2025-04-29

VeriSource bumps up potential victim count of data breach to 4 million

The company lost sensitive data, including Social Security numbers. [...]

2025-04-29

AI Is Using Your Likes to Get Inside Your Head

Liking features on social media can provide troves of data about human behavior to AI models. But as AI gets smarter, will it be able to know users’ preferences before they do? [...]

2025-04-29

Marks & Spencer outage allegedly linked to ScatteredSpider ransomware attack

The retailer hasn't confirmed the news yet, but the media are citing people familiar with the matter. [...]

2025-04-29

Giant radar ‘umbrella’ launches into space on mission to transform climate science

The European Space Agency (ESA) has blasted its Biomass satellite into space aboard a Vega-C rocket. The launch took place at 11:15 (CEST) today from Europe’s spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana.  N [...]

2025-04-29

Meta's new AI app delivers a chatbot with a social media twist

Beyond asking questions and generating content, you can see how other people are using AI and also share how you're using it. [...]

2025-04-29

Meta has a plan to bring AI to WhatsApp chats without breaking privacy

As Meta’s first-ever generative AI conference gets underway, the company is also previewing a significant update on its plans to bring AI features to WhatsApp chats. Buried in its LlamaCon updates, [...]

2025-04-29

US Congress passes 'Take It Down' revenge porn bill that also covers AI deepfakes

The US House of Representatives has passed the Take It Down Act, a bipartisan bill that criminalizes the "publication of non-consensual, sexually exploitative images," including AI-generated [...]

2025-04-29

Tinder Swindler survivor launches identity verifier to fight scams

A Tinder Swindler survivor has launched a tool to fight the scams that upended her life.  Pernilla Sjöholm, who starred in Netflix’s hit documentary The Tinder Swindler, cofounded the platform — [...]

2025-04-29

The Morning After: Google gives Android its own show

Google I/O is usually where the company reveals what’s happening with its smartphone OS for the next 12 months, but this year, Android is getting its own thing. A week ahead of I/O, Google will deep [...]