March 2024

Here’s another thing AI can do: Spark a boom in edge infrastructure spending 2024-03-15 at 02:11 By Tobias Mann IDC forecasts spend to grow 15.4% in 2024 to $232B – then add another $100B in three years Spending on edge computing is growing fast and because it’s 2024, analyst firm IDC believes AI is a […]

Intel’s $699 Core i9-14900KS turbos to 6.2GHz – assuming you can keep it cool 2024-03-15 at 02:11 By Tobias Mann If you can live with a measely 6GHz the standard i9 is a $110 cheaper If Intel’s 6GHz Core i9-14900K was too pedestrian for your tastes, the x86 giant now has a special-edition processor up

Forget TikTok – Chinese spies want to steal IP by backdooring digital locks 2024-03-15 at 01:35 By Jessica Lyons Uncle Sam can use this snooping tool, too, but that’s beside the point There’s another Chinese-manufactured product – joining the likes of TikTok, cars and semiconductors – that poses a national security risk to Americans: electronic

FTC goes undercover to probe suspected antivirus scam, scores $26M settlement 2024-03-14 at 22:55 By Brandon Vigliarolo Imagine trying to trick folks into buying $500 of unnecessary repairs – and they turn out to be federal agents A pair of tech support businesses accused of swindling marks out of their hard-earned cash have agreed to

Caffeine makes fuel cells more efficient, cuts cost of energy storage 2024-03-14 at 21:06 By Dan Robinson Boffins show less platinum may be needed for long-lived power source Adding caffeine can enhance the efficiency of fuel cells, reducing the need for platinum in electrodes and significantly reducing the cost of making them, according to researchers

LockBit ransomware kingpin gets 4 years behind bars 2024-03-14 at 20:45 By Jessica Lyons Canadian said to have turned to a life of cybercrime during pandemic, now must pay the price – literally A LockBit ransomware kingpin has been sentenced to almost four years behind bars and ordered to pay more than CA$860,000 ($635,000, £500,000)

Google gooses Safe Browsing with real-time protection that doesn’t leak to ad giant 2024-03-14 at 20:45 By Thomas Claburn Rare occasion when you do want Big Tech to make a hash of it Google has enhanced its Safe Browsing service to enable real-time protection in Chrome for desktop, iOS, and soon Android against risky websites,

Oracle adds GenAI to Fusion with a whopping 50 use cases 2024-03-14 at 19:36 By Lindsay Clark But is there one that can sort out failing ERP projects? Well Larry, is there? Oracle has unleashed 50 use cases for gen AI on its Fusion Applications suite, letting vector-based statistical models provide financial report “narratives,” help

Google brains plumb depths of the uncanny valley with latest image-to-video tool 2024-03-14 at 19:36 By Brandon Vigliarolo VLOGGER needs just a still photo and an audio recording to generate footage, but it’s far from perfect Google has a new AI trick up its sleeve that can animate a still photo using nothing but a

Record breach of French government exposes up to 43 million people’s data 2024-03-14 at 19:36 By Connor Jones Zut alors! Department for registering and helping unemployed people broken into A French government department – responsible for registering and assisting unemployed people – is the latest victim of a mega data breach that compromised the information

Report reveals 13,000 detected and blocked false investment domains 2024-03-14 at 19:35 By Around 13,000 fraudulent investment domains were detected and blocked, revealing a continued trend in consumer fraud.  This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source