BeeBright/Getty Images reader comments 94 with Hiding malicious programs in a computer’s UEFI firmware, the deep-seated code that tells a PC how to load its operating system, has become an insidious trick in the toolkit of stealthy hackers. But when a motherboard manufacturer installs its own hidden backdoor in the firmware of millions of computers—and… Read More »
Enlarge / Some of the many Snap apps available in Ubuntu’s Snap Store, the place where users can find apps and Linux enthusiasts can find deep-seated disagreement. reader comments 56 with [Update, 2:00 pm ET, May 31: Ubuntu published a blog post about its Ubuntu Core desktop work after this Ars Technica post was published.… Read More »
Enlarge / Minnesota’s right-to-repair bill is the first to pass in the US that demands broad access to most electronics’ repair manuals, tools, and diagnostic software. Game consoles, medical devices, and other specific gear, however, are exempted. Getty Images reader comments 47 with It doesn’t cover video game consoles, medical gear, farm or construction equipment,… Read More »
Enlarge / An example of a 1983 file photo of the Apple Lisa computer that has been significantly enhanced by the new “Generative Fill” AI tool in the Adobe Photoshop beta. Apple / Benj Edwards / Adobe reader comments 27 with On Tuesday, Adobe added a new tool to its Photoshop beta called “Generative Fill,”… Read More »
Enlarge / It’s hard to recover from a shortage, especially when buyers take on stockpiling habits, Raspberry Pi CEO Eben Upton said in a recent interview. But the British company is on track to return some stock to individual buyers. Raspberry Pi reader comments 32 with Having to make the pandemic-pressure choice to either disappoint… Read More »
Enlarge / Photorealistic AI-generated images like this one may distort our sense of history. Google wants to fix that. Midjourney reader comments 70 with On Wednesday at Google I/O 2023, Google announced three new features designed to help people spot AI-generated fake images in search results, reports Bloomberg. The features will identify the known origins… Read More »
Enlarge / An AI-generated image of a robot reading a book. Benj Edwards / Stable Diffusion reader comments 15 with On Thursday, AI company Anthropic announced it has given its ChatGPT-like Claude AI language model the ability to analyze an entire book’s worth of material in under a minute. This new ability comes from expanding… Read More »
reader comments 21 with Earlier this week, Microsoft released a patch to fix a Secure Boot bypass bug used by the BlackLotus bootkit we reported on in March. The original vulnerability, CVE-2022-21894, was patched in January, but the new patch for CVE-2023-24932 addresses another actively exploited workaround for systems running Windows 10 and 11 and… Read More »
Enlarge / An AI-generated image of robots looking inside an artificial brain. Stable Diffusion reader comments 26 with On Tuesday, OpenAI published a new research paper detailing a technique that uses its GPT-4 language model to write explanations for the behavior of neurons in its older GPT-2 model, albeit imperfectly. It’s a step forward for… Read More »