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If the generative AI giant had followed well-known security best practices, it’s likely that its AI agent would never have escaped to the open internet and hacked multiple companies. www.wired.com/story/openai...
OpenAI’s Hacking Debacle Was a Human MistakeIf the generative AI giant had followed well-known security best practices, it’s likely that its AI agent would never have escaped to the open internet and hacked multiple companies.www.wired.com
The entire Fifa story just reflects so much of the modern world Billionaires buying up things of public interest, and that somehow being sold as for wider good www.independent.co.uk/sport/footba...
Rogue agent Infantino and the unfinished World Cup plan that enraged his alliesNot even Infantino’s inner circle or closest advisors at Fifa knew his privatisation project, writes Miguel Delaney - but will anger from even his key strongholds derail him?www.independent.co.uk
Darragh O'Brien needs to be asked a direct question: will hyperscale energy consumers like Data Centres (which consume at least 1/4 of all electricity in Ireland) also face price hikes and other measures to offset the burden citizens are being asked to shoulder?
Electricity bills to face fresh hike from October as regulator approves higher network chargesHouseholds will pay around €41 more a year in network charges.www.thejournal.ie
Germany's chancellor urged the EU to slash its proposed 2 trillion euro budget for 2028–2034, calling the plan unsustainable during talks in Ireland. Covered by 10 outlets across 7 countries.
German chancellor Merz demands massive cuts to next EU budgetGerman Chancellor Friedrich Merz called for hundreds of billions of euros in cuts to the European Union's next multi-year budget, labeling the European…wiredesk.org
UK car industry wants to keep producing combustion engines... It bears repeating: we in EU should finally phase in our EV battery tariffs. This will boost battery and EV car manufacturing in Europe and will bring jobs and growth. www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Carmakers ‘delaying investment in UK factories until EV sales rules relaxed’Industry wants mandate forcing manufacturers to sell increasing share of electric cars each year to be easedwww.theguardian.comMore of this sort of thing, backed up with concrete action.
Leo Hickman++BREAKING++ The UK and Spanish governments have issued a joint statement overnight: "[We] agreed that this summer’s wildfires demonstrated that climate change was now a national security emergency facing Europe and threatening our way of life." www.gov.uk/government/n...
Truly amazing how the basic format of every AI story is “that one thing that gave you the tiniest lift, any shred of hope? AI is killing it as we speak.”
Bloomberg NewsGlobetrotters hunting for airfare bargains are in for a rude awakening: the days of stumbling across a cheap seat on a popular flight could soon disappear, as artificial intelligence enables carriers to change seat prices more quickly. bloom.bg/4vZoueR 📷️: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images North America
Two people have been arrested on suspicion of arson as French firefighters battle to prevent the spread of wildfires near Bordeaux, the local administration responsible for the area said.
Two arrests as firefighters battle blazes near BordeauxTwo people have been arrested on suspicion of arson as French firefighters battle to prevent the spread of wildfires near Bordeaux, the local administration responsible for the area said.www.rte.ie
A couple of months on, an update: the current system allows TDs to lodge PQs simply by sending the text to an designated email address. After the recess they’ll have to use a gated online system to supply questions instead, making it more cumbersome to lodge multiple interrelated questions at once.
Oireachtas officials had to overhaul the system for TDs to ask questions to clamp down on AI useThere has been a sharp rise in the number of PQs submitted this Dáil term, with departments saying they are under pressure to keep up with them.jrnl.ieGavan ReillyTDs are on course to table a record number of parliamentary questions this year – a vital tool of political accountability. But there’s a snag: the system isn’t designed to cope with that many, and officials tell me the volume is starting to choke them. This week’s column for @thejournal.ie:
www.reddit.com/r/GirlDinner... Do Americans know that you can go to the aquarium in other countries without wondering about whether or not there is an active shooter? I honestly do not understand, and it's not a party political issue, why this gun fetish is allowed
Nightmare came true. How do I cope?Explore this post and more from the GirlDinnerDiaries communitywww.reddit.com
From voice cloning to deepfake videos, scams powered by AI are now the biggest fraud threat facing consumers Social media ads, phishing emails and scam texts the main tools of fraudsters www.independent.ie/irish-news/f...
From voice cloning to deepfake videos, scams powered by AI are now the biggest fraud threat facing consumersSocial media ads, phishing emails and scam texts the main tools of fraudsterswww.independent.ie
You can tell a lot about a leader by listening to the people who worked for them. Those who worked for Tony Fauci uniformly respected him. Today’s congressional hearing was a witch hunt, part of a larger effort to undermine science and scientists. www.reuters.com/business/hea...
Fauci invokes Fifth Amendment at Rand Paul-led US Senate COVID hearingAnthony Fauci, the former top U.S. infectious disease expert, declined to answer questions at a Senate hearing on Wednesday, invoking his constitutional right against self-incrimination and accusing R...www.reuters.com
"Elon Musk’s company xAI has sued Minnesota over the state’s first-in-the-nation law that bans “nudification” technology on websites and apps..." apnews.com/article/minn...
Elon Musk's xAI sues Minnesota over its first-in-the-nation law banning 'nudification' technologyElon Musk’s company xAI is suing Minnesota over the state’s first-in-the-nation law that bans “nudification” technology on websites and apps.apnews.com
“Trump has rejected disaster aid for Democratic-run states at the highest rate in the 47-year history of the Federal Emergency Management Agency.” Right now people in blue states are basically paying federal taxes as if they’re colonized territories of red states. www.politico.com/news/2026/03...
