A privacy-focused nonprofit has put up $10,000 for anyone who can figure out how to make Amazon’s Ring cameras work without sending data back to the tech giant’s servers. The bounty, issued by the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) ally and digital rights organization, represents a growing frustration among privacy advocates and security researchers who believe
Accenture just told its senior staff something blunt: use AI tools or forget about getting promoted. According to CNBC, the consulting giant is now tying career advancement directly to demonstrated AI adoption. Not optional workshops. Not suggested training modules. Actual usage, tracked and measured, with real consequences for those who don’t comply. The Guardian and
When Linus Torvalds releases Linux kernel 7.0—expected sometime in the coming months—a small but symbolically significant piece of computing history will quietly disappear from the codebase. The EDAC (Error Detection and Correction) driver for the Intel 440BX chipset, a piece of silicon that debuted in 1998 and powered some of the most iconic PCs of
For years, Verizon customers who paid off their devices in full have faced an irritating reality: even after settling every last cent on a phone’s balance, the carrier enforces a mandatory 35-day waiting period before it will unlock the device. That policy, which has drawn the ire of consumer advocates and subscribers alike, may soon
For years, executives and economists have debated whether artificial intelligence actually delivers measurable productivity gains or whether the technology amounts to an expensive experiment with uncertain returns. A sweeping new study covering more than 12,000 firms across the European Union now offers one of the most comprehensive answers yet: AI adoption is associated with real,
For years, Google’s Pixel phones have lagged behind Apple’s iPhone in one conspicuous area: secure facial recognition. While Apple’s Face ID has served as the gold standard since its debut on the iPhone X in 2017, Google has relied on a comparatively primitive camera-based face unlock system that lacks the depth-sensing hardware needed for bank-grade
For years, the holy grail of wearable health technology has been a reliable, non-invasive way to measure blood glucose levels. Now, Garmin — a company better known for GPS devices and fitness watches — has quietly secured a patent that outlines a method for estimating blood sugar without breaking the skin. The implications for the
Matt Oppenheimer, the co-founder who built Remitly from a scrappy startup into a publicly traded digital remittance powerhouse, is stepping down as chief executive officer. In his place, the company has tapped Prakash Ramamurthy, a veteran Amazon executive, to lead the Seattle-based fintech firm through its next chapter — a transition that signals both maturation
Meta Platforms Inc. spent roughly $65 million on artificial intelligence systems designed to police election-related content during the most recent cycle, yet the results have left regulators, researchers, and political operatives across the ideological spectrum questioning whether the money was well spent. The investment, first reported by The New York Times, represents one of the
The AI tools that millions of workers rely on daily to draft emails, summarize documents, and write code are now being exploited by cybercriminals as sophisticated attack vectors. Security researchers have demonstrated that popular AI assistants — including Microsoft Copilot, xAI’s Grok, and OpenAI’s ChatGPT — can be manipulated into generating malicious code, crafting convincing