exposes

Love ‘em or hate ‘em, weddings often come with a whole slew of intrigue, drama, and joy, so it’s no surprise that many a story features one at some point. And, as it so often turns out, real life manages to be stranger than fiction.A bridesmaid and her family discovered that the bride had pocketed the money everyone had sent her for her rather expensive bachelorette party. So she decided to dig a little deeper and found a whole web of lies and double-dealing. Later, she detailed the entire story of investigating,…

Slowly but surely, the Academy Awards voting body has challenged itself to expand its horizons beyond the usual suspects. The last few years have seen nominations and wins for hugely deserving films that would have been considered a bit too fringe in the past. Yet there is one group of people that is still largely overlooked by the Oscars. Killers of the Flower Moon‘s Lily Gladstone became the first Native American Best Actress nominee following the announcement of the 96th Oscars nominations on Jan. 23, 2024 — an…

Image Source : FILE Representational Image A colossal database, dubbed the "Mother of all Breaches," containing a staggering 26 billion leaked records, has been uncovered on an unprotected page. Reportedly, this discovery is considered the largest breach to date, revealing sensitive information from major platforms such as Twitter, Dropbox, LinkedIn, Tencent, Weibo,…

The double standard is almost as old as hip-hop itself. A decorated filmmaker gets laurels for his or her latest bullet-laden gangster movie. A rock or country star is proclaimed a songwriting genius for violent tales of man’s inhumanity to man. But rappers are held to a different standard, their every line held up as some kind of documentary evidence of an artist’s criminal intent. Sometimes, those lyrics are even used in courtrooms by prosecutors eager to take advantage of the public’s built-in prejudices and…

Stop us if you’ve heard this before, but there’s a true crime docuseries on Netflix that has tongues wagging. The appetite for such endeavors appears bottomless; it seems we really enjoy depraved and aberrant behavior so long as we can hit pause and take a bathroom break every now and then. But sometimes, a series will sneak through that offers more than titillation, cheap thrills, and hyperventilating aesthetics. And so, American Nightmare, a swift, concise piece of work that even mixes in a dash of investigative…

A security flaw affecting GPUs from four hardware manufacturers that exposed artificial intelligence (AI) data was unearthed by security researchers. The issue impacts several devices equipped with GPUs from these firms, including some iPhone, iPad, and Mac computers. Hackers can exfiltrate personal information being used in AI operations on the local memory of affected devices — including large language models (LLMs) used by services like Google, Meta, ChatGPT maker OpenAI, and Microsoft using a few lines of code,…

A report of a GPU security flaw appeared online, reported by Trail of Bits. According to the researchers, millions of Apple iPhones and MacBooks, along with devices with AMD or Qualcomm chips, are affected. The issue, neatly called LeftoverLocals, is with GPU memory that stores AI data, which uses the graphics unit rather than the SoC. The vulnerability allows hackers to extract personal information that is easily accessible on the local memory of the GPU. Apple confirmed it is aware of the problem and has already…

“In this scenario, the criminal could simply open an account with a legitimate crypto exchange or financial app using the name and personal details from one of the exposed passports.”A spokesman for Inspiring Vacations said the company was investigating the issue and had notified regulators including the Office of the Information Commissioner and the Australian Cyber Security Centre.This screenshot shows an e-ticket that contained the names of the Inspiring Vacations travelers, flight information, frequent flyer number,…

Prince Andrew, Bill Clinton, Michael Jackson, and Stephen Hawking are just a few of the hundreds of names unveiled in the enormous documents that have just been unsealed from a lawsuit connected to sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein.With the documents having been made public on Wednesday (January 3), the world woke up on Thursday to a disturbing list of A-list celebrities named in the first set of documents to be unsealed under a December 18 court order, with an awaited number of more notable names to be exposed in the…

Since the 1980s, seismic stations have been detecting an increase in ocean wave intensity, correlating with climate change. A Colorado State University study, analyzing over 35 years of data, found that ocean waves have become significantly stronger, reflecting an increase in storm severity due to global warming. This seismic data, revealing long-term trends and changes in wave energy, underscores the need for resilient strategies to protect coastal areas from the impacts of climate change.Since the late 1980s,…