Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge Microsoft failed to properly protect Windows PCs from malicious drivers for nearly three years, according to a report from Ars Technica. Although Microsoft says its Windows updates add new malicious drivers to a blocklist downloaded by devices, Ars Technica found these updates never actually stuck. This gap…
Monthly Archives: October 2022
In a parody of films like Dangerous Minds and Freedom Writers, Ego Nwodim plays a substitute teacher who’s determined to let her students know that their race and stupidity won’t stop them from achieving their dreams. The only problem is, the kids aren’t dumb and as host Megan Thee Stallion points out: “Miss? This is…
In this week’s recap of the news, the Weekend Update tackles former President Donald Trump’s 14-page letter in response to being subpoenaed by the House Jan. 6 committee. Host Colin Jost likened the letter to the Unabomber’s manifesto and compared it to a victorian love letter. “My favorite part of Trump’s letter is the beginning,”…
Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-IL). Alex Wong/Getty Images Rep. Adam Kinzinger said it’s now up to the American people to stop another insurrection. In an interview with ABC, ‘This Week’ Kinzinger added that Trump is required by law to testify. He said the committee will be gathering facts and putting out a report. Rep. Adam Kinzinger,…
Rep. Adam Kinzinger gives closing remarks during a January 6 Committee hearing on July 21, 2022. Win McNamee/Getty Images Rep. Adam Kinzinger said Donald Trump is required to testify before the Jan. 6 panel after it subpoenaed him. In a letter responding to the subpoena, Trump did not say whether he would testify. Trump has…
Incumbent insurers have accelerated their use of mature AI deployments in the past year to meet changing customer expectations and better compete with insurtechs. Insider Intelligence details AI use cases within the insurance industry, and explores potential risks to this tech, in our AI in Insurance Report. Do you work in the Fintech industry? Get…
An employee holds up a vial of an oncological product under development, at the BioNTech research institute in Mainz, Germany, on October 5, 2022. ANDRE PAIN/AFP via Getty Images Professors Ozlem Tureci and Ugur Sahin co-founded BioNTech, which partnered with Pfizer to develop a COVID-19 shot. The scientists told the BBC’s “Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg”…
Former President Barack Obama. AP Photo/Alastair Grant Former President Obama said “a lot of voters” became “complacent” when Roe v. Wade was the law. Obama remarked on Roe and the Supreme Court during a recent episode of “Pod Save America.” “I do think it’s important for progressives not to count too much on the courts,”…
Informa Systems is one of the companies named in an Insider report as using AI-generated images of fake “employees” on its website. informa/Insider Some companies are using AI technology to put fake “staff” on their “about us” pages. An Insider report by Evan Ratliff found numerous examples of firms using such images. One company owner…
You too can make this beautiful and goth-y coffin-shaped box. Jean Levasseur An old friend from high school wanted a custom wedding card box. But hers had a twist—she was getting married on Halloween, so she wanted it to be in the shape of a coffin. As a woodworker, I’ve made boxes before, but never…