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Researchers used AI to build a WeChat worm that spreads through phone calls

Researchers used AI to build a WeChat worm that spreads through phone calls

Researchers at Calif, a Palo Alto security company, say they used AI to build a worm that spreads through WeChat calls. It takes over an account while the phone is still ringing. It then uses that account to call the victim’s contacts and…

Hong Kong can become AI literacy hub, industry leaders say

South China Morning Post

Hong Kong can become AI literacy hub, industry leaders say

Hong Kong can become an educational hub for artificial intelligence literacy and help build trustworthy AI by leveraging the city’s strength in professional services, industry leaders have said. Speaking at the Belt and Road Summit on…

South China Morning Post

Ryanair will dispute passenger’s claim he was sucked out of window

The Guardian

Ryanair will dispute passenger’s claim he was sucked out of window

CEO Michael O’Leary tells reporters the businessman was sucked ‘towards’ but not out of the opening Business live – latest updates Ryanair has said it will be “disputing” that any part of a passenger’s body was sucked outside when a window…

The Guardian

The Download: a “God-driven” cryptocurrency and a solar engineering roadmap

MIT Technology Review

The Download: a “God-driven” cryptocurrency and a solar engineering roadmap

This is today’s edition of The Download , our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. God told them to sell crypto. Their investors lost everything. When Eli Regalado first heard God…

MIT Technology Review

NASA and IBM Launch Open-Source AI Model for Future Moon Explorations

CNET

NASA and IBM Launch Open-Source AI Model for Future Moon Explorations

One small step for AI, one giant leap for mankind.

CNET

Ask the expert: When is the best time to start learning Italian?

The Local

Ask the expert: When is the best time to start learning Italian?

If you plan to move to or stay in Italy long-term, then learning Italian should definitely be at the top of your to-do list. But when's the best time to start learning? We asked Italian language teacher Lucrezia Oddone – of the popular…

The Local

Automattic CEO Matt Mullenweg 'forced' into leave of absence by WordPress parent company board

Automattic CEO Matt Mullenweg 'forced' into leave of absence by WordPress parent company board

Matt Mullenweg accuses Automattic board of conspiring against him Former CEO is now in a period of paid leave His role at WordPress.org is currently unaffected Automattic CEO and founder Matt Mullenweg has been placed on a paid leave of…

August joint hottest month on record globally

BBC

August joint hottest month on record globally

BBC Weather Presenter Simon King explains the figures.

BBC

IBM and NASA release an open-source lunar foundation model

IBM and NASA release an open-source lunar foundation model

IBM and NASA are releasing an AI model trained on decades of observations of the Moon, and making it available openly. The NASA-IBM Lunar Foundation Model is arriving on Hugging Face alongside what its creators describe as the first…

22-year-old pleads guilty in US' biggest Bitcoin theft; spent millions on cars & more

Times of India

22-year-old pleads guilty in US' biggest Bitcoin theft; spent millions on cars & more

A 22-year-old organized a scheme stealing over 4,100 Bitcoin from an investor. The stolen cryptocurrency was then spent on luxury items and lavish experiences. Investigators traced the digital trail through a missed IP address, leading to…

Times of India

EU should be concerned about losing control over Kiev’s actions — Kremlin

TASS

EU should be concerned about losing control over Kiev’s actions — Kremlin

According to Dmitry Peskov, there are many such examples

TASS

Americans might say they have ‘nothing to hide’, but many wouldn’t hand over access to their phone — even for $1 million

Americans might say they have ‘nothing to hide’, but many wouldn’t hand over access to their phone — even for $1 million

New Incogni research has found that the privacy preferences of Americans don't really align with what they say Many of those with 'nothing to hide' will happily snoop on the phones of their family members and partners But those same people…