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'Insane' amounts of data spurs new storage tech
Storing information with holograms and in glass is being proposed to deal with a deluge of data.
China state hackers infected 20,000 Fortinet VPNs, Dutch spy service says
Critical code-execution flaw was under exploitation 2 months before company disclosed it.
Elon Musk drops lawsuit against OpenAI
Image: Kristen Radtke / The Verge; Getty Images Elon Musk has dropped his lawsuit against OpenAI and its CEO, Sam Altman, accusing the company of a breach of contract and allegedly abandoning its mission of creating AI technology to benefit humanity. As reported earlier by
Tech Life: Helping our animal friends
This edition of Tech Life is all about animals and tech.
Apple and OpenAI currently have the most misunderstood partnership in tech
Apple's AI moves are nothing new for a company that has integrated outside tech for decades.
Mobile driver’s licenses are coming to New York state starting June 11th
Photo by Chris Welch / The Verge New York has become the next state to introduce a mobile ID program, giving residents the option to digitize their driver’s license or non-driver ID. Beginning today, the New York Mobile ID app is available from Apple’s App Store and Google
Ticketmaster’s Snowflake data breach was just one of 165
Illustration: Beatrice Sala Security researchers are reporting that a “significant volume of data” has been stolen from hundreds of Snowflake cloud storage customers via compromised login credentials, with the incident being linked to massive data breaches at Ticketmaster and
Using automation to fight misinformation, starting with a menstrual health chatbot
Swapneel Mehta is the founder of the Simppl research collective, a group of students and professional programmers working on automated social media tools.
A new AI tool that accurately measures crowd sizes sheds light on protests roiling Brazil
Former president Bolsonaro claimed 600,000 attended a rally for him, but researchers used the tool to prove it was less than a third of that.
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It’s Day One of EFF’s summer membership drive for internet freedom! Gather round the virtual campfire because I’ve got special treats and a story for you: New member t-shirts and limited-edition gear drop TODAY . Through EFF's 34th birthday on July 10, you can get 2 rare gifts