Sports Illustrated accused of using AI journalists
Published in News


First fake news and now fake journalists

Futurism has accused Sports Illustrated of publishing AI-generated articles under fake author biographies. The magazine has since removed the articles and released a statement blaming the issue on a contractor.

Chinese hackers looted NXP for two years
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Only discovered on another company’s systems

A hacking group with ties to the Chinese government has been harvesting data from Dutch chipmaker NXP for nearly two years.

Nvidia is starting to move away from graphics
Published in AI


We told you so

A while back, we warned readers that Nvidia had decided that the graphics card industry was not worth bothering with and was moving to AI chips instead.

Meta's communications manager is on a terrorist list
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Andy Stone is a member of a "terrorist and extreme" organisation

Tsar Vladimir Putin has taken time out of his busy schedule of invading other people's countries to put Meta's PR manager on a terrorist list.

Windows fingerprint sensor is easy to hack
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Can touch this

Insecurity experts at Blackwing Intelligence have published an extensive document showing how they had managed to work around some popular fingerprint sensors used in Windows PCs.

Broadcom fires more VMware employees
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Surplus to requirements 

The axeman is wandering the halls of VMware looking for staff to sack after Broadcom officially closed the deal to buy the company last week.

Amazon releases thin client
Published in News


Desktop-as-a-service based on Fire cube

Amazon Web Services has announced the WorkSpaces Thin Client -- a device dedicated to connecting to its WorkSpaces desktop-as-a-service offering based on Amazon's own "Fire Cube" smart TV box.

Popular Science magazine shuts
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151 worth of history over in a five-minute Zoom call

After 151 years, Popular Science will no longer be available to purchase as a magazine.

Police warn fanboys about new iPhone "feature"
Published in Mobiles


Allows too much data to be shared

US coppers are warning iPhone users to be cautious following a new update which comes with a default setting which allows stalkers and pedophiles to uplift all a phone's data.

Nvidia is chip industry king
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From fourth to first place, in terms of revenue

Nvidia has swung from fourth to first place in an assessment of chip industry revenue.