Category Archives: Tech News

Meta plans to roll out the NCMEC's Take It Down tool on Facebook and Instagram, letting minors anonymously attach a hash to intimate content, to stop sextortion (Samantha Murphy Kelly/CNN)

Samantha Murphy Kelly / CNN: Meta plans to roll out the NCMEC’s Take It Down [...]

27
Feb
Some AI companies are hiring "prompt engineers", who create and refine text prompts for AI systems to understand their faults and coax optimal results (Drew Harwell/Washington Post)

Drew Harwell / Washington Post: Some AI companies are hiring “prompt engineers”, who create and [...]

26
Feb
How thieves are watching iPhone owners publicly tap their passcodes to lock victims out of accounts, access data, and loot financial apps after stealing devices (Wall Street Journal)

Wall Street Journal: How thieves are watching iPhone owners publicly tap their passcodes to lock [...]

25
Feb
Memo: Ericsson plans to lay off 8,500 of its 105K+ employees, or 8% of its staff; in December, the company said it would cut costs by ~$880M by the end of 2023 (Supantha Mukherjee/Reuters)

Supantha Mukherjee / Reuters: Memo: Ericsson plans to lay off 8,500 of its 105K+ employees, [...]

24
Feb
Valve recently patched a Dota 2 exploit used by third-party cheating clients, created a honeypot to catch them, and banned over 40,000 accounts (Nicole Carpenter/Polygon)

Nicole Carpenter / Polygon: Valve recently patched a Dota 2 exploit used by third-party cheating [...]

23
Feb
A live blog of oral arguments before SCOTUS in Twitter v. Taamneh, brought by the family of a victim of an ISIS attack in Istanbul in 2017 (CNN)

CNN: A live blog of oral arguments before SCOTUS in Twitter v. Taamneh, brought by [...]

22
Feb
A Microsoft forum post from November 23, 2022 describes AI chatbot Sydney "misbehaving" and being "so rude", suggesting the company knew about its quirks (Gary Marcus/The Road to AI We Can Trust)

Gary Marcus / The Road to AI We Can Trust: A Microsoft forum post from [...]

21
Feb
Long criticized for a soft touch, Ireland's Data Protection Commission is yet to advertise for two senior posts ahead of key privacy investigations (Peter O'Dwyer/Bloomberg)

Peter O’Dwyer / Bloomberg: Long criticized for a soft touch, Ireland’s Data Protection Commission is [...]

20
Feb
A look at e-scooter sharing startups in Europe, like Bolt, which raised $1.9B, amid some city bans and questions about the vehicles' environmental credentials (Sifted)

Sifted: A look at e-scooter sharing startups in Europe, like Bolt, which raised $1.9B, amid [...]

19
Feb
A look at Bitcoin's five maintainers scattered globally, who steward the open-source Bitcoin Core, after four turnovers in 18 months cited burnout or legal risk (Paul Kiernan/Wall Street Journal)

Paul Kiernan / Wall Street Journal: A look at Bitcoin’s five maintainers scattered globally, who [...]

18
Feb