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rob dobi/Getty Images X CEO Elon Musk announced earlier this week that he’s pulling the teeth out of X’s (formerly Twitter) blocking feature. Soon, users you’ve blocked will be able to view your posts again. Nina Owji, a web developer, posted, “X is about to remove the current block button, meaning that if an account is public, […] More
Sjoerd van der Wal/Getty Images Car owners, are you sitting down? Cybersecurity researchers recently reported a flaw in a website — operated by automaker Kia — that enabled them to remotely control key functions of millions of cars. The full report, published on the personal blog of Sam Curry — one of the researchers — offers a […] More
Andriy Onufriyenko/Getty Images I’ve lost count of how many web browsers I’ve tested and used over the years. From text-based to the weird and wonderful, I’ve tried them all. Knowing how many web browsers are available, it never ceases to amaze me that some languish in the shadows of obscurity, even those that are superior […] More
Yuichiro Chino/Getty Images Last month, a security researcher discovered a pretty nasty bug in the Arc browser. The bug was centered around firestore, a database-as-a-backend that enables developers to not worry about writing a backend for their apps. The researcher — known as xyz3va — knew that firestore does not always abide by system proxy […] More
Oleksandr Hruts/Getty Images The time has come: Artificial intelligence (AI) can now solve reCAPTCHAv2 tests — those image identification quizzes that pop up as checkpoints during your browsing journey to verify you’re not a bot — and it can solve them as accurately as you can. Researchers from ETH Zurich in Switzerland have trained an AI […] More
Source: Formula One Formula One (F1) has turned to data and artificial intelligence (AI) to achieve higher operational efficiencies and, in turn, become a more sustainable sport despite being known for burning fuel. As it is, the motor-racing organization has reduced its carbon footprint by 13% from 2018 and is on track to meet its […] More
Kaspersky With the US ban of Kaspersky security software, customers were supposed to be informed that they would automatically be migrated to a different antivirus product. If so, some of them clearly didn’t get the memo. In a series of social media posts spotted by TechCrunch, several Kaspersky users said they were unaware that this […] More
Douglas Sacha/Getty Images Despite the documented risks, some US police departments are testing out artificial intelligence (AI) chatbots that craft crime reports as a time-saving solution. What could go wrong? According to the Associated Press (AP), Oklahoma City police officers have adopted the use of AI chatbots to write up “first drafts” of crime and incident reports […] More
