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Everyone is navigating AI security in real time — even Google | TechCrunch
I recently had the opportunity to sit down with Francis de Souza, COO of Google Cloud, backstage at an event in Los Angeles. Amid the din around us, de Souza, who speaks in the calm, measured manner of a...
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TechCrunch Mobility: Robotaxi reality check | TechCrunch
Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility — your central hub for news and insights on the future of transportation. To get this in your inbox, sign up here for free — just click TechCrunch Mobility!Robotaxis are here! And yet, they’re...
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Scammers Are Abusing an Internal Microsoft Account to Send Spam Links – Slashdot
"For months, scammers have been taking advantage of a loophole that allows them to send spammy emails from an internal Microsoft email address typically used for sending legitimate account alerts," TechCrunch reports:have been able to set...
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From moisture to electricity: Scientists show off how kitchen items can power wearables and smart home devices
What if the humidity in the air around you could charge your fitness tracker or power your smart home sensors? That is exactly what an international research team led by scientists at Queen Mary University of London has achieved.Their...
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Linux Kernel Flaw Lets Unprivileged Users Access Root-Only Files, Execute Arbitrary Commands as Root – Slashdot
Qualys's Threat Research Unit (TRU) has discovered and published a logic flaw in Linux kernel "that permits an unprivileged local user to disclose sensitive files and execute arbitrary commands as root on default installations of several major distributions."...
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Ferrari is using IBM’s AI to create F1 superfans | TechCrunch
Two years ago, IBM realized there was one glaring omission in its roster of sports partnerships: Formula One. Formula One has become one of the world’s most popular sports, especially in the U.S., where Netflix’s “Drive to Survive” documented the...
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The Emptiest Places in the Universe Might Contain Its Best Secrets
Nature abhors a vacuum, so the saying goes, but nobody told the universe. Space is filled with cosmic voids—vast regions mostly free of matter that have opened between dense threads of material that make up a cosmic web.Far from...
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Caltech Could Lose Control of JPL For First Time In Decades – Slashdot
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NASA plans to open competition for the contract to operate JPL for the first time in nearly a century, meaning Caltech's historic role managing the iconic deep-space lab could come to an end when its current agreement expires...
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AI is being used to resurrect the voices of dead pilots | TechCrunch
In the latest sign of these AI-heavy times, the National Transportation Safety Board temporarily removed access to its docket system after discovering that voices of pilots who were killed in a UPS plane crash last year had been re-created...
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SpaceX launches Starship V3 for the first time, but loses booster on return | TechCrunch
SpaceX has launched the upgraded third version of its Starship rocket for the first time, though the test launch did not go perfectly for Elon Musk’s spaceflight company.The 407-foot rocket — the most powerful ever built — lifted...
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Hezbollah rejects US-backed Israel-Lebanon ceasefire
The agreement between Israel and Lebanon, reached after a fourth round of US-mediated talks in Washington, is contingent on...