After a backlash, Meta says newly viral AI-generated profiles on Facebook and Instagram were created in 2023 in “an early experiment”, and it is deleting them
and what you can do with it Mia Sato / The Verge : Meta's AI-generated bot profiles are not being received well Josh Kerwick / Star Observer : Meta Wipes Scrutinised AI Accounts, Including A “Black Qu...
Scientists have so far failed to show that a South Korean team's LK-99 material is a claimed room temperature superconductor, which could transform computing
Hi, welcome to your Weekend. Justine Calma / The Verge : The LK-99 ‘superconductor’ went viral — here's what the experts think Moneycontrol : What is room-temperature superconductor? All you need to k...
SolarWinds confirms the US SEC sent Wells notices to its CISO and CFO, a rare move, signaling they may face legal action over Russia's 2020 hack of the company
With the security industry focused on the fallout from MOVEit … Mastodon: Ravi Nayyar / @ravirockks@infosec.exchange : As usual, a great write-up by Kim. — Two pertinent paragraphs: — 'This is bec...
Researchers say North Korean hackers are likely laundering stolen crypto by renting cloud compute to mine fresh coins, avoiding more scrutinized crypto mixers
A spy group working for the Kim regime has been feeding stolen coins into crypto mining services in an effort to throw tracers off their trail.
Amazon has done little to improve Goodreads, which has basically remained a list-making app with design flaws and features that don't help avid readers
Despite Amazon's innovation elsewhere, Goodreads has stagnated for 12 years, and its problems are endless Tweets: @patchworkbunny , @css , @crapshoot101 , @basche42 , @mckinneykelsey , @mka_ultra , @m...
Q&A with the ACLU's Jon Callas, formerly of Apple, on the need for tech expertise in policymaking, the biggest challenges for the security industry, and more
Apple security expert Jon Callas, who helped build protection for billions of computers and smartphones against criminal hackers … Tweets: @kimzetter , @lorenzofb , and @kimzetter Tweets: Kim Zetter /...
Study: of 228 groups found running divisive Facebook ads during 2016 election, 122 were “suspicious” and ran 4x more ads than others, ~20 had known links to IRA
WHEN YOUNG MIE Kim began studying political ads on Facebook in August of 2016—while Hillary Clinton was still leading the polls … Tweets: @wired , @davidfrum , @issielapowsky , @issielapowsky , @campa...
Interviews with defectors and experts suggest an increasing number of North Koreans have phones, some with an intranet connection, that are heavily monitored
Wall Street Journal : Tweets: @jchengwsj , @wsj , and @oranckay Tweets: Jonathan Cheng / @jchengwsj : Outsiders once hoped that cellphones and the internet would undermine the Kim regime. Now, a new ...
Interviews with defectors and experts suggest an increasing number of North Koreans have phones, some with an intranet connection, that are heavily monitored
Dictatorship allows wider use of mobile devices and embeds technology to limit and monitor their use Tweets: @jchengwsj , @wsj , @oranckay , and @joshchin Tweets: Jonathan Cheng / @jchengwsj : Outside...