September 2023

Excel clone built for Uber China exposed Microsoft calculation error 19/09/2023 at 10:32 By Simon Sharwood Developer recounts rideshare giant’s strange Middle Kingdom journey, and its fears interns were spies A developer named Matt Basta has posted an extraordinary account of working for Uber, where he was asked to develop a substitute for Microsoft’s Excel […]

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Transparent Tribe Uses Fake YouTube Android Apps to Spread CapraRAT Malware 19/09/2023 at 10:31 By The suspected Pakistan-linked threat actor known as Transparent Tribe is using malicious Android apps mimicking YouTube to distribute the CapraRAT mobile remote access trojan (RAT), demonstrating the continued evolution of the activity. “CapraRAT is a highly invasive tool that gives the attacker

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Desktop AI isn’t happening, says AMD, and might not for quite a while 19/09/2023 at 09:35 By Simon Sharwood Chip designer has extended support for modest desktop CPUs, citing Intel setting expectations for cheap and not-so-speedy silicon AI-on-the-desktop is not yet a thing, and its uses may not be apparent for some time, according to

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China to set standards for the metaverse because it’s not sure what one is 19/09/2023 at 08:17 By Laura Dobberstein Beijing reckons they could be handy for manufacturing, but for now they’re just a mess China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) announced Monday it will form a working group to set metaverse standards

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Microsoft AI Researchers Accidentally Expose 38 Terabytes of Confidential Data 19/09/2023 at 07:17 By Microsoft on Monday said it took steps to correct a glaring security gaffe that led to the exposure of 38 terabytes of private data. The leak was discovered on the company’s AI GitHub repository and is said to have been inadvertently

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Australia to build six ‘cyber shields’ to defend its shores 19/09/2023 at 06:47 By Simon Sharwood Local corporate regulator warns boards that cyber is totally a directorial duty Australia will build “six cyber shields around our nation” declared home affairs minister Clare O’Neill yesterday, as part of a national cyber security strategy.… This article is

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VMware staff reportedly told job cuts may start before Broadcom acquisition 19/09/2023 at 05:17 By Simon Sharwood CVs are starting to appear on social media because staff think it’s a sensible time to be in the shop window VMware last week held a staff meeting at which it reportedly foreshadowed job cuts – perhaps before

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US Defense Department enlists Google for AI-powered cancer-spotting kit 19/09/2023 at 04:02 By Katyanna Quach A different type of ARM – the Augmented Reality Microscope Google has contributed software to an AI-powered microscope the US Department of Defense hopes will help pathologists spot cancerous cells in tissue samples much more quickly.… This article is an

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