentially revolutionary NorthPole hardware. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

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Sam Bankman-Fried asked FTX attorney to ‘come up’ with legal argument for $8B hole

Sam Bankman-Fried asked FTX attorney to ‘come up’ with legal argument for $8B hole 20/10/2023 at 21:02 By Cointelegraph By Ana Paula Pereira According to former FTX general counsel Can Sun, Bankman-Fried “was not surprised at all” that billions of dollars were missing. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

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Bad Vibrations: Music publishers sue Anthropic AI for using copyrighted lyrics

Bad Vibrations: Music publishers sue Anthropic AI for using copyrighted lyrics 20/10/2023 at 20:32 By Brandon Vigliarolo You Can’t Always scrape What You Want, even if the lyrics are Blowin’ in the (digital) Wind A trio of music publishers has sued AI outfit Anthropic for slurping up song lyrics without asking for permission as it

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Philippine Military Ordered to Stop Using Artificial Intelligence Apps Due to Security Risks

Philippine Military Ordered to Stop Using Artificial Intelligence Apps Due to Security Risks 20/10/2023 at 20:32 By Associated Press The Philippine defense chief ordered the 163,000-member military to stop using applications that harness AI to generate personal portraits, saying they could pose security risks. The post Philippine Military Ordered to Stop Using Artificial Intelligence Apps

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Price analysis 10/20: BTC, ETH, BNB, XRP, SOL, ADA, DOGE, TON, DOT, MATIC

Price analysis 10/20: BTC, ETH, BNB, XRP, SOL, ADA, DOGE, TON, DOT, MATIC 20/10/2023 at 20:03 By Cointelegraph By Rakesh Upadhyay Bitcoin price briefly pushed above the $30,000 level. Are altcoins poised to follow? This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

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Hong Kong securities regulator updates crypto policies, citing market developments

Hong Kong securities regulator updates crypto policies, citing market developments 20/10/2023 at 20:03 By Cointelegraph By Turner Wright The notice came more than a month after more than a thousand users reported losses from the JPEX crypto exchange. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

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‘Influencer’ gets 7 months in prison for plot to interfere with 2016 US election

‘Influencer’ gets 7 months in prison for plot to interfere with 2016 US election 20/10/2023 at 18:32 By Jude Karabus Florida man gets 4,900 people to ‘vote’ via SMS after promoting it as an option Nearly 5,000 people sent in an SMS “voting” for Hillary Clinton after a man the US Office of Public Affairs

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Authorities Seize Control of RagnarLocker Ransomware Dark Web Site

Authorities Seize Control of RagnarLocker Ransomware Dark Web Site 20/10/2023 at 18:31 By Ionut Arghire The RagnarLocker ransomware group’s dark web leak site has been seized in a coordinated law enforcement operation. The post Authorities Seize Control of RagnarLocker Ransomware Dark Web Site appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek RSS

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Fraud Detection Firm Spec Raises $15 Million

Fraud Detection Firm Spec Raises $15 Million 20/10/2023 at 18:31 By Ionut Arghire Silicon Valley fraud detection startup attracts $15 million in new financing from SignalFire, Legion Capital and Rally Ventures. The post Fraud Detection Firm Spec Raises $15 Million appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek RSS Feed View Original

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Digital artist OSF gives fans a pledge of ‘art until I die’: NFT Creator

Digital artist OSF gives fans a pledge of ‘art until I die’: NFT Creator 20/10/2023 at 18:03 By Cointelegraph By Greg Oakford Holders of pieces in OSF’s “Red Lite District” collection get a “till the day I die” commitment from the U.K.-based artist. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

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More X subscription tiers could spell doom for free access as biz bleeds cash

More X subscription tiers could spell doom for free access as biz bleeds cash 20/10/2023 at 17:47 By Richard Currie One’s cheaper but with ads, the other’s more expensive with no ads, says Musk X is launching two tiers of premium subscriptions, according to owner and CTO Elon Musk, but details are still scant.… This

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