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Some of the latest downloads from the tech world include:
🔒 RockYou2024 breach exposes 10 billion passwords, raising risks of credential attacks.
⚡️ Lesson of the Week: Learn about the AI technology powering self-driving cars.
🎵 Stability AI released a text-to-music generator alongside news that their renowned text-to-image model is now free.
💡 Weekly Tech Tip: Tricks to try on Zoom.
🚀 What’s New: Enhanced scavenger hunts now offer skill-specific learning.
📒 Book of the Week: “Chip War” by Chris Miller.
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Massive Password Leak Exposes 10 Billion
Still using the same password across platforms? This is your sign to refresh and diversify them.
Researchers have uncovered a massive data breach exposing nearly 10 billion unique passwords, dubbed RockYou2024.
This leak significantly heightens the risk of credential stuffing and brute-force attacks, containing both old and newly breached passwords.
Security experts urge implementing strong password policies and enabling two-factor authentication to mitigate risks.
Lesson of the Week
Sourced from our skill, “Identifying data use cases,” learn about the AI technology behind autonomous vehicles and how AI, machine learning, and data analytics enable them to navigate safely and efficiently.
Question of the Week:
What AI technology enables autonomous vehicles to see their surroundings?
Select one:
A) Computer vision
B) Optical character recognition
C) Natural language processing
Stability AI Opens Access to its AI Technology
Stability AI is making waves with Stable Audio Open, an AI model that generates sounds and songs from text descriptions using royalty-free recordings.
This innovative use of AI technology is part of their diverse model offerings, which also include video and image generation. With the new “Community License” for models like the latest SD3, cutting-edge technology is now more accessible to individuals and small businesses.
These advancements underscore the growing mainstream acceptance and open-source availability of AI models, empowering more people to leverage this innovative AI technology.
You can access through Hugging Face.
In similar news, Meta has released a text-to-3D generator.
Weekly Tech Tip
Tricks to Try on Zoom
Enhance your Zoom meeting experience with these practical tips:
- Get your privacy settings right: Enable end-to-end encryption, avoid sharing meeting links publicly, and use waiting rooms to control participant entry.
- Create your own Zoom background: Customize your background to match your company’s branding or add personal flair using tools like Canva.
- Use a mouse spotlight when sharing your screen: Highlight key areas on your screen to keep your audience focused and improve clarity.
- Use Zoom chat to talk to coworkers: Create channels, set statuses, and share files seamlessly within the Zoom chat feature.
- Transcribe meetings: Automatically transcribe meetings for easy reference and to create accurate meeting records.
Zoom is now packed with AI technology, called AI Companion, which is worth checking out.
What’s New
Our enhanced scavenger hunts now focus on specific skills, providing greater flexibility and personalized learning for each user.
Book of the Week
Microchips are the new oil—the scarce resource on which the modern world depends.
Today, military, economic, and geopolitical power are built on a foundation of computer chips to power our growing dependence on AI technology.
Chris Miller’s Chip War reveals how America’s lead in chip technology is slipping as China pours billions into catching up, threatening U.S. military and economic dominance.
This book will help you understand the vital role of chips in current global politics, economics, and technology.
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Lesson of the Week Answer:
A) Computer vision