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The Internet Archive has been fending off DDoS attacks for days
The nonprofit organization has announced that it's currently in its "third day of warding off an intermittent DDoS cyber-attack."
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UnitedHealth data breach should be a wake-up call for the UK and NHS
The ransomware attack that has engulfed U.S. health insurance giant UnitedHealth Group and its tech subsidiary Change Healthcare is a data privacy nightmare for millions of U.S. patients, with CEO Andrew Witty confirming this week that it may impact as much as one-third of the country. As one of the largest healthcare companies in the U.S., UnitedHealth is well known domestically, intersecting with every facet of the healthcare industry from insurance and billing and winding all the way through the physician and pharmacy networks -- it's a $500 billion juggernaut, and the 11th largest company globally by revenue.
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Samsung reportedly requires independent repair stores to rat on customers using aftermarket parts
The details were revealed thanks to 404 Media, which obtained a contract that Samsung requires all independent repair stores to sign in exchange for selling them genuine repair parts.
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WitnessAI is building guardrails for generative AI models
Generative AI makes stuff up. Rick Caccia, the CEO of WitnessAI, believes it can. "Securing AI models is a real problem, and it’s one that's especially shiny for AI researchers, but it’s different from securing use," Caccia, formerly SVP of marketing at Palo Alto Networks, told TechCrunch in an interview.
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Google tweaks the business of clicks
The gatekeeper of the internet is revamping its most important product, but it's not clear how advertising fits into AI-infused answers.
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What went wrong with Google's new AI search feature — and what the company is doing to try to fix it
Google's new AI search feature was bound to have its issues. Now, after weeks of jokes and memes on social media, the tech giant is responding.
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AWS confirms it will launch European 'sovereign cloud' in Germany by 2025, plans €7.8B investment over 15 years
Amazon Web Services (AWS), Amazon's cloud computing business, has confirmed further details of its European "sovereign cloud," which is designed to enable greater data residency across the region. The company said that the first AWS sovereign cloud region will be set up in the German state of Brandenburg and will go live by the end of 2025. AWS added that it plans to invest €7.8 billion ($8.5 billion) in the facility through 2040.
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Google's AI search overhaul raises 'more questions than answers' for its dominant ad business
Google's AI-driven approach is a bulwark against an emergent threat. It’s also a strategic gamble.
- Engadget
OpenAI is reportedly working on a search feature for ChatGPT
According to Bloomberg, the company is currently developing the capability, which can scour the web for answers to your queries and spit out results complete with citations to their sources.
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What are Google’s AI Overviews good for?
Google has been taking heat for some of the inaccurate, funny and downright weird answers that it’s been providing via AI Overviews in search. AI Overviews are the AI-generated search results that Google started rolling out more broadly earlier this month, with mixed results — apparently, a user looking for help in getting cheese to stick to their pizza was told to add glue (the advice was pulled from an old Reddit post), and someone else was told to eat “one small rock per day” (from The Onion). “The vast majority of AI Overviews provide high quality information, with links to dig deeper on the web,” the spokesperson said.
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OpenAI's new safety committee is made up of all insiders
OpenAI has formed a new committee to oversee "critical" safety and security decisions related to the company's projects and operations. Altman and the rest of the Safety and Security Committee -- OpenAI board members Bret Taylor, Adam D’Angelo and Nicole Seligman as well as chief scientist Jakub Pachocki, Aleksander Madry (who leads OpenAI's "preparedness" team), Lilian Weng (head of safety systems), Matt Knight (head of security) and John Schulman (head of "alignment science") -- will be responsible for evaluating OpenAI's safety processes and safeguards over the next 90 days, according to a post on the company's corporate blog.
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Microsoft outage impacts Bing, Copilot, ChatGPT internet search and other sites
Multiple Microsoft services including Bing and Copilot, along with ChatGPT internet search and DuckDuckGo are down in Europe.
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Benches clear as Red Sox's Chris Martin takes exception to Brewers bunting on him
An argument between Boston Red Sox reliever Chris Martin and Milwaukee Brewers first base coach Quintin Berry caused a bench-clearing confrontation at Fenway Park on Sunday.
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Report: Pelicans to defer Lakers' first-round pick in Anthony Davis trade until 2025
The New Orleans Pelicans have opted not to take the Los Angeles Lakers' first-round pick in this year's NBA Draft as part of the Anthony Davis trade. The Pelicans will take the Lakers' pick next year.
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Rhode Island asking kei car owners to turn in their registration
Rhode Island is making it illegal to register a kei car, and it's asking enthusiasts who already have one to turn in their registration.
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Warren Buffett's son Howard Buffett on his life as the potential next chairman of Berkshire Hathaway
Howard Buffett talks about life at Berkshire Hathaway and why he is donating hundreds of millions of dollars to Ukraine.
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Yankees' Juan Soto called out, Aaron Boone ejected on another bizarre infield fly interference play
Two runners have been called out for interference on an infield fly in the past week.
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President Biden dons Chiefs helmet, jokes with Travis Kelce in Super Bowl champs' second White House visit
Travis Kelce crashed the White House podium last year. This time, he received a direct invitation.
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Reports: Colorado S Shilo Sanders, Deion's son, facing NIL questions after filing for bankruptcy, $12 million assault lawsuit
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