In an exclusive interview, security consultant Chelsea Manning explains how mixnets can be used to get around VPN bans in countries plagued by internet censorship.
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Worried About Digital Privacy? VPNs and Tor Aren't Enough Anymore
In an exclusive interview, security consultant Chelsea Manning explains how mixnets can be used to get around VPN bans in countries plagued by inte...
Hackers are leaking users' credit card data on Threads—and Meta is helping it spread by promoting the posts on Instagram and Facebook.
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Cybercriminals Are Leaking Stolen Credit Card Data on Threads
Malicious accounts are publicizing victims' data including full names, credit card numbers, birth dates, physical addresses, and passwords—a...
OpenAI’s new AI audio transcription tool Whisper is having frequent “AI hallucinations”, despite its rapid adoption in “high-risk industries” like healthcare.
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OpenAI’s Whisper Experiencing ‘AI Hallucinations’ Despite High-Risk Applications
The transcription tool is being deployed in hospitals across America, but some commentators feel it may pose dangers for patients.
If you're still on X when the new Terms of Service drop on Nov. 15, you should probably leave. That's because your posts can officially serve as food for X’s Grok chatbot and any other AI systems that X might create in the future.
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X Just Gave Us Another Good Reason to Delete the App
The social network updates its terms of service to officially say it uses public tweets to train its AI. Here's how to block it from scraping ...
The Windows 11 24H2 Update apparently arrives with 8.6GB junk file that you can't delete.
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Windows 11 24H2 Update Comes With 8.6GB Junk File You Can't Delete
24H2 spawns an unusable 'Windows Update Cleanup' cache file on PCs—with no easy way to remove it.
HP is embracing AI to the point that it plans on triggering a chatbot to pop up when users press CTRL + P to print documents.
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HP: Pressing CTRL+P Will One Day Trigger Our AI Print Bot
The company wants to make its newly unveiled HP Print AI program easy to access by including it into the software drivers for HP printers.
Kaspersky's antivirus software deletes itself across the US and installs UltraAV instead without notifying at least some customers. Some are frustrated and struggling to uninstall the new program.
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Kaspersky Antivirus Abruptly Replaced With UltraAV in the US, Angering Users
Kaspersky's antivirus software deletes itself across the US and installs UltraAV instead without notifying customers. Some are frustrated and ...
Have we gone from word processing and spreadsheets straight to Skynet? Not yet, but artificial intelligence is the hottest thing in computing, led by Microsoft's push for Copilot+ PCs. Here's what the "AI" in the AI PC is all about.
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What Is an AI PC? How AI Will Reshape Your Next Computer
Revolutionary artificial intelligence is coming to everyday laptops and desktops thanks to chips from the big silicon players paired with Microsoft...
A type of Android malware known as Android.Vo1d has infected an estimated 1.3 million TV boxes across 197 countries.
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'Vo1d' Trojan Malware Infects 1.3 Million Android-Based TV Boxes Globally
The Android malware discreetly downloads unwanted software and has reportedly infected users in nearly 200 countries.
To prevent another CrowdStrike update fiasco, Microsoft is looking at creating a new platform within the Windows OS specifically designed for antivirus monitoring, nudging security products out of kernel.
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Microsoft Eyes New Windows Security Layer To Prevent CrowdStrike Repeat
Microsoft reveals what it discussed during this week's private security summit focused on preventing a repeat of July's infamous CrowdStr...