February 2024

India won’t become a semiconductor superpower anytime soon, says think tank 2024-02-16 at 06:02 By Laura Dobberstein $10 billion subsidies predicted to deliver just five modest fabs by 2029 India’s drive to become a semiconductor superpower is likely to result in the creation of just five chip fabs by the year 2029, and the most […]

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Quest Diagnostics pays $5M after mixing patient medical data with hazardous waste 2024-02-16 at 03:32 By Jessica Lyons Will cough up less than two days of annual profit in settlement – and California calls this a win Quest Diagnostics has agreed to pay almost $5 million to settle allegations it illegally dumped protected health information

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X accused of taking money from terrorists by selling checkmarks to US enemies 2024-02-16 at 02:48 By Brandon Vigliarolo Premium punters in the illustrious company of Hezbollah, Iranian militias, sanctioned Russian banks Elon Musk’s X has been accused of flouting US sanctions by providing verified accounts to individuals and entities affiliated with Hezbollah, Iran, Russia,

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Apple Vision Pro units returned as folks just can’t see themselves using it 2024-02-16 at 01:32 By Brandon Vigliarolo Headaches, eyestrain, lack of killer apps cited as some seek refunds The 14-day return-for-full-refund-no-questions-asked deadline for early adopters of Apple’s Vision Pro “spatial computing” headset is approaching, and some buyers are openly sharing their decision to

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Google debuts Gemini 1.5 Pro model in challenge to rivals 2024-02-16 at 00:34 By Thomas Claburn OpenAI meanwhile teases experimental text-to-vid system Sora Google on Thursday introduced Gemini 1.5, a multi-modal model family for text, image, and audio interaction said to best rival models in benchmarks.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View

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Air Canada must pay damages after chatbot lies to grieving passenger about discount 2024-02-16 at 00:04 By Katyanna Quach Airline tried arguing virtual assistant was solely ‘responsible for its own actions’ Air Canada must pay a passenger hundreds of dollars in damages after its online chatbot gave the guy wrong information before he booked a

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Feds dismantle Russian GRU botnet built on 1,000-plus home, small biz routers 2024-02-15 at 23:18 By Jessica Lyons Beijing, now Moscow.… Who else is hiding in broadband gateways? The US government today said it disrupted a botnet that Russia’s GRU military intelligence unit has been using for phishing expeditions, spying, credential harvesting, and data theft

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Government agencies collaborate to protect election mail from hazards 2024-02-15 at 23:18 By Guidelines published by several government agencies provide procedures mail officials can follow to ensure their safety and an election’s integrity.  This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source React to this headline:

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Pentagon launches nuke-spotting satellites amid Russian space bomb rumors 2024-02-15 at 22:16 By Brandon Vigliarolo Dungeons and Dragons, high-waisted jeans, Cold War sabre rattling – the ’80s are back, baby Last night’s launch of six Pentagon missile-detection satellites was well timed as fears mount that Russia is considering putting nuclear weapons into space.… This article

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Microsoft warns Dev Drive daredevils to back up or beware after latest build 2024-02-15 at 21:32 By Richard Speed Rolling back will cause data loss, Windows Insiders told Microsoft released a fresh Windows 11 build to the Canary and Dev Channels of the Windows Insider Program with a warning for developers – back up or

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Research shows that 15% of emails were malicious in 2023 2024-02-15 at 21:17 By The malicious email trends seen in 2023 are expected to influence the threats security leaders will see in 2024.  This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source React to this headline:

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Out with the old, in with the new as 100 Starlink satellites take atmospheric exit 2024-02-15 at 20:34 By Dan Robinson SpaceX doing some spring cleaning to deal with aging models before they fail SpaceX is set to deorbit about 100 of its older Starlink broadband satellites after identifying an issue that could cause them

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Broadcom moves to reassure VMware users as rivals smell an opportunity 2024-02-15 at 19:47 By Dan Robinson ‘They want a closed shop,’ claims service provider Broadcom and Google have announced a license portability scheme for biz customers to run VMware workloads on Google Cloud. Broadcom is also trying to reassure VMware partners and users that

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Intuitive Machines IM-1 heading for Moon on SpaceX rocket 2024-02-15 at 19:17 By Richard Speed Taking Disaster Recovery as a Service to lunar extremes NASA is taking another crack at a commercial mission to the Moon with the launch of the Intuitive Machines’ IM-1 mission this morning.… This article is an excerpt from The Register

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Worried about the impending demise of Windows 10? Google wants you to give ChromeOS Flex a try 2024-02-15 at 18:33 By Richard Speed Hello, Mr. Frying Pan, meet Mr. Fire Google has weighed in on the controversy surrounding Microsoft’s plans to render millions of Windows 10 PCs obsolete in 2025 by urging users to pop

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Zoom stomps critical privilege escalation bug plus 6 other flaws 2024-02-15 at 17:32 By Connor Jones All desktop and mobile apps vulnerable to at least one of the vulnerabilities Video conferencing giant Zoom today opened up about a fresh batch of security vulnerabilities affecting its products, including a critical privilege escalation flaw.… This article is

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