Doesn’t Tor enable criminals to do bad things? Tor’s mission is to advance human rights with free and open-source technology, empowering users to defend against mass surveillance and internet censorship. We hate that there are some people who use Tor for nefarious purposes, and we condemn the misuse and exploitation of our technology for criminal…
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Jun 14, 2024NewsroomArtificial Intelligence / Data Protection Microsoft on Thursday revealed that it’s delaying the rollout of the controversial artificial intelligence (AI)-powered Recall feature for Copilot+ PCs. To that end, the company said it intends to shift from general availability preview available first in the Windows Insider Program (WIP) in the coming weeks. “We are…
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Microsoft is delaying the release of its AI-powered Windows Recall feature to test and secure it further before releasing it in a public preview on Copilot+ PCs. Initially slated for release in a public preview on June 18 with the arrival of the new Copilot+ AI PCs, the company now says they are delaying its release by…
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‘There’s so much opportunity, and my challenge is when I close my eyes, I can see it. I can see it end to end. Not just today, not just next month, but three years out, five years out. I see it. I just can’t build it that fast,’ says Pax8 CEO Scott Chasin. At its…
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Leading U.S. commercial bank Truist confirmed its systems were breached in an October 2023 cyberattack after a threat actor posted some of the company’s data for sale on a hacking forum. Headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, Truist Bank was formed after SunTrust Banks and BB&T (Branch Banking and Trust Company) merged in December 2019. Now…
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IMAGE: MIDJOURNEY Ascension, one of the largest U.S. healthcare systems, revealed that a May 2024 ransomware attack was caused by an employee who downloaded a malicious file onto a company device. Ascension says this was likely an “honest mistake” as the employee thought they were downloading a legitimate file. The attack impacted the MyChart electronic…
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Google Cloud, Microsoft, Cube and Posit were among the most innovative vendors at Databricks Data+AI Summit 2024. Tech giants, startups and one company a Databricks co-founder dubbed “the coolest open source company” people haven’t heard of gathered this week for the open analytics platform provider’s annual Data+AI Summit. During the event, the San Francisco-based vendor…
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The New York Times notified an undisclosed number of contributors that some of their sensitive personal information was stolen and leaked after its GitHub repositories were breached in January 2024. As The Times told BleepingComputer last week, the attackers used exposed credentials to hack into the newspaper’s GitHub repos. However, the breach didn’t affect the newspaper’s internal corporate systems…
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According to a ProPublica report, the tech giant was dismissive of an employee’s warnings about a vulnerability later exploited in the widely felt SolarWinds Orion attacks. Microsoft was dismissive of a whistleblower’s warnings about a vulnerability later exploited as part of the widely felt SolarWinds Orion attacks, according to a ProPublica report. The former employee,…
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‘With this new effort, we will help startups launch and scale world-class businesses, providing the building blocks they need to unleash new AI applications that will impact all facets of how the world learns, connects, and does business,’ says AWS’ Matt Wood. Amazon Web Services, the world’s largest cloud provider, is investing $230 million into…
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