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You might be surprised, but schools collect a ton of data about students for administrative purposes, through learning apps, and through the use of school-issued devices. As we head into the new school year, it’s important to understand how this data is managed and protected.Back-to-school season increases the risk of data breaches as educational institutions increase their use of technology. If this data is accessed by unauthorized parties, such as marketers or threat actors, it could be used to create customer profiles for targeted advertising or, in more serious cases, lead to identity theft.We’ll explore some of the often overlooked…
It is still It’s been a few days since Elon Musk-owned social media site X (formerly Twitter) unveiled the latest version of its artificial intelligence chatbot Grok. The new update, Grok-2, released on August 13, lets users generate AI images with simple text prompts. The problem is that this model doesn’t have any of the average safety guardrails that other popular AI models have. Simply put, you can do almost anything with Grok. And it does. Grok is a generative artificial intelligence model: a system that learns by itself and creates new content based on what it has learned. Over…
This is a published version of our weekly Forbes Tax Breaks newsletter. You can sign-up to get Tax Breaks in your inbox here. Elder fraud is on the rise.Getty It’s been a big summer for financial fraud. And statistics suggest that it’s not going to get better—especially for seniors. Scams targeting individuals aged 60 and older—sometimes called elder fraud—caused over $3.4 billion in losses in 2023, up approximately 11% from the previous year.One of the things that I’ve noticed is that it can be easy to dismiss these instances of fraud as targeting easy money. But that’s not the case.…
Rich Amiri made it onto this year’s XXL Freshman list due to his success in 2023. He has released two projects. evolution And the very popular, Ghetto FabulousThe latter features some of his catchiest songs to date, including “OUTTA THERE,” “AINT NOTHING,” and of course, “ONE CALL.” For someone well-known in the underground trap scene, garnering over 336 million streams for a single song is quite a feat. But this is where the Boston, Massachusetts MC comes into his own. His unique deep voice and sticky flow patterns could catapult him into the mainstream if he continues on this trajectory.…
Pakistan’s controversial firewall system has left the country’s internet performance slow and unstable, leading businesses and industry groups to warn of a mass exodus of foreign companies from the country. The warning by the Pakistan Business Council (PBC) and Pakistan Software Houses Association (PSHA) comes months after major companies including Uber, Pfizer, Shell, Eli Erie (US), Sanofi (France), Telenor (Norway) and Lott Chemical (South Korea) sold all or part of their stakes to local companies. The move marks a major outflow of foreign investment and raises questions about Pakistan’s investment climate, economic policies and regulatory hurdles. “Due to the reported…
The entrance to Keystone Trade Center in January 2021. Photo by Tom Sofield/LevittownNow.com A massive new data center planned for the Keystone Trade Center could cause a stir. NorthPointe Development, which is transforming the former U.S. Steel site into a major e-commerce and logistics hub, asked the Falls Township Board of Negotiations on Tuesday for permission to get around standard noise and decibel level limits set by the county ordinance. Bryce McGuigan, a lawyer representing NorthPoint, said it had secured a tenant for the building that will be developed into a data center, but did not disclose the identity of…
AI developers have long been working to realize the digital personal assistant by providing a service that is smart, easy to use, and always available. Gemini Live, announced at Made by Google earlier this week, is Google’s latest attempt to achieve this goal. So we put the AI to the test for 24 hours to see how close it gets to being truly useful.While I’m not used to chatting directly with an AI assistant beyond asking it to set a timer while I cook, I wanted to see what benefits there are to having an open-ended conversation with an AI…
Stock photo: Getty Images Cyber experts from the Ukrainian Defense Intelligence Service, working with the BO Team hacking group, successfully attacked a local Internet provider, paralyzing activity at a Russian nuclear weapons facility near the city of Chelyabinsk. sauce: Telegram from the Defense Intelligence Agency of Ukraine Citation”A successful attack on Vega, the only provider in Snezhinsk, Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia, resulted in the inability of 1,173 commutators and 10 servers. Information on Vega’s servers was destroyed.”advertisement: detailMany strategic businesses in the city have reportedly been left without internet and telecommunication services for nearly a week. This includes the…
In a new security report, Mehta identified Russia as the “number one source” of coordinated illicit influence (CIB) activities worldwide, saying the country was conducting at least 39 “covert influence operations.”The Russian influence operation used generative AI to create fake journalist personas and publish articles on fictitious news sites that distorted information from real articles, Meta said in the report.While Russia’s previous attempts to influence U.S. politics relied on socio-cultural topics of specific countries to garner support, the current “deception campaign” is primarily focused on Russia’s war in Ukraine, for which Russian operatives are trying to garner support, Meta’s report…
One group was disproportionately affected by the end of the Affordable Connectivity Program: Military families make up nearly half of ACP recipients, according to a White House fact sheet, meaning more than 10 million veterans, service members, and their families saw their internet bills increase in June. “If this program ends, some veterans will have to pay an extra $30 to $75 per month for internet access, and some may lose internet access altogether,” VA spokesman Terrence Hayes told CNET in May. “This is unacceptable, especially at a time when telehealth has become such a critical tool.”According to a recent…