Ransomware attacks expose students’ confidential info
Stolen confidential documents from U.S. schools are being leaked online by ransomware gangs. These files reveal distressing information about student sexual assaults, psychiatric hospitalizations, abusive parents, truancy, and suicide attempts. One of the most high-profile cases of a ransomware attack on a school district occurred in Minneapolis, where hackers stole more than 300,000 files, including […]
Sweden fines Tele2, CDON for Google Analytics data transfers
Sweden’s data protection watchdog, Swedish Authority for Privacy Protection (IMY) has fined Swedish telco Tele2 and local online retailer CDON for using Google Analytics to transfer European users’ data to the United States. The fines, totaling over $1.1 million for Tele2 and less than $30,000 for CDON, mark the first penalties resulting from a wave […]
Rocky Linux reveals how to obtain RHEL source code
The Rocky Linux project has found a way to continue delivering its RHEL-based distribution, even after Red Hat stopped publishing the source code to its Git repository. Red Hat started the disagreement by suspending the publication of their enterprise distro’s source code to its Git repository, which immediately impacted rebuilders’ ability to access critical components. […]
Meta officially launches Threads app
Meta has officially launched its new app called Threads, a text-based conversation app that is seamlessly integrated with Instagram. The app has a user-friendly interface reminiscent of Twitter, and Meta is positioning it as a platform where users can directly follow and connect with their favorite creators and like-minded individuals. Meta’s Threads app appears to […]
Sales and service pros miss out on generative AI benefits
Sales and service professionals are missing out on the benefits of generative AI, according to a new survey of 2,000 sales and service professionals by Salesforce. The survey found that more than 50% of sales and service teams don’t know how to get the most value out of generative AI, even though 61% of salespeople […]
ChatGPT website traffic records decline
ChatGPT saw its website traffic decline for the first time in June. Analytics firm Similarweb reported a decline of 9.7% in worldwide desktop and mobile traffic to the ChatGPT website compared to May, with a corresponding drop of 5.7% in unique visitors. Additionally, the data revealed an 8.5% decrease in the average time spent by […]
Orbital Materials aims to revolutionize clean energy materials
Orbital Materials is planning to utilize artificial intelligence (AI) to uncover ideal formulations for sustainable jet fuel and rare-earth mineral-free batteries. Jonathan Godwin, co-founder of Orbital Materials, spent three years at DeepMind exploring advanced material discovery, where he watched the landmark release of AlphaFold, an AI model that speeds the hunt for novel pharmaceuticals and […]
Twitter lifts login requirement to view tweets
Twitter has silently lifted the login requirement to view tweets, days after it was first enforced. This means that users can now open Twitter links in a browser without signing into an account. Twitter has not made any official announcement about why it lifted the requirement, but it is likely that it was done to […]
Google scrapes public data to train AI
Google has updated its privacy policy to disclose that the company may use publicly available information to train its AI models, including Bard and Cloud AI. This update, implemented on July 1st, 2023, aims to provide more transparency to users regarding the company’s data collection practices. Google spokesperson Christa Muldoon said that the company has […]
Reddit Ask Me Anything (AMA) moderators join protest against API pricing
Reddit Ask Me Anything (AMA) moderators are hanging up their boots and will no longer organise the popular Q&As as part of a protest against Reddit’s API policy changes. The moderators of r/IAmA have indicated that they would no longer handle many of the tasks that make AMAs unique, such as recruiting celebrities and high-profile […]
