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Generative AI (genAI) companies are starting to do real damage to the internet. One of the internet’s main purposes is to serve as a global network for free and open communication and information exchange between scientists, academics, and the public and to be an uncensorable place for the expression of free speech. (One of the most dangerous threats to the internet is recent bipartisan support for repealing Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, which, if actually repealed, would seriously harm free speech online. That’s an issue you can read about on the EFF website.) The purest expression of the internet’s [...]
QWERTY, QWERTY, QWERTY. QWERTY. Oh — hi there! Sorry for the slightly nonsensical greeting. I’ve been thinking a lot about keyboards this week, y’see, and how that trusty ol’ QWERTY surface has evolved in our lives. Also, saying “QWERTY” over and over again is surprisingly fun to do. Go ahead and try it. I’ll wait. Back? Cool. So, about that QWERTY contemplation: ‘Twas a time not so long ago that our QWERTY interactions on the mobile-tech front revolved almost entirely around actual physical keys. (Drooooooid, anyone?) Then, even when we started relying on on-screen QWERTY surfaces, we were hunting and [...]
A team that included researchers at a US bank says it has created a protocol that can generate certified truly random numbers, opening the possibility that current generation quantum computers can be used for secure applications in finance, cryptography, cybersecurity, and privacy. However, an industry analyst is cautious. “The JPMorgan team’s findings are interesting, but won’t be applicable in the near term for most CSOs, unless they are responsible for high security environments,” said Sandy Carielli, a principal analyst at Forrester Research. “Quantum random number generation has been around for a while,” she pointed out, “and some CSOs may already [...]
Apple’s Safari browser has a really useful password management feature, which is now also available as a standalone app called Passwords. If you’ve ever taken a look at it, you may have seen a section called Security Recommendations where you’ll find a collection of all the accounts and passwords that might have been compromised. If you haven’t already, it’s time to take those collections seriously, because generative AI (genAI) adoption means the scale and nature of the threats posed by purloined passwords and broken IDs is about to grow far greater. That’s because, armed with stolen emails and passwords, criminals will find [...]
The UK government’s grand plan for AI in the public sector is struggling in the face of growing technological challenges, a report by the Parliamentary Public Accounts Committee (PAC), a bipartisan group of elected members of parliament, has found. Many of these problems will be familiar to anyone who has tried to make AI work inside an organization: the dead hand of obsolete systems, poor quality data, and a chronic lack of skilled people to implement the technology. But beyond these issues lies another problem that could prove just as difficult: the monopolistic power of tech vendors that control the [...]
The “Group of 7” (G7) nations are falling behind in key tech economic indicators such as high-tech exports, the number of software developers, and AI-related patent filings, endangering their future competitiveness, according to new study by London-based workforce consultancy SThree and the Center for Economics and Business Research (Cebr). In fact, not one G7 nation made it into the top 10 — a “clear warning sign” for the future, the study warned. (The G7 consists of the US, UK, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, and the European Union as a non-enumerated member.) “Once the global epicenter for innovation, these countries [...]
Qualcomm has launched a global antitrust offensive against Arm Holdings, accusing its longtime partner of anti-competitive practices in regulatory complaints filed across three continents. This escalating legal battle marks a significant shift in the relationship between two of the most influential players in the semiconductor industry. The unprecedented legal offensive spans three continents, with Qualcomm filing complaints with the European Commission, US Federal Trade Commission, and Korea Fair Trade Commission, reported Bloomberg. The dispute threatens to upend the global technology supply chain, potentially impacting billions of devices — from smartphones and laptops to AI-driven systems and data center infrastructure. At [...]
Windows 11 24H2 has been released, but behind the scenes, Microsoft is constantly working to improve the newest version of Windows. The company frequently rolls out public preview builds to members of its Windows Insider Program, allowing them to test out — and even help shape — upcoming features. Skip to the builds The Windows Insider program is divided into four channels: The Canary Channel is where platform changes (such as major updates to the Windows kernel and new APIs) are previewed. These changes are not tied to a particular Windows release and may never ship at all. Little documentation [...]
US Department of Government Efficiency tech advisor Edward Coristine previously ran a small infrastructure provider that offered services to a cybercriminal group, it has been alleged. While in high school in 2022 the then-16-year-old DOGE senior advisor ran a company called DiamondCDN that supported a website used by a cybercriminal group named ‘EGodly’, Reuters reported Wednesday. The connection between DiamondCDN and EGodly was established through digital records preserved by threat intelligence company DomainTools and online cybersecurity tool Any.Run, the Reuters report said. It’s not clear that Coristine was aware of EGodly’s activity but in early 2023 the group thanked the [...]
Google is beating the drum for Gemini 2.5, a new AI model that reportedly offers better performance than similar reasoning models from competitors such as OpenAI, Anthropic and Deepseek. Google calls it its “most intelligent AI model yet.” According to a post on The Keyword blog, Gemini 2.5 can, among other things, analyze information, draw logical conclusions, take context into account, and make informed decisions. It can also interpret text, audio, images, video and code, which means it can be used to create apps and games, for example. In the video below, a game is being created from a simple [...]