Researchers at cybersecurity company Proofpoint said they have observed the China-backed advanced persistent threat group, TA412, also known as Zirconium, engaging in several reconnaissance phishing campaigns since early last year. Proofpoint says it witnessed five separate phishing campaigns in January and February 2021 targeting U.S.-based journalists, notably those covering U.S. politics and national security. However,…
General Motors is teaming up with Pilot Flying J to build a national fast-charge network for EVs. The partnership between GM and Pilot will help accelerate EV sales by filling in gaps along the charging infrastructure. Access to charging stations remains American drivers’ top concern over buying or leasing an EV, according to a July…
UnCaged Studios, a web3-focused gaming studio, has raised $24 million in a Series A equity funding round to continue growing the crypto gaming industry. The raise includes investors from Griffin Gaming Partners, Vgames, Maverick Ventures Israel, Drive by DraftKings and 6th Man Ventures. The Series A follows a $4 million token presale for its Solana-focused…
Large-scale machine learning models are at the heart of headline-grabbing technologies like OpenAI’s DALL-E 2 and Google’s LaMDA. They’re impressive, to be sure, capable of generating images and text convincing enough to pass for a human’s work. But developing the models took an enormous amount of time and compute power — not to mention cash….
Google Meet has teamed up with online visual collaboration platform Miro to improve brainstorming and collaboration sessions on its video conferencing platform. The interface is called a ‘Miro board,’ and runs alongside the existing Meet window which shows active participants and other features, like chat and hand-raise. New or pre-made Miro boards can be displayed…
The chaos at airports has seen luggage pile up. Dermot Lennon said he’d never seen anything like it when he flew to Dublin Airport on June 28. Mark Wayt Dermot Lennon’s luggage was still missing a week after his trip back from Australia to Ireland. He decided to buy a plane ticket just to be…
Former President Donald Trump. Joe Maiorana/AP Photo House panel is gathering evidence that Trump may have broken four federal laws. But experts say Trump could mount a strong legal defense. The committee is presenting evidence to support their claims that Trump tried to block the peaceful transfer of power. When the House select committee began…
Elon Musk is trying to walk away from his $44 billion deal to buy Twitter. Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images Hindenburg Research announced it had built a “significant long position” in Twitter stocks Wednesday. The research firm’s founder said that Twitter will rally after the collapse of Elon Musk’s takeover deal. Twitter surged 8% after Hindenburg’s announcement….
RingCentral ranked seventh on Comparably’s Best Leadership Teams ranking among large employers. Courtesy of Comparably Review site Comparably published its Best Leadership Teams ranking using employee responses. Nextdoor, Microsoft, and Amazon Consumer made up the top three spots this year. Here are the top 25 at large companies, or places with over 500 workers. 25….
Amazon’s Ring doorbell has been at the center of multiple privacy controversies Steve Marcus/Reuters Amazon gave police 11 Ring doorbell videos without consent in 2022 so far, per a U.S. Senator probe. It shares videos after determining there is “imminent danger of death or serious physical injury.” Amazon has 2,161 law enforcement agencies on its…