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Google Criticized for 'Misleading' Encryption Claims About Its Text-Messaging App(2024-12-08 21:00:04)

Google's app store claims that their text-messaging app Google Messages means "conversations are end-to-end encrypted". "That is some serious bullshit," argues tech blogger John Gruber: It's shamefully misleading regarding Google Messages's support for end-to-end encryption... Google Messages does...
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Thanks to AI, the Hottest New Programming Language is... English (2024-12-08 18:00:08)

"Generative AI is transforming software development by enabling natural language prompts to generate code, reducing the need for traditional programming skills," argues Analytics India magazine. Traditionally, coding was the bastion of the select few who had mastered mighty languages like C++, Pyt...
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Elon Musk's X Upgrades Grok AI Chatbot with Image Generating(2024-12-08 15:00:04)

An anonymous reader shared this report from Engadget: On Saturday, a new image generator called Aurora became available for some Grok users, many of whom shared the tool's results on X touting their photorealism. [One user posted an image of Mickey Mouse fighting Luigi from Super Mario.] But as of...
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America's Phone Networks Could Soon Face Financial - and Criminal - Penalties for Insecure Networks(2024-12-08 12:00:07)

The head of America's FCC "has drafted plans to regulate the cybersecurity of telecommunications companies," reports the Washington Post, and the plans could include financial penalties phone network operators with insufficient security — "the first time the agency has asserted such powers und...
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Drones, Surveillance, and Facial Recognition: Startup Named 'Sauron' Pitches Military-Style Home Security(2024-12-08 09:00:04)

The Washington Post details a vision of home security "pitched by Sauron, a Silicon Valley start-up boasting a waiting list of tech CEOs and venture capitalists." In the future, your home will feel as safe from intruders as a state-of-the-art military base. Cameras and sensors surveil the perimeter...
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