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The relaunch of Digg envisions a new era of user interactions denuded of “misinformation, spam, and the emotional toll of navigating hostile interactions.”

The new twist will be the use of artificial intelligence to create a more-human experience:

By combining Ohanian’s and Rose’s historical knowledge and deep understanding of what has and hasn’t worked from their experiences at Reddit and Digg with today’s technological advancements – particularly in AI – Digg plans to become an online destination with humanity and connection at its core.

As of this posting, the homepage redirects to a subdomain with a landing page collecting email addresses.

Elon Musk confirmed that the social media platform X was the victim of a “massive cyberattack” today. The Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack was perpetrated by the cyber warfare group Dark Storm Team.

Orange Cyberdefense reported that the group has a pro-Palestinian agenda and recently pledged to launch a series of cyberattacks targeting government websites of NATO countries, Israel, and other nations supporting Israel. (Hindustan Times)

There is no information on the group in the MITRE ATT&CK® database. However, Musk reported that the attack originated from IP addresses within Ukraine. Both of these data points suggests an (ostensibly) ideologically-motivated group with no qualms for hacking-for-hire opportunities.

Humanoid Robots

The quest for domesticated automatons is bringing to market new aspirants on the daily. Figure.ai isn’t a johnny-come-lately, but it has recently announced its robotic humanoids, the Figure-02, will have a hive mind called Helix AI to enable organized operation. They anticipate an accelerated timeline to getting robots into your pantry.

• Further reading: Yahoo! News

Quantum Computing

Microsoft has announced its Majorana 1 quantum computing chip. The most notable distinction is its “Topological Core” architecture. However, keywords in Microsoft’s celebratory article like “expects,” “progress,” and “offer a path” paint an optimistic portrait of the world to come; but the language of the publication do not indicate efficacious operation in the here and now.

• Further reading: Microsoft