2023

ByteDance slides around Indonesian social commerce ban with $1.5 billion buy 12/12/2023 at 09:02 By Laura Dobberstein Takes huge stake in local superapp Tokopedia, for the good of the small business community A mere two-and-a-half months after Indonesia imposed a ban on social commerce, made-in-China social media giant TikTok and local super-app company GoTo have […]

New Critical RCE Vulnerability Discovered in Apache Struts 2 – Patch Now 12/12/2023 at 09:01 By Apache has released a security advisory warning of a critical security flaw in the Struts 2 open-source web application framework that could result in remote code execution. Tracked as CVE-2023-50164, the vulnerability is rooted in a flawed “file upload logic” that could

Security executive interview preparation: End of year planning 12/12/2023 at 08:04 By Security leaders looking to change jobs can hone their interview skills by studying the iceberg interview model and emphasizing soft skills. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

Transforming retail security and efficiency with video management 12/12/2023 at 08:04 By Enterprise security executives can harness the power of VMS to optimize operations in the retail sector. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

China’s SpaceX wannabe recycles a rocket after just 38 days 12/12/2023 at 07:32 By Simon Sharwood Interstellar Glory Space Technology gets a boost – even though it’s yet to reach orbit Chinese private space biz i-Space (not to be confused with Japanese aerospace concern iSpace) has recycled a rocket just 38 days after its previous

Epic decision sees jury find Google’s Play store is illegal monopoly 12/12/2023 at 05:36 By Simon Sharwood Fortnite dev hails ‘a win for all app developers and consumers around the world’ Epic Games has won its antitrust battle against Google.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original Source

Proposed US surveillance regime would enlist more businesses 12/12/2023 at 05:02 By Thomas Claburn Expanded service provider definition could force cafes and hotels to spy for the feds Many US businesses may be required to assist in government-directed surveillance – depending upon which of two reform bills before Congress is approved.… This article is an

Broadcom halves subscription price for VMware’s flagship hybrid cloud suite 12/12/2023 at 03:50 By Simon Sharwood Also kills perpetual licenses, adds a vSphere bundle for smaller users +COMMENT  Broadcom’s VMware Cloud Foundation Division has announced what it’s described as “a dramatic simplification of our product portfolio,” plus the end of perpetual licenses and a move

Boffins fool AI chatbot into revealing harmful content – with 98 percent success rate 12/12/2023 at 03:04 By Thomas Claburn This one weird trick works every time, most of the time Investigators at Indiana’s Purdue University have devised a way to interrogate large language models (LLMs) in a way that that breaks their etiquette training

Microsoft partners with labor unions to shape and regulate AI 12/12/2023 at 01:52 By Katyanna Quach Redmond reassures AFL-CIO workers they won’t be pushed out by technology Microsoft is partnering with the largest US union group – representing 60 unions and more than 12 million workers – to explore how AI will impact labor, and

British arms dealer BAE behind F-35 electronics first in line for US CHIPS funds 12/12/2023 at 00:47 By Tobias Mann More awards imminent agency says British arms dealer BAE Systems will be among the first beneficiaries of the $53 billion US Chips and Science Act.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original

Tesla says California’s Autopilot action violates its free speech rights 11/12/2023 at 23:47 By Brandon Vigliarolo Elon’s biz claims 1st Amendment rights It may have taken more than a year, but Tesla has finally responded to the California Department of Motor Vehicles allegations that it misrepresented Autopilot’s capabilities, arguing that it’s free to do so