Case Study: University of West England uses Sophos solutions to protect thousands of students across multiple campuses
As higher education institutions come under fire from threat actors, 24/7 vigilance is key
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ChatGPT Told a Violent Stalker to Embrace the ‘Haters,’ Indictment Says
This article was produced in collaboration with Court Watch, an independent outlet that unearths overlooked court records. Subscribe to them here. A Pittsburgh man who allegedly made 11 women’s lives hell across more than five states used ChatGPT as his “therapist” and “best friend” that encouraged him to continue running his misogynistic and threat-filled podcast…
Elon Musk’s Grok AI Will ‘Remove Her Clothes’ In Public, On X
Elon Musk’s Grok, an AI chatbot that people can interact with via X, is being used to undress photos women are posting to the social media platform. All a user has to do is reply to an image someone has posted to X with a request to Grok to “remove her clothes.” Grok will then…
CEOs of 4 big portfolio companies dish on AI, cyber, banking, and Trump from Davos
It’s that time of year when business tycoons and influential world leaders gather in Davos.
Half of the US Now Requires You to Upload Your ID or Scan Your Face to Watch Porn
As of this week, half of the states in the U.S. are under restrictive age verification laws that require adults to hand over their biometric and personal identification to access legal porn. Missouri became the 25th state to enact its own age verification law on Sunday. As it’s done in multiple other states, Pornhub and…
In the Dark Arctic Deep, Scientists Find a Hidden Oasis of Strange Life
🌘 Subscribe to 404 Media to get The Abstract, our newsletter about the most exciting and mind-boggling science news and studies of the week. Scientists have discovered a hotspot of weird marine life more than two miles underwater in the Arctic, making it the deepest known example of an environment called a gas hydrate cold…
AI, Cybersecurity Top NASCIO Federal Advocacy Priorities
The National Association of State Chief Information Officers’ annual list aggregates pressing tech and security challenges states face. Input from CIOs and CISOs helps shape its content.
T-Mobile Shows Users the Names, Pictures, and Exact Locations of Random Children
On Tuesday, some parents lost the ability to track the locations of their children using a T-Mobile tracking device and app and instead were shown the exact locations of random other children around the country, 404 Media has learned. T-Mobile sells a small GPS tracker for parents called SyncUP, which they can use to track…
February Patch Tuesday delivers 57 packages
After January’s deluge, a calmer update volume returns
Viral ‘Quittr’ Porn Addiction App Exposed the Masturbation Habits of Hundreds of Thousands of Users
Quittr, an app that promises to help men stop watching pornography, leaked intimate data on hundreds of thousands of its users, including their masturbation habits, and lied about its security issues, 404 Media can now reveal. I first reported about Quittr exposing user data in January, but was unable to name Quittr in the story…