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December 31, 2024news

Researchers find 4.5M “stars” on GitHub repos they suspect are fake; in July, Check Point found a network of inauthentic users starring repos containing malware (Bill Toulas/BleepingComputer)

GitHub has a problem with inauthentic “stars” used to artificially inflate the popularity of scam and malware distribution repositories, helping them reach more unsuspecting […]

December 31, 2024news

Researchers find 4.5M “stars” on GitHub repos they suspect are fake; in July, Check Point found a network of inauthentic users starring repos containing malware (Bill Toulas/BleepingComputer)

GitHub has a problem with inauthentic “stars” used to artificially inflate the popularity of scam and malware distribution repositories, helping them reach more unsuspecting […]

December 31, 2024news

Alibaba cuts prices on its visual language model Qwen

Alibaba is offering the price cuts on its visual language model, Qwen-VL, which is designed to perceive and understand both texts and […]

December 31, 2024news

In 2024, Intel had its worst year since going public in 1971, losing 61% of value; Broadcom stock soared 111%, its best performance ever, driven by AI revenue (CNBC)

Intel lost over 60% of its value in 2024, the biggest drop in its 53 years as a public company. Broadcom’s stock […]

December 31, 2024news

Source: accounting startup Bench, which had raised $100M+ and abruptly shut down last week, will be acquired by Employer.com for an undisclosed price (Charles Rollet/TechCrunch)

Bench, the VC-backed accounting startup that left thousands of customers locked out of their accounts after it suddenly shut down last week, […]

December 30, 2024news

Waymo robotaxis, which are now ubiquitous in parts of CA, will often not stop for pedestrians using crosswalks there, unless a pedestrian is far into the road (Geoffrey A. Fowler/Washington Post)

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Researchers find 4.5M “stars” on GitHub repos they suspect are fake; in July, Check Point found a network of inauthentic users starring repos containing malware (Bill Toulas/BleepingComputer)

Researchers find 4.5M “stars” on GitHub repos they suspect are fake; in July, Check Point found a network of inauthentic users starring repos containing malware (Bill Toulas/BleepingComputer)

Alibaba cuts prices on its visual language model Qwen

In 2024, Intel had its worst year since going public in 1971, losing 61% of value; Broadcom stock soared 111%, its best performance ever, driven by AI revenue (CNBC)

Alibaba cuts prices on its visual language model Qwen

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Alibaba cuts prices on its visual language model Qwen

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Source: accounting startup Bench, which had raised $100M+ and abruptly shut down last week, will be acquired by Employer.com for an undisclosed price (Charles Rollet/TechCrunch)

Waymo robotaxis, which are now ubiquitous in parts of CA, will often not stop for pedestrians using crosswalks there, unless a pedestrian is far into the road (Geoffrey A. Fowler/Washington Post)