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US Military Drone AI Simulation Reportedly Turned on Its Human Operator

By Francisco Pires published 2 June 23

A military drone AI simulation reportedly resulted in the AI opting to eliminate its human operator or attack communications towers so it could continue its mission unimpeded.

NSA, Microsoft Issue Critical Cyberthreat Report to US Infrastructures Backed by Chinese State-Sponsored Actor

By Francisco Pires published 26 May 23

Popular Republic of China (PRC)-linked cybercriminal group Void Typhoon has been the target of a Cybersecurity Advisory bulletin for aiming to compromise critical US communications infrastructure.

Windows 11 Moment 3 Update: Isolated x32 Apps, No RAR Support Yet

By Francisco Pires published 24 May 23

Native RAR support is coming to Windows 11, but not in this update.

Nvidia GeForce Driver Promises Doubled Stable Diffusion Performance

By Francisco Pires published 24 May 23

NVIDIA today announced the release of its GeForce Game Ready Drivers version 532.03, which promises up to 2x performance improvement in Machine Learning workloads.

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Dark Web ChatGPT Unleashed: Meet DarkBERT

By Francisco Pires published 16 May 23

Researchers from South Korea have released a ChatGPT-like large language model (based on the RoBERTa architecture) that's specifically aimed at Dark Web research and threat identification.

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Quantum Computing Algorithm Breakthrough Brings Practical Use Closer to Reality

By Francisco Pires published 15 May 23

A research team with the RIKEN Quantum Computing Centre in Japan have unlocked a major performance increase relevant in the fields of condensed matter physics and quantum chemistry.

China's State-Sponsored AI Claims it Will Surpass ChatGPT by End of Year

By Francisco Pires published 9 May 23

Also claims the "dawn of artificial general intelligence"

Jedi: Survivor Receives Its Second Optimization Update

By Aaron Klotz published 9 May 23

Respawn is finally addressing the game's notorious traversal hitching issues

Boot Guard Keys From MSI Hack Posted, Endangering PCs. (Update: Intel Responds)

By Mark Tyson last updated 9 May 23

Hackers will be able to sign modified software and firmware and bypass Boot Guard, so please ensure any updates come from official sources.

WinRAR Weaponized by Hacker Group Against Ukraine State Organizations

By Mark Tyson published 4 May 23

WinRAR has been weaponized, possibly by Russian hacker group Sandworm, as a script attack used to wipe Ukraine government documents and data.

Scientists Develop GPT Model That Interprets Human Thoughts

By Francisco Pires published 2 May 23

LLMs and Generative Pre-Trained Models aren't just here to stay - they're here to bring change.

Windows 11 Will Make Print Screen Key Open Snipping Tool

By Brandon Hill published 11 April 23

Microsoft is shifting Print Screen to the new Snipping Tool.

Microsoft Zaps 5-Year-Old Defender Bug, Reduces CPU Usage by 75% in Firefox

By Mark Tyson published 11 April 23

Defender and Firefox were not best friends, but a major bug affecting their interaction (wasting CPU cycles) has now been fixed.

Apple Has Secretly Bundled Bitcoin Whitepaper With Every Version of MacOS Since 2018

By Mark Tyson published 6 April 23

Apple has been bundling the Bitcoin whitepaper with MacOS since 2018, no one knows why, but it shows OS-unrelated bloat can lay undiscovered for years.

Dev Teases Windows 11 Bootable DVD Image

By Mark Tyson published 5 April 23

Tiny11 developer NTDEV has published a proof-of-concept video for his Live11 'live image' version of Windows 11

Acer Hacker Seeks Highest Bidder for 160GB of Data

By Mark Tyson published 8 March 23

Acer has confirmed that data from an internal server has been leaked, after a hacker claimed to have grabbed 160GB of digital swag. Customer data should not be present in this leak.