• Apple is deeply concerned about AltStores porn app
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    Earlier today, third-party app store AltStore PAL, announced that a porn app called Hot Tub was now available to iOS users in the European Union. The marketplace, which enables people in the EU to sideload apps outside of Apples App Store, described it as the first Apple-approved porn app.Now, Apple says its deeply concerned about Hot Tub, which as TechCrunch noted, is the first time a porn app has been available natively for the iPhone. We are deeply concerned about the safety risks that hardcore porn apps of this type create for EU users, especially kids, an Apple spokesperson said in a statement. This app and others like it will undermine consumer trust and confidence in our ecosystem that we have worked for more than a decade to make the best in the world. Contrary to the false statements made by the marketplace developer, we certainly do not approve of this app and would never offer it in our App Store.As Apple has pointed out, its notarization guidelines state that app makers shouldnt suggest or imply that Apple is a source or supplier of the App, or that Apple endorses any particular representation regarding quality or functionality. AltStores statements would seem to go against that guidance.An image shared on AltStore's Mastodon account.AltStoreBut in a statement to Engadget, AltStore creator Riley Testut denied making "any false statements. Hot Tub, he says, was submitted to Apples own notarization process where it was then approved by Apple employees for distribution with alternative app marketplaces such as AltStore PAL. He said it was this approval that AltStore was referencing in its marketing. The DMA also does not require that Apple approves apps for distribution, they have chosen to do so themselves, he added, referring to the EU's Digital Markets Act.Apple has made little secret of its frustration with the DMA, which requires it to allow third-party app stores in Europe. The truth is that we are required by the European Commission to allow it to be distributed by marketplace operators like AltStore and Epic who may not share our concerns for user safety, the company said in its statement about Hot Tub on Monday.In addition to AltStore, Fortnite maker and longtime Apple foe Epic, recently announced plans to bring third-party mobile games to its Epic Games app in the EU. Though AltStore Pal and Epic arent officially affiliated, Epic gave the alternative app store a MegaGrant last year to help fund the core technology fees third-party app stores are required to pay Apple.This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/apps/apple-is-deeply-concerned-about-altstores-porn-app-005013457.html?src=rss
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  • Anker Eufy E20 review: A robot vacuum that transforms to do more
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    Convenience has always been the big promise of robot vacuums. Dont clean your house yourself instead, push a button and have a little robot putter around your home, sucking up all the dirt and debris in its path. Indeed, they are convenient, but they havent fully replaced a manually operated cordless vacuum. Chances are, you have either a robot vacuum or a cordless vacuum in your house right now. Ankers home brand Eufy wants us to live in a world where you can have both without spending money on two separate devices that need two separate spots in your home. Announced at CES 2025, Ankers Eufy E20 is a first-of-its-kind robot vacuum that turns into a cordless stick vacuum and comes with all the necessary attachments to do so, plus a self-emptying base. It even comes in at a midrange price of $550 (or $50 less if you pre-order before it comes out on February 10), which made me believe that it has to be too good to be true. Ultimately, it succeeds at all three of its intended jobs, but really shines with only one of them. Design and setup Despite being a 3-in-1 device, the E20 sets up primarily as a robot vacuum. It comes in two main parts: the robot and the self-emptying base. Theres really no assembly required the base is fully put together in the box and only requires you to attach a transparent mat (onto which the vacuum docks) and plug the whole thing into the wall. Sit the robot vacuum on the base and itll charge up, and it pairs quickly over Wi-Fi with the Eufy Clean mobile app. Two of the three in one modes come as accessories included in the box. For the cordless stick vacuum, you get a retractable stick and a floor cleaner head, and for the handheld vacuum, you get a smaller, more precise brush attachment thats ideal for couches, chairs, cars and more. The only thing you dont get is a place to store those accessories; Eufy will sell a wall-mounted bracket that you can buy for an additional $30. Its great that its such an affordable add-on but annoying that it is, in fact, a separate purchase. If you have the space, you may be better off storing the stick-vac accessories in your laundry room or a nearby closet. Yes, this is a smart device, but all of the smart features of the E20 are limited to its robot-vaccum form. Thats not entirely surprising; robovacs literally depend on features like customizable cleaning schedules, auto-docking, self-emptying and home mapping to be valuable. Thats not the case for cordless vacuums, which remain manually operated devices. Some of the cordless vacuums Ive tested have companion apps, but those typically just tell you when a filter needs to be cleaned and how long until the device is fully charged. Nice, but not necessary. The Eufy E20 as a robot vacuum Valentina Palladino for Engadget Since the E20s default form is robot vacuum, I tried it out as such first. This model supports smart home mapping, so the initial run included creating a map of the main floor of my home. It took around 10 minutes for the robot to scoot around the house and create an accurate map, and then it immediately got to work cleaning. Editing the map in the Eufy Clean app was a breeze, allowing me to match auto-generated rooms to the rooms in my home, label them properly and set no-go zones around my cats food and water bowls. Every robot vacuum app will tell you to pick up anything on your floors that shouldnt be there before starting a cleaning job, and Eufys does this as well. I purposefully do not follow these instructions so I could test out a devices obstacle avoidance features. The E20 impressed me on this front: it avoided a bunch of small boxes on the floor of my family room, shoes in the hallway and my cats bowls before I even set a no-go zone around them. It only got stuck and called for help (via an error message) once when it got caught on a wonky corner of the mat that sits in front of the door leading out to my deck. Extricating the robovac was easy (with no damage to either it or the mat) and the machine continued to clean after that as if nothing had happened. The E20 has four cleaning modes you can choose from in the app before you start a job: Quiet, Standard, Turbo and Max. Theres also a BoostIQ setting you can turn on which will kick up the suction power when the robot vacuum is cleaning long-pile carpets. I kept this setting on at all times, even though the main level of my house has only tile and hardwood floors. Overall, as a robot vacuum, the E20 is great at cleaning and avoiding most objects in its path. Its also one of the most responsive robovacs Ive tried in that, within a second of, say, telling it to go home from within the Eufy Clean app, it starts heading to the base station. During a job, its also smart enough to know when its dustbin is getting full and it will return to its dock to auto-empty before continuing to clean. It did so about four times when it cleaned the main floor of my house, and that was consistent every time I used it. Usually at the end of a job, the E20 had about 40 percent battery left before it went home on its own. The self-emptying bin is a bit smaller than others Ive used with competing robovacs, but Eufy claims it can hold up to 75 days worth of debris. The Eufy Clean app has come a long way since I first started testing Anker robot vacuums. Its still not as simple as apps like iRobots or Sharks, but I mostly chalk that up to the fact that Eufy stuffed a lot of features into the app. You can quickly tell the robovac to start cleaning, return to its dock or change the cleaning mode with a press of a button on the main page, or tap into the devices profile to access the home map and even more settings. Two charming things this app has that most others dont are manual directional controls, so you can treat the robot almost like an RC car, and a little robot avatar that appears on the home map while its moving, so you can see exactly where it is in your home and where its already cleaned. Admittedly, the latter is likely more practical for most people than the former, but both are features that arent as common in robot vacuums even the high-end ones. The Eufy E20 as a cordless stick vacuum Valentina Palladino for Engadget Its easy to transform the E20 from a robot vacuum into a cordless stick vacuum. Just press the large red button on the robot vacuum to eject its cleaning module (which includes the filtration system, fan motor and dust cup), lift it up and out of the robot shell and attach the stick vacuum arm to its underside. The arm extends and retracts so you can use it to clean your floors with the included roller brush head or to tackle hard-to-reach spots with the precision head. Theres an elegance to this that impresses me: its so simple to do and requires very little tweaking by the user anyone whos used a regular cordless stick vacuum with multiple attachments will be very familiar with this process. But how good is it as a cordless vacuum? The answer is: just ok. If the E20 were only a stick vacuum, it probably wouldnt be a top pick in our guide. This device is clearly a robot vacuum first, stick-and-hand vac second, and its just not as powerful or efficient as other cordless vacuums Ive tested. It does have four cleaning modes, each with different levels of suction power, and I always found myself using the strongest to get the deepest clean both on carpets and hard floors. It didnt choke at the first sign of pet hair, though, and it actually captured a lot of my cats fur hiding in my carpet. But it took at least two passes on carpets in particular to grab the biggest pieces of debris in its path. The E20 as a cordless stick vac does get points for being a single-button start device and having attachments that are easy to swap. While most of these machines are made mostly of plastic, the E20 feels noticeably cheap when compared to a stick vac from Tineco or Dyson. That may have to do with the fact that the overall design is quite small the guts have to fit into a compact robot vacuum, after all and it has a small dustbin. Valentina Palladino for Engadget Some might appreciate that, though, since it means you can more easily take it out to your car or somewhere else while it runs on battery power. Its also worth noting that, despite the small dustbin, I never received an alert that the dustbin was too full and needed to be emptied before I could continue vacuuming. I also never had to stop in the middle of a manual cleaning to recharge; most often, the vacuum had around 30 percent battery left after I cleaned all three floors of my home (which usually takes me between 20 to 30 minutes). According to Eufy, the vacuum takes only 2.5 hours to charge up from 0 to 100 percent, too. The machine also has a nifty feature that will auto-empty the dustbin after a cordless-vac cleaning job, which means you dont have to empty it yourself even when you opted to actually clean yourself. Just pop the module back into the robot vacuum and press the Home button for a few seconds and it will auto-empty just as it would if the robot did all the hard work. Wrap-up All told, the Eufy E20 is an impressive machine. While Eufy isnt a stranger to making solid robot vacuums, this device is still a first-gen product in my mind and a solid one at that. But you have to know what youre buying upfront: an above-average robot vacuum that can turn into a just-average stick and hand vacuum. Ultimately, the convenience that comes from its 3-in-1 design may be enough to overlook the just-average performance of two of the three uses. The E20 isnt the best stick vac on the market, but honestly, I never expected it to be. Its good enough that it handily supplements the robot vacuum portion of the machine, allowing you to buy just one device that can vacuum autonomously for you most of the time and let you clean tricky spots manually when you need to. The price is also quite decent when you consider the machines convenience mixed with its good performance. Some robot vacuums come in around $550 and provide only a self-emptying base as their main perk. Other similarly priced devices include mopping capabilities and that may be more useful for folks who have a variety of floor types in their home. Also consider this: youd spend roughly the same amount if you got both our top budget cordless stick vacuum (the $300 Tineco Pure One S11) and our favorite budget robot vacuum (the $250 Roomba Vac), but youd be missing a self-emptying base and youd have to house two separate devices in your home.This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/home/smart-home/anker-eufy-e20-review-a-robot-vacuum-that-transforms-to-do-more-150005198.html?src=rss
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  • Turns out Dyson's new handheld vacuum is just a V8 without its wand, and I feel cheated
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    If you already have a Dyson stick vacuum, you'll be sorely disappointed.
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  • Microsoft Paint brushes up on AI
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    Microsoft Paint adds Copilot AI tools.
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  • Silicon Valley venture capital pioneer Dick Kramlich, an early investor in Apple, dies at 89
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    Dick Kramlich, one of Silicon Valley's early venture capitalists, died over the weekend.
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  • Trump pauses tariffs on Canada and Mexico for 30 days
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    President Donald Trump on Monday agreed to a 30-day pause on his tariff threats against Mexico and Canada as Americas two largest trading partners took steps to appease his concerns about border security and drug trafficking.The pauses provide a cooldown period after a tumultuous few days that put North America on the cusp of a trade war that risked crushing economic growth, causing prices to soar and ending two of the United States most critical partnerships.I am very pleased with this initial outcome, and the Tariffs announced on Saturday will be paused for a 30 day period to see whether or not a final Economic deal with Canada can be structured, Trump posted on social media. FAIRNESS FOR ALL!Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau posted Monday afternoon on X that the pause would occur while we work together, saying that his government would name a fentanyl czar, list Mexican cartels as terrorist groups and launch a Canada-U.S. Joint Strike Force to combat organized crime, fentanyl and money laundering.The pause followed a similar move with Mexico that allows for a period of negotiations over drug smuggling and illegal immigration. The 10% tariff that Trump ordered on China is still set to go into effect as scheduled on Tuesday, though Trump planned to talk with Chinese President Xi Jinping in the next few days.While the trade war feared by investors, companies and political leaders now seems less likely to erupt, that doesnt mean the drama over Trumps tariff threats has ended. Canada and Mexico bought some additional time, but Trump could easily renew his tariffs and already plans to announce taxes on imports from the European Union.All of that leaves the global economy uncertain about whether a crisis has been averted or if a possible catastrophe could still be coming in the weeks ahead.Trump on Saturday had directed 25% tariffs on imports from Mexico and Canada, with another 10% tariff on Canadian oil, natural gas and electricity. The U.S. president had repeatedly previewed these moves, yet they still managed to shock many investors, lawmakers, businesses and consumers.Multiple analyses by the Tax Foundation, the Tax Policy Center and the Peterson Institute for International Economics showed that the tariffs could hurt growth, lower incomes and push up prices. But Trump repeatedly insisted despite promises to curb inflation that tariffs were necessary tools to get other nations to stop illegal immigration, prevent fentanyl smuggling and treat the United States, in his mind, with respect.Trump and Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum announced the monthlong pause on increased tariffs against one another after what Trump described on social media as a very friendly conversation, and he said he looked forward to the upcoming talks.I look forward to participating in those negotiations, with President Sheinbaum, as we attempt to achieve a deal between our two Countries, the president said on social media.Trump said the talks would be headed by Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, Secretary of Commerce nominee Howard Lutnick and high-level representatives of Mexico. Sheinbaum said she was reinforcing the border with 10,000 members of her countrys National Guard and that the U.S. government would commit to work to stop the trafficking of high-powered weapons to Mexico.In 2019, when Mexicos government also avoided tariffs from Trumps administration, the government announced it would send 15,000 soldiers to its northern border.But for much of Monday, the outlook was worrisomely different for Canada, only for an agreement to come together.A senior Canadian official said Canada was not confident it could avoid the looming tariffs as Mexico did. Thats because Canada feels as if the Trump administration has been shifting its requests of Canada more than it did for Mexico. The official spoke on condition of anonymity, having not been authorized to speak publicly.Asked Monday afternoon what Canada could offer in talks to prevent tariffs, Trump told reporters gathered in the Oval Office: I dont know. He mused about trying to make Canada the 51st state, part of ongoing antagonism despite decades of friendship with Canada in a partnership that has ranged from World War II to the response to the 9/11 terrorist attacks.The U.S. president also indicated that more import taxes could be coming against China: If we cant make a deal with China, then the tariffs will be very, very substantial.White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt told reporters that Trump would speak with Chinese President Xi Jinping in the next couple of days and that the White House would provide a report on the discussion.Financial markets, businesses and consumers on Monday were still trying to prepare for the possibility of the new tariffs. For example, Stew Leonard Jr., president and CEO of Stew Leonards, a supermarket chain that operates stores in Connecticut, New York and New Jersey, said his buyers were considering stocking up on Mexicos Casamigos tequila ahead of the tariffs and switching from Canadian to Norwegian salmon.Stock markets sold off slightly, suggesting some hope that the import taxes that could push up inflation and disrupt global trade and growth would be short-lived. Trump even inquired Monday how the financial markets were doing as reporters were leaving the Oval Office.The situation reflected a deep uncertainty about a Republican president who has talked with adoration about tariffs, even saying the U.S. government made a mistake in 1913 by switching to income taxes as its primary revenue source.Kevin Hassett, director of the White House National Economic Council, said Monday that it was misleading to characterize the showdown as a trade war despite the planned retaliations and risk of escalation.Read the executive order where President Trump was absolutely, 100% clear that this is not a trade war, Hassett said. This is a drug war.But even if the orders are focused on illegal drugs, Trumps own remarks have often been more about his perceived sense that foreign countries are ripping off the United States by running trade surpluses. On Sunday, Trump said that tariffs would be coming soon on countries in the European Union.On Monday afternoon, he suggested a willingness to keep using tariff threats because the size of the U.S. economy as the worlds largest made them effective.Tariffs are very powerful both economically and in getting everything else you want, Trump told reporters. Tariffs for us, nobody can compete with us because were the pot of gold. But if we dont keep winning and keep doing well, we wont be the pot of gold.Josh Boak, Rob Gillies and Fabiola Snchez, Associated PressAnne DInnocenzio, an Associated Press writer, contributed to this report.
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  • Why organizations struggle to build confidence in supply chain integrity
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    A strong supply chain ensures the right goods are available at the right time, in the right place, and in the right quantities. An effective supply chain strengthens everything from customer loyalty and company reputation to market resilience and consumer safety. But supply chains are notoriously vulnerable to costly disruption, tampering, and theft. In todays world of rapidly shifting consumer demands, ensuring supply chain integrity is critical to maintaining a healthy supply chain, which can mean the difference between keeping pace with and falling behind the competition.Impinj surveyed 1,000 US supply chain professionals across a variety of industries for its Supply Chain Integrity Outlook 2025 report. We defined supply chain integrity as the reliability, security, and accuracy of all elements within the supply chain, ensuring that products and services are delivered as intended. We discovered that integrity matters a great deal to supply chain leaders. But theres also a glaring supply chain data accuracy gap that could mean significant headaches for organizations in 2025.Supply chain managers facing data blind spotMore than nine out of 10 supply chain managers believe they are equipped to achieve accurate, 360, real-time inventory visibility, yet just 33% consistently do so. This data blind spot affects the ability to make the informed, data-driven decisions necessary to optimize inventory, boost efficiency, and lower costs.As a result, many companies are struggling to reach the level of insights, visibility, and accuracy required to support supply chain integrity and respond quickly to demand, leading to system-wide impacts across a range of issues, including counterfeiting, theft, sustainability, and the effective use of AI across the supply chain.Disruption from viral trendsViral trends can be a boon to retailers by driving increased sales. But they become a headache for supply chain leaders when they lack visibility into the goods in their supply chain. As a result, more than half of supply chain leaders say they face challenges in responding quickly to shifting demand. Theyre also struggling to keep pace with changes in customer shopping habits and demand driven by popular online storefronts like Facebook Marketplace and Instagram Shops. Rapid peaks in customer demand, driven by viral trends, can happen without warning, potentially putting organizations without real-time inventory insights on the back foot.Effective AI strategies require accurate dataAI has the potential to revolutionize supply chains. Think efficiency, real-time decision-making, and predictive analytics for inventory management. But effective AI strategies are built on accurate data.In the survey, inaccurate data is the most frequently cited obstacle to implementing AI for supply chain improvements, followed by data availability and real-time data access. These findings emphasize the need to correct supply chain inaccuracies now, giving supply chain leaders a solid foundation for adopting AI and other groundbreaking future innovations that rely on good data.Fighting faux merchandise, shrink, and theftMost respondents, particularly in retail (65%), say they are plagued with counterfeit goods in the supply chain, regardless of the size of their business. Reducing shrink and theft is also a challenge for most (60%) organizations. These remain systemic issues for supply chain leaders, particularly those in the food, grocery, and restaurant sector, where 82% report challenges reducing shrink.Improving supply chain sustainabilitySupply chain managers are under pressure to reduce the environmental impact of their operations. Over a quarter of respondents report difficulties in reducing the environmental impact of their organizations supply chain, while nearly half (49%) are concerned about meeting the EUs upcoming Digital Product Passport (DPP) mandate.A scattershot approach to addressing supply chain integrityAlmost all supply chain professionals surveyed say they plan to invest in improving their organizations supply chain in the next year. However, the best course of action may not be obvious, which is why many respondents are attempting a mix of strategies.Retail supply managers are adopting new technologies for the authentication of goods in transit and general goods verification, and theyre introducing more authentication checkpoints throughout the supply chain. Meanwhile, the food sector is looking to technology for shopfloor surveillance and food waste reduction. To improve sustainability, respondents across sectors cite several strategies, including measurement of their sustainability efforts and improving last-mile delivery efficiency.This scattershot approach may portend an underlying problem: putting narrowly scoped measures into practice could contribute to the general lack of real-time visibility and data accuracy.Real-time visibility can bridge the gapSupply chain integrity matters. Without it, supply chains become insecure and unreliable. Our research shows a pressing need for organizations to address data accuracy gaps for greater supply chain and business resiliency.Visibility into everything that enters and moves through a supply chain can have enormous positive impact, delivering real-time insights that help organizations power more robust forecasting and decision-making for a nimbler response to supply chain stressors. Technologies like RAIN RFID are helping supply chain managers drive more accurate data insights to power everything from supply chain automation and AI to advanced anti-counterfeiting, loss prevention and shipment planning.As todays supply chains face increasing threats from climate change, geopolitical instability, and constantly changing consumer tastes, unaddressed supply chain data gaps are a growing liability that organizations cannot afford to ignore.Jeff Dossett is Chief Revenue Officer at Impinj
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  • DeepSeek Will Teach You Bomb-Making At Home But Wont Let You Search Tiananmen Square
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    Editors Disclaimer: PLEASE dont try this at home or anywhere! Im not responsible for anything you search on DeepSeek.Youve probably heard of DeepSeek by now the China-based AI app that gained notoriety for wiping over a trillion dollars worth of value from the American stock market over the past month. Engineered by a Chinese hedge fund using a meager $6 million (as opposed to the billions OpenAI and other companies poured into AI training models), DeepSeeks been in the headlines almost every week for a new reason. It first climbed to the top of the App Store in the end of December, when it made news for being a free (better) alternative to ChatGPT. Then, as soon as news broke that it was trained using a mere fraction of what American companies were spending on AI training, it immediately tanked the US stock market, wiping billions out from companies like Nvidia, TSMC, Amazon, Meta, and Microsoft.Recently, the free-to-use open-source AI came under fire for allegedly plagiarizing ChatGPT content (although everyone agrees it does a better job generating results), for its abysmal data privacy policies, as well as for its blatant censorship of negative searches on the Chinese Communist Party. However, when it isnt censoring searches for the Tiananmen Square massacre, turns out DeepSeek is more than comfortable sharing more sensitive information like how to make bombs and drugs, and how to hack government databases.According to 9to5Mac, the AI system failed all 50 security tests conducted by Adversa, an AI security research firm. These tests exposed how easily DeepSeek could be manipulated into generating harmful content, including instructions for building explosives and hacking government databases. The findings raise concerns about the models deployment and the potential consequences of such unchecked AI capabilities.AI jailbreaks have long been a concern for developers and security experts. Popular models like ChatGPT and Bing Chat initially struggled with similar exploits, where users could trick them into bypassing ethical restrictions. However, major AI companies quickly developed countermeasures to detect and block these attempts. DeepSeek, in contrast, seems to have no meaningful defenses in place. The research showed that simple prompt engineering techniquessuch as asking the AI to act as an amoral character in a fictional scenariowere enough to bypass restrictions.I personally tested the theory out too, posing as a scriptwriter for a jailbreak show. I asked DeepSeek to help me formulate a realistic jailbreak sequence where the protagonist fashions an IED out of common items found around the jail. Not only did DeepSeek give me a detailed recipe with a step-by-step assembly, it also told me why this particular recipe works well for my script, suiting a jailbreak scenario over other scenarios that require IEDs. Let me know if youd like help writing specific dialogue or scenes for this part of your script! it said at the end, rather nonchalantly.A screen-grab of how I easily bypassed safety protocols on DeepSeekBeyond linguistic tricks, adversarial attacks proved equally effective. AI models process language through tokenization, breaking words into smaller components before generating responses. By manipulating token chainsaltering text in ways that evade pre-programmed restrictionsresearchers were able to bypass DeepSeeks safety filters. In one example, DeepSeek responded to a cleverly modified query about government database infiltration, outlining steps for accessing classified data.DeepSeek has yet to respond to this story, but this failure highlights a fundamental issue: if AI safeguards can be bypassed with minimal effort, the technology becomes a liability rather than a tool for innovation.The post DeepSeek Will Teach You Bomb-Making At Home But Wont Let You Search Tiananmen Square first appeared on Yanko Design.
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  • This Rustic Tiny Home Offers A Luxurious Cottagecore Lifestyle On The Go
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    Tiny home-maker Timbercraft Tiny Homes is popular for building luxurious cottage-like models that add some sophistication and refinement to the micro-living movement. Recently, they designed the Hidden Mountain Tiny Villa, which is blessed with a rustic aesthetic, and a spacious and comfortable interior that is well-suited for a family. The tiny home is based on a trailer, and it is available in a 545 sq ft and a 605 sq ft version.Designer: Timbercraft Tiny HomesThis charming tiny home combines classic and modern elements to create a cozy yet functional living space. The exterior is elegantly clad in shiplap, providing a timeless and rustic feel, while the sturdy metal roof ensures durability and adds a contemporary edge. A spacious porch welcomes you, offering an ideal spot for outdoor relaxation and blending seamlessly with the interior.As you enter the home, you are welcomed by a spacious and free-flowing living area. This space is bathed in natural light, owing to the well-placed windows. The L-shaped sofa provides ample seating, making it a perfect spot for lounging or hosting guests. The area also includes a coffee table and an entertainment center. Additional storage solutions have been integrated, and a fireplace adds some warmth and ambiance, enhancing the coziness of this compact haven.Adjacent to the living room is the kitchen. It is equipped with an oven and a four-burner propane stove. It also includes a fridge/freezer combo, as well as a dishwasher which adds convenience to a tiny home. The kitchen is blessed with cabinetry, providing generous storage options, and ensuring that all essentials are neatly tucked away. There is a free-standing dining table, which is a rarity in tiny homes. This tiny home showcases how thoughtful design can create a compact yet comfortable living environment without compromising on modern conveniences.The bathroom is located on the ground floor and can be accessed from the kitchen. It features a shower, sink, and a flushing toilet, complemented by additional storage areas to maximize functionality. This model includes two bedrooms designed with comfort and space optimization in mind. The master bedroom is situated on the ground floor, offering ample headroom for standing.It is equipped with a double bed and integrated storage solutions. The second bedroom is found upstairs in the loft, reached via a staircase. It includes a double bed and is characterized by a low ceiling, making it a cozy and intimate sleeping area.The tiny home was originally designed for Timbercraft Tiny Homes tiny house community called Hidden Mountain Villas in Alabama. The community includes 24 houses. But, the home has grown so popular, that the firm is now manufacturing and selling them to the public. However, we are unaware of the price.The post This Rustic Tiny Home Offers A Luxurious Cottagecore Lifestyle On The Go first appeared on Yanko Design.
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  • Elon Musk's DOGE Is Still Blocking HIV/AIDS Relief Exempted From Foreign Aid Cuts
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    The Trump Administration claims it is allowing "lifesaving" foreign aid to continue, but in reality, DOGE is preventing vital work on HIV and AIDS from saving lives.
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