{"id":725,"date":"2020-07-03T12:55:00","date_gmt":"2020-07-03T12:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pingyour.com\/blog\/?p=725"},"modified":"2020-11-07T13:09:20","modified_gmt":"2020-11-07T13:09:20","slug":"even-more-sinister-than-it-appears","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pingyour.com\/blog\/2020\/07\/03\/even-more-sinister-than-it-appears\/","title":{"rendered":"Even more sinister than it appears."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>That new ransomware that is infecting Apple Mac computers has had its status updated to \u201ceven more sinister than it appears\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"128\" height=\"128\" src=\"https:\/\/pingyour.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/angry-face-apple_icon.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-326\"><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Spoiler alert:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It <em>\u201calso has spyware capabilities that allow it to grab passwords and credit card numbers.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/ow.ly\/XiDw30qVWUD\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">http:\/\/ow.ly\/XiDw30qVWUD<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\">\n\n\n\n<p>Reports are in that T-Mobile has shut down Sprint\u2019s 5G networks, because reasons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/ow.ly\/RuKf30qVWw2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">http:\/\/ow.ly\/RuKf30qVWw2<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\">\n\n\n\n<p>In today\u2019s Artificial Intelligence auto news, here is a post that says BMW \u201c<em>wants to give owners of its cars the option to access specific software features through a subscription\u201d<\/em> because of course they do:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/ow.ly\/ZsfI30qVX0E\">http:\/\/ow.ly\/ZsfI30qVX0E<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\">\n\n\n\n<p>The folks over at MIT would like you to know that it has <em>\u201ctaken offline its highly cited dataset that trained AI sy<a href=\"https:\/\/pingyour.com\/blog\/encyclopedia\/stem\/\" target=\"_self\" title=\"STEM is a term that refers to the broad study area of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics.\" class=\"encyclopedia\">stem<\/a>s to potentially describe people using racist, misogynistic, and other problematic terms.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/ow.ly\/XRjP30qVYW2\">http:\/\/ow.ly\/XRjP30qVYW2<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\">\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"128\" height=\"128\" src=\"https:\/\/pingyour.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Car_icon.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-739\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pingyour.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Car_icon.png 128w, https:\/\/pingyour.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Car_icon-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 128px) 100vw, 128px\"><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Someone ran <em>\u201ccar \u2018faces\u2019\u201d<\/em> through an Artificial Intelligence face-processing algorithm because why the heck not.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Spoiler alert:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>\u201coh boy, <a href=\"https:\/\/pingyour.com\/blog\/encyclopedia\/did\/\" target=\"_self\" title=\"DID means Direct Inward Dialing. 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