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ChatGPT outage left users furious: "Sam Altman is not a good person"
OpenAI is experiencing an outage in the United States and the United Kingdom. The artificial intelligence company said it’s investigating an “elevated error rate” for ChatGPT and its API.
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AIDS vaccine non-profit suffers hacker attack
International AIDS Vaccine Initiative (IAVI), a global non-profit working to develop vaccines for AIDS and HIV, had people’s sensitive details stolen.
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WEF panelists: cyber frontlines crawl into uncharted territories
If a nuclear war breaks out, you’ll know about it. It’ll most likely be plastered across the news and social media – if only for a few hours until the world ends. Cyber warfare is, of course, less visible. But it’s already raging, experts say.
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Mr. Beast bids on TikTok amidst teen arsonist chaos and Meta bribes
TikTok’s fate in the US is still undecided. YouTube stars and one teen arsonist are going to great lengths to ensure that the ban doesn’t go through, while big tech companies are looking to capitalize on TikTok’s downfall.
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LinkedIn lawsuit alleges secret use of private messages for generative AI training
LinkedIn has been sued by Premium customers who said the business-focused social media platform disclosed their private messages to third parties without permission to train generative artificial intelligence models
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American Standard is allegedly breached by RansomHub
American Standard, one of the leading kitchen and bathroom plumbing and fixture manufacturers in North America, is claimed by the RansomHub cybercriminal cartel.
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AI Risks and cyber resilience: global experts sound the alarm at Davos
World leaders at Davos have laid out bold plans for tackling cyber threats, from AI-driven risks to geopolitical tensions, highlighting the critical need for digital resilience.
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The rise of AGI: will it mean progress or more danger?
Tech pioneers are rushing to develop artificial general intelligence. But should they? There’s hope for progress ahead, but the worry is that we could lose control of it all.
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Chinese TikTok Douyin not actually open to international users despite rumors
Amidst the furor surrounding the possibility that TikTok might be banned in the US, reports that Douyin, the Chinese version of TikTok, is now available internationally have surfaced. But it’s not true.
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Trump pardons Ross Ulbricht, founder of illicit marketplace Silk Road
US President Donald Trump kept his word and pardoned the famous cybercriminal Ross Ulbricht, who was previously sentenced to life in prison.
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Netflix raises prices of its subscription plans
Netflix users in the US, Canada, Portugal, and Argentina will have to pay more for their streaming subscription.
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Rostelecom, Russia telecom giant, investigates leak of company data
Rostelecom, a major Russian telecommunications provider, says it’s investigating a cyberattack on one of its contractors. Hackers earlier released a batch of allegedly stolen company data.
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Could TV’s bad boys be shaping your kid into one?
Violent media in early childhood may fuel violent behavior later in life, especially in boys, a new study suggests.
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Police algorithm labeling innocent kids as future crooks – media
Dutch police have been using algorithms to predict whether minors would become full-fledged crooks after having contact with law enforcement. However, a staggering margin of error mislabeled one in three.
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TikTok gets reprieve with Trump order but with twist
US President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Monday seeking to delay by 75 days the enforcement of a ban of popular short-video app TikTok that was slated to be shuttered on January 19th.
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Altman moves to quell rumors that OpenAI has achieved AGI
Wild rumors that OpenAI had already achieved artificial general intelligence (AGI) have made the company’s CEO Sam Altman go online and shut down the hype – for now.
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Bluesky adds video feeds for TikTok refugees
Bluesky has introduced custom feeds for vertical videos after TikTok briefly went dark in the US.
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Trump says he will end TikTok drama, China hawks and legal experts not so sure
TikTok only went dark for its American users for 12 hours this weekend when Donald Trump, the US President-elect, vowed to delay the app’s ban with an executive order. But even his Republican allies, let alone legal experts, say the story’s not over.
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