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geekinchief··on ShinyHunters tells The Reg: We hacked the FBI to 'protect our business'
Criminal org worried about his reputation after FBI report.
geekinchief··on Headteacher had the most guessable username-password combo you could imagine
Schools often don't prioritize or understand cybersecurity
geekinchief··on AMD's Ryzen AI Halo makes local AI look easy, but it doesn't come cheap
It's a whopping $4K but a bargain compared to graphics cards with this much memory.
geekinchief··on MFA-optional banks leave accounts wide open for thieves to pillage
Financial institutions are putting their clients at risk in the name of convenience.
geekinchief··on Hackers shoveled snow for company, were rewarded with network admin access
Being nice to maintenance gets you into the building. A carefully-placed Raspberry Pi gets you access.
geekinchief··on AI and brain-computer interface allow speechless ALS patient to work full-time
He's been able to do this for three full years.
geekinchief··on HP's new AI encourages you to record f2f meetings
Are we a little creeped out yet?
geekinchief··on Generative AI is a lawsuit waiting to happen to your business
Lawyers agree: what you generate with genAI could get you in big trouble.
geekinchief··on Microsoft Recall still storing credit card, social security numbers
FYI, seeing this comment, I went back and tested again with my actual credit card number and the situation was the same.
geekinchief··on Trump Tariffs would increase laptop prices by 45%
If Trump implements his proposed tariffs of 10 / 20 % on all countries and 60% extra on China, consumers would lose $90 billion in purchasing power.
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The new key identifies itself as an old function key from bygone terminal keyboards.
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The key reports itself as being an ancient terminal function key. But you can reassign it.
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Even though you can buy the headset for $3,500 at Apple, scalpers are trying to get a lot more.
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Company claims the change was made because Xilinx, which it bought, doesn't put country of origin on chips. However, it is keeping Made in Malaysia branding on the CPUs.
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Google's SGE and Bard have strong opinions on slavery, genocide, fascism, gun rights and other topics they probably shouldn't touch.
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The feature is open to prompt injection, allowing users to get fooled into falling for a phishing scam or spreading misinformation.
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The company admitted that it needs to fix some of its Xeon SKUs.
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Company demos new service that allows you to have realistic audio conversations with NPCs.
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A newly-discovered security flaw allows someone to inject prompts by altering the text of a YouTube video transcript.
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Tom's Hardware tested OpenAI's transcription model on 18 different consumer GPUs to see how each performed.
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The AI giant sent a cease and desist letter to the developer who runs a popular GitHub project that lets you get GPT4 into your bot for free. However, the project doesn't use OpenAI's APIs.
geekinchief··on First Wood Transistor Runs at 1 Hz
It can't play Doom yet, but it could lead to renewable chips.
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Photo-realistic ad looks realistic but more than a little creepy.
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Maker uses Atmel chip, custom PCB and Arduino code to make a dress with moving flowers.
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Tom's Hardware's review shows it beating the 7950X3D.
geekinchief··on Google Bard Plagiarized Article, Admitted When Caught
The chatbot implied that it had conducted its own CPU tests when taking uncited data from Tom's Hardware.
geekinchief··on Intel Confirms Aldler Lake BIOS Code Leak
The chipmaker has admitted that 6GB of BIOS source code which leaked are legit. Researchers and hackers are combing for vulnerabilities.
geekinchief··on GPU mining no longer profitable after Ethereum merge
It would take at least 20 years for you to break even on the cost of a graphics card. Expect to see a lot of used cards on eBay.