Table of Contents 64q43
- 23andMe customer data theft
- AI Pin Flop
- Beeper disabled by Apple
- Fight between Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg
- Fake lab-grown meat
- Twitter mismanagement
- Hacker attack on MGM Resorts
- Cruise robotaxis banned from San Francisco
- Information theft on ChatGPT
- Sam Altman fired from OpenAI
- Oceangate submarine implosion
- iPhone 15 Pro overheating
- Unity increases game installation rate
Another year ends and, with it, it is also important to what went wrong so that the same mistakes are not made in the new year that begins. Our list of things that have gone wrong in technology is not short: let's go through the problems of OpenAI, a fight (that didn't happen) between Elon Musk e Mark Zuckerberg and even an application that tried to bring iMessage, original from Apple , For Android. Shall we look back? 644s6v
23andMe customer data theft 4w3x3t
To open the list, let's talk about the hacker attack that customers of the biogenetics company 23andMe suffered. The news seems old, but it happened once again: through old s, hackers gained access to data such as family trees, years of birth and geographic locations.
The company even denied the case as soon as the news was released on forums, but reversed its thinking and confirmed that data from 6,9 million people had been accessed. The same s were also used for hackers to access other websites that had integration with the 23andMe. It's simple: if you had an on the biogenetics company's servers, hackers only needed to connect this to another website to access information from other s.
This case is more frequent than it should be, but it happens: the big problem with all this is that, in order to take care of people's health and carry out the necessary tests, it is necessary to have this data saved. The biggest problem is the security involved in leaving all this stored and, if measures are not taken by the 23andMe, we'll look at another case like the list of things that went wrong in 2024 technology.
Should we provide such personal and intimate data to an organization that, for the most part, only has strong loyalty to its investors and its boards of directors?
Ramesh Srinivasan, professor in the department of information studies at the University of California, Los Angeles
AI Pin Flop 6j256
It may be too early to say that this is one of the things that has gone wrong in technology, especially because the AI Pin by Humane It hasn't even gone on sale yet, but it seems to be too advanced for where we are now.
Announced and developed by Imran chaudhri e Bethany Bongiorno, former Apple employees, the idea is quite simple: the device needs to be placed on clothing, attached like a brooch, to transmit images in the palm of the hand.
With artificial intelligence and its own virtual assistant, this technological pin hits the market with integration with smartphones and a Trust Light, which signals the use of the microphone and camera to protect privacy.
Its biggest problem is precisely its price: sent to customers from March 2024, it will cost US$699 (approximately R$3.379 in direct conversion). To ensure standalone usage, buyers can opt for a subscription to US$ 24 (approximately R$116 in current conversion) with the operator T-Mobile, which includes a phone number and mobile data to access resources anywhere.
This is an idea that we need to keep an eye on so that it is either on the list of technologies that died, or on our list of the best of the year 2024. What does the future hold for AI Pin?
Beeper disabled by Apple 2d4a3c
O iMessage is Apple's exclusive messaging service that, until now, only works on devices manufactured by the Cupertino company — including the iPhone, iPad and the Mac line of computers. For 2024, it was announced that iMessage will implement the use of the standard RCS of messages so that s of Android exchange messages through this service.
An application that tried to skip the start was Beeper, but it only worked for 3 days: it was launched on December 05, 2023 and, on the 08th, it started to have problems (Apple prevented it from working). The idea was actually good: the application simulated logging into a virtual Mac so that anyone with an Android smartphone could use the iMessage.
O Beeper It started as a paid service and after the first error, it became free. But still, it is an idea that died early and, whoever has Android, you no longer receive or can send or receive blue messages from those who have an iPhone, Macs or iPads. Who knows, we might see this become a reality with Apple adopting the RCS standard.
Fight between Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg 256z1u
Currently, there is only talk about one other thing: in July 2023, during the launch of Threads, Elon Musk challenged the owner of the Meta, Mark Zuckerberg, for a fight in a ring. The possible confrontation between billionaires even has a transmission channel: it will be broadcast on Twitter. It was also announced that all possible profits will be donated to entities that care for veterans in the USA.
The reasons for this fight? After Musk said he “can’t wait to be exclusively under the control of zuck, no other options” when the Twitter rival was about to be launched. This intensified when a Twitter warned Elon to be careful as Zuckerberg was taking Jiu-Jitsu classes. Elon responded by saying, “I’m available for a fight if he wants.”
Communication takes place on two social networks: Elon Musk post about the possible fight in Twitter, while Mark Zuckerberg just posts about the fight on Threads,, always with a screenshot of Musk's posts.
The last update in this case is from August 2023, when Zuck mentioned that he expected the fight to take place on August 26th, but Musk He still needed exams and surgery to be fit to fight. We can only wait for 2024, but tell us in the comments: who are your fans for?
Fake lab-grown meat 5y6hr
An alternative to reducing the consumption of animal meat is laboratory-grown meat. The idea seems good and the UPSIDE, based in Berkeley, California, has a half-billion-dollar investment fund and a dream to make it work. But further study showed that the company's chicken breasts actually had chicken skin cells as a base.
In other words: despite commenting that the meat was cultivated, in fact the UPSIDE manufactured this, through labor, plastic and energy. One employee even mentioned that the company’s focus was “faking it until you make it”.
Another big problem is the price: for comparison, a chicken fillet “grown” in a laboratory costs 45 dollars in an American restaurant. In the market, a kilo of chicken costs US$4,99, so this is an industry that needs to grow to be successful. In a press release, the UPSIDE denies having manufactured the fillets and recognizes the efforts:
We will continue to pioneer the challenge of sustainably feeding a growing global population while minimizing environmental impact, and we will remain steadfast in our goal of bringing safe, delicious cultured meat to consumers. While we know there will be many challenges ahead, UPSIDE chooses to work with optimism, courage and dogged determination toward our vision of a better future, driven by the progress we have already made and the urgency of the work ahead.
UPSIDE on “planted” meat controversies.
Twitter mismanagement 6q2m2u
This topic deserved a full article. 2022 was marked by purchase of Twitter by Elon Musk, but nothing could have prepared us for what came next. Our first loss was two-factor authentication via SMS: either you started using an application like Google Authenticator or security key, or become adrift from hackers.
Additionally, Musk ended free access to the automation API in February and bots no longer worked unless developers paid for it. Bots like Tweetbot e Twitterrific They were closed due to this and never returned.
O Twitter Blue launch also caused problems: anyone who was willing to pay now has a verification badge that was previously only given by social network s. The result of this? People started pretending to be famous and fake news was posted.
And there's more: the name “Twitter” is in the past and now, Elon Musk wants the social network to be called X. We can't say that many people ed this change, but the billionaire made a point of removing the little blue bird at the top headquarters of the social network in New York and put the letter X. Did it work? It can be said no, as there are still people who call the social network by its original name.
Finally, to put the icing on the cake of things that went wrong in technology in 2023: many brands, depending on the changes that occurred on the social network, decided to stop investing in ads. Elon Musk's response was: “f*ck” these companies. Check out the moment in the video below:
Hacker attack on MGM Resorts 5a5u2m
Known in Las Vegas for its triumphant accommodations and famous slot machines in films and series, the MGM Resorts suffered a hacker attack that gave access to personal data of customers who use MGM hotels and machines.
This problem meant that the company had to stop its operations for a while and this pause resulted in a loss of 100 million. Additionally, due to risk remediation costs, legal fees, third-party consultancy and incident response measures, it was necessary to spend an additional US$10 million.
The attack, which took place on September 11, 2023, was quite complex. Hackers from the BlackCat/ALPHV ransomware gang, known as Scattered Spider, managed to steal sensitive data through social engineering. They also encrypted one hundred VMware ESXi hypervisors — installed directly on the physical server, the hypervisor efficiently partitions hardware to consolidate applications and reduce costs.
Despite the high loss of more than 100 million dollars, the company cited that this amount did not directly compromise its quarterly earnings and the amount was only a portion of the profits generated in those three months. At the time, the site stopped accepting reservations.
After an investigation, the MGM Resorts stressed that the incident did not expose s, bank information and credit card data of people who had s on its website.
Cruise robotaxis banned from San Francisco 125xj
A Cruise, which is a subsidiary of GM Motors, has become involved in more problems in 2023. More specifically in April last year, the company had problems with its autonomous cars after one of them fled a police checkpoint.
And it continues: for the year 2023, the company managed to get into more trouble: after a woman was thrown by another car (this one, driven by a person), Cruise's robotaxi walked with her trapped for another six meters until a local “safe” was found. Fortunately, she didn't die.
In response to this, the company recalled its cars operating in the city of San Francisco, California, to perform a software update to improve collision detection. The month of October was also marked by the revocation of the Cruise that allowed cars to run in California. The local government also opened an investigation against the company after discovering that internal testing data was being omitted.
The company also had to interrupt production of its new autonomous van to review all these points and the 950 cars were removed from the streets until further notice.
Information theft on ChatGPT 52y1o
How many times have you heard the word Chat GPT in 2023? Despite helping many people with their day-to-day tasks, OpenAI, creator of artificial intelligence, was sued by a group of people who claim their data was stolen. This information would be used to feed generative artificial intelligence and give it greater capacity.
Process data accessed by Bloomberg show that the OpenAI captured, without consent, image and location data from the Snapchat, music preferences on Spotify, financial information from Stripe, and private conversations on Slack and Microsoft Teams. The damage caused by this could reach US$3 billion.
Another controversy surrounding the name of OpenAI is the direct sending of information to the Chat GPT. Many people claimed in 2023 that the AI, after receiving information that was not available on the internet, started to say that the content was created by it. Problems like this have put artificial intelligence in check, but there is no denying that it is still and should be used for a long time by many people.
The case is still going through the courts and both OpenAI, like Microsoft (mentioned as a defendant), did not comment on what happened.
Sam Altman fired from OpenAI p2p2o
After the advice of OpenAI to discover the possible existence of Q-Star, a “super artificial intelligence” that can break encryption and carry out various activities unseen by humanity, it was decided that the CEO had to leave his position. Altman, who has always been the face of OpenAI, was hired by Microsoft (which funds OpenAI) to take care of artificial intelligence initiatives at the creator of Windows.
But he didn't stay Microsoft for a long time and, five days later, he returned to OpenAI as CEO and a new board was formed. Little is known about what was discussed, but it is known that an internal petition with more than 700 signatures was created. Furthermore, Greg Brockman, co-founder of OpenAI, also resigned; but he returned to the company with Altman.
Adam D’Angelo, founder and owner of the research site Quora, continues to work at the company now that Sam is back. The future of governance is a big unknown, but there are some names already involved: the new formation will be chaired by Bret Taylor, former CEO of Salesforce, and will have the participation of Larry Summers, former US Treasury Secretary.
The company now has the problem of following rules that emphasize ethics and suppressing the case of possible artificial intelligence that could bring problems to humanity. It is not yet known whether it really exists, but its possible existence caused an implosion that only now appears to be under control. It’s another story for us to follow in 2024.
Oceangate submarine implosion 3n6l2r
Who would have thought that a trip to see the wreckage of the Titanic, a ship that sank, could it go wrong? The idea seems to have come out of some disaster movie, but it happened. A Oceangate, a private maritime tourism company, had already carried out trips like this, but the one in June 2023, was unsuccessful. Five people lost their lives:
- Stockton Rush, founder and CEO of OceanGate, and pilot of the vessel;
- Shahzada Dawood, Pakistani businessman;
- Suleman Dawood, son of Shahzada;
- Hamish Harding. British billionaire and explorer;
- Paul-Henry Nargeolet, former commander of the French Navy and renowned expert on the sinking of the Titanic.
The journey began on June 18, 2023 and, 01:45 am later, the submarine Titan stopped sending information to the command center. Technical reports reported that the water pressure was so high that an implosion occurred. The bodies of the victims were crushed and fragmented. The submersible was made of carbon fiber and titanium and weighed 10,4 tons, with room for five adults.
Despite the controversy, the Oceangate There are two trips scheduled for the year 2024: one between the 12th and 20th and another between the 21st and 29th, both in June. The ticket is not at all affordable: it costs US$250 (R$1,2 million in direct conversion) and exempts the company from any responsibility for accidents that occur during the tour. This amount also does not include personal and travel insurance, airline tickets, accommodation and meals before the trip.
iPhone 15 Pro overheating 1v1p66
The line iPhone 15 was launched in September 2023 and, in addition to Apple starting to adopt the USB-C connection in its devices, we had the arrival of the titanium structure in the most complete (and most expensive) version. A month after this release, s began reporting that the iPhone 15 Pro It started to heat up more than normal, reaching up to 50 Cº.
The company blamed the overheating on three apps and assumed the problem actually existed: Instagram, Uber and Asphalt 9. With the new A17 processor, these applications were demanding on the U when running in the background. Another reason why more expensive models get hot is the titanium casing, which makes heat dissipation difficult.
The issue was resolved after the applications were updated to work with the processor's processor. iPhone 15 Pro and s can use the device without any problems. Reports about the battery lasting less than normal also make our list of things that went wrong in technology in 2023, but this has also been corrected.
Unity increases game installation rate 19335r
Closing our list, the Unity announced a new fee that will come into effect from January 2024. You've certainly seen the graphics engine logo in some application, even if you have no idea what it is. Aimed at the game and app development market for Android, iOS and even PCs, Unity allows small developers to publish their projects.
On October 12, 2024, the company announced that a fee would be charged for games and applications that were installed more than 200 thousand times. The company already requires developers with annual income between $100 and $200 to also subscribe to the plan and studios with higher incomes must opt for the Pro and Enterprise plans.
In practice: anyone using the Personal or Plus plan will need to pay 20 cents per installation. Those with the Pro plan will need to pay 15 cents, but this can drop to as little as 0,02 cents depending on the popularity of the project. Finally, Enterprise plan subscribers start by paying 12,5 cents, with the amount dropping to up to 0,01 cent depending on popularity.
After developer reprisal, Unity announced that the fee will only be charged for the first installation (there will be no charge for reinstallation on other devices with the same ), but it is not yet clear whether the amount will really impact game subscription services such as Xbox Game . Via Twitter, the company announced that the charging decision will only impact larger developers.
Today, the vast majority of Unity Editor s are paying nothing and will not be affected by this change. […]
The developers who will be impacted are those who have successful games, which are generating revenue well above the limits described in our publication. This means that developers who are still building their businesses and growing their games' audiences will not pay the fee. The program was specifically designed this way to ensure developers are successful before the install fee takes effect.
We want to be clear that the installation counter for the new rate starts on January 1, 2024 – it is not retroactive or perpetual. We will charge you once for new installation; not an ongoing perpetual license royalty like revenue sharing.
Unity about changing charging for use of its graphics engine
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reviewed by Glaucon Vital in 2 / 1 / 23.
