Welcome back to the Abstract! This week, scientists accidentally discovered a weird thing in space that is like nothing we have ever seen before. This happens a lot, yet never seems to get old. Then, a shark banquet, the Ladies Anuran Choir, and yet another reason to side-eye shiftwork. Last, a story about the importance…
An AI avatar made to look and sound like the likeness of a man who was killed in a road rage incident addressed the court and the man who killed him: “To Gabriel Horcasitas, the man who shot me, it is a shame we encountered each other that day in those circumstances,” the AI avatar…
A hacker has broken into Nexar, a popular dashcam company that pitches its users’ dashcams as “virtual CCTV cameras” around the world that other people can buy images from, and accessed a database of terabytes of video recordings taken from cameras in drivers’ cars. The videos obtained by the hacker and shared with 404 Media…
AI is transforming cybersecurity by enhancing defences and empowering attackers with new, sophisticated tools.
The Department of Homeland security told members of the Cyber Safety Review Board that their membership was terminated.
It’s build, baby, build
Hundreds of AI-powered automated license plate reading cameras paid for by Lowe’s and Home Depot and stationed in the hardware stores’ parking lots are being fed into a massive surveillance system that law enforcement can access, according to records obtained using a public records request. The records, obtained from the Johnson County, Texas Sheriff’s Office…
Lackawanna College plans new tech center to enhance robotics and cyber security programs
This is Behind the Blog, where we share our behind-the-scenes thoughts about how a few of our top stories of the week came together. This week, we discuss Pavlovian Chartbeat response, when to say “cum,” and the wave of making things for humans, by humans. JOSEPH: Right now I’m in the midst of upgrading a…
The data breaches of 2024 made it clear that enterprise cybersecurity is no longer just a reactive IT issue — it’s a core business challenge. One that
