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An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: Attackers are actively exploiting a critical vulnerability in mail servers sold by Zimbra in an attempt to remotely execute malicious commands that install a backdoor, researchers warn. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2024-45519, resides in the Zimbra email and collaboration server used by medium and large organizations. … Read more

For hashing schemes to work as intended, they must follow a host of requirements. One is that hashing algorithms must be designed in a way that they require large amounts of computing resources. That makes algorithms such as SHA1 and MD5 unsuitable, because they’re designed to quickly hash messages with minimal computing required. By contrast, … Read more

Two students at Harvard University modified a set of Meta Ray-Ban Smart Glasses to add AI-based facial recognition technology, and the result is a wearable that is able to identify people in real time, according to a report from 404 Media. The modified Meta Glasses are able to use the camera to scan a stranger’s … Read more

The occasional risks associated with downloading beta releases have been highlighted by Apple’s decision on Wednesday to pull the watchOS 11.1 beta 3 update following user reports that it had bricked their Apple Watch. The company took the decision just hours after releasing it to developers for testing. A MacRumors reporter noted the development in … Read more

Connections is a game from the New York Times that challenges you to find the association between words. It sounds easy, but it isn’t—Connections categories can be almost anything, and they’re usually quite specific. If you need a hand getting the answers, we’ve got you covered. What Is Connections? Connections is a game from the … Read more

The Media Archaeology Lab is one of the largest public collections in the world of obsolete, yet functional, technology. Located on the University of Colorado Boulder campus, the MAL is where you can watch a magic lantern show, playStar Castle on a Vectrex games console, or check out the weather on an Atari 800 via … Read more

Elon Musk has been ordered by a federal court to answer further questions from lawyers about his takeover of Twitter – now called X – on Thursday, and the financial world has one question: Will he be there? Last month, he was a no-show for a court ordered appearance at the US Securities and Exchange … Read more

Join our daily and weekly newsletters for the latest updates and exclusive content on industry-leading AI coverage. Learn More Despite a wave of executive departures in recent months, OpenAI has today announced an expected new funding round. It was always expected to be a whopper, but the amount it raised — $6.6 billion at a … Read more

Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto via Getty Images OpenAI’s annual developer day took place Wednesday in San Francisco, with a raft of product and feature announcements. The event’s centerpiece was the company’s introduction of its real-time application programming interface (API).  The feature for developers makes it possible to send and receive spoken-language inputs and outputs during inference operations, or … Read more

Oura, the Finnish company that has done more than most to put smart rings on the map, is ready to show off its fourth-generation Ring. The new model gets a sleeker design, longer battery life and smarter sensors producing even smarter insights for wearers. But the thing I really care about is that the company … Read more