Category: Shorts

Meta’s next VR gaming show will be held in June. Meta is hosting its third annual Quest Gaming Showcase on June 1st. The virtual event will feature over 40 minutes of content, including game announcements, first looks, updates, and a preshow and postshow. Past events included games like Resident Evil 4, Among Us VR, and…

ChatGPT returns to Italy after addressing data privacy concerns OpenAI has officially returned to Italy after meeting the data protection authority’s demands. The AI chatbot service was temporarily blocked in Italy due to data protection laws. The company has implemented a number of measures to ensure user privacy, such as filters to remove hate speech,…

CISA Warns of Critical Flaws in Illumina’s DNA Sequencing Instruments – CISA has released an advisory warning of critical vulnerabilities in Illumina medical devices that could be exploited to eavesdrop on network traffic and execute arbitrary commands. The FDA has warned that these flaws could have serious implications, such as incorrect results, altered results, or…

Proposals to ban AI from singlehandedly launching nuclear weapons are being considered by lawmakers A bipartisan group of lawmakers has introduced the Block Nuclear Launch by Autonomous AI Act, to prohibit the use of federal funds to launch a nuclear weapon using an autonomous weapons system that is not subject to meaningful human control. This…

Brave to sever ties with Microsoft’s Bing for web search queries Brave announced that it is no longer using Microsoft’s Bing search engine for its web searches, having removed all API calls to Bing. The decision was made in response to an unprecedented price increase from Microsoft. Brave Search will now solely rely on its…

Google Chrome: quick text-linking fixes for any webpage You can use the Copy Link to Highlight feature on the Chrome browser to easily link to specific sections of an article. Right click on a highlighted section to see the Copy Link to Highlight option. This makes it easier to link to source material, entertaining content,…

How to transfer your Google Authenticator 2FA to a new device Two-factor authentication (2FA) is a secure way to protect online accounts by requiring an authentication code when somebody tries to access the account. Google Authenticator is a popular 2FA app, and it now has a feature that allows users to easily sync their codes…

EU legislation to disclose AI training data could trigger copyright lawsuits, according to a report. The EU’s proposed AI Act could force companies to disclose the sources of their training data, potentially leading to lawsuits against major tech companies. This amendment was a late addition to the draft AI Act and would require companies to…

Microsoft annoys Google Chrome users with new Bing AI ad in Edge Microsoft Edge is introducing a new feature which allows users to compare results from Google’s AI chatbot, Bard, and Microsoft’s Bing AI. When users navigate to bard.google.com, an animated ad for Bing will appear in the upper-right corner of Edge’s address bar, leading…

Apple employee sentenced for stealing $17 million Dhirendra Prasad, a former Apple employee, was sentenced to three years in prison and must pay back over $19 million in restitution after being charged with mail and wire fraud schemes. Prasad had been employed at the company for 10 years and used his knowledge of Apple’s fraud…