Month: September 2025
Internet detectives are misusing AI to find Charlie Kirk’s alleged shooter
Earlier today, the FBI shared two blurry photos on X of a person of interest in the shooting of right-wing activist Charlie Kirk. Numerous users replied with AI-upscaled, “enhanced” versions of the pictures almost immediately, turning the pixelated surveillance shots into sharp, high-resolution images. But AI tools aren’t uncovering secret…
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This ultra slim mini PC is essentially a Core i9 laptop with an RTX 5070 laptop GPU, but sans a battery, keyboard, and screen
Minisforum G7 Pro delivers laptop-level performance in a compact Mini PC chassis NVIDIA RTX 5070 Laptop GPU powers desktop-class graphics in a small device Dual-channel DDR5 RAM and two M.2 PCIe 4.0 slots support heavy workloads At IFA 2025, Minisforum unveiled a series of mini PCs, including the G7 Pro,…
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BMW says Apple CarPlay popularity is a myth, as more manufacturers turn to built-in navigation systems
BMW’s Senior Vice President of UI/UX reveals key details about CarPlay usage The German brand recently said it would not go ahead with CarPlay Ultra There’s a “CarPlay Myth” on the internet, BMW exec claims Stephan Durach, BMW’s senior vice president of UI/UX development, has argued that there is a…
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Aligning those who align AI, one satirical website at a time
The work of creating artificial intelligence that holds to the guardrails of human values, known in the industry as alignment, has developed into its own (somewhat ambiguous) field of study rife with policy papers and benchmarks to rank models against each other. But who aligns the alignment researchers? Enter the…
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China-related threat actors deployed a new fileless malware against the Philippines military
EggStreme is a stealthy, fileless malware framework used by a Chinese threat actor to target a Philippine military company It includes six modular components, enabling reverse shell access, payload injection, keylogging, and persistent espionage Attribution remains uncertain, but the attack’s objectives align with known Chinese APT tactics across APAC and…
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Sony’s InZone Buds are great for gaming, and right now they’re cheaper than ever
A quality pair of headphones can make a huge difference in your gaming experience, and Sony’s InZone Buds are among the best wireless gaming earbuds available. They’re currently $143.98 ($86 off) at GameStop, dropping them to a new all-time low price. The Verge’s commerce editor, Cameron Faulkner, says they deliver…
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