Monthly Archives: March 2024

Government of Canada announces major broadband investments in the west

The government of Canada has announced significant investments to improve connectivity in British Columbia and Alberta over the past two days. That includes combined federal and provincial funding of C$112 million to bring high speed internet access to more than 22,500 households in Alta. and another $37 million for 7,500 households in B.C.. The households, […]

Microsoft reaches new highs of desperation; running Bing search result ads on Google

We all know Microsoft’s regular efforts to make users use their products, whether it’s Edge, Copilot, or Bing. But it has stretched its boundaries as Microsoft’s search engine, Bing ads are appearing on Google search results pages. So what’s basically happening is, if you’re searching – let’s say – “5 sources of Calcium,” despite having […]

Hackers Exploit Misconfigured YARN, Docker, Confluence, Redis Servers for Crypto Mining

Threat actors are targeting misconfigured and vulnerable servers running Apache Hadoop YARN, Docker, Atlassian Confluence, and Redis services as part of an emerging malware campaign designed to deliver a cryptocurrency miner and spawn a reverse shell for persistent remote access. “The attackers leverage these tools to issue exploit code, taking advantage of common misconfigurations and

Study shows that ChatGPT has the most copywritten data compared to other top LLMs

A new study by Patronus AI, a company specializing in evaluating large language models (LLMs), has sparked concerns about copyright infringement and the use of copyrighted data in training AI models. The research, released on Wednesday, tested four AI models: OpenAI’s GPT-4, Anthropic’s Claude 2, Meta’s Llama 2, and Mistral AI’s Mixtral. Surprised that they […]

Take off Copilot Designer from web: a Microsoft Engineer after revealing it can produce extremely inappropriate content

A Microsoft engineer has raised worries about the company’s AI image generator, Copilot Designer. He claims it can produce harmful and inappropriate content. Shane Jones, who is a principal software engineering manager at Microsoft, said he discovered that the tool can generate violent, sexual, and biased images. It reminds me of the Taylor Swift saga, […]

Decktopus Review: Is the AI Presentation Maker Any Good?

If you’re looking for a Decktopus review that showcases how this online platform works, then this article is for you. In this piece, you’ll discover some of the core features Decktopus offers. I’ll also share my insights about what the presentation generator does right and where it could improve. Without further ado, let’s begin! What […]

Exit Scam: BlackCat Ransomware Group Vanishes After $22 Million Payout

The threat actors behind the BlackCat ransomware have shut down their darknet website and likely pulled an exit scam after uploading a bogus law enforcement seizure banner. “ALPHV/BlackCat did not get seized. They are exit scamming their affiliates,” security researcher Fabian Wosar said. “It is blatantly obvious when you check the source code of the new takedown notice.” […]

Review: OnePlus 12 vs OnePlus 12R – A solid pair of devices

OnePlus is probably not the best-known phone brand in Canada, since the major carriers haven’t picked it up, but it’s one that’s well worth a look. For the first time, its R series, previously only available in India and China, is available here and in the U.S. OnePlus R Series devices, the company said, are […]