Month: July 2024
The Acolyte’s first season made Star Wars’ dark past feel like a bright future
Though Disney Plus’ older Star Wars series have sometimes been fantastic, recent seasons of shows like The Mandalorian and Ahsoka have felt like the products of a franchise unsure of how it wants to move forward. As another show set in Star Wars’ past, Leslye Headland’s The Acolyte seemed like…
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Figma explains how its AI tool ripped off Apple’s design
To give the model enough freedom to compose designs from a wide variety of domains, we commissioned two extensive design systems (one for mobile and one for desktop) with hundreds of components, as well as examples of different ways these components can be assembled to guide the output. We feed…
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North Korean hackers are targeting Apple Mac devices once again with this devious malware — don’t fall for fake job interview scam
North Korean state-sponsored threat actors are once again setting up fake job interviews in a bid to infect unsuspecting victims with infostealing malware – but this time around, they are focusing on Apple users. Cybersecurity researcher Patrick Wardle recently discovered a new variant of BeaverTail, a known infostealer capable of…
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Criminals are spending millions on malicious domains — and it’s paying off for them in a big way
To host command and control (C2) servers, distribute malware, or perform other malicious activities, hackers need a domain name. They can automate the process of obtaining domain names with a Domain Generation Algorithm (DGA). However, to actually be able to use these domains, they also need to register them with…
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Tinder’s new AI will pick out your best photos for your dating profile
Choosing the best photos for your dating profile can be tough, so Tinder created a virtual curator to help you out. The artificial intelligence-powered Photo Selector will analyze your shortlist of potential photos directly from your phone and suggest those its model predicts would present you at your best. To…
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The biggest names in AI have teamed up to promote AI security
Google, OpenAI, Microsoft, Amazon, Nvidia, Intel, and other big names in AI are coming together to form the Coalition for Secure AI (CoSAI), according to an announcement on Thursday. The initiative aims to address a “fragmented landscape of AI security” by providing access to open-source methodologies, frameworks, and tools. Other…
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