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Foster City declares emergency after cyberattack forces city computer system offline for days
7+ hour, 29+ min ago (296+ words) With a unanimous vote, the Foster City City Council adopted a resolution Monday night saying their town was in the middle of an emergency following a ransomware attack last week. Officials say they took most of their computer systems offline…...
Your Body is The Enemy: The Savage Truth About the Biometric Surveillance Web
3+ hour, 55+ min ago (331+ words) That Fitbit tracking your morning run also monitors when you have sex. Your period app knows if you're trying to get pregnant'and who you're trying with. Digital pills for schizophrenia report whether you actually swallowed them. Welcome to the Internet…...
Artificial intelligence and home buying
14+ hour, 3+ min ago (26+ words) Artificial intelligence and home buying'Yahoo Real estate agents are using AI to help make homes more appealing from the design standpoint. FOX 13's Evan Axelbank reports....
AI can sway your opinion, even when you know it's biased, study shows
17+ hour, 25+ min ago (319+ words) Artificial intelligence chatbots like ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini hold the power to massively influence public opinion, new research suggests after demonstrating that people largely accept biased information given to them by an AI - even when warned not to. After being…...
Elon Musk's space plans could 'destroy' night sky, astronomers say
1+ day, 8+ hour ago (483+ words) The night sky might already be cluttered by thousands of satellites, yet the latest plans from private space companies to launch data centres and sunlight-reflecting satellites into orbit are worrying astronomers about a far greater transformation. Elon Musk's SpaceX is…...
Canton will see cold start to the beginning of the week
1+ day, 3+ hour ago (247+ words) One day is up. The next is down. Today's forecast for the Canton area calls for a high temperature of 39 degrees that will feel cooler due to a northwest wind blowing at 14 to 16 mph. Skies will be mostly cloudy. The…...
AI Nightmare Power Appetite: 16 Million Homes Worth of Energy Vanishing into Data Centers
2+ week, 4+ day ago (320+ words) Your smartphone's ChatGPT queries are burning through electricity at a rate that would make Bitcoin miners blush. Behind the sleek interfaces and instant AI responses lies a power-hungry infrastructure that's quietly reshaping America's electrical grid'and potentially your monthly utility bill....
Dayslong Cyberattack Continues to Paralyze Bay Area City
17+ hour, 14+ min ago (154+ words) A cyberattack has left Foster City largely paralyzed for a fifth day, with no end in sight. Government services have been mostly suspended since Thursday morning, when suspicious activity was found on the city's computer network. City officials said they…...
Army stands up AI, machine-learning career field for officers
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (290+ words) The Army on Tuesday announced that it is standing up a dedicated artificial intelligence and machine-learning career field for officers. The new specialty, designated 49B, will be open to eligible officers through the Voluntary Transfer Incentive Program, beginning in January 2026, with…...
Kansas City using AI to better prepare for natural disasters
17+ hour, 15+ min ago (72+ words) Severe weather season is just getting started and Kansas City is working to better prepare for future natural disasters with the help of AI. Severe weather season is just getting started and Kansas City is working to better prepare for…...