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Homeland Security Agency Urges iPhone, Windows Users to Update Soon

The Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) cybersecurity agency this week advised users and administrators to update their Apple, Microsoft, and Adobe products after security vulnerabilities were detected. “Apple has released security updates to address vulnerabilities in multiple products. An attacker could exploit some of these vulnerabilities to take control of an affected device,” said the…


Microsoft Fined More Than $3 Million in Penalties for Multiple Sanctions Violation

The Biden administration has imposed a multimillion-dollar penalty on Microsoft after the company was found to have engaged in trade with certain sanctioned nations, including Russia and Iran. The Department of Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has decided on a $2.98 million settlement with Microsoft Corporation. The settlement is related to the company’s…


Update Windows Now to Avoid Potentially Exposing Account Details

Microsoft has released an emergency security update for Windows 10 and Windows 11, according to a new security alert, as some experts urged users to update their devices as soon as possible. The Redmond, Washington-based tech giant said a security flaw had been found in the Windows 10 and 11 Snipping Tool application, sometimes known…


Google Launches ChatGPT Rival Called ‘Bard’ For testing in US and UK

Google launched its ChatGPT rival, “Bard” for testing in the United Kingdom and the United States to rival the currently popular ChatGPT. The tech company invited people in both countries to test its new AI chatbot in a bid to catch up with its Microsoft-backed competitor. Google announced the development of Bard last month, just two…


Microsoft Wins Dismissal of Gamers’ Suit Over $69 Billion Activision Deal

Microsoft Corp. on Monday won dismissal of a private consumer antitrust lawsuit over its $69 billion proposed purchase of “Call of Duty” maker Activision Blizzard Inc., but the plaintiffs were given 20 days to refine their legal challenge. A federal judge in San Francisco ruled that the lawsuit from a group of video game plaintiffs…


Microsoft Windows Users Advised to Update Computers Now

A federal cybersecurity agency this week advised users and administrators to update Microsoft Windows due to “multiple vulnerabilities” that can allow “an attacker can exploit some of these vulnerabilities to take control of an affected system.” The Department of Homeland Security’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency wrote on March 14 that it “encourages users and administrators to…


Microsoft Cuts AI Ethics Team as It Invests Billions More Into AI Technology, Report Says

The last remaining members of an ethics and society team within Microsoft’s artificial intelligence (AI) department didn’t survive a recent round of mass layoffs, according to a report. The change comes as Microsoft signs a “multi-year, multi-billion-dollar investment” deal with OpenAI, the startup behind AI-powered image and text generators like DALL-E and ChatGPT, and upgrades…


Google and Microsoft Rushing to Widely Implement Generative AI

The explosive interest in OpenAI’s ChatGPT has tech giants scrambling to capitalize on generative AI in the wider market. On March 14, Google announced that it will begin packing virtually all of its Workspace products with generative AI—an artificial intelligence chatbot that is capable of generating creative output from simple user prompts. According to Google’s…


PREMIERING 4 PM ET: Musk Said AI Is an Existential Threat to Humanity. It Also Represents an Existential Threat to Truth | Truth Over News

Back in mid-December, we did a show on OpenAI, a research organization founded by Elon Musk and Sam Altman in 2015 as a challenger to Google. As we noted at the time, their mission was to create artificial intelligence to benefit humanity as a whole. The most notable part of OpenAI is a function called…


NTD Business (Feb. 17): Train Derailment Lawsuits Piling Up; Former CEO Had Close Ties With Epstein: Court Docs

A new lawsuit has been filed against Norfolk Southern over its train derailment. This suit alleges the company made things even worse. Microsoft is trying to tame its new AI chatbot after growing complaints that it’s insulting people. Court documents reveal deep ties between Jeffrey Epstein and a former bank CEO. What did they discuss…