Could ChatGPT convince you to buy something? Threat of manipulation looms as AI companies gear up to sell ads

AI companies are gearing up to follow the social media model of monetizing their platforms through advertising. The danger ...
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Attackers Abuse Python, Cloudflare to Deliver AsyncRAT

The phishing campaign shows how attackers continue to weaponize legitimate cloud services and open source tools to evade ...
How-To Geek on MSN

Make Python scripts smarter with regex: 5 practical RE examples

If you work with strings in your Python scripts and you're writing obscure logic to process them, then you need to look into ...
XDA Developers on MSN

3 Python libraries that manage my computer for me better than I ever could

This Python library lets Python read system-level data like CPU usage, memory pressure, disk activity, battery drain, and ...
Afro

Smith gives impassioned farewell speech, challenges ‘haters’ as interim MPD chief steps up

D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser Bowser announced Dec. 17 the appointment of Jeffery Carroll as interim police chief in the District. According to a news release from Bowser’s office, Carroll currently serves ...
Indiatimes

'Have set really bad example': Bangladeshi scribe slams violence after Osman Hadi's death; flags security lapses before polls

A senior Bangladeshi journalist strongly criticised the violence that erupted in parts of Bangladesh following the death of Inqilab Moncho leader Osman Hadi, saying the unrest reflects the serious ...
Wall Street Journal

Breach at South Korea’s Equivalent of Amazon Exposed Data of Almost Every Adult

SEOUL—The alleged perpetrator had improper access to virtually every South Korean adult’s personal information: names, phone numbers and even the keycode to enter residential buildings. It was one of ...
Wall Street Journal

Bitcoin Miners Thrive Off a New Side Hustle: Retooling Their Data Centers for AI

In June, WSJ’s Joanna Stern headed inside a data center to show just how much energy it takes to make an AI image and video. Photo: David Hall It’s harder than ever to mine bitcoin. And less ...
Star Tribune

NDAs, code names and shell companies: How Minnesota officials support data center secrecy

As the development firm Oppidan explored building a large-scale data center in North Mankato, they emailed a request: “Can the city sign an NDA?” Five minutes later, North Mankato said yes. The city’s ...
MLive

At least 16 sites eyed for data centers in Michigan amid AI boom. Here’s where

Michigan may remember 2025 as the year of the data center. Developers have eyed at least 16 sites in 10 counties across the Lower Peninsula for the power-hungry server warehouses supporting artificial ...
Investopedia

POS System Costs: Understanding Expenses for Business Owners

The total cost can include software, hardware, payment processing fees, and other fees Elysse Bell is a finance and business writer for Investopedia. She writes about small business, personal finance, ...
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In Cybersecurity, Claude Leaves Other LLMs in the Dust

New sobering data confirms what many in cybersecurity already know: that while large language models (LLMs) are improving significantly in ways that generate profits for their developers, they're ...