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Hilarious AI-Generated Bigfoot Vlogs Prove AI’s Worth as a Creative Tool
It used to be that if you wanted to make a half-decent Bigfoot video, you needed to spend a lot of time making a suit, and then walk around the local forests while your friend films you, hoping that no hunters mistake you for a bear. These days, with AI video, you can make your own Bigfoot videos—or anything else!…
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Why I Still Get My News and Alerts From a 25 Year Old Tool
Summary RSS (Really Simple Syndication) lets you subscribe to site feeds and receive new article notifications. RSS is an open and simple format, encouraging publishers to syndicate content for customized reading. Podcasts rely on RSS for syndication, and it’s a great alternative to social media feeds. Catching up on the news means either dodging paywalls on traditional media sites, or…
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Google’s New AI Tool Can Give You Life Advice with an Expert Touch
Google has been experimenting with some pretty quirky and fun AI ideas lately, and their latest innovation brings the author of Radical Candor, Kim Scott, to your phone, ready to guide you through your life’s problems with a new AI feature called Portraits. Portraits is a conversational AI model that is made in collaboration with experts, as announced in Google’s…
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Hackers are using fake tool installers to dupe victims – and AI tools like ChatGPT are a key target
Cyber criminals are spreading malware disguised as popular tool installers to target B2B sales and the technology and marketing sectors, according to new threat research. Cisco Talos said it has found the CyberLock and Lucky_Gh0$t ransomware, along with a newly-discovered malware dubbed ‘Numero’, masquerading as popular and legitimate AI tool installers to dupe victims. Chetan Raghuprasad, a cybersecurity researcher at…
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Shifting left might improve software security, but developers are becoming overwhelmed – communication barriers, tool sprawl, and ‘vulnerability overload’ is causing serious headaches for development teams
Nearly half of enterprises are trying to “shift left” in a bid to shore up software security, but false positives, the faster pace of development thanks to AI, and challenges integrating tools are limiting success for developers. That’s according to research by AI security firm Pynt that focused on the adoption of shift left practices — referring to a strategy…
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How to take screenshot on Windows 11 using Snipping Tool
On Windows 11, use the “Print” key (or “Windows key + Shift + S” shortcut) to bring up the Snipping Tool toolbar and take a screenshot. You can also open the Snipping Tool, choose the type of screenshot, and click the “New” button to take a screenshot. Alternatively, you can use the “Windows key + Print” shortcut to take a full-screen screenshot…
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Government’s ‘Humphrey’ AI tool helps local authorities cut costs
In a reference to the suave civil servant in 1980s comedy series Yes Minister, the UK government is trialing an AI assistant called Humphrey with local authorities. The Department for Science, Innovation & Technology (DSIT) said the aim is to help civil servants speed up admin tasks in areas such as planning and social care, as well as in central…
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How to Get and Use Harvest Tool in Grow a Garden Roblox
No matter how much fun and relaxing it is to watch your plants grow in Grow a Garden, we can all agree that selectively harvesting them has been a pain. Moreover, it is difficult to harvest fruits and veggies from huge plants. Thankfully, the latest update brings a brand new harvest tool. This handy net will let you collect all…
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Snipping Tool in Windows Is Getting Two New Features
Microsoft has announced updates to its Snipping Tool app for Windows 11. There’s now a ‘Perfect Screenshot’ option to automatically crop your screenshots to the important parts, and a built-in color picker for quickly checking the colors from any on-screen content. These updates are currently being rolled out to Windows Insiders in the Canary and Dev Channels, but should come…
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New ‘Defendnot’ tool tricks Windows into disabling Microsoft Defender
A new tool called ‘Defendnot’ can disable Microsoft Defender on Windows devices by registering a fake antivirus product, even when no real AV is installed. The trick utilizes an undocumented Windows Security Center (WSC) API that antivirus software uses to tell Windows it is installed and is now managing the real-time protection for the device. When an antivirus program is registered,…
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