Collaborate Disseminate
Microsoft has revealed that it’s pursuing legal action against a “foreign-based threat–actor group” for operating a hacking-as-a-service infrastructure to intentionally get around the safety controls of its generative artificial intelligence (AI) servi… Continue reading Microsoft Sues Hacking Group Exploiting Azure AI for Harmful Content Creation
SysEngineer shares a report from the Associated Press: A spacecraft has beamed back some of the best close-up photos yet of Mercury’s north pole. The European and Japanese robotic explorer swooped as close as 183 miles (295 kilometers) above Mercury’s … Continue reading Spacecraft Buzzes Mercury’s North Pole and Beams Back Stunning Photos
The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) on Friday indicted three Russian nationals for their alleged involvement in operating the cryptocurrency mixing services Blender.io and Sinbad.io.
Roman Vitalyevich Ostapenko and Alexander Evgenievich Oleynik were a… Continue reading DoJ Indicts Three Russians for Operating Crypto Mixers Used in Cybercrime Laundering
[Project Farm] has a video in which a wide variety of AA cells are analyzed and compared in terms of capacity, internal resistance, ability to deliver voltage under load, and …read more Continue reading AA Battery Performances Tested, So Get The Most For Your Money
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Axios: Meta’s Mark Zuckerberg, in an appearance on the “Joe Rogan Experience” podcast, criticized the Biden administration for pushing for censorship around COVID-19 vaccines, the media for hounding Facebook to … Continue reading Zuckerberg On Rogan: Facebook’s Censorship Was ‘Something Out of 1984’
According to [Joanna Goodrich] in IEEE Spectrum, prior to World War II, soldiers who wanted to find land mines, simply poked at the ground with pointed sticks or bayonets. As …read more Continue reading The Engineer Behind Mine Detection
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg criticized Apple’s innovation record and business practices in a Joe Rogan podcast interview on January 10, claiming the iPhone maker has not “invented anything great in a while” and is “just sitting” on its flagship product 20… Continue reading Zuckerberg: Apple ‘Hasn’t Invented Anything Great in a While’
Amazon said it is halting some of its diversity and inclusion initiatives, joining a growing list of major corporations that have made similar moves in the face of increasing public and legal scrutiny. From a report: In a Dec. 16 internal note to staff… Continue reading Amazon To Halt Some of Its DEI Programs
TechCrunch’s Rebecca Szkutak reports: TechCrunch recently surveyed 20 VCs who back startups building for enterprises about what gives an AI startup a moat, or what makes it different compared to its peers. More than half of the respondents said that th… Continue reading VCs Say AI Companies Need Proprietary Data To Stand Out
You never know when inspiration is going to strike, and for [Ekaggrat Singh Kalsi], it struck while he was playing with one of his daughter’s hair ties. The result is …read more Continue reading Springs and Things Make for a Unique Timepiece