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10 famous AI disasters
Insights from data and machine learning algorithms can be
invaluable, but mistakes can be irreversible. These recent high-profile AI
blunders illustrate what can go wrong.
Students turning to cyberfraud as huge phishing site
infiltrated, police reveal
LabHost enabled users to set up websites designed to trick
victims into revealing personal information – with 70,000 allegedly duped in
the UK.
President Biden Signs Bill That Could Ban TikTok: What to
Know
The president has signed into law legislation that would
effectively ban TikTok unless its Chinese parent company sells it. Here's
what's next.
AI
Netflix true crime documentary may have used AI-generated
images of a real person
The move raises questions about the ethical use of manipulated imagery.
WOMEN IN TECH
Meet the Nuclear Engineer and 3
of Her Brightest Peers
These four women are all under 30, and they've got the
vision and skills to steer the US toward embracing the clean energy revolution.
The women in AI making a difference
To give AI-focused women academics and others their
well-deserved — and overdue — time in the spotlight, TechCrunch is launching a
series of interviews focusing on remarkable women who’ve contributed to the AI
revolution. We’ll publish several pieces throughout the year as the AI boom
continues, highlighting key work that often goes unrecognized. Read more profiles here.
CYBERSECURITY
Russia-linked hacking group suspected of carrying out
cyberattack on Texas water facility, cybersecurity firm says
A hacking group with ties to the Russian government is
suspected of carrying out a cyberattack in January that caused a tank at a
Texas water facility to overflow, experts from US cybersecurity firm Mandiant
said Wednesday.
Alleged cryptojacker arrested for money laundering, $3.5
million in cloud service fraud — ultimately mined less than $1 million in
crypto
If found guilty on all counts, CP3O could face up to 20 years
in prison.
DEVELOPER
The Struggles of a Young Developer
This is an almost-true story about a young passionate
developer. It was the late 2004 and he had just started working in a small
company offering everything he desired: a good salary, working with his
preferred programming language, approaching complexities, and modeling architectures.
Programming Is Mostly Thinking
Developers spend most of their time thinking rather than
typing code. They read existing code, understand requirements, and thoroughly
document possible changes before making them. The actual concrete output of
devs isn't always present in the number of actual code changes, meaning
developers do a lot of “invisible work.”
Cool Technology
Greetings, Earth! NASA can understand Voyager 1 again
The 46-year-old space probe is making sense for the first
time in five months after remote repairs.
These artificial snowdrifts protect seal pups from climate change
The human-built habitats shield the pups from predators and the freezing cold, but they’re threatened by global temperature rise.
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