Samsung‘s Galaxy Note 10 smartphones are receiving a new software update in the US. The company is pushing last month’s security patch to the 2019 Note phones. The February 2023 SMR (Security Maintenance Release) has already reached the Galaxy Note 10 and Galaxy Note 10+ in most international markets.
Galaxy Note 10 series gets the February update in the US
The latest update for the Galaxy Note 10 duo is available to both 4G and 5G models in the US but is currently limited to carrier-locked units on a handful of networks. The updated firmware build numbers are N97*USQU7HWB2 and N97*USQU5GWB2 for the two models, respectively (via SamMobile). Samsung should soon expand the release to all carriers and unlocked variants of the phones across the nation.
The official changelog for this update mentions some stability improvements along with last month’s vulnerability fixes. However, don’t expect anything major here. The Galaxy Note 10 and Galaxy Note 10+ are on their last legs. They will only get a few more security updates before disappearing from Samsung’s official support list. At best, the company may be pushing some optimizations to the devices today.
The February SMR contains plenty of vulnerability fixes, though. Samsung’s monthly security bulletin mentions seven Galaxy-specific patches and around 50 Android OS patches. The Galaxy-specific issues exist in Secure Folder, Fingerprint TA, Contacts, Phone app, and other system services. The Android OS patches, on the other hand, contain at least five critical flaws. Some of those could lead to remote code execution.
If you’re using the Galaxy Note 10 or Galaxy Note 10+ in the US, these vulnerability patches will reach your phone within the next few days. As usual, you can check for new updates from the Settings app. Go to the Software update menu and tap on Download and install. If an OTA (over the air) update is available, you can download it right away. If not, wait a few days and check again.
Samsung has discontinued the Note lineup but the S Ultra is nothing less
Samsung launched the Galaxy Note 10 series in 2019 and followed it with the Galaxy Note 20 in 2020. But it has since stopped making Note phones. Instead, the company has brought over the best of those S Pen-wielding big phones to the Ultra model in the Galaxy S series. If you’re looking to upgrade your Galaxy Note 10, you’ll feel right at home with this year’s Galaxy S23 Ultra. It’s an almost perfect smartphone.
Smart speakers like the new Obsidian from Pantheone are almost more art than technology. A piece of home decor that is designed to breathe some life into whatever room you place it in. Or perhaps serve as a conversational piece between friends and family the first time people see it.
But it’s not just a piece of art. Nor is it just your standard smart speaker. It’s both of those things. But in an elevated form that also delivers high-end acoustics. It’s spendy at a retail price of $1,399, sure. But that generally is the case with high-end home audio equipment. Especially when that equipment is designed to have a more artistic look and feel to it. Just look at many of Bang and Olufsen’s home audio products.
That being said, is the Pantheone Obsidian smart speaker worth $1,399? It’s tough to say. But for those that would spend this kind of money on this kind of product, the speaker appears to have a lot to offer.
The Pantheone Obsidian is a high-end speaker with smart features
There’s nothing wrong with having dedicated pieces of equipment for different purposes. But sometimes if you can bypass that and get one product to do two or three things, it ends up with a good result. That seems to be what Pantheone is going for here.
The Obsidian can serve as a high-end speaker that delivers premium sound for audio entertainment. But it also incorporates smart features so you can use it like you would a Nest Home or Amazon Echo. In fact it’s a lot like an Echo in that it comes with Alexa support built-in. Should you need to, you can ask Alexa, using the Obsidian, to control various smart home products you have around the house. Basically, whatever an Echo can do, this should do as well.
It also supports AirPlay 2 multi-room control. Additionally, the speaker allows connection through WiFi, Bluetooth, and AUX. So you can wirelessly stream music to it from Spotify or similar services, or just plug something into the speaker directly.
From the artistic perspective, the Obsidian speaker design is inspired by the volcanic lava rock sharing its namesake. And because it has a more artsy look, it can blend well with most home decor. The Obsidian speaker is available starting today directly from Pantheone for $1,399, and it comes in either black or white.
Subject matter experts at Europol were asked to explore how criminals can abuse LLMs such as ChatGPT, as well as how they may assist investigators in their daily work
In a report, Europol says that ChatGPT and other large language models (LLMs) can help criminals with little technical knowledge to perpetrate criminal activities, but it can also assist law enforcement with investigating and anticipating criminal activities.
The report aims to provide an overview of the key results from a series of expert workshops on potential misuse of ChatGPT held with subject matter experts at Europol. ChatGPT was selected as the LLM to be examined in these workshops because it is the highest-profile and most commonly used LLM currently available to the public.
These subject matter experts were asked to explore how criminals can abuse LLMs such as ChatGPT, as well as how they may assist investigators in their daily work. While the wide range of collected practical use cases are not exhaustive, they do provide a glimpse of what is possible. The purpose of the exercise was to observe the behavior of an LLM when confronted with criminal and law enforcement use cases.
Currently the publicly available LLMs are restricted. For example, ChatGPT does not answer questions that have been classified as harmful or biased.
But there are other points to consider when interpreting the answers:
The training input is dated, the vast majority of ChatGPT’s training data dates back to September 2021.
Answers are provided with an expected degree of authority, but while they sound very plausible, they are often inaccurate or wrong. Also, since there are no references included to understand where certain information was taken from, wrong and biased answers may be hard to detect and correct.
The questions and the way they are formulated are an important ingredient of the answer. Small changes in the way a question is asked can produce significantly different answers, or lead the model into believing it does not know the answer at all.
ChatGPT typically assumes what the user wants to know, instead of asking for further clarifications or input.
But, basically because we are still in early stages of trialing LLMs there are various ways to jailbreak them. A quick roundup of methods to circumvent the built-in restrictions shows that they all boil down to creating a situation where the LLM thinks it’s dealing with a hypothetical question rather than something that it’s not allowed to answer.
Have it reword your question in an answer.
Make it pretend it’s a persona that is allowed to answer the questions.
Break down the main question in small steps which it does not recognize as problematic.
Talk about fictional places and characters that are in reality existing situations, but the LLM does not recognize them as such.
So what can LLMs do that could help cybercriminals?
LLMs excel at producing authentic sounding text at speed and scale. Like an excellent actor or impersonator they are able to detect and re-produce language patterns. This ability can be used to facilitate phishing and online fraud, but it can also generally be used to impersonate the style of speech of specific individuals or groups. This capability can be abused at scale to mislead potential victims into placing their trust in the hands of criminals. Potential abuse cases for this ability can be found in the area of terrorism, propaganda, and disinformation.
While on the subject of impersonating, Europol considered a possible integration with other existing AI services, such as deepfakes, which could open up an entirely new dimension of potential misinformation. To counter impersonation, current efforts aimed at detecting text generated by AI-models are ongoing and may be of significant use in this area in the future. At the time of writing the report, however, the accuracy of known detection tools was still very low.
ChatGPT is capable of explaining, producing, and improving code in some of the most common programming languages (Python, Java, C++, JavaScript, PHP, Ruby, HTML, CSS, SQL). Which brings us to worries around malware creation, the safeguards preventing ChatGPT from providing potentially malicious code only work if the model understands what it is doing. If prompts are broken down into individual steps, it is trivial to bypass these safety measures. And newer models will even be better at understanding the context of the code, as well as at correcting error messages and fixing programming mistakes. The worry here is that an advanced user can exploit these improved capabilities to further refine or even automate sophisticated malicious code.
Another worry for the future are what Europol calls “Dark LLMs”, which it defines as LLMs hosted on the Dark Web to provide a chat-bot without any safeguards, as well as LLMs that are trained on particular – perhaps particularly harmful – data. Dark LLMs trained to facilitate harmful output may become a business model for cybercriminals of the future.
“Law enforcement agencies need to understand this impact on all potentially affected crime areas to be better able to predict, prevent, and investigate different types of criminal abuse.”
The recommendations the report provides are all about better understanding what LLMs are capable of, how they can be used to forward investigations, how their work can be recognized, and how to set up legislation to provide better defined and hard to jailbreak limitations.
The European Union is working on regulating AI systems under the upcoming AI Act. While there have been some suggestions that general purpose AI systems such as ChatGPT should be included as high risk systems, and meet higher regulatory requirements, uncertainty remains as to how this could practically be implemented.
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These days, a lot of people likely know what Fitbit trackers are. And if they’re not quite sure, chances are they have at least heard of Fitbit trackers, or heard them referenced by someone they know or someone around them.
But there’s a lot more to Fitbit and its catalog of trackers than the fact that a Fitbit is a wearable fitness tracking device. They have loads of features and can feel a little complex or overwhelming if someone just throws one in your lap and tells you to begin using it. You might not know how to use it. Or what it does. Or how to even connect it to your smartphone. You might not even know that you should connect it to your smartphone in the first place.
That’s what this guide aims to break down. What Fitbit is, and what it does so you can be aware of everything it has to offer.
What is Fitbit and what are Fitbit trackers?
Fitbit is the company that makes Fitbit trackers and they’ve been around since 2009 when the first device was launched. While it used to be its own independent company, Fitbit is now owned by Google. And you will start to see some of those Fitbit influences in some of Google’s own wearable and health-related devices and apps.
Fitbit trackers on the other hand are the device that you wear around your wrist. For the purposes of this post, we’ll include both the fitness trackers and the smartwatches that Fitbit makes in regards to what the devices can do. Unless otherwise stated and something is only available on a specific device. Because it does make both and both will have an overlap in some of the features they offer to users.
In fact the majority of features Fitbit devices offer will be available on both types of devices and on most models.
How many trackers does Fitbit make?
This number will always vary because Fitbit is making new devices every year or two. But it’s also not necessarily making the same amount of devices every single year. Another thing to consider is that when new devices come in, Fitbit will also sometimes get rid of older devices.
At current, Fitbit makes and offers 9 different trackers. This includes the actual fitness trackers, and a few smartwatches. The devices you can currently buy from Fitbit are the Fitbit Sense, the Fitbit Versa 3, the Fitbit Versa 2, the Fitbit Charge 5, the Fitbit Luxe, the gorjana for Fitbit Luxe Special Edition, The Fitbit Ace 3, the Fitbit Ace 3 Special Edition Minions, and the Fitbit Inspire 2.
This list does not include older Fitbit devices which you can still potentially buy from third-party retailers. There is bound to be some stock overflow both from actual retailers and resellers on sites like eBay.
How much do Fitbit trackers cost?
The prices will also vary based on what features you want the tracker to have. The smartwatches that Fitbit offers are always going to be the most expensive. Because they have the most features and some of their features are more advanced. They may also be made of more expensive materials.
That being said, Fitbit devices will range in price from $80 to $299. Although, these are two normal prices for the Ace 3 and the Sense. Which are currently on sale for $60 and $199 respectively. Fitbit devices go on sale often too. So, it’s worth keeping that in mind in case you’re interested in buying one either soon or further in the future.
A good time to buy a Fitbit device if your main concern is saving money is right before or right after a new device is announced. As Fitbit may have leftover stock of a device that’s being replaced and may want to get rid of it more easily by discounting the stock it has. Fitbit’s retail partners will do this as well from time to time.
What sorts of features do Fitbit devices offer?
There are so many different features it can honestly feel insane at times. But the beauty of that is choice. There are a handful of choices of different trackers so you can pick one that feels the best for your own personal needs.
You may want things like heart rate tracking, a color display, a swimproof design, and stress management. But you may not want a bigger display. So you’d go with something like the Charge 5 instead of the Sense. On the other hand, if you want the ECG app and sleep monitoring features, then the Sense is the way to go.
Also worth noting is that the trackers themselves won’t hold all of the features. Fitbit’s companion app will house some of it. On the trackers, you’ll be able to track steps, heart rate activity, 20 different exercise modes, monitor sleep and stress, and much more.
On the smartwatches, you’ll get a few extras, like the bigger touch display for example. The Sense even has a compatible ECG app if you care to check in on that metric from time to time. There’s also support for Google Assistant and Alexa. Additionally, a 6+ day battery life on most of the trackers, and customizable clock faces, Active Zone Minutes etc.
Basically, there’s a whole lot of features. So, you get the idea.
What’s the Fitbit companion app?
You’ll use this app to do a multitude of things. You need it to set up a connection with your smartphone, and you’ll generally use it for initiating updates to your device as well. Although, you could also use the Fitbit Dashboard for computers to do the same things. The smartphone app is just more convenient since you can have it on you at all times.
The companion app will also show you all of your tracked metrics in one convenient place. Like a one-stop shop for your fitness data. And if you have a subscription to Fitbit Premium then you’ll get even more features in the app. For example, access to all sorts of meditation and sleep sounds from the Calm app integration.
Not to mention personalized workout guidance, community engagement, and much more. Trust us, you’re definitely going to want to use the Fitbit app if you want to get the most out of your device.
Where can I buy Fitbit trackers?
You can buy them at tons of different retailers. Really at just about any retailer that sells wearables. Fitbit is one of if not the most popular wearables brand on the planet. So, you’ll be hard-pressed to find a retailer which doesn’t have at least one or two of the different models for sale.
If you want specifics, you can buy them at Best Buy, Amazon, Fitbit’s own website, Staples, Walmart, Target, Dick’s Sporting Goods, REI, and many, many more places.
Keep in mind that how much the tracker costs will sometimes depend on where you get it. Whether you get it online or buy it in-store. And whether or not you’re buying a discontinued color (these don’t pop up often but it has happened before).
Are Fitbit trackers waterproof?
None of them are really completely waterproof. They will however be swimproof up to 50 meters. Which means you can certainly take a dip in the pool with it. You could even wear it in the ocean, lake, or river as long as you’re not diving beyond the 50-meter deep limitation. This also means they’re perfectly fine in the rain and you should have no issues with them being protected against sweat.
Because let’s face it, some of the time they’re going to interact with sweat if you’re using them as you should be. Which is during exercise. At the end of the day, don’t worry about damage from moisture unless you accidentally drop it in a body of water with a depth beyond 50 meters.
Are Fitbit devices customizable?
All Fitbit trackers will be customizable in one way or another. You’ll usually be able to buy most of the trackers in a few different colors. This will include the colors of the tracker itself as well as the strap or band. Some will even have special limited edition accessories like the Luxe. Which has some straps that are more fashion oriented.
Unlike most smartwatches though, Fitbit smartwatches (just like the trackers) cannot use any old strap. The straps have to come from Fitbit or from a licensed partner who has created something for that particular device. And usually, your choices are more limited.
You can also customize the face or clock of your device. All of those customization options will be found in the Fitbit app.
How do I charge my Fitbit device?
Whatever tracker or watch you buy will come with its own USB charger. This is just the cable and the piece that attaches to the device though. There is no adapter included. Which means you can either charge it by plugging the device into an open USB port on a desktop or laptop, or plug into an AC adapter you already have.
Can I use my Fitbit for mobile payments?
As a matter of fact, you can. You’ll need to have your Fitbit Pay account set up and your bank cards tied to it. But as long as that’s done, you can use Fitbit Pay at any business that supports contactless payments. If it will support Google Pay, Apple Pay, and Samsung Pay, it’ll support Fitbit Pay. It’s as simple as that. The nice thing is that these days, most places support contactless payments. That being said, you may want to check just in case, so you don’t leave your wallet behind and end up not being able to pay.
Do Fitbit devices pose any health risks?
You should not have to worry about Fitbit devices causing any health risks that you may be concerned with. However, while engaging in any physical activities while using your Fitbit device, it is possible for you to overwork yourself. This is of course not caused by the Fitbit but the activity itself.
It is also possible that some users may experience skin irritation or discomfort after prolonged wear of a Fitbit device. This can be true of any wrist-worn wearable though. If you want to read more about that you can do so here.
Can I listen to music on it?
You can’t use the Fitbit device for listening to music on it. It does however work as a controller for music that you’re listening to. For example, devices like the Fitbit Sense will have Spotify integration so you can pause, play, and skip tracks. The music itself would be streamed from your smartphone which your Fitbit device would be connected to.
Unlike some Wear OS smartwatches, you also can’t store music on any current Fitbit devices at the time of writing and use connected Bluetooth headphones or earbuds for the audio. Which means you will still need your phone on you if you want to listen to music.
How long will the battery last?
The battery on most or all Fitbit devices will last you at least 4-5 days. Some may even last longer depending on how you use it. If you have it constantly tracking your run routes with GPS, then the battery will die faster.
But more casual use, like checking your heart rate once or twice a day and checking the occasional step counter, or time, are bound to help it last closer to that the 5+ day mark. Battery life will sometimes vary based on the device. But Fitbit has been pretty good about keeping this trait uniform across all its offerings.
Can Fitbit trackers be used to control smart home devices?
If you have some in the home, then you can definitely use your tracker for that. As long as the one you have supports Google Assistant and/or Alexa. All you would need to do is make sure that your voice assistant is set up on the tracker, and that your smart home devices (bulbs, fans, etc.) are integrated with it as well.
Currently, only the Fitbit Sense and Fitbit Versa 3 have support for Google Assistant. For Alexa you can use either of those devices in addition to the Versa 2. You also won’t need a Google Home speaker or Echo speaker of any kind to use the Fitbit trackers for smart home voice-control.
The Google RCS messaging team has always called out Apple to fix the cross-platform messaging difficulties. Now the team seems to push the blame on their counterpart for all issues users face. This claim is coming as a result of the recent issues plaguing even iPhone users.
A few months ago, Google launched a program to pressure Apple into adopting RCS messaging. The program brought to light the fact that iMessage forces Android devices to use an archaic messaging protocol. This makes chatting between an iPhone and an Android device a nightmare.
Pictures and videos sent from Android devices to iPhones via messaging are blurry. There is no end-to-end encryption for messages sent from an Android device to an iPhone. Google says that they have played its part to fix this issue, and now the ball is in Apple’s court.
Apple needs to put in some work to fix the cross-platform messaging
According to Hiroshi Lockheimer, Android has fixed messaging, this was re-emphasized in an interview with Max Weinchbach. This fix came with the adoption of RCS (Rich Communication Services) by Android a couple of years ago. With this adoption, Android was able to improve the messaging experience between its devices.
Over the past few years, Android has kept on expanding access to this messaging feature across various devices. There has also been the addition of new features to make the messaging experience more secure and seamless. Now, Android users can enjoy using the RCS chat feature when chatting with their friends and business partners without any worries.
But for some reason, Apple has kept the SMS messaging experience between Android and iOS devices. This is not secure and it reduces the media quality shared between both platforms while sending messages between the two platforms. Despite having a safer and more feature-packed messaging channel, Apple opts to use SMS for cross-platform messaging.
This might be a result of fears the RCS chat might make Apple users switch to the Android community. Truthfully, iMessage is one of the bonds keeping Apple users loyal to the brand. But the Google RCS messaging team says that they have no intentions of overthrowing iMessage as a better messaging platform.
The integration of RCS chat features into iMessage will only give people the liberty to make use of what they love. This will reduce the pressure to unwillingly switch to either platform to keep in touch with friends and loved ones. It will also improve security while messaging your friends that use Android devices from your iPhone or vice versa.
Regardless of the efforts Google has put in, Apple remains adamant about adopting RCS messaging. The ball is now in their court as Google has played its part in improving cross-platform messaging. Now it is time for Apple to put in the work and secure their users while messaging.
The British National Crime Agency has been setting up fake DDoS services to teach people a lesson in what not to do online.
The “online criminal marketplace” has been disrupted via several fake Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) tools, according to an announcement from The British National Crime Agency (NCA).
Not everyone on an underground forum is up to no good. Some folks register on hacking sites and services out of curiosity. It’s not uncommon for people to register on a breach forum to check if their own data is included in whatever latest disaster is unfolding in the news. Even so, certain types of service exist which are most definitely going to get users in some form of trouble no matter the supposed intention.
This is the case with DDoS tools. A DDoS attack occurs when someone decides to effectively flood a service or site with more traffic than it can handle. The site becomes overloaded, and can no longer function correctly which leads to downtime.
It can happen to websites and gaming services, and even individual gamers in some sessions have been targeted and taken down. Paid for DDoS tools have been around for many years, and are a very popular service for people who want to quickly perform a DDoS attack without much legwork.
However, attacks like these are illegal in the UK under the Computer Misuse Act 1990. And, as it turns out, the focal point for the NCA’s participation in a worldwide operation designed to disrupt and panic criminal elements.
Registering for a very bad day
From the NCA’s announcement:
DDoS-for-hire or ‘booter’ services allow users to set up accounts and order DDoS attacks in a matter of minutes. Such attacks have the potential to cause significant harm to businesses and critical national infrastructure, and often prevent people from accessing essential public services.
All of the NCA-run sites, which have so far been accessed by around several thousand people, have been created to look like they offer the tools and services that enable cyber criminals to execute these attacks.
Once an individual registers on the fake sites, they’re not given access to DDoS tools as they may have expected. Instead, their data is collected by the NCA. For anyone registered living in the United Kingdom, they can expect to be contacted by the NCA at a later date and given a warning about the consequences of engaging in cybercrime. Individuals outside the UK will find that their details are passed to international law enforcement.
Powering up Operation Power Off
This is all a continuation of a project called Operation Power Off, which has been running for some years now. DDoS tools are a big focus for these operations, as they’re one of many gateway entry points into the world of illegal activity.
Back in December, this same project was responsible for 48 major booter services being taken offline permanently alongside multiple arrests in the UK and US. As the NCA points out, this kind of activity helps to undermine trust in the criminal market and also makes such sites feel quite a bit less safe and anonymous. You can never really trust an underground marketplace, and that’s before you throw the spectre of law enforcement into the mix.
Indeed, a well known forum for trading stolen data recently shut down for precisely that reason. If you’re at all curious about signing up for rogue services, take the safer option. Close that browser tab, and have a good read of the oft-linked NCA Cyber Choices page. Parents, teachers, and children of all ages can see what the risks are, how someone could get into trouble, and why it’s better to put digital talents to use in favour of something more productive.
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Samsung‘s four-year-old flagship Android tablet, the Galaxy Tab S6, is getting the latest security patch. The Korean firm is pushing the March 2023 security update to the device in Europe. A global rollout should follow in the coming days.
The Galaxy Tab S6 joins Samsung’s March update party
As of this writing, the March SMR (Security Maintenance Release) is available for the LTE version of the Galaxy Tab S6 in Europe. To be precise, only users in Germany are getting it currently. Samsung should soon release the update widely in the region, followed by a global rollout. The new firmware build number for the tablet is T865XXU5DWC3 (via SamMobile). The Wi-Fi version of the device should get the update with a slightly different build number, though the content should be the same.
When we say content, don’t be hopeful for new features. The firmware version suggests this update brings something more than just vulnerability fixes, but we are only expecting some optimizations. The Galaxy Tab S6 is way past its prime and no longer eligible for features updates. It will get a few more security updates and that’s about it. Unfortunately, Samsung hasn’t updated its update tracker to reflect the latest release, so we can’t confirm what else the tablet is getting today.
However, we already know that the March SMR patches more than 60 vulnerabilities. The majority of those are Android OS patches coming from Google and other partners. At least five patches supplied by Google this month concern critical vulnerabilities. The 20-odd Galaxy-specific patches take care of issues with the Exynos baseband, Bluetooth, Galaxy Themes Service, System UI, Settings, Call app, and other system components.
If you’re using the Galaxy Tab S6, you can look forward to receiving the March security update in the coming days. You can navigate to the Software update menu in the Settings app and tap on Download and install to check for updates manually. If you’re planning to upgrade your aging Galaxy tablet, Samsung is readying the Galaxy Tab S9 series for launch in the second half of 2023.
The Galaxy Tab S9 series will include three models
When Samsung launched the Galaxy Tab S6 in 2019, it only offered one model. It later added the Galaxy Tab S6 Lite, but that isn’t a flagship tablet. In 2020, the Korean firm debuted two Galaxy Tab S7 models, with the Galaxy Tab S7 FE following in 2021. Last year, it launched three Galaxy Tab S8 models, including its first-ever Ultra tablet. The company will do the same this year. The Galaxy Tab S9, Galaxy Tab S9+, and Galaxy Tab S9 Ultra are expected to arrive in August or September 2023. We will keep you posted with the latest information about these tablets.
It’s no secret that the launch of ChatGPT has ushered in a new era of conversational artificial intelligence, prompting many companies to explore the possibilities of integrating AI into their services. Now, according to a report from BusinessWire, Newegg is leveraging ChatGPT to enhance its website’s user experience. From optimizing text content on its website to enhancing its PC Builder shopping tool and customer service chat, ChatGPT will enable Newegg to streamline its operations and offer its customers a more efficient experience.
ChatGPT integration into various aspects of Newegg’s operations
One area where Newegg is using ChatGPT is its PC Builder shopping tool. While customers had to previously find the parts for their PC themselves, with the new ChatGPT integration, they would only need to input their desired PC attributes into a search bar, and the AI will evaluate and recommend component configurations that match their preferences and budget.
Moreover, ChatGPT is optimizing text content throughout the website by suggesting product detail page titles, summaries, and descriptions, making it easier for consumers to browse and discover tech products. In addition, ChatGPT will help customers get the best answers in customer service chats and alert Newegg staff when necessary. Lastly, Newegg is also using ChatGPT to create on-site text and descriptions to enhance customers’ shopping experiences by generating targeted content for Newegg’s search engine optimization efforts.
However, Lucy Huo, Vice President of Application Development for Newegg, emphasized that ChatGPT is not intended to replace employees, but rather to provide additional resources so that employees can handle more complex projects. Although AI technology is still in its early stages of implementation, it has the potential to offer substantial benefits for e-commerce.
“Our customers are among the most knowledgeable regarding the latest technology because they assemble often complex tech products. Therefore, customers should expect Newegg to deploy the most advanced technology for their shopping experience, and ChatGPT currently enables this,” said Huo.
Recently, Twitter has acknowledged that some of its confidential source code has been exposed on the popular coding platform GitHub.
To address this issue, Twitter has sent GitHub a copyright infringement notice. The petition demands GitHub identify the individual who leaked the source code and reveal their identity.
Even Twitter also asked GitHub through the petition for the details of any other parties who downloaded it. As for the Twitter code that was leaked, Musk did not make any comments about it.
GitHub Action
After getting the notice from Twitter, GitHub immediately removed the code from its platform. But, there was no indication of how long the leaked source code had been on the web before GitHub removed it.
Musk’s Twitter is facing a number of challenges due to the exposure of its source code.
Technology companies are often reluctant to share such code for fear of giving competitors an unfair advantage or making security vulnerabilities public.
Twitter immediately launched a thorough investigation to determine the source of the breach of its confidential source code after discovering the leak.
Executives leading the inquiry have since speculated that the individual responsible for the incident may have departed from the company’s San Francisco offices last year.
Twitter’s Response
Approximately 7,500 employees of Twitter have been laid off or resigned since Mr. Musk acquired the company in October for $44 billion. In the GitHub project, “FreeSpeechEnthusiast” leaked Twitter’s source code.
Only one contribution listed on the anonymous user’s GitHub profile was made at the beginning of January to the platform.
While apart from this, a simplified approach will be developed to “serve” more “compelling tweets,” Musk said. Aside from the recent leak, Twitter also has structural and financial challenges to contend with due to the leak.
By cutting costs, trying out new features, and welcoming back banned users, Musk has been trying to turn around the social network.
For the company to generate revenue, advertisements are its primary source of income. Despite the site’s popularity, advertisers have hesitated to place ads on it due to its reputation.
In an email to staff, Musk indicated that Twitter is now worth about $20 billion, down more than 50% from the price he paid to acquire the platform.
GitHub’s website referred to Twitter’s takedown request on its homepage and declined to comment on the decision to remove the code.
Musk said that some of Twitter’s code would be available to the public in the coming months following the leak.
Twitter will open source all code used to recommend tweets on March 31st
Twitter will make its recommendation code public by the end of March to allow anyone to review and scrutinize it. As people identify and report problems with Twitter’s code, this process could help make the code more secure.
In addition, Mr. Musk has been concerned about leaks and thefts by former employees who are displeased after being laid off in mass numbers.
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