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Bermuda hit by major internet and power outage

Bermuda experienced a widespread power outage on Friday which impacted the island’s internet and phone services. Calling it a “serious incident” at BELCO, the Bermudian power supplier, the government has advised customers to “unplug all sensitive electrical equipment” as crews work around the clock on restoration efforts. […]

31 Jan

OpenAI releases tool to detect AI-written text

OpenAI has released an AI text classifier that attempts to detect whether input content was generated using artificial intelligence tools like ChatGPT. […]

18 Jan

Bank of America starts restoring missing Zelle transactions

Bank of America has started to restore missing Zelle transactions that suddenly disappeared from customers’ bank accounts this morning, causing some to dip into negative balances. […]

12 Jan

Android TV box on Amazon came pre-installed with malware

A Canadian system administrator discovered that an Android TV box purchased from Amazon was pre-loaded with persistent, sophisticated malware baked into its firmware. […]

06 Jan

Amazon S3 will now encrypt all new data with AES-256 by default

Amazon Simple Storage Service (S3) will now automatically encrypt all new objects added on buckets on the server side, using AES-256 by default. […]

05 Jan

France fines Apple for targeted App Store ads without consent

France’s data protection authority (CNIL) has fined Apple €8,000,000 ($8.5M) for collecting user data for targeted advertising on the App Store without requesting or securing the user’s consent. […]

05 Jan

ChatGPT banned in NYC schools over learning impact concerns

The NYC Department of Education has banned the use of ChatGPT by students and teachers in New York City schools as there are serious concerns about its use hampering learning and leading to misinformation. […]

04 Jan

200 million Twitter users’ email addresses allegedly leaked online

A data leak described as containing email addresses for over 200 million Twitter users has been published on a popular hacker forum for about $2. BleepingComputer has confirmed the validity of many of the email addresses listed in the leak. […]

02 Jan

BleepingComputer’s most popular technology stories of 2022

2022 is over, and it’s been filled with a wide assortment of stories ranging from the impact of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine to the many bugs introduced by Microsoft Patch Tuesday updates for Windows. […]

04 Dec

Open source software host Fosshost shutting down as CEO unreachable

Open source software hosting provider Fosshost will no longer be providing services as it reaches end of life. Fosshost project volunteers announced the development this weekend following months of difficulties in reaching the leadership including the CEO. […]

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