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Flock is pulling its plan to use its microphone network to monitor for signs of ‘human distress’ — but privacy concerns remain

One of Flock’s acoustic detectors (Image credit: Flock) Flock is abandoning plans for a ‘human distress detection’ feature It had […]

Rental giant Carla leaks user names, emails, and phone numbers ahead of summer holiday break

(Image credit: Shutterstock) Cybernews found Carla’s exposed AWS bucket with 48,000 PDFs containing customer rental data Files included names, emails, […]

An intrepid hiker just found something unbelievable on Google Maps — and it’s been hiding in plain sight for 390 million years

(Image credit: Shutterstock) An amateur astronomer has discovered a meteorite crater on Google Maps The crater is thought to be […]

Brace yourself for more RAM misery: DDR5 is now getting pricier — and there’s a rumor that CPUs will be more expensive next year

(Image credit: vlado85rs / Getty) RAM pricing in Germany has suddenly gotten a lot steeper The price of DDR5 memory […]

OpenAI says its models escaped a sandbox and breached Hugging Face

(Image credit: Blue Planet Studio/Shutterstock) OpenAI researchers confirm an AI agent escaped sandbox, exploited zero‑days, and attacked Hugging Face Controlled […]