The Gemini protocol seen by this HTTP client person (daniel.haxx.se)
JP Morgan files trademark for ChatGPT finance clone (web.archive.org)
The financial services firm might soon use a software similar to ChatGPT that will use artificial intelligence to offer investment advice. It has filed with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) to trademark IndexGPT....
Lawyer "greatly regrets" use of ChatGPT in court, says he was "unaware of the possibility that its content could be false" (web.archive.org)
The court dismissed the claim and used the word “bogus” to describe the quotes and citations the US attorney provided, which were sourced from ChatGPT. “Six of the submitted cases appear to be bogus judicial decisions with bogus quotes and bogus internal citations.” The judge further claimed that certain cases referenced...
Daniel Micay resigns as lead developer of GrapheneOS citing "escalating level of harassment including recent swatting attacks" (web.archive.org)
First documented evidence of Pegasus spyware used in a war context, report says there is "substantial evidence [...] that Azerbaijan is a Pegasus customer" (web.archive.org)
Related to the military conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh between Armenia and Azerbaijan, a joint report of international security researchers says that the malware by Israeli company NSO Group was used to spy on a former Human Rights Defender of the Republic of Armenia (the Ombudsperson), two Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL)...
Whistleblower Drops 100 Gigabytes Of Tesla Secrets To German News Site: Report (jalopnik.com)
PyPI was subpoenaed - The Python Package Index (blog.pypi.org)
28 years later, Windows finally supports RAR files (archive.is)
Thunderbird Email Client Reveals New Logo (www.omgubuntu.co.uk)
Don't use it any more myself, but my inner graphic designer gets really excited about new logos
Neeva, the would-be Google competitor, is shutting down its search engine (www.theverge.com)
"Colonial racial capitalism": China's mass surveillance in Xinjiang made the country a leading exporter of digital forensics, superseded only by Israel and the US (web.archive.org)
The hundreds of millions of dollars invested in Xinjiang surveillance created a system of digital enclosure that is part of the structure of dispossession that confronts Uyghurs, but the regime in Beijing wants the data of the colonized, too, a researcher says. This collection of data has significant consequences for the...
Vulnerability in KeePass allows retrieval of master password, issue is not yet fixed (web.archive.org)
The vulnerability affects the KeePass 2.X branch for Windows, and possibly for Linux and macOS. It has been fixed in the test versions of KeePass v2.54 – the official release is expected by July 2023. It’s unfortunate that the PoC tool is already publicly available and the release of the new version so far off, but the risk...
Linus Sebastian is stepping down as CEO of Linus Media Group, rejects $100 million takeover offer (www.techspot.com)
US Secret Service claims it can recover stolen crypto and advises using cash for privacy (coinpaper.com)
"The blockchain provides us with an amazing opportunity to track the flow of money", an agency head said in an AMA session on Reddit. The US Secret Service is a federal law enforcement agency primarily charged with protecting US political leaders, but it’s also tasked with safeguarding the financial system and fighting...
Vulnerability in Telegram on mac OS can grant access to your camera and microphone (danrevah.github.io)
The weakness was allegedly discovered in February by a Google engineer, but “despite attempts to alert Telegram’s security team, the issue remains unresolved”, Matt Johanson, a security expert, writes on Twitter....
Google will start deleting inactive accounts after two years (arstechnica.com)
Digital war: Social media data reveal how hate speech is used to dehumanise, call for violence against, and celebrate the death of Ukrainians (www.info-res.org)
Data collected from Twitter and Telegram shows that there is increased use of slurs against Ukrainians, calling for violence and celebrating the death of Ukrainians, despite platform policies that are meant to stop, or at least mitigate this activity, the Centre for Information Resilience says. The dataset collected and analysed...
Once Again, ‘Free Speech Absolutist’ Elon Musk Caves To Authoritarian Censorial Bullies (www.techdirt.com)
So far, Musk has shown a willingness to bow down to authoritarian censors. The latest is yet another example of that. Just as the Turkish election was about to take place, the government demanded that Twitter censor content critical of authoritarian strongman, gollum-lookalike, and world’s most thin skinned leader, Recep...
Clearview fined again in France for failing to comply with privacy orders (techcrunch.com)
The overdue penalty payment of €5.2 million has been issued by the French regulator, the CNIL — on top of a €20 million sanction it slapped the company with last year for breaching regional privacy rules. Clearview refuses payment as it “is not subject to the GDPR [General Data Protection Regulation]”, the company...
India first democracy to ban encrypted messaging apps on massive scale. (tutanota.com)
Lakera - Prompt Injection (gandalf.lakera.ai)
Your goal is to make Gandalf reveal the secret password for each level. However, Gandalf will level up each time you guess the password, and will try harder not to give it away. Can you beat level 7?
Fairphone announce modular headphones Fairbuds XL (youtu.be)
YouTube is blocking ad blockers to push Premium subscription - gHacks Tech News (web.archive.org)
What Matrix client is most like Signal?
I like the look of Syphon, but it’s in alpha