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Are Freezers Being Hacked? Europe and the U.S. Military Investigate.

A wave of disruptions at grocery stores, which some officials blame on cyberattacks, highlights the vulnerability of supply chains. Shops across Europe were affected again on Monday.

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Shelves were empty at a grocery store in Névez, France, last month after hundreds of supermarket refrigeration systems in the country were targeted.

What Is PHP? Why Are Government and Business Websites Going Offline?

A critical security flaw in the programming language underpinning much of the web has prompted a global rush to patch vulnerable systems.

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A programmer in Guernica, Spain, on Thursday, working on PHP code, software used throughout the internet.

Court Tosses ​​Sentence After A.I. Video of Victim ‘Forgiving’ His Killer Is Played

An appellate court in Arizona threw out the prison sentence of a man convicted of manslaughter after an A.I.-generated video of his victim was played at a trial.

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Stacey Wales with an enlarged photo of her brother, Christopher Pelkey. She created a video using artificial intelligence to depict her dead brother speaking at the sentencing of his killer.

Data Center Is Fined $1.1 Million for Operating 62 Power Generators

New Jersey officials said that the natural gas-powered generators, each the size of a tractor-trailer, were operating without permits.

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A data center under construction in Vineland, N.J., last year.

Uber to Pay $40 Million to Parents of Woman Fatally Hit by Car

Emily Normandin-Parker, 23, was struck and killed on a California freeway after an Uber driver ordered her and a friend out of his car in August 2023.

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The case touched on the legal extent to which Uber is responsible for the actions of its drivers.

Merriam-Webster Dictionary Is Wordsmaxxing With 1,400 New Definitions

Now you have no excuse for not knowing the meaning of “cuffing season,” “shishito” or “glow-up.”

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A copy of Merriam-Webster’s 12th edition of the “Collegiate Dictionary.” The company is adding 1,400 words to its online catalog, some of which will go in print.

Gates Foundation Pledges $1 Billion to Combat A.I. Inequality

Bill Gates, the foundation’s chairman, has been vocal about the dangers of artificial intelligence. The donation will be invested in A.I. projects to bridge social inequalities.

© Chona Kasinger for The New York Times

Bill Gates, the billionaire co-founder of Microsoft and the chairman of the Gates Foundation, has warned that artificial intelligence poses a grave threat to jobs and human life.
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