Hackers swap stealth for realistic checkout forms to steal credit cards

Hackers are hijacking online stores to display modern, realistic-looking fake payment forms to steal credit cards from unsuspecting customers.These payment forms are shown as a modal, HTML content overlayed on top of the main webpage, allowing the user to interact with login forms or notification content without leaving the page. When modals are active, the…

A.I. and Stochastic Parrots | FACTUALLY with Emily Bender and Timnit Gebru

[embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jAHRbFetqII&ab_channel=AdamConover[/embed] So-called “artificial intelligence” is one of the most divisive topics of the year, with even those who understand it in total disagreement about its potential impacts. This week, A.I. reseachers and authors of the famous paper “On the Dangers of Stochastic Parrots,” Emily Bender and Timnit Gebru, join Adam to discuss what everyone gets…

Human Rights Commissioner troubled by end of mask mandates in healthcare settings – BC’s Office of the Human Rights Commissioner

Vancouver B.C. – On April 12, 2023, B.C.’s Human Rights Commissioner Kasari Govender released the following statement on the recent announcement that universal mask mandates in healthcare settings would be eliminated. “As mask restrictions have been lifted in B.C., I have repeatedly expressed concerns about the human rights implications of these policy decisions: that the…

There Is No A.I.

There are ways of controlling the new technology—but first we have to stop mythologizing it. … The most pragmatic position is to think of A.I. as a tool, not a creature. My attitude doesn’t eliminate the possibility of peril: however we think about it, we can still design and operate our new tech badly, in…

Microsoft drops Twitter from its advertising platform | Mashable

“Starting on April 25, 2023, Smart Campaigns with Multi-platform will no longer support Twitter,” Microsoft said(opens in a new tab). A similar email has begun to go out to Microsoft Advertising users stating that “Digital Marketing Center (DMC) will no longer support Twitter starting on April 25, 2023.”From that date, users will no longer be…

Star Trek Explained (As Simply As Possible)

Star Trek Explained

[embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SPYjSRq9fWY&ab_channel=JessieGender[/embed] From The Original Series all the way to Lower Decks to Picard to Prodigy to Strange New Worlds, even out to Deep Space Nine, I’ll explain Star Trek as simply as humanly possible… which isn’t very simple.