TECHNOLOGY

Researchers easily hypnotise AI chatbot ChatGPT into hacking: Report
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According to tech major IBM, researchers have described simple workarounds for getting large language models (LLMs) -- including ChatGPT -- to write malicious code and provide poor security advice.
Data protection bill with hefty fines for Big Tech a landmark moment for India
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Minister of State for Electronics and IT, Rajeev Chandrasekhar, tweeted that he feels deeply privileged at being given an opportunity by Prime Minister Narendra Modi "to help achieve this important step to protect our citizens rights and support innovation economy and governance".
Oracle unveils Compute Cloud@Customer to help customers seamlessly manage workloads
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Customers can develop, deploy, secure, and manage workloads using the same software stack as OCI in deployments as small as a single rack, the company said in a statement.
US programmer admits to stealing $4.5bn in Bitcoin from Bitfinex
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Ilya Lichtenstein, who was born in Russia, made the admission as part of a plea agreement with federal prosecutors in the US, who arrested Lichtenstein and his wife Heather Morgan last year on charges of laundering the stolen funds, reports Silicon.
Govt doubles down on safeguarding Indians from rising cyber crimes: MoS IT
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Replying to a question in the Lok Sabha, the minister said the Information Technology Act, 2000 (IT Act) and its rules contain provisions for safeguarding ‘Digital Nagriks’ from cyber crimes.
Big Data, Cloud & AI top tech themes with most job postings in Q2 2023: Report
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Q2 2023 saw many companies across the globe announcing layoffs amidst a continuous decline in job postings, reveals GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company.
Zoom rival BlueJeans to shut down in post-pandemic world
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Members of BlueJeans service have received an email that mentioned that the app is being “sunset", reports 9To5Google.
Apple faces lawsuit over 'Tetris' movie by Gizmodo editor
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Ackerman's book 'The Tetris Effect: The Game That Mesmerized the World', published in 2016, delves into the hit game's origins in the former Soviet Union and the battle for global licencing rights, reports The Wrap. "Ackerman's book took a unique approach to writing about the real history of Tetris, as it not only applied the historical record but also layered his own original research and ingenuity to create a compelling narrative non-fiction book in the style of a Cold War spy thriller," according to the lawsuit.
YouTube to no longer recommend videos to users with disabled watch history
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"Starting today, if you have YouTube watch history off and have no significant prior watch history, features that require watch history to provide video recommendations will be disabled - like your YouTube home feed," the company said in a support page on Tuesday. This means that now users' home feed may look a lot different.
X introduces Sensitivity Settings, Enhanced Blocklist for advertisers
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Advertisers will be able to select their preferred environment that best meets their individual campaign objectives. Enhanced Blocklist is an automated, industry-standard blocklist that aims to protect advertisers from appearing adjacent to unsafe keywords in the Home Timeline -- For You and Following.
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