Linwei “Leon” Ding, a 38-year-old ex-Google engineer, was found guilty of economic espionage and trade secret theft. He stole details on Google’s Tensor Processing Units (TPUs) and other tech to help launch AI startups in China.
Polish cybersecurity officials say a Russian spy agency tried to destroy data at dozens of energy facilities in a “purely destructive” attack. The timing, during a winter snowstorm, was particularly sinister. This isn’t just espionage anymore—it’s digital arson.
Apple’s new Creator Studio bundle, featuring Content Hub and Pixelmator Pro for iPad, is living up to the hype. Meanwhile, the prospect of sharing Apple Health data with ChatGPT is being called out as a terrible idea.
Next week, Meta goes to trial in a first-of-its-kind lawsuit. New Mexico’s AG alleges the company’s platforms facilitated child sexual exploitation and designed addictive features that harm mental health. The outcome could set a major precedent.
DuckDuckGo asked its community if they wanted AI in their search experience. The result was a resounding “no,” with 90% of over 175,000 voters rejecting it. The company is now offering two separate search URLs to cater to both preferences.
A TikTok alternative called Skylight is seeing explosive growth, topping 380,000 users. The surge follows TikTok’s finalized deal to move U.S. operations to a new entity, which spooked users over data and political concerns.
A new article makes the case for building a “Small Web” of simple, text-based pages and peer-to-peer hosting to escape corporate data harvesting. It’s a compelling vision of a more humane internet, but faces massive hurdles to reach beyond a tiny, technical audience.
Two malicious Chrome extensions, one with over 600,000 users and a “Featured” badge, stole complete AI chat logs and browser history. The data, siphoned to a command server, included proprietary code and business strategies. Both extensions have now been removed from the store.
A legion of Chinese humanoid robots, from Fourier Intelligence to Unitree, demonstrated their skills at CES in Las Vegas. They now make up the vast majority of the roughly 13,000 units shipped globally, far outpacing US efforts. However, experts say the “ChatGPT moment” for physical AI is still to c
According to a Financial Times report cited by Reuters, Chinese hackers accessed emails used by staffers on key House committees. The campaign, known as Salt Typhoon, is seen as a major cybersecurity threat aiming to disrupt US infrastructure.
