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Secret Service Investigates 700 Cases of Covid Relief Fraud
Ransomware as a service, exposed SMS photos, and more of the week’s top security news. Powered by WPeMatico
Secret Service Investigates 700 Cases of Covid Relief Fraud
Ransomware as a service, exposed SMS photos, and more of the week’s top security news. Powered by WPeMatico
After Trump fires CISA’s director, the agency is poised to become even more powerful
On Tuesday night, President Donald Trump fired Chris Krebs, who was one of the government’s most senior cybersecurity officials. Trump fired him—by tweet—because Krebs had thoroughly debunked election disinformation, much of which came from the White House itself. Trump had appointed Krebs director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) in 2017. CISA is […]
Why we should be funding more Solyndras
President-elect Joe Biden won the US election in part by running on an ambitious climate platform promising to invest heavily to avert climate catastrophe while creating millions of well-paying jobs. But the question of how Biden’s proposed nearly $2 trillion in green investment will get spent, and what other measures the government will take to […]
Pfizer Seeks Approval, the CDC Urges Restraint, and More News
Catch up on the most important updates from this week. Powered by WPeMatico
Why Aren’t There More Sci-Fi Movies About Dreams?
Classics like Inception and The Cell are at least a decade old. Powered by WPeMatico
How role-playing a dragon can teach an AI to manipulate and persuade
An AI that completes quests in a text-based adventure game by talking to the characters has learned not only how to do things, but how to get others to do things. The system is a step toward machines that can use language as a way to achieve their goals. Pointless prose: Language models like GPT-3 […]
How Video Game Historians Resurrected Sega’s Lost VR Headset
In 1993, the console maker’s big plans for virtual reality fizzled. Now a team of preservationists is using emulation to bring them back. Powered by WPeMatico
Pfizer wants authorization to start distributing its vaccine by Christmas
Pfizer will apply for emergency permission to distribute its covid-19 vaccine in the US and is ready to start shipping the shots within “hours” of getting a government green light, the firm said today. It is the first such application from any of the makers of covid-19 vaccines that are currently in development. If it […]