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Southern Water, a leading water utility company in the South East of England, has announced a significant data breach, potentially impacting between 235,000 and 470,000 of its customers. The breach, which occurred in January, saw hackers accessing sensitive customer information during a cyberattack. The company, serving millions across the region, disclosed that “5 to 10 percent” of its customer...
Stability AI, the creator of the renowned Stable Diffusion text-to-image AI technology, has unveiled a new model named Stable Cascade. This innovative model, according to a recent VentureBeat report, represents a leap forward in image generation technology, aiming to offer more efficient and flexible solutions than its predecessors. Since its initial launch in 2022, Stability AI has continuously...
A privacy warning from Google has indicated an element of risk if users disclose personal information when using artificial intelligence (AI) apps. The Alphabet Inc company has confirmed the rebranding of Bard as Gemini, which will become the flagship AI assistant on Android devices. The program will bring advances and greater cohesion between different services on smartphones but it also appears...
New York has generated more than 37% of the total tax revenue across all betting in the United States, according to a government department study. The US Census Bureau is responsible for the Quarterly Survey of State and Local Tax Revenue (QTAX), with sports betting recently added to the list of tax sources. QTAX for Q3 of 2023 revealed a significant impact from the Empire State as sportsbook...
Lonely this Valentine’s Day? Well, if so, might we suggest you think twice before spending your time with an AI girlfriend or boyfriend – they might not be trustworthy. That’s because new AI chatbots specializing in romantic conversations with users rank among the ‘worst’ for privacy. App companies behind these Large Language Models (LLMs) have neglected to respect users’ privacy or inform users...
Sony Interactive Entertainment has no plans to release ‘any new major existing titles’ for PlayStation before March 31, 2025. The announcement came during the company’s Q3 briefing. “Regarding first-party software, we aim to continue to focus on producing high-quality works and developing live service games” Sony Group president, chief operating officer, and chief financial officer Hiroki Totoki...
Infinite Craft and its quirky humor from developer Neal Agarwal has set the casual gaming world alight with tens of thousands of people dragging tiles on top of one another to see what they can create next. Humans? Check done those.  Superheroes and monsters? We have shown you how to make those too. We have even shown you how to wreak havoc out there in case you are feeling a bit evil. Now we are...
Deep Rock Galactic has long been making fans of the co-op horde shooter genre happy. Its blend of dwarves, beer, mining, and violence has given it its deserved Overwhelmingly Popular review grade on Steam since arriving getting on for four years ago now. We had a brief look at a new spin-off for the series Deep Rock Galactic Survivor a few weeks back, and today it launches into Early Access with...
Indonesia has experienced the impact of deepfake electioneering with a message from a controversial dictator who ruled the country for more than 30 years.  The former military general opened the address with the words, “I am Suharto, the second president of Indonesia,” but it was a political communication from beyond the grave as he died in 2008, aged 86. As reported by CNN, the artificial...
Michael Burry, known for predicting and profiting from the 2008 crash, is a huge proponent of  farmland investing. Seeing it as one of the best-performing asset classes of the future, he’s allocated a significant portion of his wealth to it along with other billionaires such as Bill Gates and Jeff Bezos. Michael Burry clearly states that the best way to invest in water is to invest in farmland. ...