2+ day, 23+ hour ago   (464+ words) The Wall Street Journal reports that concerns are rising inside AI labs that competition is pushing tech companies to race toward self-improving models that could spiral out of human control. Jacob Coxon, an AI researcher who has worked at Anthropic…...

5+ day, 22+ hour ago   (545+ words) Smart TVs are internet-connected computers with microphones, app stores, advertising systems, and access to the same home networks used by your family’s phones, laptops, printers, and smart-home devices. In the past, we reported on Samsung settling a lawsuit with the…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (351+ words) Anthropic has warned some Claude users that criminals are using information stealers to take over their accounts. Rather than guessing passwords or intercepting two-factor authentication (2FA) codes, the attackers steal the browser sessions that prove a user is already logged in....

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (1242+ words) We’ve seen scam sites built around Grand Theft Auto VI (GTA 6) targeting visitors in three different ways this year. In June, we looked at sites selling GTA 6 “early access” for hundreds of dollars in cryptocurrency. You paid, got nothing, and…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (374+ words) A two-year investigation into educational technology (EdTech) apps used by Utah schools found that many were collecting and sharing student data in ways that appeared inconsistent with their privacy commitments. EdTech is a massive commercial industry and some argue that…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (634+ words) From several independent reports, we’ve seen evidence of scammers using fake Android “interview” apps to target job seekers on the Indeed platform. Indeed is one of the world’s largest employment websites, giving scammers access to a huge pool of potential…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (641+ words) Someone leaked footage of the upcoming game Grand Theft Auto (GTA) 6 this month, and the game’s publisher badly wants to know who. It’s after a range of data about members of three Discord servers going back to June 1 this year…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (1400+ words) GTA 6 footage really has leaked online, and Rockstar has an official Extended Look coming to Netflix on August 27. But cybercriminals are exploiting the hype with fake Rockstar sites that lead visitors to password-stealing malware. We identified a network of sites…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (1422+ words) A wave of websites is offering to check whether your antivirus is working. They call themselves SysScan, carry Microsoft branding, and all reach the same conclusion: Your computer has serious problems, and the cause is the antivirus software you installed....

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (897+ words) OpenAI has addressed complaints around teens’ use of its ChatGPT system by introducing ChatGPT for Teens, a version of the AI assistant designed specifically for users aged 13 to 17. But will it prevent determined kids from bucking the system? It brings…...