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Google Voice will now warn you about potential spam calls
Google has announced that it’s adding a red “suspected spam caller” warning to Google Voice calls if it doesn’t think they’re legitimate. In a post on Thursday, the company says it’s identifying spam “using the same advanced artificial intelligence” system as it does...
Apple’s self-repair program now includes recent Mac desktops
Apple’s self-service repair program has just been expanded to include the company’s lineup of M1-powered desktop Macs. As noted by Six Colors, customers in the US can now order genuine repair parts for the iMac, Mac Mini, and Mac Studio. The Studio Display has also...
Amazon’s started to deliver orders by drones in California and Texas
Amazon is now delivering orders by drones in California and Texas with the aim to ultimately fly out packages to customers’ homes within an hour, Ars Technica reports.The retail giant’s drone delivery service, Amazon Prime Air, already dropped a small number of...
SIM swapper gets 18-months for involvement in $22 million crypto heist
Florida man Nicholas Truglia was sentenced to 18 months in prison on Thursday for his involvement in a fraud scheme that led to the theft of millions from cryptocurrency investor Michael Terpin.The funds were stolen following a January 2018 SIM swap attack that...
DHS Cyber Safety Board to review Lapsus$ gang’s hacking tactics
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Cyber Safety Review Board will review attacks linked to an extortion gang known as Lapsus$, which breached multiple high-profile companies in recent incidents.The Lapsus$ hacker group made the news earlier this year after...
Android malware infected 300,000 devices to steal Facebook accounts
An Android malware campaign masquerading as reading and education apps has been underway since 2018, attempting to steal Facebook account credentials from infected devices.According to a new report by Zimperium, the campaign has infected at least 300,000 devices...
Neuralink’s Brain Chip Plan: Help the Blind See and the Paralyzed Walk
Neuralink, the startup Elon Musk founded to link our brains directly to computers, showed progress Wednesday in two medical areas: helping blind people to see and helping people with spinal cord injuries to walk or use their hands.The company, one of five that Musk...
Google Survived 2022 OK, but It Wasn’t Always Pretty
Given a war in Ukraine, inflation and a chaotic stock market, Google had a better 2022 than a lot of tech companies. Sure, revenue might have slipped and hiring might have slowed, but at least the company isn't suffering the cataclysms that rocked tech rivals.Google...
AI’s true goal may no longer be intelligence
The British mathematician Alan Turing wrote in 1950, "I propose to consider the question, 'Can machines think?'" His inquiry framed the discussion for decades of artificial intelligence research.For a couple of generations of scientists contemplating AI, the question...