Jim Love

Toronto

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Hertz Data Breach Exposes Customer Information via Supply Chain Hack

1 week ago | technewsday.com | Jim Love

Hertz has disclosed a data breach resulting from a cyberattack on its vendor, Cleo Communications, which compromised sensitive customer information, including driver’s license and credit card details. The Clop ransomware gang has reportedly claimed credit for the attackSoonÂ on its dark web leak site, allegining that that it stole data from close to 60 companiesÂ by exploiting the bug in their Cleo systems. In a later post, Clop claimed dozens more alleged corporate victims.
Google’s New Security Feature - Automatic Reboot

1 week ago | technewsday.com | Jim Love

Google is introducing a new security feature in its latest Android update that will automatically reboot phones and tablets if they remain locked for three consecutive days. This measure aims to enhance data protection by placing the device into a “Before First Unlock” (BFU) state, which encrypts user data and disables biometric login until a passcode is manually entered.
Cybersecurity Firm Prodaft Buys Hacker Forum Accounts to Monitor Cybercriminal Activity

1 week ago | technewsday.com | Jim Love

Swiss cybersecurity company Prodaft has initiated a program to purchase verified and aged accounts on hacking forums, aiming to infiltrate and monitor cybercriminal activities from within these communities. The initiative, named “Sell Your Source,” involves acquiring established accounts on cybercrime forums to gain insider access and gather intelligence on illicit operations.
OpenAI Reportedly Developing AI-Powered Social Media Platform to Rival X

1 week ago | technewsday.com | Jim Love

OpenAI is in the early stages of building a new social media platform, with internal teams quietly exploring how its AI could transform how people engage online. If launched, the platform would compete with X (formerly Twitter), offering an alternative grounded in fact-checked, moderated, and curated content.
Is Lyft Recording It’s Passenger Conversations?

1 week ago | technewsday.com | Jim Love

A recent incident in Toronto has raised significant privacy concerns after a Lyft passenger discovered that her private conversation during a ride was transcribed and sent to her phone. The event, which occurred in March, involved a woman who received a text message containing a transcript of her discussion with a friend during a Lyft ride.
ChatGPT’s New Memory Feature Remembers Past Conversations for Personalized Interactions

1 week ago | technewsday.com | Jim Love

OpenAI has upgraded ChatGPT with a long-term memory feature, enabling the AI to recall previous conversations and provide more personalized responses. This enhancement allows ChatGPT to remember user preferences and past interactions, aiming to create a more tailored and efficient user experience. The memory feature operates in two ways: through user-designated “saved memories” and “reference chat history,” where ChatGPT gathers insights from past dialogues to inform future interactions.
Google’s DolphinGemma AI Bridges Communication Gap Between Humans and Dolphins

1 week ago | technewsday.com | Jim Love

Google has introduced DolphinGemma, an AI model developed in collaboration with Georgia Tech and the Wild Dolphin Project (WDP), aiming to decode dolphin vocalizations and facilitate two-way communication between humans and dolphins. DolphinGemma is trained on decades of underwater audio and video data collected by WDP, focusing on Atlantic spotted dolphins. The model identifies patterns in dolphin vocal sequences and can generate realistic dolphin-like sounds.
Meta Starts Federal Antitrust Trial That Could Lead To A Breakup of the Company

1 week ago | technewsday.com | Jim Love

The Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) antitrust trial against Meta Platforms Inc. commenced on April 14, 2025, in Washington, D.C. This trial follows a nearly six-year investigation into whether Meta’s acquisitions of Instagram in 2012 and WhatsApp in 2014 were strategic moves to eliminate competition and maintain monopoly power in the social media market.Â The FTC alleges that Meta employed a “buy or bury” strategy, acquiring potential competitors to neutralize threats to its dominance.
New AI Compression Method Could Bring GPT-Style Models to Consumer Hardware

1 week ago | technewsday.com | Jim Love

Researchers from MIT, KAUST, ISTA, and Yandex have unveiled a breakthrough in compressing large language models (LLMs), potentially enabling them to run on everyday consumer hardware without major performance loss. The new method, called ZeroQuant-V2, is a quantization technique that reduces the memory footprint of LLMs by lowering the precision of weights and activations within the neural network.
AI Vibe Coding Explained: The Future of Programming?

1 week ago | technewsday.com | Jim Love

JOIN OUR DISCORD CHANNEL https://discord.gg/4uwxk6TN6r Support us at: buymeacoffee.com/techpodcastDiscover how “AI Vibe Coding” is revolutionizing programming in our latest discussion! Dive into this engaging exploration with host Jim Love and tech experts Marcel GagnÃ© and John Pinard as they uncover how Artificial Intelligence is reshaping coding practices, optimizing personal productivity, and redefining the future of software development.