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Wired: How scammers in Southeast Asia are using generative AI, crypto drainers, Starlink terminals, and other tools to expand their pig butchering operations  —  Scammers in Southeast Asia are increasingly turning to AI, deepfakes, and dangerous malware in a way that makes their pig butchering operations even more convincing. Source link

Imagine watching a water bottle falling and your immediate thought is that your best friend would trip on it, hurt themselves or die in a freak incident. Or when your hands brush past someone you fancy, instead of feeling the thrill of attraction, you withdraw in horror — scared, panicked, teary-eyed. While these might not be

Charles Duhigg / New Yorker: A deep dive on Chris Lehane, super PACs like Fairshake, and recent political savagery from some Silicon Valley execs, effectively targeting Katie Porter, others  —  From crypto to A.I., the tech sector is pouring millions into super pacs that intimidate politicians into supporting its agenda. Source link

The potential use cases of blockchain technology appear to be gaining pace in the telecom sector. London-based World Mobile Group is a firm that aims to globalise decentralised Web3 networks. Founded in 2018, the company says its mission is to deliver high-quality web connectivity through a decentralised hybrid network that is 12 times more cost

Jonathan Moens / New York Times: California passes a law that includes “neural data” under personal sensitive information, aiming to protect people’s brain data from being misused by companies  —  The state extended its current personal privacy law to include the neural data increasingly coveted by technology companies. Source link

This week offers plenty for fans of the superhero genre in the form of two big releases: The Penguin, where the titular character from the Batman universe rises to power in Gotham City’s criminal underworld, and Agatha All Along, where the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s Agatha continues her journey after the events of WandaVision. On the

Kim Zetter / Wired: Two researchers say a security conference in China potentially used the event as a secret espionage operation to collect intelligence from an unknown target  —  Participants in a hacking competition with ties to China’s military were, unusually, required to keep their activities secret … Source link

Microsoft-backed G42, an Abu Dhabi-based artificial intelligence (AI) technology company, unveiled a Hindi large language model (LLM) for India on Tuesday. Dubbed Nanda, the AI model is said to be trained with large volumes of datasets in both Hindi, English, and Hinglish languages. The generative AI model was developed in collaboration with MBZUAI and Cerebras

Kunwar Khuldune Shahid / Rest of World: Startups say Pakistan’s new China-like firewall is making it harder for them to raise funds, amid complaints about censorship and internet speeds falling by 40%  —  Internet speeds in the country have dropped by up to 40% due to the government’s efforts to monitor internet traffic, said service

NASA is offering digital content creators the chance to witness the launch of the Europa Clipper spacecraft, a mission aimed at exploring Jupiter’s icy moon, Europa. This mission will help scientists determine if the moon has the potential to support life, with research suggesting an ocean beneath its frozen crust. The spacecraft, equipped with nine