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Image: Tor Publishing | Ufuk Kaya/ShutterstockA few weeks ago, right here on io9, readers got their first look at the cover for Christopher Paolini’s newest Fractalverse novel, Fractal Noise. Almost immediately, people could see something was off about the artwork used on the cover. With some quick deduction, Twitter users realized that it was AI-generated art, which was originally posted to a stock art site by a user named Ufuk Kaya. It was also arranged by the in-house designer, who is not credited—something unusual for…

Photo: Leon Neal (Getty Images)If you were planning on storing your precious codes in LastPass, the freemium password manager, my personal advice to you would be: maybe think again on that one. And if you do use it, maybe consider an alternative. Why? Well, the password manager just got hacked. Again. That makes twice six months. Not great for a company that’s supposed to keep your digital keys secure! In a blog post published Wednesday, LastPass admitted that, during a recent incident, a hacker was able to access…

Screenshot: WhatsAppWhatsApp revamped its group chat functionality today with the rollout of a new featured called “Communities.” Communities lets users bring together multiple different group chats in a single hub, and includes a number of upgrades, including polls and 32-person video chats.01:25Randall Park's Favorite SuperheroesMonday 5:02PM“Today we’re launching Communities on WhatsApp,” Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of WhatsApp’s parent company Meta, said in a press release. “It makes groups better by enabling sub-groups,…

Photo: KIRILL KUDRYAVTSEV/AFP (Getty Images)Eventually, Google and other big tech companies want to dispense with passwords entirely, but until that day comes, a Google Password Manager feature called on-device encryption might be your best bet for protecting your precious codes. Though it quietly came out earlier this spring, since you can now easily access Google Password Manager on your Android Home Screen, now’s a good time to go over it. The feature is available for Android, iOS, and Chrome, and is designed to help…