Security researchers last year wrote about a surge in the use by threat actors of the legitimate XMRig cryptominer, and ...

To better understand which social media platforms Americans use, Pew Research Center surveyed 5,022 U.S. adults from Feb. 5 to June 18, 2025. SSRS conducted this National Public Opinion Reference ...

A new cyberattack method uses fake CAPTCHA pages to spread a versatile backdoor named CORNFLAKE.V3, according to research published on August 21, 2025. The campaign, observed by Google-owned Mandiant, ...

Kara Alaimo is an associate professor of communication at Fairleigh Dickinson University. Her book “Over the Influence: Why Social Media Is Toxic for Women and Girls — And How We Can Take It Back” was ...

After two and a half years we have enough data to form a clearer picture about who is using AI, what they are using it for, what they think about it, and what it means for learning. What do students ...

A fresh wave of crypto malware is sweeping the world of digital assets, and this time the actors are wiser and more versatile than ever. At the forefront of the new wave are Librarian Ghouls, a Russia ...

Students call it hypocritical. A senior at Northeastern University demanded her tuition back. But instructors say generative A.I. tools make them better at their jobs. By Kashmir Hill In February, ...

A year ago, I wrote a piece here about how people were really using gen AI. That article seemed to hit a note: It was popular, featured in viral posts, and the beautiful accompanying infographic has ...

I'm using xmrig with MoneroOcean's metaminer. Unless I disable the cn/r algorithm in the config (opencl.cn/r: false), when metaminer tries to benchmark this algorithm xmrig will start, compile the ...

Teachers spend up to 29 hours a week doing nonteaching tasks: writing emails, grading, finding classroom resources, and carrying out other administrative work. They also have high stress levels and ...

I have a number of hang-ups — to paraphrase Avenged Sevenfold guitarist Synyster Gates, all of us are a little (screwed) up — but one I didn’t realize I had until recently is alexinomia: the fear of ...