February 2024

Please stop pouring the wrong radioactive water into the sea, Fukushima operator told 2024-02-23 at 06:00 By Laura Dobberstein Goverment takes TEPCO to task for caesium absorption tower incident Japan’s Economy, Trade and Industry minister has called on Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc. (TEPCO) to improve its management of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power

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FTC Slams Avast with $16.5 Million Fine for Selling Users’ Browsing Data 2024-02-23 at 05:59 By The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has hit antivirus vendor Avast with a $16.5 million fine over charges that the firm sold users’ browsing data to advertisers after claiming its products would block online tracking. In addition, the company

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Juniper sued over HPE buyout after allegedly ginning up execs’ wallets 2024-02-23 at 04:23 By Thomas Claburn Material information withheld from shareholders, it’s claimed Juniper Networks, currently in the process of being acquired by HPE, has been accused of violating US securities laws in a shareholder lawsuit.… This article is an excerpt from The Register

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Avast shells out $17M to shoo away claims it peddled people’s personal data 2024-02-23 at 03:03 By Brandon Vigliarolo A name that’s commonly shouted by pirates might be a clue, me hearties! Avast has agreed to cough up $16.5 million after the FTC accused the antivirus vendor of selling customer information to third parties.… This

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Google sends Gemini AI back to engineering to adjust its White balance 2024-02-23 at 02:21 By Thomas Claburn Big Tech keeps poisoning the well without facing any consequences for its folly Comment  Google has suspended availability of text-to-image capabilities in its recently released Gemini multimodal foundational AI model, after it failed to accurately represent White

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Reddit signs AI training deal with Google – and why OpenAI’s Altman could be the winner 2024-02-23 at 01:46 By Katyanna Quach IPO docs drop showing just who has a stake in the forum Reddit will provide content posted on its forums to Google, which will use it to train and update AI chatbots in

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DoorDash coughs up a few bucks after California accuses it of spreading around personal info 2024-02-23 at 00:47 By Jessica Lyons Food delivery giant promises to drop off $375,000, no tip DoorDash will cough up $375,000 to settle claims it trampled California’s privacy laws by giving away customers’ info without their consent nor giving them

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Cyberattack downs pharmacies across America 2024-02-22 at 23:17 By Jessica Lyons Prescription orders hit after IT supplier Change Healthcare pulls plug on systems IT provider Change Healthcare has confirmed it shut down some of its systems following a cyberattack, disrupting prescription orders and other services at pharmacies across the US.… This article is an excerpt

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Rivian decimates staff to put a brake on spending 2024-02-22 at 22:32 By Brandon Vigliarolo With only enough cash on hand to keep the lights on until 2025, loss-making automaker may soon be next casualty of the EV revolution Amid continuing losses, Rivian is laying off 10 percent of its salaried employees and a limited

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Authorities dismantled LockBit before it could unleash revamped variant 2024-02-22 at 22:02 By Connor Jones New features aimed to stamp out problems of the past Law enforcement’s disruption of the LockBit ransomware crew comes as the criminal group was working on bringing a brand-new variant to market, research reveals.… This article is an excerpt from

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Intuitive Machines’ Odysseus prepares for lunar landing 2024-02-22 at 21:04 By Richard Speed It slides into orbit. Now comes (another) hard part Intuitive Machines has tweaked today’s lunar landing time to 2230 UTC following the successful insertion of its Odysseus lander into lunar orbit.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original Source

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Year-over-year, the median initial ransom has risen by 20% 2024-02-22 at 21:04 By A recent report reveals an increase in initial ransom demand amounts. Furthermore, vulnerabilities detected in 2022 are continuing to be exploited.  This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source React to this headline:

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Nokia brainwave turns cell towers into cash cows with backup batteries 2024-02-22 at 20:30 By Dan Robinson Lower operator energy costs or sell power back to grid for $$$ Nokia is tempting mobile network operators with a tool that it thinks will help them monetize the backup battery storage at their cell base station sites.…

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Web archive user’s $14k BigQuery bill shock after running queries on ‘free’ dataset 2024-02-22 at 19:38 By Lindsay Clark Researcher makes case for default limits after arriving via Python library A user left with a surprise bill for thousands of dollars after running queries on Google’s BigQuery data warehouse has sparked a debate about how

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Japanese Yakuza boss charged with nuclear trafficking by the US 2024-02-22 at 18:47 By Richard Speed No, this isn’t a pitch for a Godzilla sequel A Japanese Yakuza leader is being charged with trafficking nuclear materials by US prosecutors.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original Source React to this headline:

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Apple Unveils PQ3 Protocol – Post-Quantum Encryption for iMessage 2024-02-22 at 18:47 By Apple has announced a new post-quantum cryptographic protocol called PQ3 that it said will be integrated into iMessage to secure the messaging platform against future attacks arising from the threat of a practical quantum computer. “With compromise-resilient encryption and extensive defenses against even highly

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Employees saved Musk from himself over Twitter Files 2024-02-22 at 18:17 By Richard Speed Unfettered access to non-public info would have violated FTC order Longtime Twitter staffers saved Elon Musk from himself, according to a letter from the US Federal Trade Commission chair.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original Source React

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