The recent Optus outage cannot be considered a ‘rare occasion.’ Over the last few years, we have witnessed several major outages across the telecoms networks, making it imperative for us to prepare ourselves for such events. We must address Telecom system vulnerabilities to prevent widespread outages. Today, over 99% of telecoms traffic comprises data. Virtually Continue reading »
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According to internal materials reviewed by The Intercept, Cruise cars were also in danger of driving into holes in the road.
The post Cruise Knew Its Self-Driving Cars Had Problems Recognizing Children — and Kept Them on the Streets appeared first on The Intercept.
Industrial transformation has accelerated China’s rise as a global power. In the New Era, which was officially recognised in the Chinese national constitution in 2017, the narrative of national rejuvenation is writ large: it underpins the Community of Shared Future, the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), and China’s various soft power campaigns. Cultural and media Continue reading »
Meta acknowledged that Instagram was burying some flag emoji comments in “offensive” contexts.
The post Instagram Hid a Comment. It Was Just Three Palestinian Flag Emojis. appeared first on The Intercept.
I underestimated Musk’s lust for tormenting himself, and us.
The post One Year After Elon Musk Bought Twitter, His Hilarious Nightmare Continues appeared first on The Intercept.
By focusing on the potential dangers of Chinese spy tech, we’ve ignored how roaming itself creates massive vulnerabilities, a new Citizen Lab report says.
The post Vulnerabilities in Cellphone Roaming Let Spies and Criminals Track You Across the Globe appeared first on The Intercept.
Some modern image generators rely on the principles of diffusion to create images. There may be a better alternative.
The post The Physical Process That Powers a New Type of Generative AI appeared first on Nautilus.
In responses to users who tried to post an alleged picture of the Gaza hospital bombing, Instagram and Facebook said it violated guidelines for sexual content or nudity.
The post Instagram Censored Image of Gaza Hospital Bombing, Claims It’s Too Sexual appeared first on The Intercept.
EDUCATION WEEK September 27, 2023 The Sneaky Conservatism of Ed Tech By Alfie Kohn Have you ever noticed that people in positions of power who earnestly exhort us to “think outside the box” are likely to resist any effort to change the box itself? Take the folks in Silicon Valley. Their basic mission, as technology critic Evgeny Morozov argued recently, ... Read More
The American surveillance state is a public-private partnership.
The post Why Big Tech, Cops, and Spies Were Made for One Another appeared first on The Intercept.