Meta is building a superintelligent AI — and one expert warns of ‘significant moral issues’

Meta is building a superintelligent artificial intelligence that the company says it will make open-source and available to anyone. CEO Mark Zuckerberg said advanced AI is required to power the next generation of smart assistants and AR glasses. Most of the big AI labs including OpenAI and Anthropic are focused on Artificial General Intelligence (AGI),…

‘Pandoraspear’ botnet hijacks smart TVs and boxes

Cybercrime syndicate Bigpanzi stands accused of orchestrating a massive Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) botnet named ‘Pandoraspear’. Pandoraspear has reportedly infected potentially millions of smart TVs and set-top boxes, with at least 170,000 bots actively running during the campaign’s peak. The infection mechanism primarily targets Android-based smart TVs and streaming hardware, exploiting users who visit…

It’s critical to protect equity investments in minority businesses from activist organizations

Lyneir Richardson Contributor Lyneir Richardson is the co-founder of the Chicago TREND Corporation, a social enterprise funded by prestigious impact investors to stimulate urban retail development. He is also a professor of professional practice in the Department of Management and Global Business at Rutgers Business School, and serves as the executive director of the Center…

It’s critical to protect equity investments in minority businesses from activist organizations

Lyneir Richardson Contributor Lyneir Richardson is the co-founder of the Chicago TREND Corporation, a social enterprise funded by prestigious impact investors to stimulate urban retail development. He is also a professor of professional practice in the Department of Management and Global Business at Rutgers Business School, and serves as the executive director of the Center…

It’s critical to protect equity investments in minority businesses from activist organizations

Lyneir Richardson Contributor Lyneir Richardson is the co-founder of the Chicago TREND Corporation, a social enterprise funded by prestigious impact investors to stimulate urban retail development. He is also a professor of professional practice in the Department of Management and Global Business at Rutgers Business School, and serves as the executive director of the Center…