Kate Irwin / PCMag:
The Internet Archive says it has been under an intermittent DDoS attack for the past three days, making access inconsistent, but “the data is not affected” — The California-based nonprofit that archives books and webpages online experiences distributed denial-of-service attacks …
How researchers recovered access to ~$2M worth of bitcoin stored in a software wallet, using a flaw in a decade-old version of the RoboForm password manager (Kim Zetter/Wired)
Kim Zetter / Wired:
How researchers recovered access to ~$2M worth of bitcoin stored in a software wallet, using a flaw in a decade-old version of the RoboForm password manager — Thanks to a flaw in a decade-old version of the RoboForm password manager and a bit of luck, researchers were able to unearth …
Microsoft launches Copilot for Telegram in beta; the bot is limited to text-based requests and cannot generate images for now (Emilia David/The Verge)
Emilia David / The Verge:
Microsoft launches Copilot for Telegram in beta; the bot is limited to text-based requests and cannot generate images for now — Microsoft has added an official Copilot bot within the messaging app Telegram, which lets users search, ask questions, and converse with the AI chatbot.
The US Treasury sanctions three Chinese nationals and three Thailand-based companies linked to a botnet controlling residential proxy service “911 S5” (Sergiu Gatlan/BleepingComputer)
Sergiu Gatlan / BleepingComputer:
The US Treasury sanctions three Chinese nationals and three Thailand-based companies linked to a botnet controlling residential proxy service “911 S5” — The U.S. Treasury Department has sanctioned a cybercrime network comprising three Chinese nationals and three Thailand-based companies linked …
In a podcast, former OpenAI board member Helen Toner says the board learned of ChatGPT’s launch on Twitter, criticizes Sam Altman’s leadership on safety, more (Shirin Ghaffary/Bloomberg)
Shirin Ghaffary / Bloomberg:
In a podcast, former OpenAI board member Helen Toner says the board learned of ChatGPT’s launch on Twitter, criticizes Sam Altman’s leadership on safety, more — – Helen Toner spoke about Sam Altman’s firing in a new podcast — Toner has called for more regulation around AI safety
A leak purports to show thousands of pages of internal API documentation for Google Search, some of which appear to contradict Google’s public statements (Rand Fishkin/SparkToro)
Rand Fishkin / SparkToro:
A leak purports to show thousands of pages of internal API documentation for Google Search, some of which appear to contradict Google’s public statements — On Sunday, May 5th, I received an email from a person claiming to have access to a massive leak of API documentation from inside Google’s Search division.
HubSpot shares jump 8%+ after CNBC’s David Faber reported that Alphabet is in talks about an all-stock bid for the company (Jennifer Elias/CNBC)
Jennifer Elias / CNBC:
HubSpot shares jump 8%+ after CNBC’s David Faber reported that Alphabet is in talks about an all-stock bid for the company — HubSpot shares rallied 9% on Tuesday after CNBC’s David Faber reported that Alphabet is looking at an all-stock offer for the software company.
The US will reactivate Trump-era tariffs on June 15 that apply to select imported goods from China, including graphics cards, motherboards, and desktop cases (Michael Kan/PCMag)
Michael Kan / PCMag:
The US will reactivate Trump-era tariffs on June 15 that apply to select imported goods from China, including graphics cards, motherboards, and desktop cases — The tariffs, which will last at least until May 31, 2025, will also affect motherboards and PC desktop cases assembled in China, along with robot vacuums.
YouTube’s Playables, a collection of over 75 free games available on mobile and desktop, rolls out to all users (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch)
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
YouTube’s Playables, a collection of over 75 free games available on mobile and desktop, rolls out to all users — YouTube’s “app store” for games is rolling out more broadly. The company announced on Tuesday that its collection of lightweight, free games dubbed “Playables” …
Anthropic hires former OpenAI safety lead Jan Leike to head up a new “superalignment” team (Kyle Wiggers/TechCrunch)
Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch:
Anthropic hires former OpenAI safety lead Jan Leike to head up a new “superalignment” team — Jan Leike, a leading AI researcher who earlier this month resigned from OpenAI before publicly criticizing the company’s approach to AI safety, has joined OpenAI rival Anthropic to lead a new “superalignment” team.