Monthly Archives: August 2022

Dozens more shape-shifting malicious Android apps discovered

Three dozen malicious Android apps have been discovered on the Google Play Store, showing once again that downloading from a proven source is not a sufficient security practice.  Cybersecurity researchers from Bitdefender discovered a total of 35 Android apps on the Google Play Store that serve dangerous ads to their victims, and try their hardest…

HSBC Bank review: Good option for relatively wealthy customers who can waive monthly service fees

HSBC Bank doesn’t charge foreign transaction fees on Premier accounts. HSBC; Alyssa Powell/Business Insider The bottom line: HSBC Premier Checking Account ($500) (Member FDIC) offers competitive rewards to qualifying customers, such as a $500 welcome bonus and high interest rate on your savings account. You might like HSBC if you can keep $75,000 in bank/investment…

Apple Announces GarageBand Remix Sessions Featuring Katy Perry and K-pop Group SEVENTEEN

Apple today announced new in-app Remix Sessions for GarageBand featuring Katy Perry and K-pop group SEVENTEEN, alongside an accompanying Today at Apple Session. The two new Remix Sessions, available as free downloads in the GarageBand app for iOS and iPadOS, include a range of loops, sounds, and instruments that allow users to put their own…

Eleventh Circuit Affirms Finding that Takedown Notice for Auto Stickers Violated DMCA

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit on Wednesday affirmed a district court’s comprehensive order finding that Day to Day Imports, Inc. (DDI) acted with willful blindness in submitting a fifth Takedown Notice to Amazon asking that auto stickers it alleged infringed its licensed artwork be removed from the site. DDI took a…

Google’s DeepMind AI can ‘transframe’ a single image into a video

Transframer can envision a surrounding environment from one image. Google DeepMind Earlier this week, the team behind Google’s advanced DeepMind neural network unveiled a new ability dubbed Transframer, which allows AI to generate 30-second videos from a single image input. It’s a nifty little trick at first glance, but the implications are much larger than…

Federal, state regulators put pressure on Tesla’s Autopilot safety

Tesla is coming under fire from federal and state regulators over both the safety and the capabilities of its Autopilot advanced driver assistance system. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) asked Tesla on Thursday to answer questions about its cabin camera as part of an ongoing probe into 830,000 Tesla vehicles that include Autopilot….