AI tech makes it trivial to generate harmful fake photos from a few social media pictures.
The Download: the Saudi sci-fi megacity, and sleeping babies’ brains
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. These exclusive satellite images show Saudi Arabia’s sci-fi megacity is well underway In early 2021, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman of Saudi Arabia announced The Line: a “civilizational […]
London-based 9fin, which offers AI-powered data analytics for debt markets, raised a $23M Series A+ led by Spark Capital, bringing its total funding to $37.2M (Dan Taylor/Tech.eu)
Dan Taylor / Tech.eu:London-based 9fin, which offers AI-powered data analytics for debt markets, raised a $23M Series A+ led by Spark Capital, bringing its total funding to $37.2M — UK startup establishes US presence and aims to become the leading global provider of data and analytics in debt markets
Adobe Fresco review
Adobe already has versions of their flagship drawing apps on tablets, but Fresco is a different beast. It comes with a vast array of impressive tools, with more being introduced with each revision.
North Korean hackers once again exploit Internet Explorer’s leftover bits
There are still lots of ways to exploit Internet Explorer through a Word doc.
The Download: ancient DNA, and offshore wind
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. DNA that was frozen for two million years has been sequenced What’s happened: After an eight-year effort to recover DNA from Greenland’s frozen interior, researchers say they’ve managed […]
NordVPN: stolen data of 5 million people globally, including 600,000 Indians, have been sold on the Genesis, Russian, and 2easy bot markets for ~$6 on average (Anuran Sadhu/Reuters)
Anuran Sadhu / Reuters:NordVPN: stolen data of 5 million people globally, including 600,000 Indians, have been sold on the Genesis, Russian, and 2easy bot markets for ~$6 on average — Around five million people globally have had their data stolen and sold on the bot market till date, of which […]
Amazfit T-Rex 2 review
The Amazfit T-Rex 2 is a mid-range rival to Garmin’s devices, but some accuracy and UX issues let it down
New year’s resolutions for CIOs
From security to quantum, AI and edge to cloud, our digital world is evolving and expanding more quickly than ever. With so much “noise,” it can be hard to concentrate, let alone figure out where to start beyond the bits and bytes, speeds and feeds. I hear this from everyone […]
Google plans to merge Waze’s 500+ employees with the group overseeing Maps, starting on Dec. 9; Waze to remain a stand-alone service and its CEO to exit role (Miles Kruppa/Wall Street Journal)
Miles Kruppa / Wall Street Journal:Google plans to merge Waze’s 500+ employees with the group overseeing Maps, starting on Dec. 9; Waze to remain a stand-alone service and its CEO to exit role — Search giant to keep navigation apps separate — Alphabet Inc.’s GOOG -2.22%decrease; red down pointing triangle […]