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xAI picked Ethernet over InfiniBand for its H100 Colossus training cluster 2024-10-29 at 21:35 By Tobias Mann Work already underway to expand system to 200,000 Nvidia Hopper chips Unlike most AI training clusters, xAI’s Colossus with its 100,000 Nvidia Hopper GPUs doesn’t use InfiniBand. Instead, the massive system, which Nvidia bills as the “world’s largest…

Linus Torvalds: 90% of AI marketing is hype 2024-10-29 at 20:49 By Paul Kunert Linux kernel creator says let’s see which workloads use GenAI in five years Linus Torvalds, creator of the Linux kernel, thinks the majority of marketing circulated by the industry on Generative AI is simply fluff with no real substance – and…

Ford CEO Jim Farley slammed for driving Chinese-made electric vehicle: ‘Slap in the face’ 2024-10-29 at 20:33 By Ariel Zilber Ford CEO Jim Farley gushed about his car — a Chinese-made electric vehicle that he had specially flown in from Shanghai. This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News and Product Reviews | New…

US Army turns to ‘Scylla’ AI to protect depot 2024-10-29 at 19:36 By Brandon Vigliarolo Ominously-named bot can spot trouble from a mile away, distinguish threats from false alarms, says DoD The US Army is testing a new AI product that it says can identify threats from a mile away, and all without the need…

Belgian cops cuff 2 suspected cybercrooks in Redline, Meta infostealer sting 2024-10-29 at 18:51 By Connor Jones US also charges an alleged Redline dev, no mention of an arrest International law enforcement officials have arrested two individuals and charged another in connection with the use and distribution of the Redline and Meta infostealer malware strains.……

Elon Musk shares bold prediction on humanoid robots that could make Tesla a ‘$25T company’ 2024-10-29 at 18:22 By Reuters The Optimus robot is the humanoid robot under development by Tesla and could multiply the company’s valuation, according to Musk. This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News and Product Reviews | New York Post…

The troublesome economics of CPU-only AI 2024-10-29 at 17:33 By Tobias Mann At the end of the day, it all boils down to tokens per dollar Analysis  Today, most GenAI models are trained and run on GPUs or some other specialized accelerator, but that doesn’t mean they have to be. In fact, several chipmakers have…

Admins better Spring into action over latest critical open source vuln 2024-10-29 at 16:49 By Connor Jones Patch up: The Spring framework dominates the Java ecosystem If you’re running an application built using the Spring development framework, now is a good time to check it’s fully updated – a new, critical-severity vulnerability has just been…

Chinese chips, quantum and AI now on US investment blacklist 2024-10-29 at 15:50 By Laura Dobberstein Wouldn’t want to inadvertently fund the PLA The US treasury department finalized a rule on Monday that limits domestic entities’ investment in Chinese semiconductors and microelectronics, quantum information technologies, and AI.… This article is an excerpt from The Register…

Researchers Uncover Vulnerabilities in Open-Source AI and ML Models 2024-10-29 at 15:33 By A little over three dozen security vulnerabilities have been disclosed in various open-source artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) models, some of which could lead to remote code execution and information theft. The flaws, identified in tools like ChuanhuChatGPT, Lunary, and…

Data protection made simple 2024-10-29 at 15:17 By Bruce Ong Now available: Symantec DLP 16.1 This article is an excerpt from Broadcom Software Blogs View Original Source React to this headline:

Datacenter developer says power issues holding up new builds 2024-10-29 at 14:48 By Dan Robinson ‘The single biggest constraint is access,’ says exec looking to invest ‘hundreds of millions’ One of the UK’s major commercial property developers says it would be pumping investment into new datacenters if it could just secure the energy supply needed…

Security leaders discuss the Cisco security incident 2024-10-29 at 14:18 By Security leaders discuss the recent Cisco security incident.  This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source React to this headline:

31 new ransomware groups were discovered in 2024 2024-10-29 at 14:18 By A report by Secureworks revealed a 30% year-over-year rise in active ransomware groups, which demonstrates fragmentation of an established criminal ecosystem. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source React to this headline:

A Sherlock Holmes Approach to Cybersecurity: Eliminate the Impossible with Exposure Validation 2024-10-29 at 14:03 By Sherlock Holmes is famous for his incredible ability to sort through mounds of information; he removes the irrelevant and exposes the hidden truth. His philosophy is plain yet brilliant: “When you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable,…

Dutch Police Disrupt Major Info Stealers RedLine and MetaStealer in Operation Magnus 2024-10-29 at 14:03 By The Dutch National Police, along with international partners, have announced the disruption of the infrastructure powering two information stealers tracked as RedLine and MetaStealer. The takedown, which took place on October 28, 2024, is the result of an international…

FCC chair: Mobile dead spots will end when space-based and ground comms merge 2024-10-29 at 13:46 By Dan Robinson Jessica Rosenworcel looks at policy challenges for the next decade The chair of America’s Federal Communications Commission (FCC) foresees a single network future where space-based comms will be integrated with terrestrial networks to ensure connectivity anywhere.……

Merde! Macron’s bodyguards reveal his location by sharing Strava data 2024-10-29 at 12:48 By Iain Thomson It’s not just the French president, Biden and Putin also reportedly trackable The French equivalent of the US Secret Service may have been letting their guard down, as an investigation showed they are easily trackable via the fitness app…

UK immigration seeks tech support, development partner for border crossing systems 2024-10-29 at 11:34 By Lindsay Clark After years of delay, new systems with ‘diverse tech stacks’ need a hand in £195M deal The UK’s Home Office has launched a procurement for tech support and services to oversee border control and immigration via a contract…

Five Eyes nations tell tech startups to take infosec seriously. Again 2024-10-29 at 10:40 By Simon Sharwood Only took ’em a year to dish up some scary travel advice, and a Secure Innovation … Placemat? Cyber security agencies from the Five Eyes nations have delivered on a promise to offer tech startups more guidance on…

U.S. Government Issues New TLP Guidance for Cross-Sector Threat Intelligence Sharing 2024-10-29 at 09:54 By The U.S. government (USG) has issued new guidance governing the use of the Traffic Light Protocol (TLP) to handle the threat intelligence information shared between the private sector, individual researchers, and Federal Departments and Agencies. “The USG follows TLP markings…

Microsoft accuses Google of creating a lobbying front called ‘Open Cloud Coalition’ 2024-10-29 at 09:35 By Simon Sharwood Seemingly dissatisfied with CISPE settlement, new UK-centric cloudy industry group calls for end to ‘restrictive licensing’ Microsoft has alleged that a new group of cloud providers and users is a front for Google – a notion the…

Wanted. Top infosec pros willing to defend Britain on shabby salaries 2024-10-29 at 08:35 By Iain Thomson GCHQ job ads seek top talent with bottom-end pay packets While the wages paid by governments seldom match those available in the private sector, it appears that the UK’s intelligence, security and cyber agency is a long way…

New Research Reveals Spectre Vulnerability Persists in Latest AMD and Intel Processors 2024-10-29 at 08:35 By More than six years after the Spectre security flaw impacting modern CPU processors came to light, new research has found that the latest AMD and Intel processors are still susceptible to speculative execution attacks. The attack, disclosed by ETH…

NASA narrows Artemis III landing target list to nine 2024-10-29 at 07:34 By Laura Dobberstein The Mons Mouton Plateau looks nice this time of year. Or maybe you prefer Slater Plain? NASA has released an updated list of nine potential landing spots near the lunar south pole for Artemis III – the mission that will…

How organizations can defend against the increasing API attack surface 2024-10-29 at 06:07 By As APIs increase beyond the range of manual control, organizations may face greater security challenges. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source React to this headline:

Chinese engineers wire Raspberry Pi into 600-meter railway tunnel to find its flaws 2024-10-29 at 05:49 By Simon Sharwood The GPIO turns out to be a neat way to measure the conductivity of concrete Chinese scientists have found a novel use for the Raspberry Pi: detecting voids in the linings of railway tunnels that could…

Tardigrade genes may hold secret to radiation treatments for humans 2024-10-29 at 03:34 By Brandon Vigliarolo Microscopic ‘water bears’ can survive blasts that would kill humans Drugs that prevent or reverse the effects of ionizing radiation have long been a sci-fi pipedream, but the gene sequencing of a newly discovered species of tardigrade could change…

iFixit to the rescue: McDonald’s workers can rescue their own ice cream machines 2024-10-29 at 02:48 By Iain Thomson Burger me! Partial success in chipping away at insane DMCA rules The US Copyright Office has published a new list of exemptions from the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA), including one for retail food machines that…