Chainalysis: Ransomware payments in 2023 reached a record $1.1B, up from $567M in 2022 and $983M in 2021, as the frequency, scope, and volume of attacks escalated  —  The Chainalysis 2024 Crypto Crime Report  —  Coming soon  —  In 2023, ransomware actors intensified their operations … Source link

Microsoft has refined its AI-driven offerings over the past year, integrating artificial intelligence tools to Bing Search, Windows and its Office 365 suite of services that include Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Teams. The company recently announced that it was unifying its AI services, including the Bing Chat AI chatbot, under a single umbrella of

Michael Nuñez / VentureBeat: Apple partners with University of California researchers to release open-source AI model MGIE, which can edit images based on natural language instructions  —  Apple has released a new open-source AI model, called “MGIE,” that can edit images based on natural language instructions. Source link

Tata Neu — the ‘super app’ launched by the Indian conglomerate in 2022 — is planning on entering the food delivery sector in the coming days, according to a report. Instead of building its own network, the service is said to rely on technology developed by Gurgaon-based startup Magicpin to tap into the government backed

Charles Pulliam-Moore / The Verge: Disney+ begins emailing subscribers about new changes to its TOS that will make sharing accounts harder, days after Hulu sent out similar notices  —  Today, Disney Plus began sending out emails informing subscribers about new changes to its terms of service that will, among other things … Source link

This year’s Mobile World Congress will kickstart on February 26 with several brands showcasing latest trends and innovations in the mobile technology landscape. As the event date nears, Tecno, owned by China’s Transsion Holdings, confirmed its presence at the event. The company will showcase an AR gaming set with AR glasses and a robot dog

John Sakellariadis / Politico: Some top cybersecurity experts are retreating from a CISA program that enlists outside professionals, citing growing conservative backlash and management gripes  —  Scrutiny from conservative activists and management gripes are straining the government’s plan to enlist elite security pros in the fight against malicious hackers. Source link

Meta announced that it will begin labelling artificial intelligence (AI)-generated images on all of its platforms, including Facebook, Threads, and Instagram. The announcement, made on February 6, came just a day after the company’s oversight board highlighted the need to change Meta’s policy on AI-generated content and to focus on preventing the harm it may

Michael Nuñez / VentureBeat: Smaug-72B, a Qwen-72B-based open-source LLM released by Abacus AI, tops the Hugging Face Open LLM leaderboard and outperforms GPT-3.5 on several benchmarks  —  A new open-source language model has claimed the throne of the best in the world, according to the latest rankings from Hugging Face … Source link

Apple has begun inviting applications for its annual Swift Student Challenge, a global competition for students who aspire to become developers. The competition requires participants to showcase their coding skills and creativity through its app playgrounds. Every year, the Cupertino-based tech giant recognises 350 winners among the participants. This year, Apple will also pick 50