“Unprecedented” Google Cloud event wipes out customer account and its backups (arstechnica.com)
Google Cloud accidentally deleted UniSuper's account and backups, causing a major data loss and downtime for the company....
Slack users horrified to discover messages used for AI training (arstechnica.com)
Slack says policy changes are imminent amid backlash.
Arizona woman accused of helping North Koreans get remote IT jobs at 300 companies (arstechnica.com)
Google Search adds a “web” filter, because it is no longer focused on web results (arstechnica.com)
Sony Music opts out of AI training for its entire catalog (arstechnica.com)
FTC Warns Car Makers Regarding Privacy (arstechnica.com)
It's not quite enough for me, personally, but this is a small step in the right direction....
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. sues Meta, citing chatbot’s reply as evidence of shadowban (arstechnica.com)
Google unveils Veo, a high-definition AI video generator that may rival Sora (arstechnica.com)
On Tuesday at Google I/O 2024, Google announced Veo, a new AI video-synthesis model that can create HD videos from text, image, or video prompts, similar to OpenAI's Sora. It can generate 1080p videos lasting over a minute and edit videos from written instructions, but it has not yet been released for broad use.
Archie, the Internet’s first search engine, is rescued and running (arstechnica.com)
Concerns over addicted kids spur probe into Meta and its use of dark patterns (arstechnica.com)
Google Search adds a “web” filter, because it is no longer focused on web results (arstechnica.com)
Tesla must face fraud suit for claiming its cars could fully drive themselves (arstechnica.com)
Tesla must face fraud suit for claiming its cars could fully drive themselves (arstechnica.com)
Connected cars’ illegal data collection and use now on FTC’s “radar” (arstechnica.com)
The Federal Trade Commission's Office of Technology has issued a warning to automakers that sell connected cars. Companies that offer such products "do not have the free license to monetize people’s information beyond purposes needed to provide their requested product or service," it wrote in a blog post on Tuesday. Just...
MIT students stole $25M in seconds by exploiting ETH blockchain bug, DOJ says (arstechnica.com)
Brothers charged in novel crypto scheme potentially face decades in prison....
BreachForums, an online bazaar for stolen data, seized by FBI (arstechnica.com)
An earlier iteration of the site was taken down last year; now its reincarnation is gone.
RealVNC is dropping its “Home” plan and barely noting its free “Lite” option (arstechnica.com)
Some pretty dark patterns make free version of remote desktop tool hard to find.
Apple, SpaceX, Microsoft return-to-office mandates drove senior talent away (arstechnica.com)
I hate to go as cliche as "surprising absolutely no one," but really, this is not a surprise.
Apple, SpaceX, Microsoft return-to-office mandates drove senior talent away (arstechnica.com)
The study (PDF), published this month by University of Chicago and University of Michigan researchers and reported by The Washington Post on Sunday, says:...
AT&T paid bribes to get two major pieces of legislation passed, US gov’t says (arstechnica.com)
Payments helped AT&T obtain key legislative wins in Illinois, prosecutors say.
Downranking won’t stop Google’s deepfake porn problem, victims say (arstechnica.com)
Delisting non-consensual deepfake porn on Google is "draining," victim says.
AI in Gmail will sift through emails, provide search summaries, send emails (arstechnica.com)
Gmail will soon be able to summarize recent emails from a contact.
Air Force is “growing concerned” about the pace of Vulcan rocket launches (arstechnica.com)
Apple, SpaceX, Microsoft return-to-office mandates drove senior talent away (arstechnica.com)
"It’s easier to manage a team that’s happy.”