The secondary market for decades old, low-tech John Deere tractors has been booming for years as farmers have sought reliable tractors that they can actually fix without having to deal with John Deere’s repair monopoly. A Canadian company has seen that demand and came up with a radical thought: What ...
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Podcast: Hackers Asked Meta AI To Let Them In. It WorkedPodcast: Hackers Asked Meta AI To Let Them In. It Worked
We start this week with Jason’s story about one of the wildest hacking stories in a while. Hackers simply asked Meta’s AI to change the email address on a target Instagram account, and the chatbot did so. Insane. After the break, Emanuel tells us about Amazon’s internal leaderboard for tracking ...
Companies Are Using Reddit to Manipulate ChatGPT and Google AI SearchCompanies Are Using Reddit to Manipulate ChatGPT and Google AI Search
The moderators of the biohacking subreddit say that peptide and hormone replacement therapy companies have been surreptitiously spamming Reddit in an attempt to get their posts scraped by AI chatbots. The strategy is an effort to systematically manipulate the answers provided by chatbots by manipulating the underlying source material that ...
Israeli strikes kill nine in Lebanon as Hezbollah fires rockets over borderIsraeli strikes kill nine in Lebanon as Hezbollah fires rockets over border
The incidents strain a partial ceasefire agreed by Israel and the Lebanese armed group on Monday. ...
PM accuses Farage of exploiting Nowak case and denies ‘two-tier policing’ claimPM accuses Farage of exploiting Nowak case and denies ‘two-tier policing’ claim
It comes after the Reform UK leader said the public should respond with “pure, cold rage” to the actions of police. ...
Iranian strikes cause damage at Kuwait international airport – videoIranian strikes cause damage at Kuwait international airport – video
At least one person was killed and several others were wounded as Iranian strikes hit Kuwait international airport on Wednesday. Flights were temporarily suspended as fires burned and smoke filled the air at the airport. Tensions in the Middle East have continued with the US and Iran exchanging fresh missile ...
One killed and several wounded in Iranian attack on Kuwait’s international airportOne killed and several wounded in Iranian attack on Kuwait’s international airport
US and Iran exchange more strikes across Gulf region, jeopardising efforts to secure a new ceasefire Middle East crisis – live updates Kuwait’s military said Iranian strikes that hit a terminal at its international airport caused significant damage, killed at least one person and wounded several others. The attack came ...
What happened when a tiny school district refused to ‘bend the knee’ to Trump and ICEWhat happened when a tiny school district refused to ‘bend the knee’ to Trump and ICE
In Winooski, Vermont, where more than a third of children are English learners, a school superintendent is taking a stand to protect immigrant students On an April morning at Winooski high school, the day started with a writing prompt: Do you feel safe in school? Why or why not? The ...
Thank God for Pope Leo. He’s the leader our world desperately needs | Arwa MahdawiThank God for Pope Leo. He’s the leader our world desperately needs | Arwa Mahdawi
Even for nonbelievers like me, the pope has become a reassuring – and all too rare – voice of moral clarity Do you remember the early 2000s, when Silicon Valley buzzed with idealism and tech bros told us they were going to save the world? “Don’t be evil” was Google’s ...
James Ellroy: ‘It’s satanic to me, the dependency people have on computers’James Ellroy: ‘It’s satanic to me, the dependency people have on computers’
The outspoken crime novelist talks his provocative new book, his hatred of technology and why the film adaptation of LA Confidential is a ‘turkey’ James Ellroy does not own a computer, his publicist explains, so will a phone interview be OK? When the self-proclaimed “mad dog of American crime fiction” ...