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Sextortion with a twist: Spyware takes webcam pics of users watching porn
Spyware monitors the infected user’s browser for NSFW content before activating itself.
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Sting operation kills “copycat” sports piracy site with 1.6B visits last year
Original Streameast pirating site was taken down before but remains accesible today.
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COVID vaccine locations vanish from Google Maps due to supposed “technical issue”
Finally, a reason to use Bing Maps.
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Microsoft open-sources Bill Gates’ 6502 BASIC from 1978
Historic interpreter taught millions to program on Commodore and Apple computers.
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Philips introduces budget-friendly Hue bulbs as part of major lineup overhaul
New accessories also add Matter support, for those to whom that matters.
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Hollow Knight: Silksongis breaking Steam, Nintendo’s eShop
Valve’s usually stable platform struggles thanks in part to lack of pre-loading options.
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New AI model turns photos into explorable 3D worlds, with caveats
Openly available AI tool creates steerable 3D-like video, but requires serious GPU muscle.
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Google’s Material 3 Expressive UI rolls out to Pixel 6 and newer
Google’s latest updates include a smattering of features for Pixels and other Android phones.
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These psychological tricks can get LLMs to respond to “forbidden” prompts
Study shows how patterns in LLM training data can lead to “parahuman” responses.
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