AI fever turns Anguilla’s “.ai” domain into a digital gold mine
Enlarge / Thirst for the ".ai" domain has put Anguilla on the global technology map. Anguilla, a tiny British island territory in the Caribbean, may bring in up to $30...
Russia targets Ukraine with new Android backdoor, intel agencies say
Enlarge / Ukrainian soldiers.Getty Images Russia’s military intelligence unit has been targeting Ukrainian Android devices with “Infamous Chisel,” the tracking name for new malware that’s designed to backdoor devices and...
AI-powered hate speech detection will moderate voice chat in Call of Duty
On Wednesday, Activision announced that it will be introducing real-time AI-powered voice chat moderation in the upcoming November 10 release of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III. The company is partnering...
High-speed AI drone beats world-champion racers for the first time
Enlarge / A long-exposure image of an AI-trained autonomous UZH drone (the blue streak) that completed a lap a half-second ahead of the best time of a human pilot (the...
Scottish government readies cloud platform to aid public sector take-up of AWS and Microsoft Azure
The Scottish Government Digital Directorate is launching its Cloud Platform Service (CPS), which aims to make it easier for the public sector to procure Amazon and Microsoft public cloud...
Ducktail social media marketing malware rears its head again
Cyber criminals targeting the accounts of social media users with an infostealer malware known as Ducktail are dramatically increasing their activity, and threat actors based out of Vietnam continue...
Microsoft Edge has a hidden feature that’ll please YouTube addicts
Microsoft has sneaked in a feature under the radar with the latest version of its Edge browser, one that allows you to easily capture screenshots of YouTube videos at their...
Thorny AI ownership questions have Copyright Office seeking public input
On Wednesday, the US Copyright Office began seeking public comment on issues surrounding generative AI systems and copyright. The public comment period, which starts on August 30, aims to explore...
Google removes fake Signal and Telegram apps hosted on Play
Mateusz Slodkowski/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images Researchers on Wednesday said they found fake apps in Google Play that masqueraded as legitimate ones for the Signal and Telegram messaging platforms. The...
Quordle today – hints and answers for Thursday, August 31 (game #584)
It's time for your daily dose of Quordle hints, plus the answers for both the main game and the Daily Sequence spin off. Quordle is the only one of the many...