Brighter Technologies

03/26/2025

"In a post about the Chapter 11 process, 23andMe said its users’ privacy and data are important considerations in any transaction and that any buyer will be required to comply with applicable laws when it comes to how it treats customer data.

But experts note that laws have limits — for instance, the U.S. has no federal privacy law and only about 20 states do."

23andMe has filed for bankruptcy, prompting people who've used the service and sent in DNA samples to be analyzed to wonder what will happen to their genetic data.

03/26/2025

"The best defense isn’t which browser you use as much as how well you protect your system and how cautious you are online. The reality is that humans are always the weakest link in the cybersecurity chain."

The StilachiRAT malware is no joke — it’s built to infiltrate Windows systems and steal all kinds of sensitive data.

03/21/2025

"Scammers are using invoices sent through PayPal.com to trick recipients into calling a number to dispute a pending charge. The missives — which come from Paypal.com and include a link at Paypal.com that displays an invoice for the supposed transaction — state that the user’s account is about to be charged hundreds of dollars. Recipients who call the supplied toll-free number to contest the transaction are soon asked to download software that lets the scammers assume remote control over their computer."

August 18, 2022 131 Comments Scammers are using invoices sent through PayPal.com to trick recipients into calling a number to dispute a pending charge. The missives — which come from Paypal.com and include a link at Paypal.com that displays an invoice for the supposed transaction — state that th...

09/10/2024

List of helpful AI tools by category

08/16/2024

"A new lawsuit is claiming hackers have gained access to the personal information of 'billions of individuals,' including their Social Security numbers, current and past addresses and the names of siblings and parents — personal data that could allow fraudsters to infiltrate financial accounts or take out loans in their names."

Lawsuit claims hackers accessed "billions" of records, including Social Security numbers, by breaching background check company.

06/26/2024

05/15/2024

LearnLM is our new Gemini\u002Dbased family of models for better learning and teaching experiences.

05/13/2024

GPT-4o. Open AI's new flagship model that can reason across audio, vision, and text in real time was just announced.

"GPT-4o’s text and image capabilities are starting to roll out today in ChatGPT. We are making GPT-4o available in the free tier, and to Plus users with up to 5x higher message limits. We'll roll out a new version of Voice Mode with GPT-4o in alpha within ChatGPT Plus in the coming weeks."

We’re announcing GPT-4 Omni, our new flagship model which can reason across audio, vision, and text in real time.

03/05/2024

"Unsolicited contact. Have you ever gotten a text message that just reads, 'Hi,' from an unknown number?"

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02/19/2024

The ChatGPT-maker just unleashed a text-to-video generator called Sora. Take a look at what your future is going to look like.

02/14/2024

"The supermassive leak contains data from numerous previous breaches, comprising an astounding 12 terabytes of information, spanning over a mind-boggling 26 billion records. The leak, which contains LinkedIn, Twitter, Weibo, Tencent, and other platforms’ user data, is almost certainly the largest ever discovered."

The supermassive leak contains data from numerous previous breaches, comprising an astounding 12 terabytes of information, spanning over a mind-boggling 26 billion records. The leak is almost certainly the largest ever discovered.