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Google is getting worse because of the Reddit blackouts Over 8,000 subreddits have gone dark to protest Reddit’s upcoming API changes, and it’s shown me just how much I rely on Reddit to find useful, human-sounding information in my Google search results. However, now that many subreddits are planning to stay dark indefinitely, we might…

Microsoft can’t buy Activision Blizzard for now, judge rules A federal court has issued a temporary restraining order preventing Microsoft from closing its $68.7 billion deal to acquire Activision Blizzard. The Federal Trade Commission filed a complaint against the deal on Monday, seeking to get the restraining order and preliminary injunction. The court has agreed…

Cybercriminals using powerful BatCloak engine to make malware undetectable A batch-layer malware obfuscation engine called BatCloak has been used to deploy various malware strains since September 2022, while pervasively evading antivirus detection. Trend Micro explains the technology in a paper. The samples grant threat actors the ability to load numerous malware families and exploits with…

Why Attack Surface Management Now? Brianna is Netspi’s product manager, Attack Surface Management and holds a degree in Industrial Engineering from Penn State University. She describes the term attack surface management as having going from unknown to ubiquitous in the cybersecurity space over the past few years. Many concepts come and go in cybersecurity, but…

Microsoft Visual Studio Installer has a bug that allows publishers to spoof their identity. This vulnerability allows malicious actors to bypass a restriction that prevents users from entering information in the product name extension property of a .ZIP file by opening a Visual Studio Extension . Dolev Taler discovered the bug discovered by Varonis. Security…

In or Out? Evaluating Detection of Images Out of Distribution (Paper Summary) In this paper, the authors address the limitations in evaluating OOD detection methods by distinguishing between ID and OOD inputs. They also propose using OOD unit tests, simple, synthetically generated image inputs, designed to assess OOD discovery weaknesses. The authors analyze the performance…

Hyperdimensional Computing Enables New Possibilities for Artificial Intelligence An ANN will need to be able to distinguish between four different colors based on the shape, such a circle. This is the starting point for a radically different approach to computation, known as hyperdimensional computing. For this purpose, he has invented a new type of vector,…

Nvidia is bringing PC Game Pass to Microsoft’s GeForce Now service Microsoft is planning to bring PC Game Pass titles to Nvidia’s GeForce Now streaming service. This will be a big deal for cloud gaming because it means that subscribers can use Nvidia’s superior game streaming service with RTX 4080 levels of performance. It also…

Why the Story of an AI Drone Trying to Kill Its Operator Seems So Believable Did you hear about the Air Force AI drone that went rogue and attacked its operators during a simulation? That’s right, folks. That’s what we’re talking about. Yes, that’s a real-life scenario from last month. And yes, it’s true: An…

Google Chrome’s password manager now supports biometric unlocking on the desktop Chrome will soon support biometric authentication on PCs and Macs. Also, you can import CSV files containing your passwords to Google Chrome’s password manager. Image: GoogleGoogle also announced a few other updates to Chrome’s password manager . It now has a way to add…