Last week, hackers took over the crosswalk buttons of downtown intersections in Palo Alto, Redwood City, and Menlo Park in California, to play seemingly AI-generated clips of Elon Musk’s voice. As the San Francisco Chronicle reports, the satirical clips mock the billionaires in a number of creative ways, as seen in videos going viral on… Continue reading Someone Is Hacking Crosswalk Buttons to Speak in the Voice of Elon Musk Lamenting the Terrible Sadness in His Life
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Passengers Trapped in Rocket With Katy Perry Wished She Would Sing Something Else
Oh God. Singed This morning, a crew of six women — including pop star Katy Perry, CBS News broadcast journalist and TV personality Gayle King, and Blue Origin CEO Jeff Bezos’ fiancé Lauren Sánchez — rocketed to an altitude of 66 miles, just past the internationally agreed-upon edge of space. The 11-minute journey on board… Continue reading Passengers Trapped in Rocket With Katy Perry Wished She Would Sing Something Else
Nobel-Winning Scientist Says His Researchers Are Fleeing the Country Because of Trump’s Cruelty
Image by Getty / Futurism Last year, University of Washington School of Medicine professor of biochemistry David Baker won the Nobel Prize for his work on designing proteins that can be used in drugs, vaccines, materials, and sensors. But now that the Trump administration has begun to diminish the role of research and gut scientific… Continue reading Nobel-Winning Scientist Says His Researchers Are Fleeing the Country Because of Trump’s Cruelty
Former OpenAI Employee Rages Against Sam Altman: “Person of Low Integrity”
Them’s fightin’ words. Silent Riot A former OpenAI employee is joining Elon Musk’s campaign against CEO Sam Altman — and he’s got a lot to say about his former boss. After jumping ship to Anthropic, which was cofounded by former OpenAI-ers over AI safety and ethics concerns, researcher Todor Markov is now claiming in a… Continue reading Former OpenAI Employee Rages Against Sam Altman: “Person of Low Integrity”
A Cybersecurity Professor Disappeared Amid an FBI Search. His Family Is ‘Determined to Fight’
The wife of data privacy professor Xiaofeng Wang, who was fired from his tenured job at Indiana University, Bloomington (IU) the same day the couple’s houses were searched by the Federal Bureau of Investigation last month, said on Monday that she believes her family has been unfairly targeted by the US government and is the… Continue reading A Cybersecurity Professor Disappeared Amid an FBI Search. His Family Is ‘Determined to Fight’
Microsoft’s Recall AI Tool Is Making an Unwelcome Return
Security and privacy advocates are girding themselves for another uphill battle against Recall, the AI tool rolling out in Windows 11 that will screenshot, index, and store everything a user does every three seconds. When Recall was introduced in May 2024, security practitioners roundly castigated it for creating a gold mine for malicious insiders, criminals,… Continue reading Microsoft’s Recall AI Tool Is Making an Unwelcome Return
Lime’s scooter and ebike batteries will be recycled by Redwood Materials
Shared micromobility company Lime has reached an agreement to send batteries used in its scooters and e-bikes to Redwood Materials, which will extract and recycle critical minerals such as lithium, cobalt, nickel, and copper. The agreement announced Monday makes Redwood Materials the exclusive battery recycling partner for Lime’s shared scooters and e-bikes located in cities… Continue reading Lime’s scooter and ebike batteries will be recycled by Redwood Materials
Hertz says customers’ personal data and driver’s licenses stolen in data breach
Car rental giant Hertz has begun notifying its customers of a data breach that included their personal information and driver’s licenses. The rental company, which also owns the Dollar and Thrifty brands, said in notices on its website that the breach relates to a cyberattack on one of its vendors between October 2024 and December… Continue reading Hertz says customers’ personal data and driver’s licenses stolen in data breach
Tesla insurance premiums are incresing at twice the market rate amid vandalism
Tesla insurance premiums are increasing at more than twice the rate of the rest of the US auto market due to higher repair costs and amid increased instances of vandalism on Tesla vehicles. Insurance on Tesla vehicles has always been fairly high, so much so that it encouraged Tesla to launch its own insurance product… Continue reading Tesla insurance premiums are incresing at twice the market rate amid vandalism
Tesla rolls out feature-packed software update: adaptive headlights, dashcam, and more
Tesla has launched its latest over-the-air software update called ‘Spring Update’. While the automaker regularly releases smaller updates, it sometimes bundles many features into the same update for a bigger release, like this one. It’s important to note that while it’s a significant update as a whole, many of these features are specific to certain… Continue reading Tesla rolls out feature-packed software update: adaptive headlights, dashcam, and more