To some people this is no surprise. To most, it will be a big surprise. A software engineer that bought (well, at least he thought he bought it) a smart vacuum discovered that he didn’t buy it, he was, sort of, renting it. When he blocked the “smartness” of the vacuum it stopped working in […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]This is not over until it is over. The cybercrime treaty forces signers to potentially break their own laws and criminalize actions that are legal in their own country if a foreign government asks them to. It requires governments to hand over data about their citizens such as, and certainly not limited to, a citizen’s […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]10.24.25 Security News Bites Just Because You are Large Does Not Mean You Are Secure Russia hacked into eight UK Air Force and Navy bases and posted Ministry of Defense staff names and emails on the dark web. GEEEEEE, they got in by hacking a contractor. The MoD said they are actively investigating. One more […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]OpenAI will soon roll out a new version of ChatGPT, providing erotica for age-verified users. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman say the company will “treat adult users like adults”. Critics are not fond of this idea even though there are already plenty of adult AIs out there. They point out that age verification systems are not […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Sometimes there is too much news so planned items get moved down the list. Today is one of these days. As I am sure most of you know, starting around 12:11 AM Monday Pacific Time, Amazon Web Services had a meltdown. To paraphrase a quote, when Amazon sneezes, everyone gets sick. That is what happened […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]China’s Ministry of State Security (MSS) is claiming that the US is doing what it does on a regular basis. NOTE: This information comes from the South China Morning Post (SCMP). While the newspaper is based in Hong Kong and owned by Chinese basillionaire Alibaba Group, it is still Chinese. The substance of the article has been […]
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