Tag: software

No, 16 billion passwords didn’t just get exposed in a mega-hack, but you should get with the program and stop reusing passwords anyways

No, 16 billion passwords…

Looks like hackers are trying to flog a fresh batch of user passwords on the web, again. Or are…
GOG says it won’t repeat its ill-fated Daggerfall GOG Cut with its new one-click modding program, not least because it can send more than one message a day to modders now

GOG says it won’t…

Remember the Daggerfall Unity GOG Cut? Odds are you don’t. It was, in essence, a pre-modded version of The…
A battle over air quality between Musk’s xAI and the citizens of Memphis now looks to be heading towards the courts

A battle over air…

It can be all too easy to think about the environmental impact of AI in the abstract—especially when OpenAI…
Calling AI a threat to ‘human dignity, justice and labor,’ Pope Leo XIV of all people takes on Big Tech

Calling AI a threat…

As a tech journalist, I’m far from heartened by the AI feeding frenzy we’re seeing. Besides the Trump administration…
Windows Recall gets an export feature to let non-Microsoft websites and apps use your Copilot PC’s snapshots

Windows Recall gets an…

It’s fair to say that Windows Recall has been one of Microsoft’s more controversial ideas in recent times. The…
‘225,000,000,000 attacks per day’: Computer users and gamers are significantly more at risk of cybercrime than at any other time in the past

‘225,000,000,000 attacks per day’:…

With the news always full of stories about massive data breaches, whether they’re genuinely huge or just a false…
Wikipedia pauses AI summary experiment after editors say it ‘would do immediate and irreversible harm to our readers and to our reputation as a decently trustworthy and serious source’

Wikipedia pauses AI summary…

AI summaries are all up in our search engines these days, and I think it’s fair to say the…
Valve does its homework the night before deadline: Switches Steam to run on Mac chips right as Apple announces it’s ditching Intel for good

Valve does its homework…

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: my 2020 MacBook Air is the best gaming laptop I’ve…
Trump’s AI czar echoes Jen-Hsun, says China’s AI models are ‘maybe three to six months’ behind the US—while also arguing for ever fewer AI regulations in the US

Trump’s AI czar echoes…

To say the White House is ‘keen’ for the USA to be at the forefront of all things AI…
‘A bottomless pit of plagiarism’: Disney and Universal sue AI image generator Midjourney for copyright infringement

‘A bottomless pit of…

AI image generator Midjourney could be facing some serious legal headaches, as The Verge reports that the company is…