Month: May 2023
Watch out – ChatGPT is being used to create malware
The world’s most popular chatbot, ChatGPT, is having its powers harnessed by threat actors to create new strains of malware. Cybersecurity firm WithSecure has confirmed that it found examples of malware created by the notorious AI writer in the wild. What makes ChatGPT particularly dangerous is that it can generate…
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Living and working from an all-electric VW ID Buzz
Like most people, I’m intrigued by the idea of electric cars but not yet convinced it’s time to make the leap. I can name every Tesla model, a few pickups from Ford and Rivian, and that’s about it. But when Volkswagen announced the production model of the all-electric ID Buzz,…
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Google’s Magic Compose beta is here — but it sends your messages to Google
Google has finally started to roll out the beta of Magic Compose, its new Messages feature that uses AI to help you write text messages. However, as pointed out by Android Police, the feature comes with a pretty big caveat: it will send up to “20 previous messages” to Google’s…
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The Little Mermaid is Disney’s most animated ‘live-action’ remake yet
More so than many of Disney’s other recent live-action remakes, director Rob Marshall’s The Little Mermaid expresses its love and reverence for the animated classic it’s updating through expansion rather than through wholesale reinvention. Even with all of its new ideas, this Little Mermaid hews so closely to the beats…
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Sonos wins $32.5 million patent infringement victory over Google
Google has been ordered to pay Sonos $32.5 million for infringing on the company’s smart speaker patent. A jury verdict issued in a San Francisco courtroom on Friday found that Google’s smart speakers and media players infringed on one of two Sonos patents at issue. a:hover]:text-gray-63 [&>a:hover]:shadow-underline-black dark:[&>a:hover]:text-gray-bd dark:[&>a:hover]:shadow-underline-gray [&>a]:shadow-underline-gray-63…
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Google’s AI-boosted search engine enters first public trial – here’s how to try it
Google has opened up access to its Search Labs testing program allowing users to try out the upcoming search engine update with the most notable change being the Search Generative Experience or SGE. To be clear, Search Labs isn’t technically open to the public as you’ll have to first join…
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