7 AI Tricks for Work Productivity That You Should Try and 1 You Shouldn’t
AI can’t do your job for you. But it can make you more productive — if you use it in these ways.
YubiKeys are vulnerable to cloning attacks thanks to newly discovered side channel
Enlarge (credit: Yubico) The YubiKey 5, the most widely used hardware token for two-factor authentication based on the FIDO standard, contains a cryptographic flaw that makes the finger-size device vulnerable…
Rust in Linux lead retires rather than deal with more “nontechnical nonsense”
Enlarge / Rust never sleeps. But Rust, the programming language, can be held at bay if enough kernel programmers aren’t interested in seeing it implemented. (credit: Getty Images) The Linux…
Oprah’s upcoming AI television special sparks outrage among tech critics
Enlarge / An ABC handout promotional image for “AI and the Future of Us: An Oprah Winfrey Special.” (credit: ABC) On Thursday, ABC announced an upcoming TV special titled, “AI…
Sutskever strikes AI gold with billion-dollar backing for superintelligent AI
Enlarge / Ilya Sutskever, OpenAI Chief Scientist, speaks at Tel Aviv University on June 5, 2023. (credit: JACK GUEZ via Getty Images) On Wednesday, Reuters reported that Safe Superintelligence (SSI),…
Zyxel warns of vulnerabilities in a wide range of its products
Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) Networking hardware-maker Zyxel is warning of nearly a dozen vulnerabilities in a wide array of its products. If left unpatched, some of them could enable the…
Generative AI backlash hits annual writing event, prompting resignations
Enlarge (credit: Jorg Greuel via Getty Images) Over the weekend, the nonprofit National Novel Writing Month organization (NaNoWriMo) published an FAQ outlining its position on AI, calling categorical rejection of…
FBI busts musician’s elaborate AI-powered $10M streaming-royalty heist
Enlarge (credit: anilyanik via Getty Images) On Wednesday, federal prosecutors charged a North Carolina musician with defrauding streaming services of $10 million through an elaborate scheme involving AI, as reported…
AT&T sues Broadcom for refusing to renew perpetual license support
Enlarge AT&T filed a lawsuit against Broadcom on August 29 accusing it of seeking to “retroactively change existing VMware contracts to match its new corporate strategy.” The lawsuit, spotted by…
US charges Russian military officers for unleashing wiper malware on Ukraine
Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) Federal prosecutors on Thursday unsealed an indictment charging six Russian nationals with conspiracy to hack into the computer networks of the Ukrainian government and its allies…