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China is urging Japan to repeal restrictions on the export of chip-making technology, citing violations of international and trade regulations. Beijing’s condemnation is the latest development in the ongoing chip war between the US and China, which has seen moves from both nations to thwart each other’s semiconductor manufacturing prowess. The Japanese government’s move to… Continue reading China appeals to Japan to halt export restrictions as chip war escalates

Days after OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said the company might have to cease operations in Europe if the EU’s AI Act regulations passed in their current form, he has has seemingly rolled back on his comments. Despite recently telling US lawmakers he was in favor of regulating AI, when speaking to reporters in the UK… Continue reading OpenAI has ‘no plans to leave’ Europe due to regulations, CEO says

Atlas Obscura has a five-part online course on cephalopods, taught by squid biologist Dr. Sarah McAnulty. As usual, you can also use this squid post to talk about the security stories in the news that I haven’t covered. Read my blog posting guidelines here.

The number of phishing websites tied to domain name registrar Freenom dropped precipitously in the months surrounding a recent lawsuit from social networking giant Meta, which alleged the free domain name provider has a long history of ignoring abuse complaints about phishing websites while monetizing traffic to those abusive domains. The volume of phishing websites… Continue reading Phishing Domains Tanked After Meta Sued Freenom

Apple is expected to provide a first glance at the mixed-reality headset, or perhaps just the operating system that runs it, at WWDC 2023. The first big new product from the company in a while means interest in the new systems is likely to be high. What do we think we know? It’s an enterprise product (really) Apple is… Continue reading What we (think) we know about the Apple Reality headset

Interesting essay on the poisoning of LLMs—ChatGPT in particular: Given that we’ve known about model poisoning for years, and given the strong incentives the black-hat SEO crowd has to manipulate results, it’s entirely possible that bad actors have been poisoning ChatGPT for months. We don’t know because OpenAI doesn’t talk about their processes, how they… Continue reading On the Poisoning of LLMs

It’s been a big month for US data privacy. Indiana, Iowa, and Tennessee all passed state privacy laws, bringing the total number of states with a privacy law up to eight. No private right of action in any of those, which means it’s up to the states to enforce the laws.

The Best Carbon Monoxide (CO) Detectors of 2023 From smart home to simple units, we found the best CO detectors to keep your home and family safe.  Best overall Google Nest Protect Google Assistant compatibility Voice alerts Wired or battery options $30 off 3-packView pricingRead review Best voice control First Alert Onelink Amazon Alexa compatibility… Continue reading The Best Carbon Monoxide (CO) Detectors of 2023

In case you don’t have enough to worry about, someone has built a credible handwriting machine: This is still a work in progress, but the project seeks to solve one of the biggest problems with other homework machines, such as this one that I covered a few months ago after it blew up on social… Continue reading Credible Handwriting Machine

Safest and Most Dangerous States for Drivers By Kaz Weida Researcher & Writer May 23, 2023Share Article SafeWise is an independent review site. We may earn money when you click links on our site. Learn how we rank and review. Do drivers in your state cross the line and go over the limit? SafeWise investigates.… Continue reading Safest and Most Dangerous States for Drivers