After there were mainly negative reports about Neuralink, the company is now celebrating a success: the FDA has now allowed it to carry out tests on humans. Machine for planting the implant (Image: Neuralink) US billionaire Elon Musk's medical technology company Neuralink says it has received FDA approval for human trials. The company announced on Twitter that … Continue reading Elon Musk’s Neuralink is now allowed to record human experiments
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Almost a trillion company: AI accelerators make Nvidia’s shares explode
Nvidia's data center group posts record sales of $4.3 billion thanks to GPU accelerators for AI. The hype surrounding artificial intelligence helps Nvidia to produce an unexpectedly good annual report: In the fiscal quarter from February to the end of April 2023, the company turned over 7.19 billion US dollars - 11 percent more than … Continue reading Almost a trillion company: AI accelerators make Nvidia’s shares explode
“The goal is clear, to cripple the Russian economy”: meet the new hackers serving Ukraine
Since the beginning of the total invasion of Ukraine by Russia, tens of thousands of hacktivists have taken the cause of the attacked country to heart. These new hackers tell us about their daily lives as committed hackers. One day, the site for the Moscow region goes down. Then that of a large Russian insurance, then it … Continue reading “The goal is clear, to cripple the Russian economy”: meet the new hackers serving Ukraine
Drone attack damages Russian intelligence building in Belgorod
Two drone attacks against official buildings in Belgorod, a Russian city not far from Ukraine, have been recorded by Russian propaganda media. The war also settles in Russia. On the night of May 22 to 23, two drones hit administrative buildings in the city of Belgorod, a Russian town near the border with Ukraine. The first device would have … Continue reading Drone attack damages Russian intelligence building in Belgorod
Viral on Twitter: Fake photo of smoke at the Pentagon causes share prices to plummet
Accounts on Twitter "verified" with blue or gold accounts shared a photo purporting to show an explosion at the Pentagon. Excitement followed. Screenshot of several tweets with the AI images (Image: @jsrailton) After a fake photo of an explosion outside the US Department of Defense was shared on Twitter and other social networks on Monday, even US stock … Continue reading Viral on Twitter: Fake photo of smoke at the Pentagon causes share prices to plummet
GDPR record fine against Facebook: Meta is to pay a fine of 1.2 billion euros
For ten years, the dispute over Facebook's transfer of user data to the US, where it is not adequately protected, has been raging. Now follows a record fine. The Irish data protection regulator has imposed a record GDPR fine of €1.2 billion on Meta and obliged the Facebook parent company to keep all personal data in … Continue reading GDPR record fine against Facebook: Meta is to pay a fine of 1.2 billion euros
Immobilizer ineffective: Kia and Hyundai close million-dollar comparison
Hyundai and Kia are paying 200 million US dollars to around 9 million buyers in the USA after a lawsuit whose cars were stolen because of clonable keys. The US subsidiaries of South Korean automakers Hyundai and Kia have reached an agreement to settle class-action lawsuits against owners of certain vehicles without an effective immobilizer … Continue reading Immobilizer ineffective: Kia and Hyundai close million-dollar comparison
New York is sinking…because of its skyscrapers
Local solutions against the risks associated with sea level rise remain to be found. Several neighborhoods in New York are sinking into the ground between one and two millimeters per year A problem in parts of the city like lower Manhattan, Queens, and Brooklyn built at sea level In the question: the weight of the … Continue reading New York is sinking…because of its skyscrapers
The battle between Ukrainian and Russian hackers for control of the cameras
The Ukrainian government calls on voluntary hackers to report cameras that could give information to Russians. The eye of Moscow behind the public cameras. The IT Army of Ukraine on May 17, 2023, asked all hackers to identify surveillance devices, public or private so that the government can disable them in the event of a vulnerability. On its Telegram channel, … Continue reading The battle between Ukrainian and Russian hackers for control of the cameras
“Only over my dead body”: Elon Musk on Twitter allegedly against payment of rent
Six ex-Twitter employees want to fight for guaranteed severance pay in court. Their reports provide a behind-the-scenes look after the takeover. After his Twitter takeover, US billionaire Elon Musk had it declared internally that rents were "only paid over my dead body". And whether contractually due payments are made would be decided on a case-by-case basis, because … Continue reading “Only over my dead body”: Elon Musk on Twitter allegedly against payment of rent