February 22, 2025

US AI Safety Institute could face big cuts

The National Institute of Standards and Technology could fire as many as 500 staffers, according to multiple reports — cuts that further threaten a fledgling AI safety organization. Axios reported this week that the US AI Safety Institute (AISI) and Chips for America, both part of NIST, would be “gutted” by layoffs targeting probationary employees […]

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December 2022

Meta’s behavioral ads will finally face GDPR privacy reckoning in January

December 6, 2022

Major privacy complaints targeting the legality of Meta’s core advertising business model in Europe have finally been settled via a dispute resolution mechanism baked into the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). The complaints, which date back to May 2018, take aim at the tech giant’s so-called “forced consent” to continue tracking and targeting users […]

Meta’s behavioral ads will finally face GDPR privacy reckoning in January by Natasha Lomas originally published on TechCrunch

Amnesty Canada says it was targeted by Chinese state-sponsored hackers

December 6, 2022

The Canadian branch of Amnesty International has confirmed it was the target of a “sophisticated” cyberattack carried out by Chinese state-sponsored hackers.  The human rights organization said it first detected the breach on October 5, when suspicious activity was discovered on Amnesty’s IT infrastructure. An investigation by forensic investigators and cybersecurity experts was immediately launched, […]

Amnesty Canada says it was targeted by Chinese state-sponsored hackers by Carly Page originally published on TechCrunch

Twitter’s iOS app is riddled with privacy settings glitches

December 6, 2022

As Elon Musk attempts to operate a major social media platform with a fraction of its staff, Twitter users are reporting that certain key security features on iOS are not working. For some users, it’s impossible to protect your tweets or toggle direct message privacy settings — a pop-up will appear that says “some settings […]

Twitter’s iOS app is riddled with privacy settings glitches by Amanda Silberling originally published on TechCrunch

Telegram Premium tops 1 million subscribers

December 6, 2022

Telegram Premium has amassed over 1 million subscribers, less than six months after the popular instant messaging app launched the paid offering and began a serious concerted effort to monetize the business. Pavel Durov shared the update on his Telegram channel Tuesday, calling the milestone “one of the most successful examples of a social media […]

Telegram Premium tops 1 million subscribers by Manish Singh originally published on TechCrunch

ClickHouse launches ClickHouse Cloud, extends its Series B

December 6, 2022

Since its launch as an open-source project by Yandex in 2016, ClickHouse has become one of the leading databases for online analytical processing (OLAP), allowing businesses to quickly generate ad-hoc reports over very large datasets. In 2021, Yandex spun off ClickHouse into its own company and joined an initial $50 million Series A funding round […]

ClickHouse launches ClickHouse Cloud, extends its Series B by Frederic Lardinois originally published on TechCrunch

It’s way too easy to trick Lensa AI into making NSFW images

December 6, 2022

Lensa has been climbing the app store hit lists with its avatar-generating AI that is making artists wave the red flag. Now, there’s another reason to fly the flag, as it turns out it’s possible — and way too easy — to use the platform to generate non-consensual soft porn. TechCrunch has seen photo sets […]

It’s way too easy to trick Lensa AI into making NSFW images by Haje Jan Kamps originally published on TechCrunch