Day: August 17, 2023
Pakistan arrests 129 Muslims after mob attacks on churches and homes of minority Christians
Police in eastern Pakistan arrested 129 Muslims overnight after a Muslim mob angered over an alleged desecration of the Quran attacked churches and homes of minority Christians, prompting authorities to summon soldiers to restore order, officials said …
Citrix ShareFile vulnerability actively exploited (CVE-2023-24489)
CVE-2023-24489, a critical Citrix ShareFile vulnerability that the company has fixed in June 2023, is being exploited by attackers. GreyNoise has flagged on Tuesday a sudden spike in IP addresses from which exploitation attempts are coming, and the Cyb…
Detecting “Violations of Social Norms” in Text with AI
Researchers are trying to use AI to detect “social norms violations.” Feels a little sketchy right now, but this is the sort of thing that AIs will get better at. (Like all of these systems, anything but a very low false positive rate makes…
Indian moon lander module splits from propulsion section in key step
The lander module of the Chandrayaan-3 has successfully separated ahead of a planned moon landing slated for August 23.
10 Killed As Light Plane Crashes Into Street In Malaysia
A light plane crashed into a street in Malaysia’s central Selangor state on Thursday, killing eight people on board and two motorists on the ground, the local police chief said.
Russia fines Google $32,000 for videos about the conflict in Ukraine
A Russian court on Thursday imposed a 3-million-ruble ($32,000) fine on Google for failing to delete allgedly false information about the conflict in Ukraine.
Snap confirms and fixes a My AI glitch that caused the chatbot to post its own Story and then stop responding to users’ messages (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch)
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Snap confirms and fixes a My AI glitch that caused the chatbot to post its own Story and then stop responding to users’ messages — Snapchat’s My AI feature, an in-app AI chatbot launched earlier this year w…
Malaysia Man Sentenced To 702 Years In Prison For Raping Daughters
The judge expressed hope that the sentence would lead the man to reflect upon his actions and learn from the grievous mistakes he had committed.