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Microsoft barrels ahead with AI plans, opens up Bing Chat preview to everyone
Today, Microsoft continued its push to integrate generative AI features into all of its products, announcing a range of small updates to its ChatGPT-powered Bing chatbot and moving the product from a closed, invite-only preview to an open preview that anyone can join....
Google’s New Passkey Login Helps You Break Free of Passwords
You can now log into your Google using passkeys. Google added the ability in what's arguably the single biggest step in encouraging use of an authentication technology designed to fix the abundant shortcomings of passwords.Passkeys — developed by Apple, Microsoft,...
Your Gmail Is Getting Verified Check Marks. Here’s What They Mean
The next time you're reading emails in your Gmail inbox, you might notice blue check marks next to the names of some senders. The check mark icon is Google's latest attempt to fight phishing emails that attempt to imitate legitimate senders. The check marks started...
Microsoft reportedly working on its own AI chips that may rival Nvidia’s
Microsoft is reportedly working on its own AI chips that can be used to train large language models and avoid a costly reliance on Nvidia. The Information reports that Microsoft has been developing the chips in secret since 2019, and some Microsoft and OpenAI...
Panic at Google: Samsung considers dumping search for Bing and ChatGPT
The New York Times has a big piece detailing Google's "shock" and "panic" when Samsung recently floated the idea of switching its smartphones from Google Search to Bing. After being the butt of jokes for years, Bing has been seen as a rising threat to Google thanks to...
Googlers say Bard AI is “worse than useless,” ethics concerns were ignored
From the outside, Google Bard looks like a rushed product to try to compete with ChatGPT, and some Google employees share those sentiments. A new report from Bloomberg interviews 18 current and former workers and comes away with a pile of damning commentary and...
Google ads push BumbleBee malware used by ransomware gangs
The enterprise-targeting Bumblebee malware is distributed through Google Ads and SEO poisoning that promote popular software like Zoom, Cisco AnyConnect, ChatGPT, and Citrix Workspace.Bumblebee is a malware loader discovered in April 2022, thought to have been...
EvilExtractor malware activity spikes in Europe and the U.S.
Researchers are seeing a rise in attacks spreading the EvilExtractor data theft tool, used to steal users' sensitive data in Europe and the U.S.EvilExtractor is sold by a company named Kodex for $59/month, featuring seven attack modules, including ransomware,...
Android malware infiltrates 60 Google Play apps with 100M installs
A new Android malware named 'Goldoson' has infiltrated Google Play through 60 legitimate apps that collectively have 100 million downloads.The malicious malware component is part of a third-party library used by all sixty apps that the developers unknowingly added to...