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⋅ August 11, 2024
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WIRED

‘Sinkclose’ Flaw in Hundreds of Millions of AMD Chips Allows Deep, Virtually Unfixable Infections
WIRED
At the Defcon hacker conference tomorrow, Enrique Nissim and Krzysztof Okupski, researchers from the security firm IOActive, plan to present a vulnerability in AMD chips they’re calling Sinkclose. The flaw would allow hackers to …
Reuters

Former YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki dies at 56 of lung cancer
Reuters
Aug 10 (Reuters) – YouTube’s former chief executive and long-time Google executive Susan Wojcicki died on Saturday at the age of 56 after a two-year battle with lung cancer. “It is with profound sadness that I share the news of Susan Wojcicki passing.
coloradoboulevard.net

First noninvasive method to continually measure true blood pressure
Science Daily
Date: August 7, 2024; Source: California Institute of Technology; Summary: The new device uses sound waves to gather blood pressure data from blood vessels, monitoring the response with ultrasound. The new technique, called resonance sonomanometry, …
The New York Times

Can You Be Emotionally Reliant on an AI Voice? OpenAI Says Yes.
The New York Times
In a report released this week, OpenAI revealed that it had considered the potential for users to form an emotional reliance on its new, humanlike voice mode, which is featured in its popular artificial intelligence chatbot, ChatGPT.
Fast Company

Anxiety reframed can make business pitches more effective
Science Daily
It may be possible to turn anxiety into a superpower in some scenarios, recent research indicates. The study found that if entrepreneurs preparing to make a funding pitch connected their pitch anxiety to their passion for their venture, judges ranked their …
The Sydney Morning Herald

Tech titan and former YouTube chief dies at 56
The Sydney Morning Herald
Susan Wojcicki, who helped turn Google from a start-up in her garage into an internet juggernaut, and who became one of Silicon Valley’s most prominent female executives with her leadership of YouTube, died on Friday. She was 56.
ABC News

Former CEO of YouTube and Google executive Susan Wojcicki dies aged 56 after cancer battle
ABC News
My beloved wife of 26 years and mother to our five children left us today after two years of living with non-small cell lung cancer,” he wrote on Facebook. Google chief executive Sundar Pichai …
MIT News

New substrate material for flexible electronics could help combat e-waste
Science Daily
Electronic waste, or e-waste, is a rapidly growing global problem, and it’s expected to worsen with the production of new kinds of flexible electronics for robotics, wearable devices, health monitors, and other new applications, including single-use …
BBC News

Adult disabilities centres to be modernised
BBC News
Kirklees Council said plans had been approved to upgrade the day care facilities at Mill Dale and Crescent Dale in Heckmondwike. The facilities will cater for up to 40 adults with profound and multiple learning disabilities and autism …
PBS NewsHour

Nonconsensual sexual images posted online made worse by deepfakes and AI technology
PBS NewsHour
Deepfake and AI technology’s ability to manipulate photos and even videos has made the problem of sexual images being posted online without consent even worse. Google recently announced new steps to combat sexually explicit deepfakes in their search …