Commercial spyware vendor exploits used by Kremlin-backed hackers, Google says

Commercial spyware vendor exploits used by Kremlin-backed hackers, Google says

Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) Critics of spyware and exploit sellers have long warned that the advanced hacking sold by commercial surveillance vendors (CSVs) represents a worldwide danger because they inevitably find their way into the hands of malicious parties, even when the CSVs promise they will be used only to target known criminals. On Thursday,…

How to make the Nerubian Pheromone Secreter work in The War Within – Destructoid

How to make the Nerubian Pheromone Secreter work in The War Within – Destructoid

There is a special trinket in WoW: The War Within, called the Neurbian Pheromono Secreter, that doesn’t seem to do the one thing it’s supposed to. I assure you: it’s not bugged, so here’s how you can make it work properly. How to get the Nerubian Pheromone Secreter to function in WoW: The War Within…

Chucklefish supports recently hospitalized composer with charity sale of INMOST

Chucklefish supports recently hospitalized composer with charity sale of INMOST

Acclaimed indie puzzle platformer INMOST is getting a 70% charity sale to help its recently hospitalized composer Alexey Nechaev with his recovery costs. 50% of the proceeds will be going to Nechaev and his family, while the other half is headed to a heart health charity. At just 29 years old, Nachaev was sent to…

Take 2: Google AI again lets users generate images of people

Take 2: Google AI again lets users generate images of people

Google’s Gemini AI model can once again be used to generate images that represent people, according to Ars Technica. The company had shut down the feature in February after it was criticized for creating historically inaccurate images often related to the subject’s skin color. The now-updated Gemini 1.5 model should be able to avoid the earlier…

Apple gives IT the power to switch off Apple Intelligence

Apple gives IT the power to switch off Apple Intelligence

Apple has introduced new tools mobile device management (MDM) vendors can use to give IT the power to restrict Apple Intelligence across their fleets.  Understanding the significance of the on-going AI with everything war, Apple device management vendor Addigy was fast out the gate to announce its support for the tools, which other MDM providers are likely to support,…

California’s contentious AI safety bill gets closer to becoming a law

California’s contentious AI safety bill gets closer to becoming a law

California State Assembly has passed the “hotly debated” AI safety bill that could establish the nation’s most stringent regulations on AI, setting the stage for a contentious decision by Governor Gavin Newsom. The legislation, known as the Safe and Secure Innovation for Frontier Artificial Intelligence Models Act (SB 1047), proposes rigorous testing and accountability measures…