Stock market today: Nasdaq sinks, S&P 500 tumbles as AI fears rock tech stocks
A Chinese startup’s promise of cheaper AI has rattled faith in the growth prospects for tech stocks.
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Behind the Blog: Sleeping With Slop
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 slop in history, five-alarm fires, and AI art (not) at Dragon Con. EMANUEL: We published about a dozen stories this week and I only wrote one of…
Donald Trump Has Mark Zuckerberg By the Balls
Mark Zuckerberg can see the finish line. He is so close to getting what he has wanted for years. The U.S. government is trying to give him the greatest gift he could possibly imagine: A TikTok ban. This would be U.S. intervention against the most credible competitor Meta has seen in years, and U.S. intervention…
OpenAI’s Sora 2 Floods Social Media With Videos of Women Being Strangled
Social media accounts on TikTok and X are posting AI-generated videos of women and girls being strangled, showing yet another example of generative AI companies failing to prevent users from creating media that violates their own policies against violent content. One account on X has been posting dozens of AI-generated strangulation videos starting in mid-October….
New Phishing Attack Using zero-width Characters to Bypass Security Filters
Cybercriminals are employing sophisticated strategies to bypass email security filters, creating phishing emails.
Unlock the Boardroom with Cyber Risk: How the Qualys Enterprise TruRisk™ Platform Empowers CISOs
“If you can’t measure it, you can’t manage it.” – Peter Drucker This timeless adage by Drucker resonates deeply in today’s digital era, where managing cyber risks has become a business-critical…
Hacker Conference HOPE Says U.S. Immigration Crackdown Caused Massive Crash in Ticket Sales
Hackers On Planet Earth (HOPE), the iconic and long-running hacking conference, says far fewer people have bought tickets for the event this year as compared to last, with organizers believing it is due to the Trump administration’s mass deportation efforts and more aggressive detainment of travellers into the U.S. “We are roughly 50 percent behind…
AI at the World’s Biggest Games Event Booked Random Meetings for Attendees
Gamescom, one of the biggest video game industry trade shows in the world, used AI to book meetings for attending publishers, developers, and media even if they didn’t want them. Attendees complained about random meetings showing up on their calendars, prompting Gamescom to turn off the feature and apologize. Gamescom is a video game trade…
AI Company Asks Job Applicants Not to Use AI in Job Applications
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…
The Collision Of AI And Cybersecurity: Building The Future Of Digital Defense
By Ts Mohd Roydean Osman In today’s hyper-connected world, cybersecurity threats aren’t just evolving—they’re mutating at breakneck speed. As data breaches hit harder and hackers grow bolder, the industry is turning to AI not as a weapon, but as an entire arsenal. At the heart of this transformation lies the…