[SMS Blasters — which are also known as Stingrays, False Base Stations (FBS), and cell-site simulators — can be used by nefarious parties to “lure mobile devices to connect to them” and send fake text messages. One way to combat them is by disabling the insecure 2G connection on your Android device. GSMA’s Fraud and … Read more
CrowdStrike is being sued by its shareholders over a faulty software update that caused a global IT outage, affecting more than eight million computers. The lawsuit claims the company made “false and misleading” statements about its software testing. The suit alleges that CrowdStrike executives defrauded investors by making them believe the company’s software updates were … Read more
The mood on Wall Street is changing. Traders previously expected the Federal Reserve to cut interest rates in September, but now there’s concern that the Fed might not act quickly enough to keep the job market strong. This uncertainty has led to a stock market reset, with major indexes like the Dow, S&P 500, and … Read more
A higher-dimensional model can help explain cosmic acceleration without dark energy. Dark energy remains a puzzle in our understanding of the cosmos. The standard model of cosmology, Lambda-CDM, accounts for it by adding a constant term to Einstein’s field equation. This constant is very small and positive but lacks a complete theoretical understanding. Physicists look … Read more
NASA’s Mars rover finds evidence of potential fossilized life on the Red Planet A peculiar leopard- spotted rock found near an ancient riverbed in Mars’ Jezero crater contains clues of ancient life, NASA said. The rock, nicknamed Chevaya Falls, has signs of chemistry that could have supported ancient microbes. The Perseverance rover discovered the rock … Read more
Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a new type of Android malware called BingoMod that can perform fraudulent money transfers and wipe compromised devices to erase its tracks. The malware, developed by an likely Romanian-speaking threat actor, allows hackers to remotely control infected devices and steal sensitive information. The malware, which is part of the modern RAT … Read more
Information seeking and integration are critical processes that underpin analysis and decision-making across various fields. Traditional search engines have reshaped how to seek information but often fall short when aligning with complex human intentions. The main issue with current information-seeing methods is their inability to handle complex queries effectively. Traditional search engines frequently provide fragmented … Read more
Auroras expected tonight and through the weekend as US braces for ‘cannibal’ solar eruption The last gasp of a powerful coronal mass ejection that hit Earth on Tuesday will bring lovely auroras to parts of the northern US and most of Canada tonight, with more displays on the way this weekend. Tonight may be the … Read more
Google DeepMind announced the release of its Gemma 2, a 2 billion parameter version of the AI model family. Gemma is a lightweight text-to-text open model designed for developers and researchers. The new model learns from larger models through distillation and produces better results than GPT-3.5 models on the LMSYS Chatbot Arena leaderboard. Gemma 2 … Read more
Meta’s second quarter earnings report continues to show that generative AI may take a long time to generate significant profits. However, Meta already makes a lot of money – $39 billion in revenue and $13.5 billion in profit last quarter, up 22% and 73%, respectively. Meta’s ability to invest heavily in AI comes from its … Read more