All U.S. Social Security numbers may need to be changed following a massive breach that is already being investigated as a national threat
https://lemmy.world/post/43211928
All U.S. Social Security numbers may need to be changed following a massive breach that is already being investigated as a national threat - Lemmy.World
According to a protected disclosure filed with the Office of Special Counsel,
Borges told the Government Accountability Project that DOGE officials working at
Social Security created a “live copy” of the country’s Social Security records
in a separate cloud environment that sidestepped usual security checks. The
group says those lapses put the Social Security information of more than 300
million Americans at risk.
Over 300 Malicious Chrome Extensions Caught Leaking or Stealing User Data
https://lemmy.world/post/43211599
Over 300 Malicious Chrome Extensions Caught Leaking or Stealing User Data - Lemmy.World
Security researchers have discovered more than 300 Chrome extensions that leak
browser data, spy on their users, or outright steal users’ data. Research
focused on the analysis of network traffic generated by Chrome extensions has
uncovered 287 applications transmitting the user’s browsing history or search
engine results pages (SERP). Some of them, security researcher Q Continuum
explains, would essentially expose the data to unsecured networks, while others
would send it to collection servers, either due to intended functionality, for
monetization purposes, or with malicious intent. The extensions have over 37.4
million users, the researcher says. Of these, roughly 27.2 million users
installed 153 extensions that were confirmed to leak browser history upon
installation.[https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/2e1eb630-a8f2-4cd3-ac89-22e59b8f40f8.jpeg]
Hooded Horse ban AI-generated art in their games: "all this thing has done is made our lives more difficult"
https://lemmy.world/post/41419554
Hooded Horse ban AI-generated art in their games: "all this thing has done is made our lives more difficult" - Lemmy.World
cross-posted from: https://pawb.social/post/37780967
[https://pawb.social/post/37780967] > > Manor Lords and Terra Invicta publishers
Hooded Horse are imposing a strict ban on generative AI assets in their games,
with company co-founder Tim Bender describing it as an “ethics issue” and “a
very frustrating thing to have to worry about”. > > > > “I fucking hate gen AI
art and it has made my life more difficult in many ways… suddenly it infests
shit in a way it shouldn’t,” Bender told Kotaku in a recent interview. “It is
now written into our contracts if we’re publishing the game, ‘no fucking AI
assets.'” I assume that’s not a verbatim quote, but I’d love to be proven wrong.
> > > > The publishers also take a dim view of using generative AI for
“placeholder” work, or indeed any ‘non-final’ aspect of game development. “We’ve
gotten to the point where we also talk to developers and we recommend they don’t
use any gen AI anywhere in the process because some of them might otherwise
think, ‘Okay, well, maybe what I’ll do is for this place, I’ll put it as a
placeholder,’ right?” Bender went on.
Court allows White House to end Medicaid funding for Planned Parenthood in 22 states
https://lemmy.world/post/40972995
Court allows White House to end Medicaid funding for Planned Parenthood in 22 states - Lemmy.World
A US appeals court agreed on Tuesday to allow the Trump administration to strip
Medicaid funding from Planned Parenthood health centers in 22 states and
Washington DC. The order from the three-judge panel of the Boston-based first US
circuit court of appeals puts on hold an injunction issued by US district judge
Indira Talwani. Talwani’s injunction had blocked the Trump administration from
enforcing a provision of its massive tax-and-spending bill that blocks Planned
Parenthood from receiving reimbursements from Medicaid, the US government’s
health insurance program for low-income people, in the 22 states. The panel’s
decision is only the latest legal volley in the months-long war over the Trump
administration’s provision. The appeals court previously lifted another order by
Talwani in a separate case, brought by Planned Parenthood, that had also blocked
the measure’s enforcement.
Just came here to say, I can't stand all these damn AI commercials.
https://lemmy.world/post/40624069
Just came here to say, I can't stand all these damn AI commercials. - Lemmy.World
That’s all. Thank you for ignoring this matter.
DNA Analysis Confirms Grim Tale from 800-Year-Old Norse Saga
https://lemmy.world/post/40598042
DNA Analysis Confirms Grim Tale from 800-Year-Old Norse Saga - Lemmy.World
Anybody got a fresh brita filter handy?
