Anthropic, the company that made one of the most popular AI writing assistants in the world, requires job applicants to agree that they won’t use an AI assistant to help write their application. “While we encourage people to use AI systems during their role to help them work faster and more effectively, please do not…
We’re back! And holy moly what a start to the year. We just published a bunch of stories. First, Jason talks about blowback inside Meta to its new board member, and Meta’s subsequent censoring of those views. We also chat about those mad Meta AI profiles. After the break, Sam explains why Pornhub is blocked…
Sophos X-Ops uncovers a recent campaign from an Android RAT first seen in 2019 – now infecting users in Taiwan
Over the last few months 404 Media has covered some concerning but predictable uses for the Ray-Ban Meta glasses, which are equipped with a built-in camera, and for some models, AI. Aftermarket hobbyists have modified the glasses to add a facial recognition feature that could quietly dox whatever face a user is looking at, and…
Nvidia (NVDA) is on track to record its biggest drop yet after Chinese artificial intelligence (AI) startup DeepSeek sparked a tech sell-off. DeepSeek’s newest AI model raised concerns about US companies’ ability to keep up in the AI race. The sell-off sends names like Broadcom (AVGO) and Marvell Technology (MRVL) tumbling while other AI plays,…
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 archiving to get around paywalls, hating on smart glasses, and more. JASON: I was going to try to twist myself into knots attempting to explain the throughline…
Chinese state-backed hackers have reportedly breached the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), a Treasury Department office that administers and enforces trade and economic sanctions programs. […]
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…
Google is adding the Text Fragment feature to its PDF reader to make it easier to share specific parts of long PDFs. […]
Bringing Sophos threat intelligence directly into Microsoft 365 Copilot.
