Google Has Launched A June 2024 Spam Update
June 25, 2024
Amazon Is Working On A ChatGPT Chatbot For Their Consumers
June 25, 2024
According to a Monday Business Insider article, Amazon is developing a consumer-facing chatbot in addition to the AI capabilities it intends to add to its Alexa voice assistant. The browser-based chatbot, internally code-named “Metis,” will reportedly mimic current chatbots provided by rivals like OpenAI and Microsoft and be powered by Amazon’s Olympus big language model.
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DonateDonate monthlyDonate yearlyData On 311 Reports In Baltimore Were Leaked, &Identities Exposed
June 24, 2024
The database contained reports and complaints submitted by Baltimore’s residents. Additionally, the instance contained:
- Reported traffic accidents
- Housing sanitization requests and complaints
- Road quality reports
- Locations and statuses of speed cameras
- Animal control complaints
- Accusations of illegal activities
Some of the reports are already available to the public as the City’s government releases particular reports, as the majority of the data was provided through the 311 program. The amount and quantity of data in the instance, however, are much more than what is made available to the general public.
The group claimed that the case included more than 13.5 million reports that had been filed over several decades, some of which went back to 1989. The results indicate that multiple older, digitized reports were exposed by the data leak, as the 311 service was first introduced in 1996.
“The disclosure jeopardizes the security and privacy of people who reported problems on the platform, like charges of illegal conduct. For Baltimore residents who utilize the site, leaking such information might be dangerous.
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DonateDonate monthlyDonate yearlyPublishers vs Internet Archive
June 24, 2024
The free online library the Internet Archive (IA), was sued successfully by book publishers last year. The Internet Archive’s collection of titles has recently decreased by roughly 500,000.
Internet Archive is now appealing in an attempt to overturn the previous court’s ruling and win access back by persuading the US Court of Appeals in the Second Circuit that IA’s restricted digital lending of its physical books should be recognized as fair use in accordance with copyright laws. According to a court filing from April, IA plans to contend that the publishers lack proof that the open library’s lending has negatively impacted the e-book market and that copyright law would be better served by permitting IA’s lending rather than prohibiting it.
The Future Of Home Security
June 21, 2024
The Paintcam Eve uses paintballs and AI to identify potential threats, hitting intruders with paint if the target is deemed a hazard.
Endiatx’s Swallowable Robotic Pill
June 21, 2024
Leading medical technology startup Endiatx is making great progress in commercializing its robotic tablet PillBot. A robotic capsule that can be swallowed and contains cameras, sensors, and wireless connection, doctors may study the gastrointestinal tract with previously unheard-of control and precision.
The PillBot has advanced significantly. The current prototype has remarkable capabilities and is only 13 mm by 30 mm in size. The company have plans to quadruple that video quality soon. It can transmit high-res video at 2.3 megapixels per second. The CEO has consumed 43 PillBots to date, the CEO has been an integral part of the testing process.
The miniature camera measures just 13mm by 30mm, this tiny device is designed to be easily swallowed by patients, allowing it to navigate through the gastrointestinal tract and provide doctors with detailed imagery of the body’s inner workings. The PillBot is noninvasive and easy to use.
The PillBot has a state-of-the-art camera system, with the ability of capturing high-resolution video at an impressive 2.3 megapixels per second. This video feed is transmitted wirelessly to a doctor’s computer or mobile device in real-time, providing a live, up-close look at the patient’s digestive system.
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DonateDonate monthlyDonate yearlyIn Honor of Juneteenth Day 2024
June 19, 2024
Some Good Reads Here on Fixing Racism In A Variety of Industries
https://www.gold.ac.uk/news/rethinking-diversity-in-publishing/
https://www.jstor.org/stable/2962993
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DonateDonate monthlyDonate yearlyThe U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Launches Investigations
June 18, 2024
Government organizations carry out antitrust investigations to find out if businesses are participating in anticompetitive behavior that could hurt customers and impede competition.
Nvidia looked into being the dominant GPU. Concerns have been expressed over Nvidia’s hegemony in the GPU industry, according to the New York Times, “particularly how the company’s software locks customers into using its chips, as well as how Nvidia distributes those chips to customers.” Over the past week, Nvidia has surpassed Apple and Microsoft to become one of the three biggest corporations in the world by market capitalization; the three companies are valued almost equally.
Microsoft looked into possible connections to AI businesses. The close cooperation between Microsoft and OpenAI and the possibility of anticompetitive behavior will probably be the main topics of the investigation. There may be worries about competitors finding it more difficult to enter the AI business as a result of Microsoft’s $13 billion investment in OpenAI and the incorporation of OpenAI’s technology into Microsoft products.
More whistleblower protections from AI businesses are demanded by OpenAI staff. Nine current and former OpenAI employees wrote an open letter that was released last week, expressing worries that AI companies would hide hazards associated with their systems from the public and government. It then urges AI companies to grant permission to present and past workers to voice concerns about risks without fear of reprisal.
Former OpenAI board member Helen Toner explains why she is trying to remove Sam Altman. Although Altman was previously cited by the board for “not [being] consistently candid,” the public’s understanding of this has been limited. Toner provides three justifications in an interview for the board’s choice: Providing false information regarding the company’s safety procedures, failing to disclose to the board that he owned the OpenAI Startup Fund, and seeking to remove Toner from the board after she released “a research paper that angered him” are all examples of Altman’s misconduct.
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DonateDonate monthlyDonate yearlyThe Importance of Scholarly Works/Resources
June 17, 2024
Books published by academic publishers, Peer-reviewed journal articles, and research institution reports, are examples of scholarly sources.
How States Compare in High Schools Today
June 13, 2024
How States Compare in High School Rankings
States Offering Standardized Testing
Also The National Center For Educational Statistics (NCES) says according to a majority of American people surveyed by Americans for the Arts, a well-rounded K–12 education includes the arts.
1. A high school education that includes at least one arts course has been associated with improved cognitive, behavioral, and social results in addition to increased academic engagement.
2. For these reasons, obtaining arts credits is a requirement for high school graduation in many states and municipal education departments. In order to graduate from high school, students in 25 states had to complete at least 0.5 credits in the arts as of 2013.3. Furthermore, the requirements for credits obtained in several districts may be higher than the credits stipulated by the state.
Warning On Microdose Chocolates
June 12, 2024
A Diamond Shruumz chocolate bar, which come in a variety of flavors.
Federal and state health officials are sending a warning about Diamond Shruumz-brand Microdosing Chocolate Bars. The candy, said to be infused with mushrooms, and linked to severe illnesses, including seizures, loss of consciousness, confusion, sleepiness, agitation, abnormal heart rates, hyper/hypotension, nausea, and vomiting.
The Food and Drug Administration’s Statement
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DonateDonate monthlyDonate yearlySnowflake Wants Customers To Enable MFA As Investigations Continues
June 12, 2024
According to Snowflake, in order to stop further intrusions, it will start requiring its clients to use multi-factor authentication.
The action is a reaction to an event that Hudson Rock analysts uncovered late last month. In that incident, information from Santander, a Spanish bank, and most recently—hundreds of millions of customer files from Advance Auto Parts—were purloined by cybercriminals along with over a terabyte of data from Ticketmaster. Everybody is a Snowflake client.
In addition to forcing Hudson Rock to delete its article and threatening legal action, Snowflake also said that it was looking into “a targeted threat campaign against some Snowflake customer accounts.”
In addition to forcing Hudson Rock to delete its article and threatening legal action, Snowflake also said that it was looking into “a targeted threat campaign against some Snowflake customer accounts.”
Snowflake maintains its denial that it was targeted directly, stating that it didn’t think any vulnerabilities or incorrect setups in its environment were the reason for events at its clients. It also stated that, contrary to what Hudson Rock had stated, it had not discovered any evidence indicating the issue was caused by a compromised set of Snowflake employee credentials, but it did state that it thought the credentials had been obtained by malware or purchases.
Snowflake has stated that threat actors are now targeting clients that do not have MFA enabled, therefore that is where it is focusing its efforts for the time being.
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DonateDonate monthlyDonate yearlyStudy Reveals Bosses Hope RTO Would Make Employees Quit
June 12, 2024
A study purports to provide evidence for what others have speculated: that mandatory return-to-office policies are merely covert layoffs and that the terrible post-COVID work culture is affecting everyone.
HR software industry Of the more than 1,500 employees surveyed by BambooHR, one-third are employed in HR. The results indicate that the return to work movement has been a mishandled failure, but one statistic in particular jumps out: 25% of executives and 5% of HR professionals said they thought RTO rules would cause employees to quit.
Although that figure effectively acknowledges the silent portion, there was some truth to that notion. When RTO requirements were implemented at many of the biggest organizations, people did leave, but the analysis finds that this was insufficient.
The study discovered that almost a third (37%) of respondents in leadership positions thought their companies had made layoffs in the previous 12 months because not enough employees had departed in opposition to RTO requirements. Almost the same percentage believed that their managers should have kept staff members in the office to keep a closer eye on them.
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DonateDonate monthlyDonate yearlyTicketmaster Attacker Has Ghosted
June 10, 2024
The Ticketmaster offenders have ghosted, and the deletion of their accounts raises the possibility of an arrest.
There’s a lot of speculation in the darknet community that threat actor ShinyHunters, aka ShinyCorp, may have been taken into custody. At the end of May, ShinyHunters came to light because of its role in security breaches that affected Santander Banks and Ticketmaster.
Internet users have seen that Shiny has removed his Telegram channel and account, which belonged to an international cyber threat group.
The notorious BreachForums, a marketplace for stolen data that has reportedly been offline “on both clearnet and Tor,” is thought to have been managed by the group. Cybernews checked, and the website is currently non active. However, it not known whether it’s for technical issues or legal action.
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DonateDonate monthlyDonate yearlyRemote Worker Under Surveillance
June 10, 2024
2,000 employers and 2,000 employees who work remotely or in a hybrid capacity participated in a survey conducted by ExpressVPN and Pollfish in 2021 to learn more about the extent of employer surveillance, the effects it is having on workers, and the potential rate of growth as remote working becomes more common.
Ethical issues: 78% of companies utilize monitoring software, yet 83% of employers believe there are ethical issues with employee monitoring.
Employee awareness: 15% of workers were unaware that their employers could be actively monitoring their online activity, and 1 in 3 employees don’t think their employers do so.
Mental health of employees: A majority of workers (56%) report feeling stressed and anxious about their company monitoring their communications. As a matter of fact, 32% of people take less breaks and 41% of people question all the time whether they are being observed.
Pay versus privacy: 48% of workers said they would be prepared to take a pay cut in order to avoid being watched. One in four would actually accept a pay decrease of 25%.
Proof of termination: 41% of workers acknowledge that their work call recordings contain proof.
Evidence of termination: According to 41% of workers, their recorded work calls contain information that could lead to their termination. In the meanwhile, 37% of companies claim to have fired employees using recorded conversations.
Performance reflection: Companies also use recorded calls, emails, messages, or videos to help them make decisions about performance reviews (73%) and to keep an eye out for possible worker union formation (46%).
Surveillance of employees has been rapidly increasing in recent months, likely due to the many companies that are implementing long-term work-from-home policies.
73% say stored recordings of staff’s calls, emails, or messages have informed an employee’s performance reviews
78% report using employee monitoring software to track employee performance and/or online activity
57% implemented employee monitoring software in the last 6 months
90% actively track time spent by employees doing work vs. other activities unrelated to work
46% say they’ve terminated an employee based on information collected related to their remote work
| FORM OF COMMUNICATION | % RECORDED AND STORED |
|---|---|
| 94% | |
| Calls | 87% |
| Video | 87% |
| Messages | 85% |
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DonateDonate monthlyDonate yearlyBlacks & The Lowest Levels Of Poverty Rates In The United States
June 7, 2024
Every year the Census Bureau releases two measures of poverty: the official poverty measure and the Supplemental Poverty Measure (SPM). The official poverty measure, available back to 1959, defines poverty by comparing pretax money income to a national poverty threshold adjusted by family size, number of children and age of householder.
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DonateDonate monthlyDonate yearlyAI & Mammograms
June 7, 2024
The accuracy of AI algorithms used to interpret digital mammograms can be strongly impacted by the age and race of the patient, according to a study published in Radiology, a publication published by the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA).
Researchers from Duke University Medical Center used around 5,000 digital breast tomosynthesis screening tests for their investigation. It was discovered that AI algorithms generated false positive findings less frequently among Asian patients and younger people (41–50 years old) and more frequently among Black patients and older people (71–80 years old).
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DonateDonate monthlyDonate yearlyCities With The Best & Worst Mental Health Issues
June 7, 2024
1. Oakland, CA
2. San Francisco, CA
3. San Jose, CA
4. Durham, NC
5. Anaheim, CA
6. Bridgeport, CT
7. Washington, DC
8. Seattle, WA
9. San Diego, CA
10. Minneapolis, MN
The above is supposed to be the best
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91. Fort Wayne, IN
92. Philadelphia, PA
93. Indianapolis, IN
94. Kansas City, MO
95. Louisville, KY
96. Detroit, MI
97. Birmingham, AL
98. Baton Rouge, LA
99. Toledo, OH
100. Charleston, WV
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TikTok Updates It’s Terms of Service
June 7, 2024
The business informed vendors on Wednesday that TikTok has modified its terms of service for TikTok Shop sellers to address anti-money laundering and sanctions compliance. Sellers must abide by all applicable laws designed to prevent money laundering, provide TikTok with the information it seeks, and notify TikTok of any money laundering activity, whether it be suspected or proven.
The Information published a story earlier this year about the criticism of TikTok’s anti-money laundering measures. When HSBC, a bank based in the United Kingdom, found flaws in ByteDance’s money-laundering safeguards, it closed the accounts of the parent firm of TikTok, ByteDance. Later, ByteDance deceived Irish regulators about the reason behind the money transfers from its HSBC accounts, which caused the regulator to postpone deciding whether to approve the operation of ByteDance’s payments business in Ireland.
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DonateDonate monthlyDonate yearlyOrigins of Hello and What It Signifies Today
June 7, 2024
While it’s true that “OK” is the most spoken word in the world, “hello” is a strong contender to be the first English word most individuals learn. In the thousand-year history of English, the word “hello” has only been in use for roughly the last 150 years, which makes it remarkable how commonplace it is.
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