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Reddit is looking for a new product boss

theverge.com Jay Peters 2025-09-20 00:22:50

is a news editor covering technology, gaming, and more. He joined The Verge in 2019 after nearly two years at Techmeme. Reddit’s first-ever chief product officer, Pali Bhat, is leaving the company in “the coming months,” spokesperson Tim Rathschmidt confirmed to The Verge. Bhat, a former Google executive, joined Reddit in October 2021. “His tenure was about as clear pre / post test as we could run,” CEO Steve Huffman said in an internal message about the change provided by Rathschmidt. “He dev

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Disney and Universal sue Midjourney, alleging AI-related copyright infringement

techcrunch.com Kyle Wiggers 2025-09-19 22:34:39

In Brief Disney and Universal have sued generative AI platform Midjourney for allegedly training its art-generating and -editing models on their content without permission. Disney and Universal filed a lawsuit Wednesday claiming that Midjourney ignored their earlier requests to cease violating their intellectual property rights, according to The Wall Street Journal. The suit, filed in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California, includes dozens of examples of images generate

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Wikipedia pauses AI-generated summaries pilot after editors protest

techcrunch.com Kyle Wiggers 2025-09-19 23:01:41

In Brief Wikipedia has reportedly paused an experiment that used AI to summarize articles on its platform after editors pushed back. Wikipedia announced earlier this month it was going to run the experiment for users who have the Wikipedia browser extension installed and chose to opt in, according to 404 Media. AI-generated summaries appeared at the top of every Wikipedia article with a yellow “unverified” label. Users had to click to expand and read them. Editors almost immediately criticize

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US government’s vaccine website defaced with AI-generated content

techcrunch.com Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai 2025-09-19 23:36:03

In Brief A U.S. government website designed to inform the public about vaccines has been defaced and now hosts apparently AI-generated spam. The domain, which belongs to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), appears to have been hosting the same kind of content — mostly gay-themed and LGBTQ+ posts — since at least May 12, according to an archived version of the site. It’s unclear who is responsible for it, or what is the purpose of this defacement other than pushing AI-gener

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I found a backdoor into my bed

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-06-04 16:27:54

What's an Eight Sleep? A little while ago I asked my infosec Twitter followers what IoT device in my house they thought I found a live AWS key in. (For those that don’t know, Amazon keys can be incredibly dangerous if exposed) Guesses ranged from a refrigerator to a bidet, but no one got it right. The right answer was my bed. I also found a backdoor into my bed, but more on that later. Security professionals are, in my experience, exhausted of things being connected to the internet

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DOGE Sparks Surveillance Fear Across the US Government

wired.com Paresh Dave 2025-06-04 12:30:00

This month, Andrew Bernier, a US Army Corps of Engineers researcher and a union leader, says that he has received a barrage of menacing messages from the same anonymous email account. Unfolding like short chapters in a dystopian novel, they have spoken of the genius of Elon Musk, referenced the power of the billionaire’s so-called Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), and foretold the downfall of “corrupt” union bosses. But the most eerie thing about the emails, which Bernier says began a

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Federal government reportedly plans to shut down its EV charging infrastructure

engadget.com Unknown 2025-06-04 19:13:14

The General Services Administration plans on shutting down federal EV charging infrastructure in the coming weeks and "offloading" EVs purchased by the previous administration, The Verge reports. Since the GSA oversees government buildings, shutting down chargers will impact personal electric vehicles owned by government employees and government-owned EVs. "As GSA has worked to align with the current administration, we have received direction that all GSA owned charging stations are not mission

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Here’s an early look at the Play Store’s AI avatar generator (APK teardown)

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-06-04 20:13:18

Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority TL;DR Google is working on an AI-powered avatar generator for Play Games profiles. We’ve enabled it before the official rollout to give you an early look. Google is developing an AI-powered avatar generator for the Play Store that will allow you to create a custom avatar for your Play Games profile. We first spotted evidence of this upcoming feature earlier this week, and we’ve now managed to get an early look at how it may work upon release. Authority Ins

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ChatGPT's AI agent Operator is now available for most Pro users

engadget.com Unknown 2025-06-04 19:30:50

It's now out for most regions where ChatGPT is also available, though the EU isn't included. Operator is now out in Australia, Brazil, Canada, India, Japan, Singapore, South Korea, the UK and most places where ChatGPT is also available, OpenAI has announced. The company launched Operator in the US back in January, introducing it as an "agent that can go to the web to perform tasks" for the user. Operator can handle various browser-based tasks for users, such as filling out forms, making restaur

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Is your phone truly waterproof? Here's what the IP rating tells you

zdnet.com Adrian Kingsley-Hughes 2025-06-04 20:39:03

Just how water-resistant is that box filled with electricity? Adrian Kingsley-Hughes/ZDNET I remember a time when you wouldn't dare let water anywhere near a smartphone or power bank, as it would almost certainly mean disaster. Today, however, most smartphones are designed to be water- and dust-resistant to some extent, and even gadgets like power banks and portable power stations are following suit. Also: The best portable power stations you can buy But how can you determine exactly how wate

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Fly To Podman: a script that will help you to migrate from Docker

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-06-04 15:52:13

Migrate from Docker to Podman. fly-to-podman is a small bash script that helps you migrate from Docker to Podman. It will migrate your Docker containers, images, and volumes to Podman, as well as keep your container data and configurations (mounts, ports, etc.) intact. Full blog post: From Docker to Podman: full migration to rootless

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OpenAI rolls out its AI agent, Operator, in several countries

techcrunch.com Ivan Mehta 2025-06-04 15:31:32

OpenAI said on Friday that it is rolling out Operator — its AI agent that can perform tasks on behalf of users — for ChatGPT Pro subscribers in Australia, Brazil, Canada, India, Japan, Singapore, South Korea, the U.K., and more countries. OpenAI said Operator will be available in most places where ChatGPT is available, apart from the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Liechtenstein, and Iceland. Operator, which launched in January in the U.S., is one of several “AI agent” tools on the market that can be

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Integrating LLMs into security operations using Wazuh

bleepingcomputer.com Unknown 2025-06-04 20:01:11

Artificial intelligence (AI) is the simulation of human intelligence in machines, enabling systems to learn from data, recognize patterns, and make decisions. These decisions can include predicting outcomes, automating processes, and detecting anomalies. Large Language Models (LLMs) are specialized AI models designed to process, understand, and generate human-like text. Large Language Models (LLMs) are trained on diverse and extensive textual data. They are designed to understand language and a

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I’m Not Convinced Ethical Generative AI Currently Exists

wired.com Reece Rogers 2025-06-04 17:30:00

Are there generative AI tools I can use that are perhaps slightly more ethical than others? —Better Choices No, I don't think any one generative AI tool from the major players is more ethical than any other. Here’s why. For me, the ethics of generative AI use can be broken down to issues with how the models are developed—specifically, how the data used to train them was accessed—as well as ongoing concerns about their environmental impact. In order to power a chatbot or image generator, an ob

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A password generator inspired by the Xkcd password spec

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-06-05 00:13:53

Introduction This python script implements the xkcd password spec. Install This package requires the pip Python package manager for installation. pip installation instructions. Then: pip install xkpa Usage % xkpa -h usage: xkpa.py [-h] [-n] [-d DICT_PATH] [-x] [-i] [-s SEPARATOR] [-l LENGTH] [-c COUNT] [-v] [w] Generate an xkcd style password. positional arguments: w The number of words in the password. Defaults to 4. optional arguments: -h, --help show this help message and exit -n Disab

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Now's the Time to Lock in an APY Up to 4.65%. Today's CD Rates, Feb. 20, 2025

cnet.com Kelly Ernst 2025-06-04 21:30:00

Key takeaways You can earn up to 4.65% APY with today's best CDs. APYs haven't shifted much in recent days, but they won't stay high forever. By opening a CD now, you can protect your earnings from expected Fed rate cuts. Sometimes, no news is good news. As banks wait to see how long the Federal Reserve keeps interest rates paused, certificate of deposit rates haven't budged much over the past week. That's good news for savers who have yet to take advantage of still-elevated annual percentage

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Xbox’s AI initiative with Muse is an attempt to read the tea leaves, not the room

venturebeat.com Imran Khan 2025-06-04 20:11:18

Join our daily and weekly newsletters for the latest updates and exclusive content on industry-leading AI coverage. Learn More Earlier today, the heads of Microsoft’s Xbox division revealed Muse, a generative AI model that intends to create both visuals and gameplay for games. The model, which was trained on the largely forgotten Ninja Theory multiplayer game Bleeding Edge, is not a shocking leap for Microsoft’s Xbox division. The company as a whole, from CEO Satya Nadella down, has wholeheart

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Build your own SQLite in Rust, Part 5: Evaluating queries

news.ycombinator.com Geoffrey Copin 2025-06-04 21:32:18

In the previous posts, we've explored the SQLite file format and built a simple SQL parser. It's time to put these pieces together and implement a query evaluator! In this post, we'll lay the groundwork for evaluating SQL queries and build a query evaluator that can handle basic SELECT statements. While our initial implementation won't support filtering, sorting, grouping, or joins yet, it will give us the foundation to add these features in future posts. As usual, the complete source code for

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Latest Tech News

Reddit is looking for a new product boss

Disney and Universal sue Midjourney, alleging AI-related copyright infringement

Wikipedia pauses AI-generated summaries pilot after editors protest

US government’s vaccine website defaced with AI-generated content

I found a backdoor into my bed

DOGE Sparks Surveillance Fear Across the US Government

Federal government reportedly plans to shut down its EV charging infrastructure

Here’s an early look at the Play Store’s AI avatar generator (APK teardown)

ChatGPT's AI agent Operator is now available for most Pro users

Is your phone truly waterproof? Here's what the IP rating tells you

Fly To Podman: a script that will help you to migrate from Docker

OpenAI rolls out its AI agent, Operator, in several countries

Integrating LLMs into security operations using Wazuh

I’m Not Convinced Ethical Generative AI Currently Exists

A password generator inspired by the Xkcd password spec

Now's the Time to Lock in an APY Up to 4.65%. Today's CD Rates, Feb. 20, 2025

Xbox’s AI initiative with Muse is an attempt to read the tea leaves, not the room

Build your own SQLite in Rust, Part 5: Evaluating queries

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