Even the FBI says you should use an ad blocker
This holiday season, consider giving the gift of security with an ad blocker. That’s the takeaway message from an unlikely source — the FBI — which this week issued an alert warning that cybercriminals are using online ads in search results with the ultimate goal of stealing or extorting money from victims.
#technology #tech #security #privacy #hacking #malware #phishing
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San Francisco makes U-turn on 'killer robots' plan
After voting unanimously to pause the proposal on Tuesday, the board sent the issue to committee for further review.
There's nothing to review. It's just plain wrong.
#technology #tech #TechnologyMisuse #law #robotics
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San Francisco makes U-turn on 'killer robots' plan
San Francisco reverses its decision to allow police to use robots equipped with lethal weapons.By Ben Derico (BBC News)
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TechScape: Meet ChatGPT, the viral AI tool that may be a vision of our weird tech future
"In this week’s newsletter: OpenAI’s new chatbot isn’t a novelty. It’s already powerful and useful – and could radically change the way we write online"
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Do not fall for this dangerous Amazon shopping scam
"Like a dog spotting a squirrel, I can't help but notice when a fresh text pops up on my iPhone. The little gray notification catches my eye and I'm instantly pulled away from the task at hand. Plus, this one looked important. It was, but only because it helped me identify a very dangerous and pernicious, Amazon shopping scam."
#technology #tech #security #privacy #hacking #malware #phishing #shopping #Amazon
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Incoherent, creepy and gorgeous: we asked six leading artists to make work using AI – and here are the results
Artificial intelligence is creating increasingly sophisticated images. But what does it mean for the art world? Gilbert and George, Gillian Wearing, Mat Collishaw, Elizabeth Price, Polly Morgan and Lindsey Mendick found out
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My secret life as an 11-year-old BBS sysop
Thirty years ago last week—on November 25, 1992—my BBS came online for the first time. I was only 11 years old, working from my dad's Tandy 1800HD laptop and a 2400 baud modem. The Cave BBS soon grew into a bustling 24-hour system with over 1,000 users.
Benj Edwards will get many of you in full-on nostalgia mode as you relive your early years online.
#technology #tech #BBS #SocialMedia
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‘No one had seen anything like it’: how video game Pong changed the world
It started as a trick played on a young IT engineer, and has inspired art installations and even social experiments. Its creators – and those they influenced – hail the bleeping genius of a coin-op classic
#technology #tech #VideoGames #Atari #Pong
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San Francisco police seek permission for its robots to use deadly force
'The San Francisco Police Department is currently petitioning the city's Board of Supervisors for permission to deploy robots to kill suspects that law enforcement deems a sufficient threat ...'
What could possibly go wrong?
#technology #tech #robotics #LawEnforcement #law #police
(I hate seeing this particular combination of hashtags)
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Real-Life ‘Invisibility Cloak’ Stops AI Cameras From Recognizing People
"Scientists have developed a real-life “invisibility cloak” that tricks artificial intelligence (AI) cameras and stops them from recognizing people."
Except it doesn't always work.
#technology #tech #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #FacialRecognition
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Real-Life 'Invisibility Cloak' Stops AI Cameras From Recognizing People
Scientists have developed a real-life "invisibility cloak" that tricks AI cameras and stops them from recognizing people.Pesala Bandara (PetaPixel)
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The Arc browser is the Chrome replacement I’ve been waiting for
"Arc isn’t perfect, and it takes some getting used to. But it’s full of big new ideas about how we should interact with the web — and it’s right about most of them."
#technology #tech #internet #web #browsers
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BBC Click segment on Mastodon
"It's open source so it's a bit geeky".
"Changing servers is difficult".
"You don't tweet, you toot".
Why does the Click team always seem to come across as a bunch of out-of-date Luddites trying to show their audience why tech is too difficult for them?
#tech #technology #BBCClick #TV
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Click - 12/11/2022
Click looks at a new ultrasound that could change the way tumours are treated.BBC iPlayer
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