Shopping app Temu is “dangerous malware,” spying on your texts, lawsuit claims ( arstechnica.com )
Linux market share passes 4% for first time; macOS dominance declines ( arstechnica.com )
I know this might be a couple months old, but I didn't know we already passed 4%.
Mac users served info-stealer malware through Google ads | Full-service Poseidon info stealer pushed by "advertiser identity verified by Google." ( arstechnica.com )
Mac malware that steals passwords, cryptocurrency wallets, and other sensitive data has been spotted circulating through Google ads, making it at least the second time in as many months the widely used ad platform has been abused to infect web surfers....
Chinese space firm unintentionally launches its new rocket ( arstechnica.com )
The rocket was undergoing a static fire test of the stage, in which a vehicle is clamped to a test stand while its engines are ignited, when the booster broke free. According to a statement from the company, the rocket was not sufficiently clamped down and blasted off from the test stand "due to a structural failure."...
ChatGPT outperforms undergrads in intro-level courses, falls short later ( arstechnica.com )
Researchers create 30 fake student accounts to submit model-generated responses to real exams. Professors grade the 200 or 1500 word responses from the AI undergrads and gave them better grades than real students 84% of the time. 6% of the bot respondents did get caught, though... for being too good. Meanwhile, AI detection...
Bleeding subscribers, cable companies force their way into streaming | Companies like Comcast and Charter brought about the streaming industry they now want to join ( arstechnica.com )
The cable industry has been in a nose-dive for years. Comcast's Q1 2024 earnings report showed its cable business losing 487,000 subscribers. The cable giant ended 2022 with 16,142,000 subscribers; in January, it had 13,600,000....
Shopping app Temu is “dangerous malware,” spying on your texts, U.S. lawsuit claims ( arstechnica.com )
Temu—the Chinese shopping app that has rapidly grown so popular in the US that even Amazon is reportedly trying to copy it—is "dangerous malware" that's secretly monetizing a broad swath of unauthorized user data, Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin alleged in a lawsuit filed Tuesday....
3 million iOS and macOS apps were exposed to potent supply-chain attacks ( arstechnica.com )
Shopping app Temu is “dangerous malware,” spying on your texts, lawsuit claims ( arstechnica.com )
Two of the German military’s new spy satellites appear to have failed in orbit ( arstechnica.com )
AI trains on kids’ photos even when parents use strict privacy settings ( arstechnica.com )
Mac users served info-stealer malware through Google ads ( arstechnica.com )
Nature interrupted: Impact of the US-Mexico border wall on wildlife ( arstechnica.com )
Big Pharma’s fight against drug price reforms takes weird, desperate turn ( arstechnica.com )
Here’s how Michelin plans to make its tires more renewable ( arstechnica.com )
I feel this is a bit disingenuous. Especially as Michelin are working on airless tires. We all know that tires as we know them have planned obsolescence as a fundamental part of their design. They're already a blight on our environment, the only good thing to do now is to ensure that as few new tires are needed as possible, not...