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For the best part of a decade, abusive deepfake “pornography” websites have published thousands of nonconsensual videos depicting women, including high-profile celebrities, politicians, and public figures, into sexual situations. Now, in what is likely the largest takedown of explicit deepfake websites to date, officials in New York have seized more than a dozen of the harmful sites.On Monday, the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office announced the seizure of 12 domains which it says have been used for “unlawfully” sharing, publishing, and selling celebrity deepfake videos. Around 1,200 people—overwhelmingly women—were depicted in nonconsensual sexual images and videos on the websites, the office…
Marketing teams are being told to do more with AI: Draft faster. Publish more. Automate the busywork. But what if the real opportunity isn’t using AI to do your job faster, but turning parts of your job into tools that keep doing the work for you?
Your phone can be the safest place to keep your credit cards. DenPhotos/Shutterstock Digital payment tools like Apple Wallet and Google Wallet make life so much easier. In many cases, you don’t have to worry about grabbing your actual wallet before leaving the house, since you can pay for whatever you need with your phone or smartwatch. But digital wallets and payment services have another benefit you might not have considered: security. They are packed with security features, including biometrics, tokenization and remote deactivation. These all make it much harder for someone else to use your…
Data center infrastructure startup Cornelis Networks Inc. is taking a major leap forward with the launch of a new Active Compute Fabric architecture to support scale-up and scale-out networks for artificial intelligence workloads. The new fabric was announced alongside a strategy collaboration with Qualcomm Technologies Inc. and a $205 million funding round led by IAG Capital Partners. Cornelis is a developer of specialized and congestion-free data center networking systems for AI and high-performance computing. A rival to more established providers such as Cisco Systems Inc. and Arista Networks Inc., its network infrastructure is designed to accelerate those workloads and maximize…
This smart lock is built for rentals in all-new ways. / Tyler Lacoma/CNET Pros & Cons Affordable for its tech and design quality Many access options including fingerprint, included cards, keys, keypad and more Extra-large battery case rated for up to three years Easy to manage access and logs through the app Unique sleep mode if the home is going unused for a while Effective and simple TapCom communication include for vacation renters and similar situations The rental-focused design may not be suited for every home The deadbolt requires manual turning when locked/unlock, which differs from most smart locks Many…
Ravie LakshmananSep 14, 2026Malware / Browser Security A malicious cross-store Twitch browser extension has leaked OAuth tokens associated with nearly 31,000 users to proxy servers operated by a Russian commercial bot service. The extension, named “Twitch Enhanced Viewer | JeetBot,” lists HISHIMIRO/jeetbot.cc as its developer and has the following identifiers on the Google Chrome Web Store and Mozilla Firefox Add-Ons store – Both extensions are still available for download as of writing. The extension listing description states: “JeetBot is a modern tool for streamers and viewers who appreciate quality, convenience, and control,” adding it “expands Twitch capabilities: 1080p stream for…
NPCI introduces contactless NFC payments for UPI, pre-empting Apple Pay’s long-awaited debut in India with a slick, offline-friendly upgrade. India’s payment authority just gave millions of shoppers a much faster way to pay for their morning chai. Users can now skip scanning QR codes or unlocking apps entirely with the launch of contactless tap-and-pay for UPI. You simply tap your phone against the store terminal and walk away. This move isn’t just about shaving seconds off checkout lines. It’s sharp market strategy. Apple is preparing to roll out Apple Pay across India, bringing its slick tap-to-pay wallet to iPhone users.…
“Our mission is to convert waste plastic pollution into durable composites to build 1 billion homes,” says Atlas chair and co-founder A.J. Perez ’13, MNG ’14, PhD ’23, who is also an MIT research scientist. “You can’t divorce these things from each other. We’re not here just to build homes, and we’re not here just to recycle plastic. The conventional way of building homes involves cutting down trees, mining, refining, and a bunch of other dirty activities. We want to avoid all that and address all the plastic bound for our oceans and landfills. We’re turning bottles into buildings.”Atlas’ parts…
Chinese EV maker XPeng wants to shed the cheap, mass-market image that “Made in China” has often carried 10 years after three co-founders registered a small EV startup in Guangzhou—one so cash-strapped it couldn’t even afford a proper brand name, and ended up borrowing chairman He Xiaopeng’s own surname instead—XPeng is trying to pull off something much harder than building a car people want to buy in China. It’s trying to convince the rest of the world to want one too, in a market where “Made in China” hasn’t always meant premium. Singapore is one of the newest stops on…
Technology spent the week pushing past familiar boundaries: AI agents moved deeper into research, productivity, and cyberattacks; Apple finally put a hinge in the iPhone; and semiconductor alliances shifted the balance of the AI market. The same expansion brought an equally persistent question — whether safeguards, privacy rules, and regulators can keep up. Top news AI agents expand their reach — and their risks Frontier AI development faced renewed scrutiny after former OpenAI and Anthropic researcher Jacob Coxon left Anthropic, warning that leading laboratories are moving toward self-improving superintelligence before reliable controls are available. The Anthropic researcher’s departure and AI…