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Judge orders WordPress parent company to stop blocking WP Engine
Posted on Wednesday December 11, 2024
A California judge has granted hosting platform WP Engine a temporary injunction against WordPress parent company Automattic. Until the court battle between them is resolved, WordPress.com can no longer block WP Engine from accessing its toolchain.Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
GM moves away from the robotaxi business axing Cruise
Posted on Wednesday December 11, 2024
General Motors is calling it quits on its goal of operating a robotaxi service. On Tuesday, GM announced it would combine its teams working on the Cruise autonomous taxi with teams in charge of its Super Cruise advanced driving features in passenger cars. The focus shift comes after GM put...Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
Apple rolls out iOS 18.2 with new and improved ChatGPT-integrated Siri
Posted on Wednesday December 11, 2024
Apple launched its long-awaited ChatGPT-Siri integration in the latest iOS 18.2, iPadOS 18.2, and macOS Sequoia 15.2 update today. The feature kicks in when you ask Siri something complex that Apple's built-in AI can't fully handle.Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
Useless security reports generated by AI are frustrating open-source maintainers
Posted on Wednesday December 11, 2024
Generative AI models have already proven powerful tools in the hands of cyber-criminals and fraudsters. However, hucksters can also use them to spam open-source projects with useless bug reports. According to Seth Larson, the number of "extremely" low-quality, spammy, and LLM-hallucinated security reports has recently increased, forcing maintainers to waste...Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
Do Not Track: Mozilla is dropping privacy feature due to ineffectiveness
Posted on Wednesday December 11, 2024
Do Not Track was conceived roughly 15 years ago. As the name suggests, the optional setting allowed users to signal to websites – through their browser – that they did not want their activity tracked. Mozilla's Firefox was the first browser to implement the feature but unfortunately for privacy advocates,...Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
Nuclear-electric rocket propulsion could cut Mars round-trips down to a few months
Posted on Wednesday December 11, 2024
Ad Astra Rocket Company has spent over two decades developing the Variable Specific Impulse Magnetoplasma Rocket (VASIMR), a highly efficient electric propulsion system. VASIMR operates by using powerful electromagnetic fields to ionize and accelerate a propellant, creating a high-speed plasma exhaust.Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
YouTube takes over the living room: Viewers stream over a billion hours a day
Posted on Wednesday December 11, 2024
Kurt Wilms, senior director of product management for YouTube on TV, revealed in an end-of-year recap that viewers globally streamed more than one billion hours of content each day on their televisions in 2024. As it turns out, what people are watching is just as important as where they are...Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
Micropatching service releases fix for a zero-day vulnerability affecting three Windows generations (Update)
Posted on Wednesday December 11, 2024
Researchers at 0patch discovered a new zero-day vulnerability in Microsoft's NTLM technology, a security flaw that could easily compromise user credentials. The bug affects all Windows Server and Workstation versions from Windows 7 and Server 2008 R2 to the latest, fully updated Windows 11 24H2 and Server 2022. Microsoft still...Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
Quantum doubts: Experts cast shadow on Google's Willow chip "septillion years" claim
Posted on Wednesday December 11, 2024
However, experts who spoke to the BBC suggested that we need to pump the brakes a bit on the hype. The University of Surrey's Professor Alan Woodward warns this specific test was essentially "tailor-made for a quantum computer" and doesn't mean it's faster than traditional computers across the board.Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
Police demands Starlink to reveal buyer of device found in $4.2 billion drug bust
Posted on Wednesday December 11, 2024
The Indian Coast Guard recorded its largest-ever drug bust last month when it reportedly seized 6,000kg (13,227 lb) of methamphetamine from a boat. Police estimated it was worth $4.25 billion.Read Entire Article Continue Reading »