The sudden collapse of two popular digital coins in early May shocked investors and wiped $400bn (£318bn) from the value of many other cryptocurrencies, including the biggest, Bitcoin. All over the world, people who lost their life savings are now …
Why it’s hard to sanction ransomware groups
reader comments 34 with 25 posters participating Share this story This story was originally published by ProPublica. On February 25, the day after Russia invaded Ukraine, a prolific ransomware gang called Conti made a proclamation on its dark website. It …
The Download: DeepMind’s AI shortcomings, and China’s social media translation problem
Earlier this month, DeepMind presented a new “generalist” AI model called Gato. The model can play the video game Atari, caption images, chat, and stack blocks with a real robot arm, the Alphabet-owned AI lab announced. All in all, Gato can …
Clearview AI fined in UK for illegally storing facial images
Clearview no longer does business in the UK, but its previous clients include the Metropolitan Police, the Ministry of Defence, and the National Crime Agency. However, its entire database of 20 billion images, which inevitably includes UK residents, will still …
Magento 2.3 Downloadable Products Out of Stock : Fixed !!
Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Magento as an ecommerce platform boasts tons of features and comes across as one of the most perfect choices in the industry. However, we know that nothing is perfect and as such Magento also tends to have …
The sci-fi technology tackling malarial mosquitos
“It is extremely worrying,” says the director of UK anti-GM pressure group, GM Freeze. “To release something that has been specifically created in a laboratory in order to outfight nature, and spread without exception within wild populations, is extraordinary arrogant.
Formula milk: Online groups hunt for baby milk during US shortage
“The next time I went to the shop, I went down the baby aisle, and I was shocked. There were maybe 20 cans of various types, and that was it, where you’re used to seeing it completely lined all the …
Researchers find backdoor lurking in WordPress plugin used by schools
reader comments 15 with 13 posters participating Share this story Researchers said on Friday that they found a malicious backdoor in a WordPress plugin that gave attackers full control of websites that used the package, which is marketed to schools. …
How much longer can Google own the internet?
This story is part of a Recode series about Big Tech and antitrust. Over the last several weeks, we’ve covered what’s happening with Apple, Amazon, Microsoft, Meta, and Google. There’s a new Big Tech antitrust bill in town, and this …