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Google to start third-party cookie cull for 30 million Chrome users

Thu, 04/01/2024 - 8:28am
One of the ad APIs that will fill the void – Protected Audience – arguably may offer better privacy anyway

From today there will be a great disturbance in Chrome – as if millions of browser cookies suddenly cried out in terror and were suddenly silenced.…

Here's a list of thousands of artists Midjourney's AI is ripping off, creatives claim

Thu, 04/01/2024 - 1:54am
Draw a picture of a smoking gun in the style of Sarah Andersen

A spreadsheet submitted as evidence in a copyright lawsuit against Midjourney allegedly lists thousands of artists whose images the startup's AI picture generator "can successfully mimic or imitate."…

Microsoft kills off Windows app installation from the web, again

Thu, 04/01/2024 - 12:02am
Unpleasant Christmas package lets malware down the chimney

Microsoft has disabled a protocol that allowed the installation of Windows apps after finding that miscreants were abusing the mechanism to install malware.…

Xerox prints pink slips for 15% of workforce

Wed, 03/01/2024 - 10:16pm
Happy New Year, now go replace that human resources cartridge

2024 isn't starting off that well for Xerox: first it said it suffered an IT security breach, and now it's laying off 15 percent of staff.…

Freight giant Estes refuses to deliver ransom, says personal data opened and stolen

Wed, 03/01/2024 - 9:30pm
Pay up, or just decline to submit

One of America's biggest private freight shippers, Estes Express Lines, has told more than 20,000 customers that criminals stole their personal information.…

Intel and VCs form Articul8 to push chip giant's AI kit and IP

Wed, 03/01/2024 - 8:45pm
'Independent' biz unsurprisingly uses in Xeon and Habana, and patent libraries

In the latest bid to push its AI portfolio, Intel has teamed up with investment firm DigitalBridge to form a software spin-off specializing in the deployment of machine learning and large language models (LLMs).…

What the AI copyright fights are truly about: Human labor versus endless machines

Wed, 03/01/2024 - 8:02pm
The real beef concerns our future to create and be rewarded for it

Kettle  A slew of copyright lawsuits were filed against the makers of text and image-generating AI systems last year. Now in 2024 and beyond, we're going to see how those play out, and what ramifications and settlements they bring.…

Retired Akamai CEO sues daughter's ex-husband over unpaid millions

Wed, 03/01/2024 - 7:17pm
And you thought your in-laws were bad

Updated  The next time someone accuses you of being a bad son-in-law, you can counter with the case of retired Akamai chairman and CEO George Conrades, who just sued his daughter's ex-husband in an attempt to recover millions in unpaid business loans.…