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ChatGPT will tell 13-year-olds how to get drunk and high, instruct them on how to conceal eating disorders and even compose a heartbreaking suicide letter to their parents if asked, according to new research from […]

Meta on Tuesday said it shut nearly seven million WhatsApp accounts linked to scammers in the first half of this year and is ramping up safeguards against such schemes.This post was originally published on this […]

Internet security is a major concern, but cryptographic protocol analysis tools often require a long time due to their computational complexity. Professor Kazuhiro Ogata and Assistant Professor Canh Minh Do of the Department of Computing […]

With quantum computing on the horizon, cryptographers are working to secure digital communications against a new generation of potential threats.This post was originally published on this site

St. Paul Mayor Melvin Carter declared a state of local emergency on July 29 following a days-long cyber attack on the city’s Internet-based computer networks that led the city to call in the FBI and […]

If you’re a Microsoft Authenticator user, like me, you’ve probably received at least one notice that the app’s password management features are no longer usable and that your stored passwords will be inaccessible starting Aug. […]

New UK age verification measures to prevent children accessing harmful online content came into force on Friday, with campaigners hailing them a “milestone” in their years-long battle for stronger regulations.This post was originally published on […]

Big tech platforms often present content moderation as a seamless, tech‑driven system. But human labor, often outsourced to countries such as India and the Philippines, plays a pivotal role in making judgments that involve understanding […]

Major social media platforms are enabling and profiting from misinformation around extreme weather events, endangering lives and impeding emergency response efforts, a research group said Tuesday.This post was originally published on this site

Nextdoor, the social media site that aims to create connections among neighbors, is trying to shake off an uneven past and a nagging sense it is being underutilized. How? It is turning to professional journalists […]