Day: January 4, 2018

When a North Korean Missile Accidentally Hit a North Korean City

Posted on by Robin Edgar

What happens when a North Korean ballistic missile test fails in flight and explodes in a populated area? On April 28, 2017, North Korea launched a single Hwasong-12/KN17 intermediate-range ballistic missile (IRBM) from Pukchang Airfield in South Pyongan Province (the Korean People’s Army’s Air and Anti-Air Force Unit 447 in Ryongak-dong, Sunchon City, to be Read more about When a North Korean Missile Accidentally Hit a North Korean City[…]

Rare Malware Targeting Uber’s Android App Uncovered

Posted on by Robin Edgar

Malware discovered by Symantec researchers sneakily spoofs Uber’s Android app and harvests users’ passwords, allowing attackers to take over the effected users’ accounts. The malware isn’t widespread, though, and most Uber users are not effected. […] In order to steal a user’s login information, the malware pops up on-screen regularly and prompts the user to Read more about Rare Malware Targeting Uber’s Android App Uncovered[…]

Asus is turning its old routers into mesh Wi-Fi networks

Posted on by Robin Edgar

Mesh routers like Eero, Netgear’s Orbi, and Google Wifi are getting all the hype these days, but replacing your whole network with a bunch of new devices can be kind of expensive. Asus has a good solution with its new AiMesh system, which lets you repurpose your existing Asus routers as part of a mesh Read more about Asus is turning its old routers into mesh Wi-Fi networks[…]

Google’s voice-generating AI is now indistinguishable from humans

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A research paper published by Google this month—which has not been peer reviewed—details a text-to-speech system called Tacotron 2, which claims near-human accuracy at imitating audio of a person speaking from text. The system is Google’s second official generation of the technology, which consists of two deep neural networks. The first network translates the text Read more about Google’s voice-generating AI is now indistinguishable from humans[…]

Project Maven brings AI to the fight against ISIS

Posted on by Robin Edgar

For years, the Defense Department’s most senior leadership has lamented the fact that US military and spy agencies, where artificial intelligence (AI) technology is concerned, lag far behind state-of-the-art commercial technology. Though US companies and universities lead the world in advanced AI research and commercialization, the US military still performs many activities in a style Read more about Project Maven brings AI to the fight against ISIS[…]

Gamers Want DMCA Exemption for ‘Abandoned’ Online Games

Posted on by Robin Edgar

Several organizations and gaming fans are asking the Copyright Office to make a DMCA circumvention exemption for abandoned online games, to preserve them for future generations. The exemption would allow museums and libraries to offer copies of abandoned online servers, so these games won’t turn to dust. The U.S. Copyright Office is considering whether or Read more about Gamers Want DMCA Exemption for ‘Abandoned’ Online Games[…]

Edward Snowden’s New App Uses Your Smartphone to Physically Guard Your Laptop

Posted on by Robin Edgar

My disk is encrypted, but all it takes to bypass this protection is for an attacker — a malicious hotel housekeeper, or “evil maid,” for example — to spend a few minutes physically tampering with it without my knowledge. If I come back and continue to use my compromised computer, the attacker could gain access Read more about Edward Snowden’s New App Uses Your Smartphone to Physically Guard Your Laptop[…]