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 It Is Now Legal to Hack McFlurry Machines (and Medical Devices) to Fix Them.

It Is Now Legal to Hack McFlurry Machines (and Medical Devices) to Fix Them.

2024-11-06 404 Media
The end of an era - the days without McFlurry are hopefully over. For years, customers of McDonald's, the famous US fast food chain, have received negative responses when asked to order the company's signature ice cream, due to the unfortunately malfunctioning ice cream machine. With the passage of time, it was discov...
 Bungie Faces Copyright Lawsuit For Allegedly Copying Storyline, Characters In Destiny 2’s ‘Red War’ Campaign.

Bungie Faces Copyright Lawsuit For Allegedly Copying Storyline, Characters In Destiny 2’s ‘Red War’ Campaign.

2024-11-05 TheGamePost
Bungie, the US company that owns famous video game series such as Destiny and Halo, was recently sued for copyright infringement. The complaint was filed in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana on 2 October 2024 by Kelsey Martineau, a writer from the state. According to the indictment...
 Scientists and Archivists Worry Epic Games’ Control of the 3D Model Market Will ‘Destroy’ Cultural Heritage.

Scientists and Archivists Worry Epic Games’ Control of the 3D Model Market Will ‘Destroy’ Cultural Heritage.

2024-11-04 404 Media
Over time, the vast world of the Internet has gradually become a repository of knowledge, information and content of any kind - and in any format. The need has therefore arisen to collect these resources in special sections, true digital archives. When it comes to 3D models, the subject of today's reference article, Sk...
 Hackers Advertise Stolen Verizon Push-to-Talk ‘Call Logs’.

Hackers Advertise Stolen Verizon Push-to-Talk ‘Call Logs’.

2024-10-30 404Media
Nowadays, any communication that takes place via digital means is a potential target for those who engage in the illicit art of computer hacking. The latest victim of this trend is Verizon, the US telecommunications giant - more precisely, the target of the latest attack was a specific section of the company's services...
 Twitter Acts Fast on Nonconsensual Nudity If It Thinks It’s a Copyright Violation.

Twitter Acts Fast on Nonconsensual Nudity If It Thinks It’s a Copyright Violation.

2024-10-29 404Media
According to X, Elon Musk's famous platform, an infringement of copyright is more serious and more deserving of immediate action than the publication of non-consensual nude images of a subject, or rather a victim. The social network in question, better known as Twitter, seems to have a much faster response time in the ...
 AI-Generated Pro-North Korean TikToks Are Also Bizarre Ads for Supplements

AI-Generated Pro-North Korean TikToks Are Also Bizarre Ads for Supplements

2024-10-28 404Media
Propaganda as you've never seen it, I guess? North Korea is a particularly sensitive topic, which is why it is not talked about excessively, especially within online contexts. Considering the frequent spread of misinformation concerning nations other than one's own, it is understandable to exercise caution when dealing...
 I AI-generated some podcasts – and the results are uncanny.

I AI-generated some podcasts – and the results are uncanny.

2024-10-25 The Guardian
These days, everyone seems to be trying their hand at the art of podcast production. Among online celebrities looking for new formats to propose, educators dedicated to the oral dissemination of culture, and writers working on innovative projects, most creative minds at work in today's digital world seem to favour this...
 Internet Archive hacked, data breach impacts 31 million users.

Internet Archive hacked, data breach impacts 31 million users.

2024-10-24 Bleeping Computer
The Internet Archive is both a relic of the IT landscape and a valuable resource. Created in 1996 by Brewster Kahle, this digital library provides free access to various collections of digitised material - the project is, of course, non-profit. Given its free and undoubtedly useful nature, the platform has gathered sev...
 Roman Hacker Involved in 6 Million Euro Drug Trafficking.

Roman Hacker Involved in 6 Million Euro Drug Trafficking.

2024-10-23 Red Hot Cyber
An investigation was recently opened against Carmelo Miano, a Roman hacker from the Garbatella area. Thanks to the investigations promptly launched by the Guardia di Finanza, which stemmed from an exchange of information between the young hacker and drug traffickers - involving cryptocurrency exchange platforms such as...
 LEGO Website Hacked by Crypto Scam Promoting Fake LEGO Coin.

LEGO Website Hacked by Crypto Scam Promoting Fake LEGO Coin.

2024-10-22 Newsweek
Over the last few months, several large companies have been victims of elaborate cyber attacks, aimed at undermining the defences of these famous names and stealing as much valuable data as possible. The result of most of these cyber attacks was, fortunately, rather unsatisfactory for the attackers, who were often left...
 Podcast: AI Companies Are Opting You In By Default.

Podcast: AI Companies Are Opting You In By Default.

2024-10-21 404 Media - Podcast
Following the enormous spread of artificial intelligence within various industries, the use of this technology seems to have become something of a given for most companies. Many big names, in fact, have begun to implement AI in their practices, setting the participation of their users as default. The reference content...
 How artificial intelligence is changing the reports US police write.

How artificial intelligence is changing the reports US police write.

2024-10-18 The Guardian
The role of the police report is of fundamental importance for any institution and individual involved in an incident presented to the authorities. In the text of the report, in fact, every aspect of the experience of the protagonists of the alleged event is recorded, thus enabling anyone reading it to understand what ...
 Telegram Confirms it Gave U.S. User Data to the Cops

Telegram Confirms it Gave U.S. User Data to the Cops

2024-10-17 404 Media
Telegram, the messaging platform much mentioned in the recent news, has always been regarded as a kind of communication safe from any kind of gaze: whether it belongs to malicious persons or the authorities. The confidentiality guaranteed to its users has built a certain reputation for the application in question, alth...
 TikTok: We shut down Merlin negotiation over fears about streaming fraud.

TikTok: We shut down Merlin negotiation over fears about streaming fraud.

2024-10-16 Music Business Worldwide
MusicBusinessWorldwide, a website dedicated to sharing information relevant to the music scene, recently confirmed an important stance by the famous Tiktok platform. The social media company has stated that it will not pursue negotiations for a new licence with the Merlin Group, the renowned music licensing partner of ...
 Hurricane Helene Knocked One of the World’s Largest Climate Data Archives Offline.

Hurricane Helene Knocked One of the World’s Largest Climate Data Archives Offline.

2024-10-15 404 Media
The United States of America is in a rather serious situation: the hurricane season has only just begun and has already caused considerable damage to industrial facilities, private homes and entire cities. Several evacuation orders have been issued and followed by those in a position to do so - however, several familie...
 Massive E-Learning Platform Udemy Gave Teachers a Gen AI 'Opt-Out Window'. It's Already Over.

Massive E-Learning Platform Udemy Gave Teachers a Gen AI 'Opt-Out Window'. It's Already Over.

2024-10-14 404 Media
Any online content is potential nourishment for the artificial intelligence systems currently being ‘trained’: videos, images, texts and sound samples constitute the appetiser, the main dish and the dessert for these models, eternally in search of man-made works in order to be able to offer the most accurate result...