Day: October 17, 2020

‘Classified knots’: Researchers create optical framed knots to encode information

Posted on by Robin Edgar

In a world first, researchers from the University of Ottawa in collaboration with Israeli scientists have been able to create optical framed knots in the laboratory that could potentially be applied in modern technologies. Their work opens the door to new methods of distributing secret cryptographic keys—used to encrypt and decrypt data, ensure secure communication Read more about ‘Classified knots’: Researchers create optical framed knots to encode information[…]

Google’s breast cancer-predicting AI research is useless without transparency, critics say

Posted on by Robin Edgar

Back in January, Google Health, the branch of Google focused on health-related research, clinical tools, and partnerships for health care services, released an AI model trained on over 90,000 mammogram X-rays that the company said achieved better results than human radiologists. Google claimed that the algorithm could recognize more false negatives — the kind of Read more about Google’s breast cancer-predicting AI research is useless without transparency, critics say[…]

Dickey’s Barbecue Pit Hackers May Have 3M Stolen Credit Cards

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Hackers are currently selling a trove of 3 million credit card numbers and customer records apparently stolen from Dickey’s Barbecue Pit, one of the biggest barbecue chains in the United States. The company made a statement today about the hack, suggesting that charges made to the stolen cards will be reversed. […] Security firm Gemini Read more about Dickey’s Barbecue Pit Hackers May Have 3M Stolen Credit Cards[…]

British Airways fined £20m over data breach

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British Airways has been fined £20m ($26m) by the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) for a data breach which affected more than 400,000 customers. The breach took place in 2018 and affected both personal and credit card data. The fine is considerably smaller than the £183m that the ICO originally said it intended to issue back Read more about British Airways fined £20m over data breach[…]

Judge Rules Trump Must Say Himself If His Tweets Are True or Bullshit. It can be one or the other.

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On Friday, a federal judge decided that he’s had enough of reading the tea leaves when it comes to exactly what the fuck Trump is talking about. The president’s tweets have become more central to his tenure in office than ever before as he’s been recovering from covid-19 infection and lashing out in every direction Read more about Judge Rules Trump Must Say Himself If His Tweets Are True or Bullshit. It can be one or the other.[…]

Facebook Login Issues Are Locking Oculus Quest 2 Owners Out of Their Devices, turning them into paperweights

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Owners of the brand-new Oculus Quest 2—the first VR headset which requires a Facebook account to use—are finding themselves screwed out of their new purchases by Facebook’s account verification system. As first reported by UploadVR this week, some Oculus 2 owners are finding that Facebook’s reportedly AI-powered account verification system is demanding some users upload Read more about Facebook Login Issues Are Locking Oculus Quest 2 Owners Out of Their Devices, turning them into paperweights[…]

Come on, Amazon: If you’re going to copy open-source code for a new product, at least credit the creator – FOSS problems

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On Thursday, Amazon Web Services launched CloudWatch Synthetics Recorder, a Chrome browser extension for recording browser interactions that it copied from the Headless Recorder project created by developer Tim Nolet. It broke no law in doing so – the software is published under the permissive Apache License v2 – and developers expect such open-source projects Read more about Come on, Amazon: If you’re going to copy open-source code for a new product, at least credit the creator – FOSS problems[…]