New AI Tells Children That Santa Isn’t Real

Happy holidays! Kringled OpenAI’s powerful new chatbot is so deft at tone that it was able to pretend to be Santa Claus while explaining to someone’s kid that Santa isn’t, in fact, real. Heartwrenching! As she kicked the tires on the new ChatGPT‘s capabilities, Shopify exec Cynthia Savard posted the generated text that she said made her… Continue reading New AI Tells Children That Santa Isn’t Real

Free Speech Absolutist Elon Musk Discovers That Some Speech Is Unacceptable After All

After his gallingly anti-Semitic rant on InfoWars yesterday, the rapper formerly known as Kanye West got suspended by Twitter. That would be perfectly normal on a regular social network, but Twitter has been anything but since it was acquired by self-proclaimed “free speech absolutist” Elon Musk this year. In announcing the suspension, Musk posted a four-letter… Continue reading Free Speech Absolutist Elon Musk Discovers That Some Speech Is Unacceptable After All

Android Phone Makers’ Encryption Keys Stolen and Used in Malware

While Google develops its open source Android mobile operating system, the “original equipment manufacturers” who make Android smartphones, like Samsung, play a large role in tailoring and securing the OS for their devices. But a new finding that Google made public on Thursday​ reveals that a number of digital certificates used by vendors to validate… Continue reading Android Phone Makers’ Encryption Keys Stolen and Used in Malware

Registrations of electric and hybrid vehicles CCAA November 2022

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Registrations of cars and SUVs CCAA November 2022

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Sales of electrified vehicles increase 15% in November

November closes with 8,782 electrified units sold, which represents 10% of the total market Half of the sales of the passenger car market correspond to a model of zero and low emissions During 2022, sales of electrified cars accumulate 70,278 units, far from the 120,000 set for this year and to achieve the emission reduction… Continue reading Sales of electrified vehicles increase 15% in November

November closes with a growth of 10.3% in registrations

Sales of passenger cars and SUVs reached 73,221 units in the month, but there is still a decrease of 4.4% in the total for the year. Registrations of light commercial vehicles fell 3% in the month, with 10,159 sales. Sales of industrial vehicles, buses, coaches and minibuses increased by 18.5% in November with 2,705 units.… Continue reading November closes with a growth of 10.3% in registrations

Security flaw in Florida tax website exposed filers’ sensitive data

Some Florida residents may be keeping a close eye on their finances after a security incident. Researcher Kamran Mohsin tells TechCrunch that Florida’s Department of Revenue website had a flaw that exposed hundreds of filers’ bank account and Social Security numbers. Anyone who logged in to the state business tax registration site could see, modify… Continue reading Security flaw in Florida tax website exposed filers’ sensitive data

John Wick’s creator is writing a movie based on ‘Sifu’

John Wick creator Derek Kolstad is working on yet another videogame adaptation. Fresh off the news that he’s writing and producing a Streets of Rage film, it emerged that Kolstad is taking on the same duties for a live-action movie based on Sifu. Kolstad and his partners at media company Story Kitchen have teamed up… Continue reading John Wick’s creator is writing a movie based on ‘Sifu’

Second group of Activision Blizzard testers wins union vote

More Activision Blizzard workers have voted to unionize. Quality assurance testers at Blizzard Albany have voted 14-0 in favor of unionization. The team at the Diablo-focused office will join the Communication Workers of America (CWA), the representative of the existing Raven Software union. The game publisher tried to prevent the vote in October, arguing that… Continue reading Second group of Activision Blizzard testers wins union vote