Nearly a week after the makers of the popular web server management software cPanel and WebHost Manager (WHM) alerted users of a critical flaw in its software, hackers are still targeting thousands of websites that use the vulnerable software. As of Monday there are more than 550,000 potentially vulnerable servers running cPanel, a number that…
When do we take AI doomers seriously? That’s a key subtext of Elon Musk’s attempt to shut down OpenAI’s for-profit AI business. His attorneys argue that the organization was set up as a charity focused on AI safety, and lost its way in pursuit of lucre. To prove that, they cite old emails and statements…
One of the biggest issues with the Internet is privacy. Whenever you browse, you leave digital breadcrumbs that companies analyze to build profiles of your personal life and activities. Tracking your whereabouts and actions is called online exposure, and some of your data becomes accessible to anyone who monitors the web. To address this problem,…
On Monday, Anthropic announced a joint venture focusing on deploying enterprise AI services. Blackstone, Hellman & Friedman, and Goldman Sachs will be founding partners in the new venture, which is backed by a group of VCs, hedge funds, and private equity firms, including Apollo Global Management, General Atlantic, GIC, Leonard Green, and Sequoia Capital. The…
Car accidents in San Marcos often happen because of unsafe driving, heavy traffic, and changing road conditions that increase the risk of crashes. Common causes include distracted driving, speeding, driving under the influence, and failure to follow traffic rules. Understanding these factors is important not only to stay safe on the roads of San Marcos…
Almost all of the 20 U.S. state government-run health insurance marketplaces shared residents’ application information with advertising and tech giants, including Google, LinkedIn, Meta, and Snap, according to a new investigation by Bloomberg. The report drives home the privacy problems created by pixel-sized trackers, which allow website owners to collect information about their visitors, often…
Amazon is opening its global logistics network to all businesses, the company announced on Monday. The new service, called Amazon Supply Chain Services, pits the e-commerce giant directly against UPS and FedEx. The service opens Amazon’s freight, distribution, fulfillment, and parcel shipping capabilities to businesses of all types and sizes. The company says the service…
When should you use Waze over Google Maps? If you care most about avoiding traffic, hazards, and speed traps, Waze is your app. It’s faster at rerouting and more focused on drivers. But if you need a navigation app that will give you oodles of information about businesses, parking, nearby things to do, and landmarks,…
Sabrina Ortiz/ZDNET Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. The Android phone market isn’t as competitive as it was a few years ago, but there are a plethora of options to choose from. You can get a slab phone, a book-style foldable, a flip phone, and phones with physical keyboards. Sure, iPhones dominate with…
The tech industry has spent the last decade asking whether self-driving cars need lidar sensors, cameras, or all of the above. Lidar company Ouster says it has a new answer: put them both in the same sensor. On Monday, the San Francisco-based company announced a new lineup of lidar sensors it calls “Rev8,” all of…