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An attorney says she saw her library reading habits reflected in mobile ads. That's not supposed to happen

Follow us down this deep rabbit hole of privacy policy after privacy policy Feature  In April, attorney Christine Dudley was listening to a book on her iPhone while playing a game on her Android tablet when she started to see in-game ads that reflected the audiobooks she recently checked out of the San Francisco Public Library.…

Sat May 18, 2024 20:13
Gawd, after that week, we wonder what's next for China and the Western world

For starters: Crypto, import tariffs, and Microsoft shipping out staff Kettle  It's been a fairly troubling week in terms of the relationship between China and the Western world.…

Sat May 18, 2024 15:45
Gentoo and NetBSD ban 'AI' code, but Debian doesn't – yet

The problem isn't just that LLM-bot generated code is bad – it's where it came from Comment  The Debian project has decided against joining Gentoo Linux and NetBSD in rejecting program code generated with the assistance of LLM tools, such as Github's Copilot.…

Sat May 18, 2024 11:39
How two brothers allegedly swiped $25M in a 12-second Ethereum heist

Feds scoff at blockchain integrity while software bug said to have been at heart of the matter The US Department of Justice has booked two brothers on allegations that they exploited open source software used in the Ethereum blockchain world to bag $25 million (£20 million).…

Sat May 18, 2024 09:36
Aussie cops probe MediSecure's 'large-scale ransomware data breach'

Throw another healthcare biz on the barby, mate Australian prescriptions provider MediSecure is the latest healthcare org to fall victim to a ransomware attack, with crooks apparently stealing patients' personal and health data.…

Sat May 18, 2024 02:36
Leasing North American datacenters before they're constructed so hot right now

Yup, demand's that strong Since 2023, the leasing rate for datacenters in North America that haven't even been fully built yet has shot up and now stands at 84 percent for the first quarter of this year.…

Sat May 18, 2024 00:57

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