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China-owned TikTok alternative RedNote’s surge in US sparks alarm over ‘serious’ security risks 2025-01-15 at 21:49 By Thomas Barrabi The bizarre surge in popularity for Chinese social media app RedNote has sparked alarm among policy experts who warned it carries even greater security risks than TikTok. This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News […]

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IT job market is still shrinking but not as quickly as last year 2025-01-15 at 21:34 By Brandon Vigliarolo Half the number of roles axed, and yes – you can keep blaming AI The IT jobs market has shrunk for a second year in a row, says tech consultancy Janco Associates, but at least things

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Man who threw away $750 million worth of Bitcoin says it’s ‘game over’ if Trump doesn’t intervene 2025-01-15 at 21:04 By SWNS “I don’t know what else to do. Maybe Donald Trump could help make something happen. I would certainly cut Trump in on the deal if he could help,” he said. This article is

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Even modest makeup can thwart facial recognition 2025-01-15 at 20:49 By Thomas Claburn You may not need to go full Juggalo for the sake of privacy Researchers at cyber-defense contractor PeopleTec have found that facial recognition algorithms’ focus on specific areas of the face opens the door to subtler surveillance avoidance strategies.… This article is

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Bay area lawyer drops Meta as client over CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s ‘toxic masculinity and Neo-Nazi madness’ 2025-01-15 at 20:05 By Ariel Zilber “I have fired Meta as a client,” Lemley wrote on Bluesky, the platform which has emerged as an alternative to X for left-leaning internet users This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology

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American ‘TikTok refugees’ flock to Chinese-owned social media app RedNote in protest 2025-01-15 at 20:05 By Associated Press An American user made a video addressed to the Chinese users of Xiaohongshu, explaining why Americans are downloading the app: “Our government is … trying to make us think that you guys are bad. A lot of

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Nvidia plots Quantum Day at GTC 2025 – for tech it called a distant dream 2025-01-15 at 20:05 By Dan Robinson Don’t believe the hype? GPU maker jumps on the bandwagon anyway A week after Nvidia chief Jensen Huang demolished the market valuations of listed quantum computing brands by saying the technology is 20 years

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ChatGPT will now allow you to schedule reminders and recurring tasks — here’s how 2025-01-15 at 19:34 By Adriana Diaz Tasks is part of OpenAI’s venture into AI agents — models that can operate somewhat independently. This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News and Product Reviews | New York Post View Original Source

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Windows Patch Tuesday hits snag with Citrix software, workarounds published 2025-01-15 at 19:21 By Richard Speed Microsoft starts 2025 as it hopefully doesn’t mean to go on Devices that have Citrix’s Session Recording software installed are having problems completing this month’s Microsoft Patch Tuesday update, which includes important fixes.… This article is an excerpt from

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Google Ads Users Targeted in Malvertising Scam Stealing Credentials and 2FA Codes 2025-01-15 at 19:20 By Cybersecurity researchers have alerted to a new malvertising campaign that’s targeting individuals and businesses advertising via Google Ads by attempting to phish for their credentials via fraudulent ads on Google. “The scheme consists of stealing as many advertiser accounts

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Lazarus Group Targets Web3 Developers with Fake LinkedIn Profiles in Operation 99 2025-01-15 at 19:20 By The North Korea-linked Lazarus Group has been attributed to a new cyber attack campaign dubbed Operation 99 that targeted software developers looking for freelance Web3 and cryptocurrency work to deliver malware. “The campaign begins with fake recruiters, posing on

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TikTok will completely shut down app in US on Sunday as ban looms 2025-01-15 at 19:06 By Thomas Barrabi TikTok is reportedly planning a total shutdown when the Congressional law requiring a ban or sale of the video-sharing app takes effect. This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News and Product Reviews | New

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‘Savvy’ shortcuts produce near-instant speech-to-speech translation of 36 languages 2025-01-15 at 19:06 By Lindsay Clark Babel Fish like ML model emerges after training on 4.5 million hours of multilingual spoken audio Meta has developed a machine learning model its researchers claim offers near-instant speech-to-speech translation between around 36 languages.… This article is an excerpt from

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AI frenzy continues as Macquarie commits up to $5B for Applied Digital datacenters 2025-01-15 at 17:33 By Tobias Mann Bubble? What bubble? Fears of an AI bubble have yet to scare off venture capitalists and private equity firms from pumping billions of dollars into the GPU-packed datacenters at the heart of the machine-learning craze.… This

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Thousands of Instagram users report outage of popular app 2025-01-15 at 16:47 By Ariel Zilber Instagram is down for thousands of users, according to Downdetector. The outage-detecting site found that at least 9,600 people reported that the Meta-owned photo-sharing app was not working properly. Instagram is down for thousands of users, according to Downdetector. The

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Crypto klepto North Korea stole $659M over just 5 heists last year 2025-01-15 at 16:47 By Connor Jones US, Japan, South Korea vow to intensify counter efforts North Korean blockchain bandits stole more than half a billion dollars in cryptocurrency in 2024 alone, the US, Japan, and South Korea say.… This article is an excerpt

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Megan, AI recruiting agent, is on the job so HR can ‘do less of the repetitive stuff’ 2025-01-15 at 16:18 By Thomas Claburn She doesn’t feel pity, remorse, or fear, but she’ll craft a polite email message Interview  Mega HR, a Florida-based human resources startup, today launched an AI agent service called Megan that the

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North Korean IT Worker Fraud Linked to 2016 Crowdfunding Scam and Fake Domains 2025-01-15 at 16:17 By Cybersecurity researchers have identified infrastructure links between the North Korean threat actors behind the fraudulent IT worker schemes and a 2016 crowdfunding scam. The new evidence suggests that Pyongyang-based threamoret groups may have pulled off illicit money-making scams

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