Security researchers and digital rights organizations believe the Azerbaijani government used NSO Group spyware to target a government worker, journalists, activists, and Armenia’s human rights ombudsperson as part of a years-long conflict that has sometimes escalated into war. Access Now, a digital rights group that investigated some of the cyberattacks, …
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On Wednesday, Meta will lay off about 6,000 people. Meta’s “Year of Efficiency” is reorganizing to save money and flatten the organization, which includes these cuts. Employees expected layoffs. Meta founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced in a March blog post that he would lay off 10,000 workers in late …
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Twitter prevented Florida Governor Ron DeSantis from announcing his 2024 presidential campaign on a Twitter Space with Elon Musk today. The livestreamed group voice chat ended shortly after 3 p.m. PDT. The audio glitched, sometimes only playing reverb noises and distorted speech from the hosts trying to find the problem. …
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Microsoft wants companies to build AI-powered “copilots” using Azure tools and OpenAI machine learning models. At its annual Build conference, Microsoft launched Azure AI Studio, a new capability within the Azure OpenAI Service that lets customers combine a model like OpenAI’s ChatGPT or GPT-4 with their own data—text or images—to …
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Microsoft Fabric, an end-to-end data and analytics platform, launched today. The new platform, which centers around Microsoft’s OneLake data lake but can also pull data from Amazon S3 and (soon) Google Cloud Platform, includes integration tools, a Spark-based data engineering platform, a real-time analytics platform, and, thanks to Power BI’s …
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Netflix’s password sharing crackdown is now rolling out to U.S. and other global subscribers after a delay. After seeing cancellations in markets where it had already introduced “paid sharing,” the streamer delayed the start date to the summer. Under the new rules, U.S. subscribers must either kick people off their …
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AllWinner and RockChip, two Chinese companies, power several Amazon-sold Android TV boxes. Android-powered TV set-top boxes are cheap and customizable, combining multiple streaming services into one device. They have thousands of five-star reviews on Amazon. Security researchers say the models are preloaded with malware that can launch coordinated cyberattacks. Daniel …
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Microsoft and OpenAI launched ChatGPT just months ago, igniting tech enthusiasts and industry leaders. This generative AI’s technology is now reaching remote villages hundreds of miles from Seattle and San Francisco. Jugalbandi, a chatbot developed by Microsoft, OpenNyAI, and AI4Bharat and backed by the Indian government, is improving information access …
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Today, Photoshop adds a number of Firefly-based features that allow users to extend images beyond their borders with Firefly-generated backgrounds, use generative AI to add objects to images, and use a new generative fill feature to remove objects more precisely than content-aware fill. These features are only in Photoshop beta. …
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Three years after buying Giphy for $400 million, Meta has found a buyer. Today, Shutterstock signed an agreement with Meta to buy Giphy for “$53 million of net cash paid at closing,” indicating Facebook’s parent company has recovered only 13% of its money. Shutterstock expects the sale to be finalized …
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