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Microsoft to Shut Down Skype in May Following Emergence of Microsoft Teams
Microsoft has announced that it is shutting down Skype — its legacy video-conferencing platform — starting May 5, 2025. Debuted in 2003, it was known for its Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP)-based video telephony, video-conferencing and voice calling capabilities which led to its acquisition by the Redmond-based technology company in 2011.
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NordVPN Announces NordWhisper Protocol Designed to Browse on Restricted Networks
NordVPN has unveiled a new VPN protocol on Thursday. Dubbed NordWhisper, the new tool is designed to avoid advanced network filters and make the VPN traffic look like regular web traffic. The latest protocol is based on web tunnel technology and it operates differently from traditional VPN traffic patterns. It is claimed to navigate network restric...
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UK's Ofcom to Tweak Social Media Rules in Response to Summer Riots
To regulate social media practices, Ofcom said it is planning additional measures for next spring that include new proposals for removing material tied to child sexual abuse and terrorism. It will also introduce “crisis response protocols for emergency events.”
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Anthropic Open-Sources Model Context Protocol to Offer a New Way to Connect AI Chatbots to Data
Anthropic open-sourced a new protocol to connect data hubs to artificial intelligence (AI) systems on Monday. Dubbed Model Context Protocol (MCP), the company claimed it can overcome the limitations of traditional data integration methods and solve the problem of data silos. The AI firm is also offering local MCP support in the Claude Desktop apps ...
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OpenAI Adds a New ‘Instructional Hierarchy’ Protocol to Prevent Jailbreaking Incidents in GPT-4o Mini
OpenAI released a new artificial intelligence (AI) model dubbed GPT-4o Mini last week, which has new safety and security measures to protect it from harmful usage. The large language model (LLM) is built with a technique called Instructional Hierarchy, which will stop malicious prompt engineers from jailbreaking the AI model.
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OpenAI Employees Say Company Is Neglecting Safety and Security Protocols: Report
OpenAI is reportedly speeding through and neglecting the safety and security protocols in developing new artificial intelligence (AI) models. A new report highlighted that the negligence occurred before the AI firm’s latest GPT-4 Omni (or GPT-4o) model was launched. Some anonymous OpenAI employees had recently signed an open letter expressing con...
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Reddit to Update Web Standard to Block Automated Data Scraping From Its Website
Social media platform Reddit said on Tuesday it will update a Web standard used by the platform to block automated data scraping from its website, following reports that AI startups were bypassing the rule to gather content for their systems.
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Apple Upgrades iMessage With PQ3 Quantum Computer-Resistant Encryption Protocol
Apple is updating iMessage with a PQ3 new cryptographic protocol to protect users from sophisticated attacks using quantum computers. According to Apple, the new encryption protocol could protect users from scenarios where encrypted data has been stored, only to be decrypted using a quantum computer at a later date.
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WhatsApp to Introduce 'Third Party Chats' Support to Comply With EU's DMA Regulations
WhatsApp is working on support for chat interoperability in order to comply with the EU's Digital Marketing Act (DMA) regulations. As part of the new third party chat support that is coming soon, WhatsApp users will soon be able to send and receive messages from users on third-party chat platforms. Here's everything you need to know about how chat ...
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Chinese Institute Claims It Cracked Apple's AirDrop to Uncover Sender Email Addresses, Phone Numbers
China can uncover the identities of Apple device owners who send messages and content using AirDrop. A Chinese institute has found a way to uncover both the email addresses and phone numbers of users who send content via AirDrop by decrypting the device log of an iPhone. China has been looking for ways to monitor Apple's AirDrop wireless sharing pr...
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PlayStation Plus October 2023 Free Games: The Callisto Protocol, Farming Simulator 22, and Weird West
PlayStation Plus monthly free games for October have been revealed. Starting October 3, PS Plus Essential, Extra, Premium, and Deluxe subscribers can add The Callisto Protocol, Farming Simulator 22, and Weird West to their library. Access ends on November 6, after which players will need to hold onto their subscriptions to keep playing.
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A Guide to Watching Mission: Impossible Movies in Chronological Order – Where to Stream Online in India
Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One’s tickets are now up for sale, ahead of its July 12 theatrical release. And ahead of that, we thought it’d be best to catch up on the films leading up to the event, all of which are now streaming on Amazon Prime Video in India.
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Cyber Alert Issued Against 'Royal' Ransomware Virus That Targets Key Sectors, Seeks Bitcoin Payoffs
The Indian Computer Emergency Response Team or CERT-In has stated in a latest advisory that this Internet spread ransomware sneaks in through phishing emails, malicious downloads, abusing RDP (remote desktop protocol) and other forms of social engineering.
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Elon Musk, Experts Call for Pause on Training of AI Systems More Powerful Than GPT-4, Cite Risks to Humanity
Elon Musk and a group of artificial intelligence experts and industry executives are calling for a six-month pause in training of systems more powerful than GPT-4, they said in an open letter, citing potential risks to society and humanity.
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Aarogya Setu Data From Kerala Not Shared With US Technology Firm, MoS IT Says
Aarogya Setu data pertaining to Kerala was not shared with a US-based technology firm authorised to collate, collect, and manage and handle health data of people in the state, according to Minister of State for Information and Technology Rajeev Chandrasekhar. He also stated that data collected by the contact tracing app up to May 10 last year, had ...
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Microsoft to Shut Down Skype in May Following Emergence of Microsoft Teams
Microsoft has announced that it is shutting down Skype — its legacy video-conferencing platform — starting May 5, 2025. Debuted in 2003, it was known for its Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP)-based video telephony, video-conferencing and voice calling capabilities which led to its acquisition by the Redmond-based technology company in 2011.
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NordVPN Announces NordWhisper Protocol Designed to Browse on Restricted Networks
NordVPN has unveiled a new VPN protocol on Thursday. Dubbed NordWhisper, the new tool is designed to avoid advanced network filters and make the VPN traffic look like regular web traffic. The latest protocol is based on web tunnel technology and it operates differently from traditional VPN traffic patterns. It is claimed to navigate network restric...
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UK's Ofcom to Tweak Social Media Rules in Response to Summer Riots
To regulate social media practices, Ofcom said it is planning additional measures for next spring that include new proposals for removing material tied to child sexual abuse and terrorism. It will also introduce “crisis response protocols for emergency events.”
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Anthropic Open-Sources Model Context Protocol to Offer a New Way to Connect AI Chatbots to Data
Anthropic open-sourced a new protocol to connect data hubs to artificial intelligence (AI) systems on Monday. Dubbed Model Context Protocol (MCP), the company claimed it can overcome the limitations of traditional data integration methods and solve the problem of data silos. The AI firm is also offering local MCP support in the Claude Desktop apps ...
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OpenAI Adds a New ‘Instructional Hierarchy’ Protocol to Prevent Jailbreaking Incidents in GPT-4o Mini
OpenAI released a new artificial intelligence (AI) model dubbed GPT-4o Mini last week, which has new safety and security measures to protect it from harmful usage. The large language model (LLM) is built with a technique called Instructional Hierarchy, which will stop malicious prompt engineers from jailbreaking the AI model.
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OpenAI Employees Say Company Is Neglecting Safety and Security Protocols: Report
OpenAI is reportedly speeding through and neglecting the safety and security protocols in developing new artificial intelligence (AI) models. A new report highlighted that the negligence occurred before the AI firm’s latest GPT-4 Omni (or GPT-4o) model was launched. Some anonymous OpenAI employees had recently signed an open letter expressing con...
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Reddit to Update Web Standard to Block Automated Data Scraping From Its Website
Social media platform Reddit said on Tuesday it will update a Web standard used by the platform to block automated data scraping from its website, following reports that AI startups were bypassing the rule to gather content for their systems.
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Apple Upgrades iMessage With PQ3 Quantum Computer-Resistant Encryption Protocol
Apple is updating iMessage with a PQ3 new cryptographic protocol to protect users from sophisticated attacks using quantum computers. According to Apple, the new encryption protocol could protect users from scenarios where encrypted data has been stored, only to be decrypted using a quantum computer at a later date.
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WhatsApp to Introduce 'Third Party Chats' Support to Comply With EU's DMA Regulations
WhatsApp is working on support for chat interoperability in order to comply with the EU's Digital Marketing Act (DMA) regulations. As part of the new third party chat support that is coming soon, WhatsApp users will soon be able to send and receive messages from users on third-party chat platforms. Here's everything you need to know about how chat ...
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Chinese Institute Claims It Cracked Apple's AirDrop to Uncover Sender Email Addresses, Phone Numbers
China can uncover the identities of Apple device owners who send messages and content using AirDrop. A Chinese institute has found a way to uncover both the email addresses and phone numbers of users who send content via AirDrop by decrypting the device log of an iPhone. China has been looking for ways to monitor Apple's AirDrop wireless sharing pr...
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PlayStation Plus October 2023 Free Games: The Callisto Protocol, Farming Simulator 22, and Weird West
PlayStation Plus monthly free games for October have been revealed. Starting October 3, PS Plus Essential, Extra, Premium, and Deluxe subscribers can add The Callisto Protocol, Farming Simulator 22, and Weird West to their library. Access ends on November 6, after which players will need to hold onto their subscriptions to keep playing.
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A Guide to Watching Mission: Impossible Movies in Chronological Order – Where to Stream Online in India
Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One’s tickets are now up for sale, ahead of its July 12 theatrical release. And ahead of that, we thought it’d be best to catch up on the films leading up to the event, all of which are now streaming on Amazon Prime Video in India.
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Cyber Alert Issued Against 'Royal' Ransomware Virus That Targets Key Sectors, Seeks Bitcoin Payoffs
The Indian Computer Emergency Response Team or CERT-In has stated in a latest advisory that this Internet spread ransomware sneaks in through phishing emails, malicious downloads, abusing RDP (remote desktop protocol) and other forms of social engineering.
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Elon Musk, Experts Call for Pause on Training of AI Systems More Powerful Than GPT-4, Cite Risks to Humanity
Elon Musk and a group of artificial intelligence experts and industry executives are calling for a six-month pause in training of systems more powerful than GPT-4, they said in an open letter, citing potential risks to society and humanity.
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Aarogya Setu Data From Kerala Not Shared With US Technology Firm, MoS IT Says
Aarogya Setu data pertaining to Kerala was not shared with a US-based technology firm authorised to collate, collect, and manage and handle health data of people in the state, according to Minister of State for Information and Technology Rajeev Chandrasekhar. He also stated that data collected by the contact tracing app up to May 10 last year, had ...
