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Hands-on with the new iPad Pros and Airs: A surprisingly refreshing refresh

Enlarge / Apple's latest iPad Air, now in two sizes. The Magic Keyboard accessory is the same one that you use with older iPad Airs and Pros, though they can use the new Apple Pencil Pro. (credit: Andrew Cunningham) Apple has a brand-new lineup of iPad Pro and Air models for the first time in well over a year. Most people...

Tue May 7, 2024 23:39
Ransomware mastermind LockBitSupp reveled in his anonymity—now he’s been ID’d

Enlarge / Dmitry Yuryevich Khoroshev, aka LockBitSupp (credit: UK National Crime Agency) Since at least 2019, a shadowy figure hiding behind several pseudonyms has publicly gloated for extorting millions of dollars from thousands of victims he and his associates had hacked. Now, for the first time, “LockBitSupp” has been...

Tue May 7, 2024 22:45
Microsoft launches AI chatbot for spies

Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) Microsoft has introduced a GPT-4-based generative AI model designed specifically for US intelligence agencies that operates disconnected from the Internet, according to a Bloomberg report. This reportedly marks the first time Microsoft has deployed a major language model in a secure setting,...

Tue May 7, 2024 22:45
TikTok and its Chinese owner sue US government over “foreign adversary” law

Enlarge (credit: Getty Images | Chesnot ) TikTok and its owner ByteDance today sued the federal government to block the "Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications" law that would prohibit TikTok in the US if the company isn't sold to a non-Chinese firm. The complaint in the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia...

Tue May 7, 2024 22:45
Do you need a dentist visit every 6 months? That filling? The data is weak

Enlarge (credit: Getty | Julian Stratenschulte) The field of dentistry is lagging on adopting evidence-based care and, as such, is rife with overdiagnoses and overtreatments that may align more with the economic pressures of keeping a dental practice afloat than what care patients actually need. At least, that's according...

Tue May 7, 2024 21:01
Boeing says workers skipped required tests on 787 but recorded work as completed

Enlarge / An American Airlines Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner preparing to take off at Barcelona-El Prat Airport in Spain on May 1, 2024. (credit: Getty Images | NurPhoto ) The Federal Aviation Administration is investigating whether Boeing failed to complete required inspections on 787 Dreamliner planes and whether Boeing employees...

Tue May 7, 2024 21:01

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