Why the US government’s overreliance on Microsoft is a big problem
When Microsoft revealed in January that foreign government hackers had once again breached its systems, the news prompted another round of recriminations about the security...
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Alleged cryptojacking scheme consumed $3.5M of stolen computing to make just $1M
Getty Images Federal prosecutors indicted a Nebraska man on charges he perpetrated a cryptojacking scheme that defrauded two cloud providers—one based in Seattle and the...
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Apple removes the first iOS Game Boy emulator released under new App Store rules
Enlarge / Photos of iGBA that appeared on the App Store before the app was taken down. Over the weekend, developer Mattia La Spina launched...
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Change Healthcare faces another ransomware threat—and it looks credible
For months, Change Healthcare has faced an immensely messy ransomware debacle that has left hundreds of pharmacies and medical practices across the United States unable...
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“Highly capable” hackers root corporate networks by exploiting firewall 0-day
Highly capable hackers are rooting multiple corporate networks by exploiting a maximum-severity zero-day vulnerability in a firewall product from Palo Alto Networks, researchers said Friday....
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AI, Anthropic, Biz & IT, Chatbot Arena, ChatGPT, chatgtp, Claude 3, Claude 3 Opus, Claude 3 Sonnet, Culture / Digital Culture, Gemini, Gemini 1.5, Google Gemini, GPT-4, GPT-4-turbo, large language models, machine learning, meta, Mistral, Mixtral, Mixtral 8x22B, openai, RECAP, Simon Willison, whirlwindWords are flowing out like endless rain: Recapping a busy week of LLM news
Enlarge / An image of a boy amazed by flying letters. Some weeks in AI news are eerily quiet, but during others, getting a grip...
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Nintendo targets Switch-emulation chat servers, decryption tools with DMCA
Enlarge / Is a name like “Suyu” ironic enough to avoid facing a lawsuit? Suyu Nintendo continues to use DMCA requests to halt projects it...
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Why there are 861 roguelike deckbuilders on Steam all of a sudden
Aurich Lawson In a deckbuilding game, you start out with a basic set of cards, then upgrade it over time, seeking synergies and compounding effects....
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The More People Say ‘Megalopolis’ Is Unsellable, the More We Need to See It
Of all the utterly depressing things printed in the Hollywood trades on any given day, this has got to be among the worst: “It’s so...
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‘Civil War’ Review: Alex Garland Plays Both Sides
Garland and A24, one of the film’s distributors, declined to give WIRED an interview to discuss these topics and didn’t respond to emailed questions, so...