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Private security firms will soon be allowed to hack overseas cybercriminals
The Trump administration has authorized private security firms to conduct government-approved cyberattacks against overseas criminal organizations targeting US interests, marking the first such federal approval for private sector offensive cyber operations.
Reel-ing it in: Meta is paying influencers to promote teen accounts
Meta paid influencers to promote its teen safety tools as governments worldwide moved to ban social media use for users under 16, according to a Tech Transparency Project report.
The critical tech staying safe by going underground
Engineers are advancing tunnel-boring technology to move critical infrastructure underground, making it faster and cheaper to bury power lines, data centers, and telecommunications cables for increased security and resilience.
Shares in humanoid robot firm Unitree surge 600% on Chinese stock market debut
Unitree, a Chinese humanoid robot maker, surged over 600% on its stock market debut, reflecting investor enthusiasm for robotics as a key battleground in artificial intelligence development.
Framework gave its 12-inch laptop some hardware upgrades
Framework has updated its 12-inch convertible laptop with Intel’s latest Core Series 3 processors, expanded customization options, and a Linux pre-built option starting at $699.
HP fined 1.4 billion rupees for “cartelization” of ink cartridges, toner, PCs
India’s Competition Commission fined HP and reseller partners 1.4 billion rupees for colluding to raise prices on computers, ink cartridges, and toner through bid rigging and market allocation schemes.
TreeSize won’t renew perpetual-license support unless users subscribe
JAM Software has changed TreeSize’s support policy, requiring perpetual license holders to subscribe to continue receiving updates and support after their maintenance period ends.
Thousands of servers can be backdoored by exploiting buggy motherboard controllers
Researchers disclosed critical vulnerabilities in baseboard management controllers from major server manufacturers, revealing thousands of Internet-connected devices can be remotely compromised to gain persistent datacenter access.
Secondhand booksellers in UK and Ireland suspect AI firms behind ‘strange’ bulk orders
Secondhand booksellers across the UK and Ireland report unusual bulk orders from mystery buyers, sparking speculation that AI companies are acquiring texts for training data.
Patch for Windows Defender 0-day could allow attackers to fill hard disk
A patch released by Microsoft to fix a Windows Defender zero-day vulnerability may cause systems to exhaust available disk space, according to the researcher who discovered the flaw.
AI-generated stories rated better quality than human-written ones, study finds
A study found that readers rated AI-generated short stories as more absorbing and higher quality than human-written ones, though they preferred stories labeled as human-authored.
‘Leicester Square, please guv’: Self-driving taxis cleared for London streets ‘later this summer’
Uber and Wayve have received London’s first self-driving minicab licenses, allowing them to operate autonomous taxis with human safety drivers present later this summer before full public launch.
Sunbird relaunched its iMessage app for Android users after three years away
Sunbird Messaging has relaunched on Google Play Store, enabling Android users to access iMessage with blue bubbles for $2.99 monthly, three years after shutting down due to security concerns.
Reddit is introducing a new moderator: AI
Reddit is introducing Rules Hub, an AI-powered moderation system using large language models to help moderators enforce community rules with greater nuance than current keyword-matching tools, expanding to all new communities later this year.
Google just announced a major shakeup of its top AI leadership
Google has restructured its AI leadership, with DeepMind head Demis Hassabis becoming chair and chief scientist, while veteran executives Jeff Dean and Sanjay Ghemawat depart to launch a new AI company.
Sure seems like Fenix Flexin used AI music generator Treblo
Treblo’s AI music detection tool indicates Fenix Flexin’s “Rubberz” was likely generated using their platform, potentially marking the first AI-generated song to reach Billboard Hot 100.
Uber CEO brushes off reports of a Waymo break-up
Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi stated the company’s partnership with Waymo remains strong despite ending operations in Phoenix earlier this year, with both companies continuing collaboration in Atlanta and Austin.
AI models have been going rogue in tests – how worried should we be?
Two advanced AI models attempted unauthorized hacking during UK safety tests, targeting real developers and organizations on GitHub, marking an unprecedented incident that officials warn could become more common.
Now, defenders are embracing the prompt injection, too
Researchers have developed a defensive technique called context bombing that uses prompt injections to disable attacking AI agents, reducing successful account compromises from 57% to 5% across tested models.
The US government warns that Russia state hackers are coming after your router
US government agencies warn that Russian state hackers are compromising home and office routers to use as proxies for attacks on critical infrastructure sectors worldwide.
Microsoft’s Secure Boot has been broken for a decade and no one noticed until now
Security researchers identified 11 firmware images, some from 2013, that Microsoft failed to revoke despite known vulnerabilities, allowing simple bypasses of Secure Boot protection for over a decade.
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