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Brain-sensing threads slip from gray matter in first human Neuralink trial - (pubDate>Thu, 09 May 2024 17:00:08 GMT)Oh well – next!The first human to get a Neuralink implant may be doing fine now, but that's after a good deal of work to address post-surgical trouble that saw its performance significantly degrade.… |
Huawei's latest smartphone features mostly made-in-China components - (pubDate>Thu, 09 May 2024 16:15:08 GMT)New-ish Kirin SoC performance doesn’t impress, howeverA teardown of Huawei's Pura 70 Pro reveals that the China tech company's latest smartphone is mostly made in China, with one notable exception.… |
Baidu's PR head has a PR problem after workaholic social media posts - (pubDate>Thu, 09 May 2024 15:30:09 GMT)Praising 996 culture is so Jack Ma 2019The vice president and public relations head of Chinese search engine giant Baidu stirred up controversy this week by promoting workaholic behaviors on a personal social media account.… |
Wondering when AI will turn up at your work? Microsoft says look behind you - (pubDate>Thu, 09 May 2024 14:45:08 GMT)Research lands weeks after the Copilot company said it was still trying to convince customers of benefitsMicrosoft's 2024 Work Trend Index makes grand claims about the benefits of AI, but might make disturbing reading for administrators worrying about shadow IT.… |
Investment analyst accuses Palantir of AI washing - (pubDate>Thu, 09 May 2024 14:00:14 GMT)Stick to data pipelines and ontology, says expert after share price dipSpy-tech biz Palantir has overstated its claim to be a generative AI company, according to one investment analyst who thinks this might explain its recent slowdown in growth from commercial markets.… |
68 tech companies sign CISA's secure by design pledge - (pubDate>Thu, 09 May 2024 13:30:08 GMT)Security's an uphill battle... does this latest move have teeth?RSAC Some of the biggest names in tech – including AWS, Microsoft, Google, Cisco and IBM – have signed up to a US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Agency-led effort and promised to take a series of actions within a year to make their products more secure.… |
Flexing financial muscles, Arm aims to elbow into Windows PC market - (pubDate>Thu, 09 May 2024 13:05:56 GMT)Despite record revenues, Wall Street doesn't expect growth to lastChip designer Arm predicts that PCs based on its architecture will account for a significant share of the Windows market within three years as the company claims record revenues for the quarter just ended.… |
VMware security advisories now behind bureaucratic Broadcom barricade - (pubDate>Thu, 09 May 2024 12:30:11 GMT)If it ain't broke, make it less accessibleMuch to the chagrin of security pros, VMware security advisories are now only viewable if users sign up for a Broadcom Support account first.… |
Hypothetical TSMC invasion 'absolutely devastating' says Raimondo - (pubDate>Thu, 09 May 2024 11:45:07 GMT)No it's not happened, but officials want readiness in the South China SeaThe US Secretary of Commerce says it would be "absolutely devastating" if China seized Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) and locked down the South China Sea.… |
UniSuper Google Cloud outage caused by an unfortunate series of events - (pubDate>Thu, 09 May 2024 11:00:07 GMT)Duplication across geographies no defense against the 'one-of-a-kind' accidental deletionGoogle's Cloud CEO Thomas Kurian has weighed in on the UniSuper fiasco and confirmed that UniSuper's Private Cloud subscription was accidentally deleted.… |
ML suggests all that relaxing whale song might just be human-esque gossiping - (pubDate>Thu, 09 May 2024 10:16:06 GMT)Now this is our kind of click baitA study into whale language using machine learning has uncovered a complex phonetic system, implying the cetaceans may speak to each other much like humans do.… |
Experimental remix finally brings the former Unity 8 back to Ubuntu - (pubDate>Thu, 09 May 2024 09:30:10 GMT)Ubuntu Unity 24.04 arrives along with new little sibling, Ubuntu LomiriUbuntu Unity Noble Numbat is out, and alongside it, a very much not long-term-supported new variant of the distro: Ubuntu Lomiri.… |
Oracle ULA audits are a license to bill - (pubDate>Thu, 09 May 2024 08:30:12 GMT)Customers can be pushed into renewing agreements for fear of the unknown, but there are cheaper optionsOracle is threatening software audits as customers seek to exit Unlimited License Agreements (ULAs).… |
Big brains divided over training AI with more AI: Is model collapse inevitable? - (pubDate>Thu, 09 May 2024 07:25:10 GMT)Gosh, here's us thinking recursion was a solved problemAI model collapse – the degradation of quality expected from machine learning models that recursively train on their own output – is not inevitable, at least according to 14 academics.… |
From chips to cloud, tech titans continue to splash cash across APAC - (pubDate>Thu, 09 May 2024 04:27:06 GMT)Intel and pals automate manufacturing in Japan while AWS pledges billions to SingaporeTech giants including Intel and AWS joined Microsoft and others this week in announcing investments in the Asia Pacific (APAC) region to build out infrastructure - cloud services, datacenters, and chipmaking facilities - in anticipation of growing AI demand.… |
Asia's hyperscalers hustle for juice as datacenters drain grid - (pubDate>Thu, 09 May 2024 01:33:12 GMT)Power shortages are driving the industry to once-unthinkable placesSoutheast Asia's hyperscalers face plenty of challenges – from securing talent, property, and keeping construction costs down – but these hurdles pale in comparison to the task of banking enough power.… |
DeepMind spinoff Isomorphic claims AlphaFold 3 predicts bio-matter down to the DNA - (pubDate>Thu, 09 May 2024 01:06:10 GMT)AI may help drug discovery, but not US drug affordabilityGoogle and DeepMind spinoff Isomorphic Labs has developed an AI model called AlphaFold 3 that can, it's claimed, predict the structure of molecules more accurately than existing tools.… |
What do Europeans, Americans and Australians have in common? Scammed $50M by fake e-stores - (pubDate>Wed, 08 May 2024 23:22:08 GMT)BogusBazaar ripped off shoppers and scraped card details, but not in ChinaA crime ring dubbed BogusBazaar has scammed 850,000 people out of tens of millions of dollars via a network of dodgy shopping websites.… |
Microsoft builds $3.3B cloud campus on Foxconn's failed Wisconsin LCD plant plot - (pubDate>Wed, 08 May 2024 22:32:10 GMT)A Pleasant spot to Mount an AI pushAfter Foxconn failed to turn Mount Pleasant, Wisconsin, into an LCD manufacturing mecca as promised, the site is getting a new lease on life: Microsoft will build a $3.3 billion datacenter campus there.… |
Rivian crawls out covered in $1.5B of red ink, panting that it's still alive - (pubDate>Wed, 08 May 2024 21:44:12 GMT)Leccy car maker ships bunch of vehicles, losing around $39K on each oneCost-cutting layoffs have had little effect on Rivian's bottom line, as the troubled electric car maker has limped from another quarter with more than a billion dollars in losses. … |
Undersea cables must have high-priority protection before they become top targets - (pubDate>Wed, 08 May 2024 21:01:11 GMT)It's 'essential to national security' ex-Navy intel officer tells usInterview As undersea cables carry increasing amounts of information, cyber and physical attacks against them will cause a greater impact on the wider internet.… |
America will make at least quarter of advanced chips in 2032, compared to China’s 2% - (pubDate>Wed, 08 May 2024 20:16:06 GMT)Projecting much, US semiconductor industry?By 2032 America is projected to produce 28 percent of the world's most advanced processors while China will be making just two percent, or so the US Semiconductor Industry Association predicts.… |
SpiNNcloud Systems unveils Arm-based 'neuromorphic supercomputer' - (pubDate>Wed, 08 May 2024 19:30:09 GMT)Brain-inspired chip folks set to show off hardware at ISC next weekSpiNNcloud Systems says it is making commercially available a hybrid AI high performance computer system based on an architecture pioneered by Steve Furber, one of the designers of the original Arm processor.… |
Apple broke the law with anti-union tactics in NYC, labor watchdog barks - (pubDate>Wed, 08 May 2024 18:30:07 GMT)Interrogations, confiscating flyers, and prohibiting literature is no bueno, board says in final decision of 2022 caseApple tried to protest, but the complaints fell on deaf ears as the US National Labor Relations Board has finally decided the tech giant violated labor laws by interfering with union organizing activities at a New York City location.… |
FYI... Renewable energy sources behind 30% of the world's electricity in 2023 - (pubDate>Wed, 08 May 2024 17:45:13 GMT)It ain't all sunshine and windmills – and guess who's in the lead? ChinaThirty percent of the world's electricity in 2023 was generated by renewable energy sources, according to a think tank.… |
Transport watchdog's patience wears thin as Tesla Autopilot remedies may not be enough - (pubDate>Wed, 08 May 2024 16:45:20 GMT)Crashes continue even with recall fixes in placeThe US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has written to Tesla as the automaker's electric cars keep crashing despite a recall to fix problems with the Autopilot software.… |
CISA boss: Secure code is the 'only way to make ransomware a shocking anomaly' - (pubDate>Wed, 08 May 2024 16:00:13 GMT)And it would seriously inconvenience the Chinese and Russians, tooRSAC There's a way to vastly reduce the scale and scope of ransomware attacks plaguing critical infrastructure, according to CISA director Jen Easterly: Make software secure by design.… |
NASA's planet hunter shakes off reaction wheel woes and gets back to work - (pubDate>Wed, 08 May 2024 15:15:06 GMT)No more stress for TESSNASA has confirmed that the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) has recovered from a reaction wheel problem and resumed making observations.… |
iFixit hails replaceable LPCAMM2 laptop memory as a 'big deal' - (pubDate>Wed, 08 May 2024 14:30:13 GMT)So long SODIMM? Only in new Thinkpad so far, but memory format may well spread across marketLPCAMM2 memory is getting the thumbs up from the team at iFixit, which hailed it as a return to the upgradeable laptop and reckons the writing is on the wall for models with soldered-down, non-serviceable memory.… |
One year on, universities org admits MOVEit attack hit data of 800K people - (pubDate>Wed, 08 May 2024 14:00:10 GMT)Nearly 95M people in total snagged by flaw in file transfer toolJust short of a year after the initial incident, the state of Georgia's higher education government agency has confirmed that it was the victim of an attack on its systems affecting the data of 800,000 people.… |
Exchange Server SE set to debut just before 2019 version breathes its last - (pubDate>Wed, 08 May 2024 13:30:10 GMT)Administrators, start your enginesMicrosoft has finally broken its silence on the fate of on-premises Exchange, and administrators will need to move quickly to keep their servers supported.… |
Amazon and Epson accuse a bunch of traders of selling knockoff print ink - (pubDate>Wed, 08 May 2024 13:01:15 GMT)Multiple Marketplace accounts sold fake bottles, cartridges for 2 years+, claim companiesAmazon and printer manufacturer Seiko Epson have filed a joint action against firms in Turkey and the UK which they claim sold counterfeit printer bottles and cartridges on the global online retailer's platform.… |
Tesla devotee tests Cybertruck safety with his own finger – and fails - (pubDate>Wed, 08 May 2024 12:30:07 GMT)Faith in frunk flunksWe know that Tesla Cybertruck owners are very special, and their mothers love them very much, but perhaps the most special of all is the one who "broke" his finger attempting to demonstrate the safety of the "frunk" closing mechanism.… |
Google Cloud blunder sinks Australian fund for a week - (pubDate>Wed, 08 May 2024 12:00:10 GMT)That pesky 'previously unknown software bug' strikes againAustralian superannuation fund UniSuper is lumbering back to life after an "unprecedented occurrence" at Google Cloud knocked its systems offline.… |
UK opens investigation of MoD payroll contractor after confirming attack - (pubDate>Wed, 08 May 2024 11:15:13 GMT)China vehemently denies involvementUK Government has confirmed a cyberattack on the payroll system used by the Ministry of Defence (MoD) led to "malign" forces accessing data on current and a limited number of former armed forces personnel.… |
US commerce department yanks back Huawei export licenses - (pubDate>Wed, 08 May 2024 10:30:09 GMT)Intel and Qualcomm reportedly among those cut offUpdated The US Commerce Department has revoked some of the licenses held by tech companies to supply Chinese megacorp Huawei.… |
Intel's quantum leap in wafer-wide cryo-testing sets cool new standard - (pubDate>Wed, 08 May 2024 09:31:14 GMT)Approach could help make forever upcoming tech more reliableIntel says it has made two advancements towards realizing silicon-based quantum processors which involves optimizing a standard fabrication process and developing a means to test the quality of resulting individual devices across a full 300mm wafer.… |
Uni staff fall back on Excel to work around mis-coded transactions in Oracle system - (pubDate>Wed, 08 May 2024 08:30:14 GMT)Two years after going live, the project that left employees unpaid still needs workUpdated The fallout from Edinburgh University's ill-fated Oracle HR and finance implementation continues with one department recording thousands of mis-coded transactions relating to more than £300,000 in spending.… |
Ten years since the first corp ransomware, Mikko Hyppönen sees no end in sight - (pubDate>Wed, 08 May 2024 07:31:15 GMT)On the plus side, infosec's a good bet for a long, stable careerInterview This year is an unfortunate anniversary for information security: We're told it's a decade since ransomware started infecting corporations.… |
Add AI servers to the list of iDevices Apple Silicon could soon power - (pubDate>Wed, 08 May 2024 06:32:13 GMT)Where have you been, Cupertino?Analysis We can add Apple to the list of tech titans developing their own custom AI accelerators – at least that's what unnamed sources are telling the Wall Street Journal.… |
From infosec to skunks, RSA Conference SVP spills the tea - (pubDate>Wed, 08 May 2024 04:03:06 GMT)Keynotes, physical security, playlists … the buck stops with Linda Gray MartinInterview The 33rd RSA Conference is underway this week, and no one feels that more acutely than the cybersecurity event's SVP Linda Gray Martin.… |
UnitedHealth's 'egregious negligence' led to Change Healthcare ransomware infection - (pubDate>Wed, 08 May 2024 02:58:12 GMT)'I'm blown away by the fact that they weren't using MFA'Interview The cybersecurity practices that led up to the stunning Change Healthcare ransomware infection indicate "egregious negligence" on the part of parent company UnitedHealth, according to Tom Kellermann, SVP of cyber strategy at Contrast Security.… |
MITRE promises a cute little 17-PFLOPS AI super for the rest of Uncle Sam's agencies - (pubDate>Wed, 08 May 2024 01:51:11 GMT)No child process left behindLater this year, MITRE is getting its hands on a modest supercomputer and is planning to use it to divvy out AI computing time to US government agencies.… |
Dell to color-code staff based on how hybrid they really are in RTO push - (pubDate>Wed, 08 May 2024 00:17:40 GMT)Sources slam aggressive 'back to school' grading system as HR vows to track VPN use, badge swipesExclusive Dell has told workers it will track the onsite presence of hybrid employees – those who work part remotely, part in the office – using electronic badge swipes, VPN monitoring, and a rather creepy color-coding system.… |
America's War on Drugs and Crime will be AI powered, says Homeland Security boss - (pubDate>Tue, 07 May 2024 23:47:16 GMT)Or at least it might well be if these trial programs work out, with some civil lib oversight etc etc etcRSAC AI is a double-edged sword in that the government can see ways in which the tech can protect and also be used to attack Americans, says US Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas.… |
Watch out for rogue DHCP servers decloaking your VPN connections - (pubDate>Tue, 07 May 2024 21:50:23 GMT)Avoid traffic-redirecting snoops who have TunnelVisionA newly discovered vulnerability undermines countless VPN clients in that their traffic can be quietly routed away from their encrypted tunnels and intercepted by snoops on the network.… |
IBM says these back-office, network edge Power 10 servers would be sweet for – yes, you guessed it – AI - (pubDate>Tue, 07 May 2024 20:39:11 GMT)Short on cores, big on threads and matrix mathNot to be left out of the AI infrastructure game, on Tuesday IBM unveiled a pair of tiny Power 10 servers designed to preprocess data at the network edge.… |
CISA's early-warning system helped critical orgs close 852 ransomware holes - (pubDate>Tue, 07 May 2024 19:58:11 GMT)In the first year alone, that's saved us all a lot of money and woeInterview As ransomware gangs step up their attacks against healthcare, schools, and other US critical infrastructure, CISA is ramping up a program to help these organizations fix flaws exploited by extortionists in the first place.… |
Apple unveils M4 chip with neural engine capable of 38 TOPS, and some other kit - (pubDate>Tue, 07 May 2024 19:15:14 GMT)Oh, right – there's new iPad Pro and Air models, a pencil and some other stuffApple held its anticipated iPad event today, and the most attention-grabbing news wasn't the new device models or the refreshed iPad Air lineup - it was the unveiling of Apple's homegrown M4 chip with a surprisingly powerful neural processing unit (NPU). … |
TikTok sues America to undo divest-or-die law - (pubDate>Tue, 07 May 2024 19:02:13 GMT)Nothing like folks in Beijing lecturing us on the ConstitutionTikTok and its China-based parent ByteDance sued the US government today to prevent the forced sale or shutdown of the video-sharing giant.… |
