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Weather from Microsoft Start named the most accurate forecast provider

For the second year running, Weather from Microsoft Start has been crowned the “overall most accurate weather forecast provider globally” by ForecastWatch. Traditionally, weather forecasting relied on supercomputers and complex simulations. Microsoft Start changed this process by integrating AI with vast weather datasets, large-scale computing models, topographical information, and even real-time user reports. This approach […]

BreachForums Returns Just Weeks After FBI Seizure – Honeypot or Blunder?

The online criminal bazaar BreachForums has been resurrected merely two weeks after a U.S.-led coordinated law enforcement action dismantled and seized control of its infrastructure. Cybersecurity researchers and dark web trackers Brett Callow, Dark Web Informer, and FalconFeeds revealed the site’s online return at breachforums[.]st – one of the dismantled sites – by a user […]

Microsoft Edge announces UI responsiveness improvements, up to 76% improvement

Microsoft announced updates to improve the responsiveness of the user interface in Microsoft Edge. These updates make using the browser itself faster and smoother, regardless of the websites you visit. The first improvements, available in Edge version 122, focus on the Browser Essentials UI. This has elements like the address bar, tabs, and favorites. Users […]

Google to discontinue much-required chat and call history for Google Business Profiles

Small business owners using Google Business Profiles are about to lose a communication channel. Google announced it will disable the chat and call history features within Business Profiles starting July 15th, 2024. Existing chats can continue until July 31st, after which the feature will be completely shut down. This move by Google comes as a […]

Former OpenAI’s super alignment team lead joins rivals Google-backed Anthropic

Jan Leike, previous head of the superalignment team who recently departed OpenAI, along with a co-founder, has joined competitor Anthropic, an AI startup backed by Google and Amazon. Leike’s move comes after his resignation from OpenAI earlier this month, following the disbanding of the superalignment group he co-led. This group, formed in 2023, focused on […]

Treasury Sanctions Creators of 911 S5 Proxy Botnet

The U.S. Department of the Treasury today unveiled sanctions against three Chinese nationals for allegedly operating 911 S5, an online anonymity service that for many years was the easiest and cheapest way to route one’s Web traffic through malware-infected computers around the globe. KrebsOnSecurity identified one of the three men in a July 2022 investigation […]