Category: Technology

Blue Shield of California has disclosed a significant data breach affecting approximately 4.7 million members. The breach resulted from a misconfiguration in the integration between Google Analytics and Google Ads on its website. Between April 2021 and January 2024, this flaw inadvertently shared protected health information (PHI) with Google’s advertising platform. The issue was identified […]

The Washington Post has entered a strategic partnership with OpenAI to integrate its journalism into ChatGPT responses. This collaboration aims to provide users with summaries, quotes, and direct links to original articles from The Post, enhancing access to high-quality news content. Peter Elkins-Williams, Head of Global Partnerships at The Washington Post, emphasized the importance of […]

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has reported that cybercrime inflicted a staggering $16.6 billion in financial losses worldwide in 2024, marking a 33% increase from the previous year. This data, compiled by the FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3), was drawn from nearly 860,000 complaints, with the majority originating from the United States . […]

Nvidia’s GB200 NVL72 system introduces a transformative approach to AI data center cooling, addressing the escalating concerns of water and energy consumption in high-performance computing environments. Direct-to-Chip Liquid Cooling: A Game Changer The GB200 NVL72 employs a direct-to-chip liquid cooling system, circulating coolant through cold plates attached to GPUs, CPUs, and other heat-generating components. This […]

OpenAI has officially opened access to its enhanced image generation model, gpt-image-1—better known as DALL·E 3—for developers through its API, marking a significant leap in visual AI integration across the creative tech landscape. Now available for commercial use, DALL·E 3 enables developers to embed high-quality, AI-generated visuals directly into apps, design tools, and workflows. The […]

Elon Musk’s AI company, xAI, has introduced a groundbreaking feature to its Grok chatbot: Grok Vision. This advancement enables Grok to interpret and respond to real-world visual inputs, allowing users to point their smartphone cameras at objects or scenes and receive real-time information or analysis. Key Features This multimodal capability positions Grok as a competitive […]

With the lineup of the upcoming celebrity series of The Traitors recently leaked online, people are once again debating the best strategies that players might use to succeed. But a player’s voting history can also reveal the psychological dynamics at play, particularly alliances they may be subconsciously forming. For those who aren’t familiar, the premise […]

Sentra, an Israeli-American cloud data security startup, has announced a $50 million Series B funding round, bringing its total capital raised to over $100 million. The investment was led by Key1 Capital, with participation from Bessemer Venture Partners, Zeev Ventures, Standard Investments, and Munich Re Ventures. This funding will support Sentra’s expansion of engineering resources […]

The City of Abilene, Texas, is actively working to restore its systems following a cyberattack that began on April 18. City officials reported that several internal systems became unresponsive, prompting immediate activation of the incident response plan. To secure the network, critical assets and affected systems were disconnected, and cybersecurity experts were engaged to assess […]

larisa Stefanjuk/Shutterstock Dogs are sociable, enthusiastic and widely used to comfort people in settings like hospitals, schools and care homes. But an increasingly popular alternative is emerging: therapy cats. The term is often used loosely in the media and inconsistently within the scientific community. But in its strictest sense, animal-assisted therapy is a structured activity […]