Author: Zach_Wilson
An adult sexting site exposed thousands of models’ passports and driver licenses
A popular sexting website has exposed thousands of photo IDs belonging to models and sex workers who earn commissions from the site. SextPanther, an Arizona-based adult site, stored more than 11,000 identity documents on an exposed Amazon Web Services (AWS) storage bucket, including passports, driver licenses and Social Security numbers,…
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Facial recognition startup fends off accuracy doubts and legal claims after NYT report
Clearview AI, an artificial intelligence firm providing facial recognition technology to US law enforcement, may be overstating how effective its services are in catching terrorist suspects and preventing attacks, according to a report from BuzzFeed News. The company, which gained widespread recognition from a New York Times report published earlier…
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The App Store is down
Midday on Friday it appeared that Apple’s App Store, a critical piece of the digital and mobile economies, struggled with uptime issues. Apple’s own status page indicated that the application vendor was having an “ongoing” issue that affected “some users.” The company said that it was investigating the issue, according…
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More developers are making games for next-gen consoles than streaming services
Sony and Microsoft’s next-gen consoles are both expected to launch later this year, and developers are gearing up with new games. According to GDC’s new annual survey, developers are more likely to be working on a game for the PlayStation 5 or Xbox Series X, previously known as Project Scarlett,…
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Philips has an 88-inch 8K OLED TV – but you can’t buy it yet
With OLED tech maturing, the only way is up for the television format – and by ‘up’, we mean upping the resolution count. Philips, which until now has been happy to finesse its top-notch 4K OLED panels, is now working on an 8K OLED set, which we can confirm we’ve…
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Star Trek: Picard: how Data died, and his appearance in Picard explained
If you’ve been watching Star Trek: Picard, you may have a few questions about Data, the android who appears in Picard’s dreams – and who may very well be the ‘father’ of new characters Dahj and Soji. Data was an important character in The Next Generation, which this new series…
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