Hugging Face Is Hosting 5,000 Nonconsensual AI Models of Real People In a troubling development, Hugging Face has become a repository for over 5,000 AI models that recreate the likeness…
Summary Candy Crush-maker King is laying off around 200 employees, replacing many of them with AI tools that the departing staff helped develop. The layoffs predominantly affect level designers, user…
Microsoft Uses Chinese Engineers To Maintain Defense Department Systems Under Minimal US Oversight According to a ProPublica investigation, Microsoft employs Chinese engineers to help maintain Defence Department computer systems. U.S.…
Summary U.S. prosecutors and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) have wrapped up their investigations into Polymarket, a prediction market platform that allows users to bet on future events using…
Blender 4.5 LTS Released Blender has just dropped its latest long-term support (LTS) version, 4.5, packed with improvements tailored for both individual creators and studios aiming for stability. Users will…
Cloudflare has begun blocking access to around 200 pirate sites for users in the UK, following a request from the Motion Picture Association (MPA). This decision marks a significant shift…
Summary The U.S. trains face a serious cyber vulnerability that allows hackers to remotely trigger their brakes, as discovered by independent researcher Neil Smith back in 2012. This issue, which…
Summary Perplexity CEO Aravind Srinivas addressed young entrepreneurs, cautioning them about the tech industry, where major companies often replicate successful innovations. While Perplexity introduced its web-crawling answer engine in December…
Summary NIST has unveiled a new record-setting atomic clock using a trapped aluminium ion, achieving timekeeping accuracy with 19 decimal places. This clock not only offers the highest accuracy—41% better…
Summary LibreOffice has officially added Bitcoin (BTC) as a supported currency within its open-source office suite. Users can now easily manage Bitcoin transactions directly in the Calc spreadsheet program, complementing…
