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Brandywine Realty Trust, a major U.S. real estate trust, has confirmed a cyber attack in which data was stolen from its network. Philadelphia-based Brandywine said in a regulatory filing Tuesday that the cybersecurity incident was unauthorized access to its internal IT systems and “deployment of encryption,” consistent with a ransomware attack. explained. Brandywine said the cyberattack disrupted the company's business applications that support its operations and corporate functions, including its financial reporting systems. The company said it believed it had shut down some of its systems and contained the activity. The company confirmed that the hackers exfiltrated files from its…
Brandywine Realty Trust, a major U.S. real estate trust, has confirmed a cyber attack in which data was stolen from its network. Philadelphia-based Brandywine said in a regulatory filing Tuesday that the cybersecurity incident was unauthorized access to its internal IT systems and “deployment of encryption,” consistent with a ransomware attack. explained. Brandywine said the cyberattack disrupted the company's business applications that support its operations and corporate functions, including its financial reporting systems. The company said it believed it had shut down some of its systems and contained the activity. The company confirmed that the hackers exfiltrated files from its…
After first announcing a suite of AI capabilities last October, Meta is rolling out an expanded set of generative AI tools for advertisers. Advertisers now not only create different backgrounds for their product images, but also complete images that provide AI-inspired ideas throughout the photo, such as riffs that update the subject of the photo or the product being promoted. You can also request variations. As an example, Meta modified an existing ad creative that featured a coffee cup next to coffee beans outdoors to show the cup from a different angle in front of the lush greenery and coffee…
After first announcing a suite of AI capabilities last October, Meta is rolling out an expanded set of generative AI tools for advertisers. Advertisers now not only create different backgrounds for their product images, but also complete images that provide AI-inspired ideas throughout the photo, such as riffs that update the subject of the photo or the product being promoted. You can also request variations. As an example, Meta modified an existing ad creative that featured a coffee cup next to coffee beans outdoors to show the cup from a different angle in front of the lush greenery and coffee…
The pandemic ushered in the e-bike boom. But like many other pandemic trends, that boom didn't last long. Last year, electric bike startups VanMoof and Cake filed for bankruptcy amid the doom and gloom of micromobility. Tia and Dot have merged. Superpedestrian has closed. Bird was also forced to restructure. All of these startups may have had different goals, but their problems were pretty similar. Bloom, a Detroit-based startup, thinks it has the answer. The idea is to take all the hard behind-the-scenes work and let these startups focus on the exciting stuff like product design and branding. Founders Chris…
While Apple isn't yet ready to announce a broader AI strategy as it prepares for June's Worldwide Developer Conference, the tech giant made sure to talk about AI technologies across its device lineup at Tuesday's iPad event. Mentioned. The company touted the new iPad Air as an “incredibly powerful device for AI.” AI-powered features like visual lookup, subject line lift, live text capture, and more. And of course, the upgraded M4 chip features a Neural Engine “dedicated to accelerating AI workloads.” For example, the iPad Air update includes the M2, which has a faster CPU, GPU, and Neural Engine, and…
New York Times Games announced Tuesday that it is launching Wordle Archives, giving subscribers access to more than 1,000 past Wordle puzzles. The company has started rolling out Wordle archives on mobile and desktop for Game and All Access subscribers, but said the rollout is expected to take “the next two to three months.” I am. The Times plans to bring the archive to its gaming app in the coming weeks. The media company, which acquired the popular puzzle game in 2022, says the archive will allow players to catch up on missed puzzles while also allowing them to play…
New York Times Games announced Tuesday that it is launching Wordle Archives, giving subscribers access to more than 1,000 past Wordle puzzles. The company has started rolling out Wordle archives on mobile and desktop for Game and All Access subscribers, but said the rollout is expected to take “the next two to three months.” I am. The Times plans to bring the archive to its gaming app in the coming weeks. The media company, which acquired the popular puzzle game in 2022, says the archive will allow players to catch up on missed puzzles while also allowing them to play…
Robert Kahn has been a consistent presence on the Internet since its founding, obviously since he was the co-creator of the Internet. But like many technology pioneers, his resume is longer than that, and his work actually pre-empted ostensibly modern ideas like his AI agents and blockchain. TechCrunch spoke to Khan about how nothing really has changed since the '70s. This interview was conducted in honor of Khan (referred to as Bob during our conversation) receiving the IEEE Medal of Honor this week. The award ceremony and speeches can be viewed here. Sound familiar? Last year, the IEEE honored Vint…
Amazon is announcing Bedrock Studio, a new tool designed to help organizations experiment with generative AI models, collaborate on those models, and ultimately build apps powered by generative AI. In public preview starting today, the web-based Bedrock Studio (part of Bedrock, Amazon's generative AI tools and hosting platform) provides what Amazon describes in a blog post as a “rapid prototyping environment” for generative AI. Offers. Bedrock Studio guides developers through evaluating, analyzing, fine-tuning, and sharing generated AI models from Anthropic, Cohere, Mistral, Meta, and other Bedrock partners, testing various model settings and guardrails, and Integrate data sources and APIs. Bedrock…