Data breaches are no longer rare events but a persistent problem.We’ve been seeing regular incidents at public-facing companies across various sectors, including healthcare, retail and finance.While bad actors are certainly to blame, these corporations aren’t entirely without fault.They often make it easy for hackers to access user data by failing […]
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A teen died after being blackmailed with A.I.-generated nudes. His family is fighting for change – CBS News
Elijah Heacock was a vibrant teen who made people smile.He “wasn’t depressed, he wasn’t sad, he wasn’t angry,” father John Burnett told CBS Saturday Morning. But when Elijah received a threatening text with an A.I.-generated nude photo of himself demanding he pay $3,000 to keep it from being sent to […]
White House MAHA report may have garbled science by using AI, experts say – The Washington Post
Some of the citations that underpin the science in the White House’s sweeping “MAHA Report” appear to have been generated using artificial intelligence, resulting in numerous garbled scientific references and invented studies, AI experts said Thursday. Some references include “oaicite” attached to URLs — a definitive sign that the research […]
Natalee Holloway case marks 20 years as private investigator reveals new doubts | Fox News
Graphic content warning Twenty years have passed since 18-year-old Natalee Holloway of Alabama disappeared on May 30, 2005, during a senior trip to Aruba with her high school friends, but the Holloway family’s private investigator says there are still many unanswered questions in the case. In 2023, 36-year-old Dutch national […]
US intel analysis of Tren de Aragua misses key aspect of Maduro regime: expert | Fox News
A former high-ranking officer in the Venezuelan military is contesting a recent report by the U.S.intelligence community about the massive Tren de Aragua gang present throughout the country.Jose Arocha, who is a former lieutenant colonel in the Venezuelan military, told Fox News Digital that the recent intel community report denying […]
Nvidia CEO hammers chip controls that ‘effectively closed’ China
As pleased as Wall Street was with Nvidia’s quarterly results on Wednesday, CEO Jensen Huang said the company is leaving billions of dollars in revenue on the table because it can no longer sell to China.”The $50 billion China market is effectively closed to U.S.industry,” Huang told analysts at the […]
Elon Musk departs government efficiency office as DOGE becomes ‘way of life’ | Fox News
Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk bid farewell to the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) in a Wednesday night X post, ending his tenure as the face of the agency as it shifts to a new phase in President Donald Trump’s second term. “As my scheduled time as a Special […]
Students bear the brunt of China-US crossfire – again
Xiao Chen turned up at the US Consulate in Shanghai on Thursday morning, hours after Washington announced that it would “aggressively” revoke the visas of Chinese students . The 22-year-old had a visa appointment: she was headed to Michigan in the autumn to study communications. After a “pleasant” conversation, she […]
JD Vance speaking at Bitcoin event today, as Trump administration’s crypto ties grow – CBS News
Vice President JD Vance on Wednesday touted the Trump administration’s ties with the cryptocurrency industry — a once-fringe business that President Trump and his allies have embraced in recent months. “I’m here today to say loud and clear, with President Trump, crypto finally has a champion and an ally in […]
Tesco shoppers mock ‘VAR’-style cameras at self-checkout
Tesco’s introduction of AI technology to some self-checkouts has led to customers joking that it bears a striking resemblance to the Video Assistant Referee (VAR) technology used in football. The supermarket is aiming to reduce shoplifting by installing overhead cameras to identify when shoppers fail to scan an item properly, […]