A principal security software engineer at Microsoft described how they use their Azure cloud platform “to hunt phishers at scale,” in a talk at the information security conference BSides Exeter. Calling himself Microsoft’s “Head of Deception.” Ross Bevington described how they’d created a hybrid high interaction honeypot” on the now Read more…
A technology pioneered by Benjamin Franklin is being revived to build more efficient electric motors, an effort in its nascent stage that has the potential to be massive. A handful of scientists and engineers — armed with materials and techniques unimaginable in the 1700s — are creating modern versions of Read more…
An anonymous reader shares a report: If you dread the thought of calling to change an airline ticket or negotiate your internet bill, a new artificial intelligence tool may provide a solution. DoNotPay, which offers an assortment of consumer-friendly services like tracking subscriptions, generating burner phone numbers, and searching for Read more…
Impact, an app that describes itself as “AI-powered infrastructure for shaping and managing narratives in the modern world,” is testing a way to organize and activate supporters on social media in order to promote certain political messages. The app aims to summon groups of supporters who will flood social media Read more…
Real-time video deepfakes are a growing threat for governments, businesses, and individuals. Recently, the chairman of the US Senate Committee on Foreign Relations mistakenly took a video call with someone pretending to be a Ukrainian official. An international engineering company lost millions of dollars earlier in 2024 when one employee Read more…
Amazon said on Wednesday it has signed three agreements on developing the nuclear power technology called small modular reactors, becoming the latest big tech company to push for new sources to meet surging electricity demand from data centers. Amazon said it will fund a feasibility study for an SMR project Read more…
Google announced it will purchase power from Kairos Power’s small modular reactors (SMRs) to support its clean energy goals and data center demands. The company did not disclose the financial terms of the deal. There are only three SMRs that are operating in the world, and none in the U.S. Read more…