Editorial
Subscriptions take flight: Wizz Air's new approach to budget travel
Wizz Air has launched a new All You Can Fly subscription, offering unlimited flights for the annual fee of €599. But is it a good offer?
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Why it's so important to understand how chatbots make decisions
Chatbots are increasingly common in customer service environments. Indeed, some estimates suggest that they will provide 95% of online customer service by 2025.
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Book review: Hum by Helen Phillips, a feat in non-speculative fiction
In “Hum,” a new book by American novelist Helen Phillips, artificial intelligence is ubiquitous. Yet, it’s not a dystopia. The environment she writes about is worryingly realistic and might be just around the corner.
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UK riots: moderating free speech and the dangers of misinformation
In the wake of egregious online misinformation that spread like wildfire across social media, violent riots erupted across the UK over anti-immigration sentiments, with asylum seekers becoming the focus of mobs of angry British citizens.
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Is AI creating bioweapons, or are we making them with AI?
Advances in technologies such as AI and quantum computing are beginning to create opportunities to change our mutual home for the better. But on the flip side, stories of AI-made bioweapons are becoming too close to reality.
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When gen AI can help, and when it can't
Given the hype surrounding generative AI since ChatGPT burst onto the scene, one could be forgiven for thinking it's the panacea to our woes. Indeed, its capabilities are so pronounced that many have warned about the looming destruction of jobs (again).
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Job jugglers working hard to get ahead, but suspicious employers are catching on
More and more people are juggling jobs to make a decent living. However, employers want them back in the office so that they can “work like hell.”
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Data centers facing opposition over environmental concerns
As locals and campaigners protest, can operators allay their fears?
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When AI appears female, it helps women speak up at work
For all the talk over the years about meetings being reduced in number, they remain the bedrock in terms of how organizations get things done. Indeed, executives are estimated to spend over 20 hours a week in meetings.
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Interviewing the ghost that took down 20% of the dark web
Seven years ago, on the last Friday of January 2017, an unusually large-scale cyberattack was carried out by an unknown cyber vigilante of unknown origin.
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Apple Intelligence is “a boomer dad” that reportedly prioritizes phishing emails
Users on the social media platforms Reddit and Panic are complaining that Apple’s new artificial intelligence (AI) platform, Apple Intelligence, prioritizes phishing emails.
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Black Hat USA 2024: “It doesn't mean you have to be young to come into cybersecurity”
One infosec pro we met at Black Hat USA 2024 in Las Vegas has an idea how to solve global cybersecurity talent shortage.
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Seeing double? Meta's Ray-Ban success ignites the battle of the smart glasses
The success of smart rings highlights a trend toward discreet and convenient tech wearables. However, the usual suspects, Meta, Google, Microsoft, Amazon, and Apple, are either releasing or rumored to be working on compact augmented reality glasses (AR).
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Taxation vs relaxation: Harris, Trump, and big tech
Kamala Harris has made her career in California, where most of the US tech industry is based. Elon Musk and other members of the “PayPal mafia” support Trump, but Silicon Valley’s silent majority is now sending their wealth to the Democrats. Why?
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Rise of the robots: the slow march of Musk's humanoid helpers
Although AI and visions of a mixed-reality future have dominated headlines this year, advancements in robotics have yet to live up to the hype. But with an increasing number of robot projects becoming tech unicorns, working alongside a humanoid robot colleague could be much closer than you might think.
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Hacker USDoD: “I don't pick sides. I play both sides and always win” – interview
Every black hat hacker has an origin story. Just as the hands of circumstances, seemingly woven by fate, shape anomalous incidents in history caused by powerful figures, a hacker is born in a similar vein.
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AI automated truth seeking in employment and immigration
As TSA facial recognition continues to be rolled out across US Airports, our boarding pass is increasingly becoming our face. But how will artificial intelligence (AI) uncover insights from our biometric travel data as these databases capture the faces of global travelers?
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Snapchat: a place for internet celebs and online predators
The hottest disappearing image platform online is a hotbed for predators, scammers, and groomers. Various Internet celebrities are under fire for allegedly grooming children via the platform, but that's just the tip of the iceberg.
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Spray-on shoes, flying taxis, AI, and other tech innovations at the Olympics
The Olympics will be the first to feature an AI agenda, while companies will introduce technological innovations to help athletes achieve peak performance.
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The future of war: technical and ethical implications of robot soldiers in modern war
The public release of ChatGPT in late 2022 has introduced radical changes to our daily lives.
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