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Mars helicopter crashes, poisoned AI goes rogue, and Netflix kills cheapest plan

Mars helicopter crashes, poisoned AI goes rogue, and Netflix kills cheapest plan

Weekly report for Jan. 28th

TECH NEWS PICKS ✨

NASA's Ingenuity Mars Helicopter Has Taken Its Final Flight

Originally designed for up to five flights on Mars, Ingenuity performed 72 over three years

Poisoned AI went rogue during training and couldn't be taught to behave again

AI researchers found that widely used safety training techniques failed to remove malicious behavior from large language models — and one technique even backfired, teaching the AI to recognize its triggers and better hide its bad behavior from the researchers.

Netflix Killing Off Its Cheapest Ad-Free Plan

The company made gains in ad-based subscribers, but the $12 Basic subscription is being cut out later in 2024 starting in Canada and the U.K.

TECH HIGHLIGHTS 🔍️

🧬 23andMe confirms unauthorized access to genotype data
🔬 New nanobots destroy bladder cancer with urease enzyme
🚫 TurboTax 'free' advertising banned by FTC for deception
💿️ Microsoft layoffs could end Xbox physical game releases
👂️ Gene therapy grants hearing to a deaf child
🕵️ Russian hackers had month-long access to Microsoft network
🖥️ New liquid RAM for flexible electronics
🌊 Ocean’s 'Twilight Zone' DNA may lead to medical breakthroughs
💾 Historic data leak: 26 billion records from major online platforms exposed
🔎 First AI device to spot all common skin cancers

OTHER TRENDING TECH NEWS 🚀

Deepfake nudes plague Taylor Swift and others online
Whistleblower claims Boeing MAX 9 has numerous production defects
Elon Musk tells Tesla staff they’ll be “sleeping on the production line” for intense EV production
Mozilla criticizes Apple's restrictive new iOS browser policy
Man sues for $10M after wrongful imprisonment due to facial recognition error
Microsoft CEO urges tech intervention against AI-generated images
White House pushes for laws against the surge of deepfake content
Apple's mandated App Store changes met with critical backlash
Impending solar storm expected to disrupt GPS and radio
Reddit targets $5 billion IPO valuation
Google lays off workers improving search even amid criticism
NSA admits purchasing Americans' data
AI robocalls mimic Biden, aim to suppress NH votes
HP's push for printer subscriptions draws outrage
Japan deems moon spacecraft crash a 'successful failure'
Apps on iPhone may sneak data via notifications
Amazon's Ring ends video program with police
Toyota chairman predicts limited EV adoption at 30%
Tech layoffs expected amid AI hiring surge
FTC probes AI firms on investments and partnerships
Meta allows EU users to opt out of cross-site tracking
UK cyber agency cautions about AI-crafted scam emails
US-China collaboration on AI safety
SAP “restructures” 8,000 job to focus on AI
Embryo transfer may save nearly extinct rhinos
Innovative woven antenna may replace field dishes
Sprays using metal nanoparticles cut infection risk
Disney's new tech eases VR motion
FDA approves innovative vibrating belt for osteoporosis treatment
Sierra Space's LIFE habitat bursts in controlled pressure test
Rising AI energy demands revive coal plants to support U.S. grid
Google Chrome gets a performance boost with ARM64 support on Windows

TOP REPOSITORIES 🧑‍💻

KRTirtho / spotube - Open source Spotify client that doesn't require Premium nor uses Electron! Available for both desktop & mobile!
rustdesk / rustdesk - An open-source remote desktop, and alternative to TeamViewer.
AykutSarac / jsoncrack.com - Innovative and open-source visualization application that transforms various data formats, such as JSON, YAML, XML, CSV and more, into interactive graphs.
awesome-selfhosted / awesome-selfhosted - A list of Free Software network services and web applications which can be hosted on your own servers
freeCodeCamp / freeCodeCamp - freeCodeCamp.org's open-source codebase and curriculum. Learn to code for free.
psf / black - The uncompromising Python code formatter
microsoft / fluentui - Fluent UI web represents a collection of utilities, React components, and web components for building web applications.
iluwatar / java-design-patterns - Design patterns implemented in Java
nerfstudio-project / nerfstudio - A collaboration friendly studio for NeRFs
refinedev / refine - A React Framework for building internal tools, admin panels, dashboards & B2B apps with unmatched flexibility.
codecrafters-io / build-your-own-x - Master programming by recreating your favorite technologies from scratch.
n8n-io / n8n - Free and source-available fair-code licensed workflow automation tool. Easily automate tasks across different services.
oven-sh / bun - Incredibly fast JavaScript runtime, bundler, test runner, and package manager – all in one
resend / react-email - 💌 Build and send emails using React
microsoft / Web-Dev-For-Beginners - 24 Lessons, 12 Weeks, Get Started as a Web Developer
Mbed-TLS / mbedtls - An open source, portable, easy to use, readable and flexible TLS library
withastro / astro - Build fast content sites, powerful web applications, dynamic server APIs, and everything in-between
lydiahallie / javascript-questions - A long list of (advanced) JavaScript questions, and their explanations
SimplifyJobs / Summer2024-Internships - Collection of Summer 2024 tech internships!
binhnguyennus / awesome-scalability - The Patterns of Scalable, Reliable, and Performant Large-Scale Systems

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