A team of security researchers at the University of Illinois published a study back in April 2024 that demonstrated the hacking capabilities of AI. Using OpenAI’s GPT-4 model, they discovered that exploit code could be generated for 87% of the tested 0-day vulnerabilities. This figure dropped to 7% if the CVE description was not provided….
Author: Martin Brinkmann
VLC Media Player 3.0.21 launches with AMD improvements
VideoLAN has released a new version of its cross-platform open source VLC Media Player application. VLC Media Player 3.0.21 is already available on the official distribution server. No official announcement at this point, but this is only a matter of time. The new version of VLC Media Player comes with a number of improvements and…
Microsoft announces changes to Recall in Windows 11 after backlash
When Microsoft announced the AI feature Recall in May, it felt confidence in its AI strategy. Recall, a feature that takes snapshots of the PC screen every five seconds, was designed to be the selling point for a new breed of PCs, that Microsoft calls Copilot+ PCs. A lot depended on Recall. It was the…
DuckDuckGo AI Chat: promises anonymous access to AI models
DuckDuckGo has launched AI Chat officially. The feature promises anonymous interactions with several AIs, including GPT 3.5 , Claude 3, or Llama 3. DuckDuckGo claims that access is free and that all chats are private. The company says that it is anonymizing interactions with the AI models. Furthermore, interactions are not used “for any AI…
Firefox is getting Tab Previews soon
Mozilla has launched support for Tab Previews in Firefox Nightly officially. Firefox displays a thumbnail image of the open webpage on hover once the feature is enabled. Current versions of Firefox display just the title of the website on hover. Firefox shows just the first few characters of a title on the tab itself by…
TotalRecall: search Windows 11 Recall data and return results
TotalRecall is a new open source tool for Windows that can be used to run searches across the entire Recall database. Recall is a new feature of Windows 11 that takes snapshots of the screen every five seconds. It stores them locally and makes them available for processing by the user. Recall is enabled by…
This online video downloader is fast, customizable, and ad-free
While I still swear on Internet Download Manager for all my downloading needs, many users may need such tools only occasionally or do not want to pay for a service. If you need to download a video every now and then, then you may prefer a fast solution that does not need to be installed….
Facebook will use your data for AI training, unless you opt-out
Meta is notifying its users currently on Facebook about a privacy-impacting change that will to into effect on June 26, 2024. The company says that it is expanding “AI at Meta experiences” to the user’s region. AI refers to the “collection of generative AI features and experiences” at Meta. It includes Meta AI and AI…
Windows 11 Recall data is not secured properly
Is the upcoming Recall AI feature of the Windows 11 operating system a privacy nightmare? While the verdict is still out about that, it is clearly problematic on several levels in its current state. Recall takes screenshots of the computer screen every 5 seconds. The default configuration takes screenshots of pretty much everything. The only…
Latest Chrome 125 security update fixes 11 unique issues
Chrome 125 Security Update









