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US govt offers $10 million bounty for info on Clop ransomware
The U.S. State Department's Rewards for Justice program announced up to a $10 million bounty yesterday for information linking the Clop ransomware attacks to a foreign government."Do you have info linking CL0P Ransomware Gang or any other malicious cyber actors...
Google targets fake business reviews network in new lawsuit
Google has filed a consumer protection lawsuit against Ethan QiQi Hu and his company, Rafadigital, accusing him of creating 350 fraudulent Business Profiles and 14,000 fake reviews for an alleged business verification service for Google services.The tech giant said it...
Windows 11 says goodbye to two apps and joins them in the new Outlook for Windows
Next year, Microsoft will replace the default Mail and Calendar applications of its Windows operating system with the new Outlook for Windows application.Mail and Calendar were default applications when Microsoft launched Windows 10 in 2015 and they have been...
NASA hits up 7 space companies to take on orbital squad goals
NASA has announced Space Act agreements with seven private space companies in the hopes of spurring tech developments the government may invest in down the line, from space stations to human transport and robotics.While no money is changing hands, these partnerships...
How AI Is transforming business outcomes across industries and sectors
Since late last year, AI development has gained momentum at what seems like an inexorable pace. From large language models (LLMs) like GPT-4 that are capable of extraordinary cognitive feats (like scoring in the 90th percentile on the Uniform Bar Examination) to ASR...
Google Drive: Windows 8, Server 2012 and 32-bit support is ending
Google has updated a Google Drive support page somewhat silently to inform customers that Google Drive support is ending for several Windows operating systems and all 32-bit systems in two months time.Google Drive is the default cloud storage and synchronization...
Google is threatening privacy-friendly YouTube frontend Invidious
The open source project Invidious has received a cease and desist notice from Google owned YouTube. In the letter, which the project team published here on the project website, Google claims that it has become aware of the project only recently.It claims that...
Google Chrome password manager gets new safeguards for your credentials
Google Chrome is getting new security-enhancing features for the built-in Password Manager, making it easier for users to manage their passwords and stay safe from account hijacking attacks.The Chrome Password Manager is an integrated part of Google's services that...
Microsoft now lets you speak to its AI-powered Bing Chat
Microsoft announced today that users would also be able to communicate with Bing Chat, the AI-powered chat-based version of its Bing search engine, via voice commands.Starting today, you can click the microphone icon in Bing Chat and ask your questions instead of...