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New York sues Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, and YouTube over youth mental health crises

The City of New York filed a lawsuit on Wednesday against a group of prominent social media platforms, including TikTok, YouTube, Instagram, and Facebook, accusing them of contributing to a mental health crisis among young people. “Young people are now addicted en masse to the defendants’ platforms, significantly interfering with the operations of school districts and placing a heavy burden on cities, school districts, and public hospital systems that provide mental health services to young people ,” the 327-page lawsuit states. The health care and hospital systems, public schools, and the city itself claim that, in an effort to maximize youth participation,

Sam Altman: “I hope that bad things don’t happen because of technology.”

The latest statements by Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, regarding the progress of artificial intelligence (AI) are not very encouraging, as he recently stated that he is concerned about “the impact of AI on jobs” and also made it clear that we will not be safe even in a bunker “if AI gets out of control” . But that’s not all, because in a recent interview, OpenAI’s CEO bluntly stated that we should be concerned about the future that artificial intelligence will bring: “I think something bad will happen with artificial intelligence.” As reported by an Investopedia article, a month ago Sam

Microsoft’s new goal for artificial intelligence? Medicine!

The tech giant has announced the creation of a new development team for a “superhuman” artificial intelligence that will outperform human experts in medical diagnoses. The team will be led by Mustafa Suleiman , the company’s head of artificial intelligence. Microsoft has announced the creation of a new team called the MAI Superintelligence Team , which aims to develop “superhuman” artificial intelligence specialized in medical diagnostics, Reuters reports. The project is led by Mustafa Suleiman, former co-founder of DeepMind and Inflection AI. According to Suleiman, the new team doesn’t aim to develop general intelligence (AGI) capable of performing any human task, but

Artificial intelligence and security? What a tragedy!

A simple idea to simplify home network management and improve security unexpectedly turned into a series of near-catastrophic errors, all due to the advice of popular artificial intelligence assistants. Instead of saving time and reducing risks, a Cybernews journalist, relying on chatbots, stumbled upon tips that could expose his local services to the entire Internet. The attempt to centralize access to the control panel and other home infrastructure services stemmed from a perfectly reasonable desire: to replace IP addresses with user-friendly domain names and unsecured HTTP connections with secure TLS. The architecture itself was typical: pfSense as a firewall, TrueNAS storage, and

Rust 1.91: Full Windows support on ARM is here!

Rust has received a major update : version 1.91 officially brings Windows support on 64-bit ARM systems to the same level as Linux and macOS. Builds for the aarch64-pc-windows-msvc architecture are now in the highest compatibility class, ensuring all tests pass and binaries are available. For users of ARM computers running Windows, this makes Rust a complete industrial development tool, without the need for manual compilation. Additionally, the aarch64-pc-windows-gnullvm and x86_64-pc-windows-gnullvm builds have achieved Tier 2 status, bringing them closer to full support. The team plans to add missing components, including installation packages and LLVM tools, in the future. In addition to

Linux surpasses 3% on Steam: one small step for gamers, one leap for the penguin.

Windows 10 lost 3.94% of its users, while Windows 11 gained only 3.18%, and some users chose to abandon the Microsoft ecosystem and move to other platforms. Linux led this migration, growing 0.41% to a total share of 3.05%. macOS also benefited, increasing 0.34% to 2.11%. Despite these numbers, Windows remains the clear leader, accounting for 94.84% of Steam gamers, with 63.57% on Windows 11, 31.14% on Windows 10, and a residual 0.09% on Windows 7. However, the trend suggests that alternatives are slowly eroding ground, a sign of users’ greater openness to other ecosystems. Within the Linux world, the most popular

Android malware to surge in 2025: 67% more attacks than last year

Analysts at cybersecurity firm Zscaler calculated that between June 2024 and May 2025 , 239 malicious apps were discovered on Google Play, which in total were downloaded more than 42 million times. According to the researchers’ report, the number of attacks on mobile devices increased by 67% over the past year. The main threats were banking Trojans, spyware, and adware. The main driver of this significant growth is attacks on mobile payments. Criminal hackers are abandoning traditional credit card counterfeiting methods and focusing on social engineering : phishing, smishing, SIM swapping, and other forms of payment fraud. While last year Zscaler counted

The most used password in 2025? It’s still “123456”! Humanity never learns.

In 2025, users still rely heavily on basic passwords to protect their accounts. A Comparitech study, based on an analysis of over 2 billion real passwords leaked to data breach forums over the course of a year, found that the most common passwords have remained unchanged for many years: ” 123456 ,” ” admin ,” and ” password ” remain the top choices. The company’s analysts have compiled a list of the 100 most common passwords. The top ten is dominated by familiar numerical sequences: ” 123456 “, ” 12345678 “, ” 123456789 “, followed by “admin”, “1234”, “Aa123456”, “12345”, “password”, “123”,

China will overtake the US in the AI race! Nvidia CEO warns, “We’re stuck in cynicism.”

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang has warned that China will defeat the United States in the artificial intelligence (AI) race. The FT reported that Huang, at the Future of AI Summit hosted by the Financial Times (FT) that day, said: ” Western countries, including the US and the UK, are stuck in cynicism. We need more optimism .” Citing new AI regulations being developed in the US, Huang warned: ” There could be 50 new regulations (in all 50 states) .” He argued that this regulatory environment is undermining Western competitiveness . His comments came after the Donald Trump administration maintained restrictions on

Tesla wants to give Musk 1,000 billion dollars for a science fiction plan. More than the GDP of Switzerland!

Numerous accolades are pouring in for Elon Musk, who continues to deftly lead his empire’s multiple businesses, including Tesla, SpaceX, xAI, and Starlink , maintaining his firm hold on the top spot. Tesla’s fans are celebrating a strategy they believe pushes the boundaries of the auto industry. Behind this acclaim lies a momentous success: an unprecedented compensation plan for Musk, should Tesla achieve its goals. The situation is far-reaching, the context is enormous, and the implications are far broader than just electric cars. Musk and Tesla’s trajectory turns into a profit saga as soon as this new plan is introduced . Tesla’s