Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials are getting access to the personal data of nearly 80 million people on Medicaid in order to acquire “information concerning the identification and location of aliens in the United States,” according to an information exchange agreement viewed by WIRED.The agreement, which is titled “Information Exchange Agreement Between the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) for Disclosure of Identity and Location Information of Aliens,” was signed by CMS officials on Tuesday and first reported by AP News.Per the agreement, ICE officials will get login credentials for a Centers for…
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Mistral AI has updated Le Chat with voice recognition, deep research tools, and other features to make the chatbot a more helpful assistant.The company believes that the best AI assistants should help you dive deeper into your thoughts and maintain the flow of conversation. As Mistral AI put it, chatbots are at their best when they “let you go deeper in your thinking, keep your conversation flowing, and maintain contextual continuity.”A standout feature, albeit somewhat playing catch-up with rivals, is the ‘Deep Research’ mode. Think of it as turning Le Chat into your personal research assistant.When you ask a complex…
WTF?! An Italian YouTuber has reportedly landed in legal trouble for reviewing Android-based retro gaming emulator handhelds that came with preloaded ROMs. Francesco Salicini, who runs the retro gaming channel Once Were Nerd, says he could even face jail time under Italian law for merely discussing pirated games on his channel. In a video titled “They Reported Me,” Salicini alleges that the Economic and Financial Crimes unit of the Italian police raided his home on April 15 and seized 30 consoles. These included handhelds from TrimUI, Powkiddy, and Anbernic, which came bundled with microSD cards filled with ROMs. The police…
A team of Rice University researchers reported the first direct observation of a surprising quantum phenomenon predicted over half a century ago, opening pathways for revolutionary applications in quantum computing, communication and sensing. Known as a superradiant phase transition (SRPT), the phenomenon occurs when two groups of quantum particles begin to fluctuate in a coordinated, collective way without any external trigger, forming a new state of matter. The discovery was made in a crystal composed of erbium, iron and oxygen that was cooled to minus 457 Fahrenheit and exposed to a powerful magnetic field of up to 7 tesla (over…
B2B e-commerce unicorn Zetwerk has raised Rs 75 crore (around $8.8 million) in debt funding from JM Financial, one of the banks it has reportedly appointed for its planned initial public offering (IPO). As per regulatory filings accessed via the Registrar of Companies (RoC), the company’s board issued 7,500 non-convertible debentures having face value of Rs 1,00,000 each to raise the above mentioned amount. Founded by Amrit Acharya, Srinath Ramakkrushnan, Rahul Sharma, and Vishal Chaudhary, Zetwerk connects buyers with suppliers for manufacturing projects. It partners with vendors specializing in fabrication, machining, casting, forging, and galvanizing of machine parts. It’s operational…
Amazon is discounting the 40mm GPS Apple Watch SE to $169.00 today, down from $249.00. This is a match for the best price that we’ve ever seen on the Apple Watch SE, and it’s available in Starlight, Silver, and Midnight Aluminum color options. Note: MacRumors is an affiliate partner with some of these vendors. When you click a link and make a purchase, we may receive a small payment, which helps us keep the site running. Amazon has six 40mm GPS Apple Watch SE at this price, including multiple sizes of the Sport Band model. Most are in stock and…
Security researchers have discovered over 4 million vulnerable Internet hosts that can be weaponized for devastating new denial-of-service attacks, marking one of the largest infrastructure vulnerabilities uncovered in recent years. The groundbreaking research, conducted by Angelos Beitis and Mathy Vanhoef from DistriNet at KU Leuven, reveals that millions of devices worldwide accept unauthenticated tunneling traffic from any source, creating a massive attack surface for cybercriminals. Their comprehensive Internet-wide scanning operation identified 3,527,565 vulnerable IPv4 hosts and 735,628 vulnerable IPv6 hosts across 218 countries and territories. Two Devastating New Attack Methods The researchers unveiled two particularly dangerous attack techniques that exploit…
OpenAI researcher Jason Wei will join Meta’s new Superintelligence Lab, reports Wired, citing two sources familiar with the matter. Another team member, Hyung Won Chung, may also join Meta. Sources told Wired that both the researchers’ internal OpenAI Slack profiles are currently deactivated. Wei and Chung would be Meta’s latest grab as CEO Mark Zuckerberg works to catch up in the race to AGI, or superintelligence, by luring top tech talent with astounding compensation packages. Wei’s main focus at OpenAI was o3 and deep research models. He came to the ChatGPT-maker after working on chain-of-thought research at Google. Chung, who…
The Federal Communication Commission plans to vote on new rules that will ban the use of Chinese technology in undersea cables, according to a press release from FCC Chairman Brendan Carr. The proposed rules will apply to any company on the FCC’s existing list of entities that pose “an unacceptable risk to the national security of the United States.”Besides “prohibiting the use of ‘covered’ equipment,” the FCC’s new rules will also limit the ability for Chinese companies to receive a license to build or operate cables that connect to the US. Undersea or submarine cables are a key piece of…
Walking through Barry McCarthy’s CV is like walking through the history and evolution of the financial technology world itself. Today, he’s President and CEO of Deluxe, a financial services giant that today processes more than $3 trillion in annual payment volume (about 15% of the US GDP). But before leading the Fortune 1000 company, he was part of creating some of the most recognizable consumer products found across the payments space. From Shampoo To Checks After twelve years at Procter & Gamble (where he was the top performing sales manager in the shampoo category, an accolade he calls one of…