Microsoft hasn’t made many friends with the hole in their Exchange server.

https://www.makeuseof.com/acer-hit-ransomware-attack/

Acer Has Been Hit With a $50 Million Ransomware Attack

The REvil ransomware group targeted an exploit in Acer's Microsoft Exchange server.

Acer has been the target of a REvil ransomware attack, with the attackers demanding $50 million from the company to decrypt the data and not leak sensitive information on the web. This makes it the [largest?] ransom demands ever made by a ransomware group.

… If Acer meets their demand and pays them $50 million by March 28, the REvil group will share a decryptor to decrypt the encrypted files. Additionally, they will share a vulnerability report and delete all stolen files they have gained access to.

However, if Acer does not meet the demand by March 28, the hacker group will double their ransom demand to $100 million.

… The Advanced Intel's Andariel cyber intelligence platform detected that the REvil gang targeted an exploit in the Microsoft Exchange server on Acer's domain for the hack. Microsoft had recently released a single-click security fix for some Exchange Server exploits.

Isn’t it obvious?

https://scholarship.law.umn.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1497&context=mjlst

Who Will Be Liable for Medical Malpractice in the Future? How the Use of Artificial Intelligence in Medicine Will Shape Medical Tort Law

Artificial intelligence (AI) is a powerful technology that can assist physicians with the practice of medicine. Use of the technology has grown in recent years and has powerful potential.

Medical AI typically functions as a type of “machine-learning” that relies on deep neural networks to sift through vast amounts of data to give recommendations or draw conclusions for clinicians. This Article begins by outlining key characteristics of medical AI (e.g., AI’s opacity and “black-box,” and how and with what data the AI was developed) that make assessment of liability under traditional tort paradigms (like negligence) difficult. This Article then highlights several tort paradigms (e.g., medical malpractice, products liability, vicarious liability, and informed consent) and how they might function in the context of medical AI. In conclusion, this Article offers an analysis of how tort law may evolve in the future in response to the challenges created by medical AI today (e.g., legal evolutions that may take the form of new solutions like AI personhood, common enterprise liability, and a new standard of care).

An interesting example.

https://www.freethink.com/articles/the-americas-cup-ai

How Artificial Intelligence Won the America’s Cup

… Following the release of the latest rule, teams raced to design the fastest in the fleet of America's Cup boats by making small but crucial tweaks to the hydrofoils, then having the sailors test drive a simulated version of the boat.

Simulators are a staple for every team in the competition. And spending time in the simulator is just as crucial as on-the-water practice.

… But time spent in the simulator cuts into time the sailors could be spending on a real boat. So Emirates Team New Zealand recruited a new crew member to take over the job of test driving America's Cup boats in the simulator — an AI bot.

The team no longer had to sacrifice on-the-water time to put in the simulator hours, according to a report by McKinsey. The AI bot had their backs — test sailing thousands of boat designs and new hydrofoils simultaneously.

Diversions for shut-ins. (Like the TV I grew up with, but with more than 3 channels)

https://www.makeuseof.com/is-pluto-tv-free/

Is Pluto TV Free to Use? Yes, and Here's How...

Pluto TV has over 250 channels that you can watch for no cost. Here's how that's possible.

Pluto TV is a Viacom-owned, completely free streaming service that hosts over 250 channels for your viewing pleasure. That's right, Pluto TV is 100% free.

… Instead of charging a monthly subscription fee like other streaming services, Pluto works with advertisers to get its revenue. This makes the platform completely free for you and its other millions of viewers.

The downside is that you have to sit through a hefty amount of ads.