Apple’s iCloud Private Relay feature is designed to obscure your web traffic so sites like advertisers, unscrupulous governments or malicious attackers can’t trace that traffic back to you. But it turns out the mechanism isn’t actually as private as Apple says. As reported by 404 Media, security researchers at software company Mysk discovered that even with
xAI’s Grokipedia, an online encyclopedia with AI-generated articles that Elon Musk once promised would be a “massive improvement” over Wikipedia, apparently hasn’t been updated since April 24th, according to a report from Lawfare. “As far as we can tell, no entry has changed in more than three months,” Lawfare said. Grokipedia launched in v0.1 in
In a talk that was a last-minute addition to the Black Hat security conference in Las Vegas on Wednesday, employees from OpenAI presented new details about a recent, high-profile incident of rogue AI hacking that has created a maelstrom within the AI and cybersecurity industries. About two weeks ago, OpenAI disclosed an incident in which
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Linux, a free, open-source operating system, runs most of the internet’s servers, yet it remains a niche choice on consumer PCs. For years, Linux’s desktop market share in North America generally hovered in the low single digits. However, reports began popping up earlier this week that Linux’s market share had doubled, from the usual 3%
After Uber and Waymo ended their partnership in Phoenix earlier this year, experts and robotaxi watchers wondered whether the companies’ improbable bromance was fraying. Not so, Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi said today. The two companies are committed to continue working together in Atlanta and Austin, and the partnership remains “very strong.” “Waymo is a very
