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Intel Let Google Cloud Hack Its New Secure Chips and Found 10 Bugs
The Last of Us Part I PC Update 1.0.3.0 Fixes Audio, UI, And Visual Bugs
The Last of Us Part I on PC continues to receive regular patches, and update 1.0.3.0 targets issues related to audio, UI, and visuals.
In terms of audio fixes, players can now select different settings if audio is muted or muffled in certain parts of the game. For visuals, if players saw texture qualities lower than their selected setting, that has also been fixed. There are many other patched-out bugs related to audio and visuals, and they’re listed below in the full patch notes.
For those with Nvidia GPUs, if you saw crashes when loading a save file or running the game on Ultra settings, Naughty Dog has patched the bugs.
Microsoft’s Patch Tuesday for April 2023 closes 97 security bugs, 1 zero-day flaw
Users who spot bugs in ChatGPT can now make up to $20,000
OpenAI will now reward you for finding bugs in ChatGPT.
On Tuesday, OpenAI announced a bug bounty program that will reward people between $200 and $20,000 for finding bugs within ChatGPT, the OpenAI plugins, the OpenAI API, and other related services. “We invite you to report vulnerabilities, bugs, or security flaws you discover in our systems,” said the announcement. “By sharing your findings, you will play a crucial role in making our technology safer for everyone.”
OpenAI’s launch of a bug bounty program comes on the heels of a data breach and mounting concern over privacy risks. A few weeks ago, a bug was discovered that exposed chat titles, the first message of new conversations, and payment information from ChatGPT Plus users. OpenAI has also been under intense scrutiny for how it protects user data, especially when it comes to minors. ChatGPT was banned in Italy for this very reason. These issues, plus an open letter signed by Steve “Woz” Wozniak and Elon Musk calling for a six-month pause on AI systems, seem to have prompted OpenAI to publicly assert its commitment to safety.
The bug bounty program is managed by Bugcrowd which will handle the submissions and rewards. The monetary amount of the reward is based on the severity of the bug. But don’t get too excited yet. There are lengthy guidelines and rules of engagement for what won’t be rewarded. Jailbreaks, “getting the model to say bad things to you,” and hallucinations are explicitly out of scope. Also don’t try any attacks that may “degrade, disrupt, or negatively impact services or user experience” like a Denial of Service attack (DDoS) or scams like social engineering or phishing.
At the time of publication, four vulnerabilities have already been rewarded. Let the hunt commence.
Apple Releases iOS 16.4.1 With Fixes For Siri Response Issues and Other Bugs
iOS 16.4.1 can be downloaded on eligible iPhones over-the-air by going to Settings > General > Software Update.
According to Apple’s release notes, iOS 16.4.1 add a fix for an issue that could cause Siri not to respond in some cases, and it adds skin tones variations for the pushing hands emoji.
This update provides important bug fixes and security updates for your iPhone including:
– Pushing hands emoji does not show skin tone variations
– Siri does not respond in some cases
Apple is already testing iOS 16.5, a follow up to iOS 16, and the company will soon transition to working on iOS 17, the next-generation version of iOS that is expected to see an introduction at WWDC in June.
This article, “Apple Releases iOS 16.4.1 With Fixes For Siri Response Issues and Other Bugs” first appeared on MacRumors.com
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‘Why has my Tweet been deleted?’: New Twitter bugs just dropped.
Another week, another new plague of Twitter bugs and glitches.
Over the past few days, Twitter users have reported a wide variety of issues that greatly affect the platform’s functionality. Here are the most pressing ones.
Disappearing tweets
Perhaps the most concerning of the new bugs involves users’ tweets randomly showing up as deleted.
According to users who have experienced the issue, certain posts are showing up as “unavailable” or are even showing the “This tweet has been deleted” message, despite the users never having deleted them. These are not messages typically shown on tweets intentionally removed by Twitter moderators due to real or supposed rule violations.
This bug seems to just be arbitrarily deleting certain users’ tweets. Or, at least, making it look like the tweet has been deleted.
Some users have reported that tweets affected by this bug are successfully showing up when the users’ locations change, or seem to change. Twitter user @ydn1m posted a video showing that when they used a VPN to make it seem like their usually U.S.-based account was connecting from Seoul, South Korea, one of the tweets that was previously showing up as deleted had started to reappear on the platform.
As Platformer previously reported last month, “Twitter has seen increased latency — the time between taking an action like refreshing the timeline and seeing new tweets populate in your feed” since it shut down one of its data centers as part of owner Elon Musk’s cost-cutting initiatives. Some users have reported seeing their engagement numbers – such as likes and retweets – constantly change in a matter of seconds due to this delay. It appears that tweets disappearing depending on a users’ region could possibly be related to such issues.
In Mashable’s own tests, quote tweet count details have been breaking too. Normally, when clicking on quote tweet counts we expect to see a list of tweets that quoted the tweet in question. Presently, even when the number of quote tweets indicated on a tweet is in the hundreds or thousands, the quote tweet page will often just appear empty as if no one had quoted the tweet.
Broken integrations with Slack, iMessage, and WhatsApp
Users have also been experiencing broken Twitter integrations with third-party platforms.
Perhaps the most notable platform facing issues with Twitter is the popular chat app, Slack. And, according to Slack, the company is unsure if its integration was purposefully shut off by Twitter.
“We’re aware that the Twitter integration is no longer publishing tweets to channels, and we’re sorry for the inconvenience,” Slack wrote on Twitter. “We don’t have much information from the Twitter team about whether or not they’ll restore that functionality unfortunately.”
Twitter users have also shared another major broken integration: Twitter previews have no longer been showing up in iMessage or in WhatsApp.
Normally, when a tweet is shared in iMessage or WhatsApp, two of the most popular messaging apps in the world, a preview of the tweet would show up directly in the message. Over the past week or so, that has not been the case. Instead, when a tweet is posted in iMessage or WhatsApp now, a non-descriptive link shows up that just says “Twitter.”
Also, Mashable’s Twitter account was disconnected this morning from the social media management service True Anthem.
Missing photo tags
Twitter first rolled out photo tagging back in 2014. The feature allowed users to tag other users’ @ handles from within the photo. When the user posted the tweet, the tagged handles would appear beneath the photo. The photo-tagged tweet would then appear in the tagged users’ mentions, while freeing up space in the tweet for the original tweeter as photo tags did not count towards a tweet’s character count.
Numerous Twitter users are now saying that the photo tagging feature is seemingly gone.
To be clear, the ability to tag users in a photo is still there when drafting a tweet. So the removal doesn’t appear to be intentional.
Non-advertisers ineligible to advertise
As first reported by social media consultant Matt Navarra, Twitter has been sending out emails to some users over the past day, letting them know that their “account is ineligible to participate in Twitter Ads.”
One small problem: These users don’t appear to have done anything to warrant the email. In fact, users that have received this email have reported that they never even signed up to run Twitter ads in the first place. One user even shared that this was their second time receiving this unsolicited email.
Since Elon Musk acquired the company last October, Twitter has been experiencing numerous bugs and issues as well as more-frequent downtime. The company has a much smaller workforce in recent months, following multiple rounds of layoffs as Musk looks to cut costs. Twitter’s ad revenue, which previously accounted for the bulk of its earnings, have taken a significant hit since Musk’s takeover. In turn, many of these bugs, glitches and a plethora of other issues have been left to fester on the platform.
Mashable reached out to Twitter for comment on any of these issues. The company’s press email auto-responded with a poop emoji.