1+ hour, 50+ min ago  (264+ words) The Verge Windows users will no longer be forced to run automatic updates in the middle of a game or a busy day. Microsoft is rolling out some long-awaited changes to Windows Update to users on its Dev and Experimental…...

9+ hour, 36+ min ago  (434+ words) It would add protections for many states, but also likely strip some from others. Congress is once again attempting to pass a national data privacy law. But while it would introduce new protections in some states, it would weaken privacy…...

1+ day, 4+ hour ago  (158+ words) There's no good excuse for letting hackers into an AI model too dangerous for public release. Anthropic's tightly controlled rollout of Claude Mythos has taken an awkward turn. After spending weeks insisting the AI model is so capable at cybersecurity…...

2+ day, 5+ hour ago  (812+ words) Several US federal agencies are taking up Anthropic's new cybersecurity model to find vulnerabilities, but one is reportedly not getting in on the action: the nation's central cybersecurity coordinator. On Tuesday, Axios reported that the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency…...

2+ day, 13+ hour ago  (408+ words) Anthropic's Mythos AI model, a powerful cybersecurity tool that the company said could be dangerous in the wrong hands, has been accessed by a "small group of unauthorised users," Bloomberg reports. An unnamed member of the group, identified only as…...

3+ day, 13+ hour ago  (481+ words) If you've ever had the embarrassing displeasure of interrupting a Microsoft Teams meeting by accidentally hitting the "raise hand" feature, then I have some good news for you. Microsoft is redesigning its online meeting software, which will move the raise…...

5+ day, 9+ hour ago  (610+ words) Vercel, a major development platform that hosts and deploys web apps, was compromised, and the hackers are attempting to sell stolen data. A person claiming to be a member of Shiny Hunters, which was behind the recent hack of Rockstar…...

4+ mon, 1+ week ago  (116+ words) Google's dark web reports gave users important info, but not enough "helpful next steps." The email sent to users who were signed up for the feature explains, "While the report offered general information, feedback showed that it did not provide…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (654+ words) A cottage industry of deepfake detection startups uses AI to thwart AI. It wasn't a perfect experiment. My parents were out of the country, which made for a shoddy connection. They were having lunch with friends, and the voice couldn't…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (248+ words) The push for online child safety is forcing platforms to adopt a narrow set of privacy-encroaching age verification options. Before scaring away users by asking for an ID or face scan, many platforms try to guess their age using data…...