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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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Only Amazon Prime members can score these 9 secret deals — starting at just $8
Hidden bargains include top-notch $14 earbuds (they're 50% off!) and there's plenty more where that came from.
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Ex-Meta engineer sues company, claiming he was fired over handling of Palestine content
Ferras Hamad, who used to be an engineer working with Meta's machine learning team, has sued the company for firing him over his handling of Palestine-related Instagram posts.
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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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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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Quiz: Most Americans are overconfident in their ability to spot fake news. Are you one of them?
As many as three in every four Americans overestimate how well they can spot misinformation online. Where do you fall?
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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.
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Hundreds of Snowflake customer passwords found online are linked to info-stealing malware
Cloud data analysis company Snowflake is at the center of a recent spate of alleged data thefts, as its corporate customers scramble to understand if their stores of cloud data have been compromised. Last week, Australian authorities sounded the alarm saying they had become aware of "successful compromises of several companies utilising Snowflake environments," without naming the companies. Hackers had claimed on a known cybercrime forum that they had stolen hundreds of millions of customer records from Santander Bank and Ticketmaster, two of Snowflake's biggest customers.
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Malicious code has allegedly compromised TikTok accounts belonging to CNN and Paris Hilton
A new TikTok hack is taking over accounts from Paris Hilton to CNN. It’s spread via direct messages, so watch out.
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What Snowflake isn't saying about its customer data breaches
Snowflake's security problems following a recent spate of customer data thefts are, for want of a better word, snowballing. Ticketmaster was the first company to link its recent data breach to the cloud data company Snowflake, and loan comparison site LendingTree has now confirmed its QuoteWizard subsidiary had data stolen from Snowflake. "We can confirm that we use Snowflake for our business operations, and that we were notified by them that our subsidiary, QuoteWizard, may have had data impacted by this incident," Megan Greuling, a spokesperson for LendingTree, told TechCrunch.
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EU's ChatGPT taskforce offers first look at detangling the AI chatbot's privacy compliance
A data protection taskforce that's spent over a year considering how the European Union's data protection rulebook applies to OpenAI's viral chatbot, ChatGPT, reported preliminary conclusions Friday. The top-line takeaway is that the working group of privacy enforcers remains undecided on crux legal issues, such as the lawfulness and fairness of OpenAI's processing. Watchdogs can also order non-compliant processing to stop.
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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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Pornhub to leave five more states over age-verification laws
Pornhub will block access to its site in five more states in the coming weeks.
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Los Angeles Kings reveal new logo design inspired by Wayne Gretzky era
The Kings' new logo is heavily inspired by the '90s look sported by Gretzky in his peak, but features the 1967 crown and other slight updates.
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Top RBs for fantasy football 2024, according to our experts
The Yahoo Fantasy football analysts reveal their first running back rankings for the 2024 NFL season.
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NFL offseason power rankings: No. 30 Denver Broncos are a mess Sean Payton signed up for
The Broncos are still reeling from the Russell Wilson trade.
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NFL teams in the worst shape for 2024 | The Exempt List
On today's episode, Charles McDonald is joined by Frank Schwab to predict how the worst six teams in the NFL will fare in 2024.
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Chicago Bulls trade Alex Caruso to Oklahoma City Thunder, receive Josh Giddey in return: Report
The trade marks a homecoming for Caruso, who started his career with the franchise, while sending Giddey to Chicago as a young playmaker.
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Ravens reveal their one-game-only 'Purple Rising' helmet, which should be worn full time
These helmets are too cool to keep locked up for 51 weeks a year.