May 2024

The End of an Era: Microsoft Phases Out VBScript for JavaScript and PowerShell 2024-05-23 at 08:46 By Microsoft on Wednesday outlined its plans to deprecate Visual Basic Script (VBScript) in the second half of 2024 in favor of more advanced alternatives such as JavaScript and PowerShell. “Technology has advanced over the years, giving rise to […]

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Read AI about it… OpenAI does deal with News Corp 2024-05-23 at 08:31 By Thomas Claburn Pact made with WSJ, New York Post, Sunday Times, Australian publisher as lawsuit bullets ping around the industry OpenAI and News Corp on Wednesday announced a partnership that will bring the publisher’s output to the super-lab’s models, marking yet

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China creates LLM trained to discuss Xi Jinping’s philosophies 2024-05-23 at 07:47 By Simon Sharwood What next? Kim-Jong-AI? Don’t laugh – Nvidia has pondered rebuilding a digital Napoleon China’s Cyberspace Research Institute has revealed it’s created a large language model and conversational AI based on the philosophies of president Xi Jinping.… This article is an

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New rules prompt 93% of organizations to rethink cybersecurity plans 2024-05-23 at 07:16 By A new report examines how security budgets and compliance strategies are impacted by the shifting regulatory landscape. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source React to this headline:

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‘China-aligned’ spyware slingers operating since 2018 unmasked at last 2024-05-23 at 07:01 By Matthew Connatser Unfading Sea Haze adept at staying under the radar Bitdefender says it has tracked down and exposed an online gang that has been operating since 2018 nearly without a trace – and likely working for Chinese interests.… This article is

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Lawmakers advance bill to tighten White House grip on AI model exports 2024-05-23 at 03:22 By Tobias Mann Vague ML definitions subject to change – yeah, great The House Foreign Affairs Committee voted Wednesday to advance a law bill expanding the White House’s authority to police exports of AI systems – including models said to

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Microsoft invites punters to test drive custom Arm-based Cobalt 100 CPU VMs in Azure 2024-05-23 at 02:46 By Matthew Connatser Subscribers in US, Europe, SEA can take silicon out for a spin for free Microsoft is bringing its custom-designed Arm-based Cobalt 100 processors closer to the public as it is now demoing the chips in

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FCC boss wants political ads to admit when they were made using AI 2024-05-23 at 01:47 By Matthew Connatser How about just flag up the adverts not using machine learning The Federal Communications Commission is considering a proposal that would require US political ads to disclose their usage of AI technology.… This article is an

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Go after UnitedHealth, not us, 100+ medical groups urge Uncle Sam 2024-05-23 at 01:16 By Jessica Lyons Why should we get its paperwork? More than 100 medical industry groups have asked the Feds to make UnitedHealth Group, not them, go through the rigmarole of notifying everyone about the Change Healthcare ransomware infection.… This article is

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It looks a lot like VMware just lost a 24,000-VM customer 2024-05-23 at 00:01 By Simon Sharwood Computershare CTO says he got a bill 15 times his previous quote Next  Global stock-market share registry operator Computershare looks like it has just decided to bail from VMware rather than suffer Broadcom’s latest licensing regime and price

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Nvidia’s future in scientific computing hinges on a melding of AI and HPC 2024-05-22 at 23:46 By Tobias Mann But if they can’t, AMD is well positioned to mop up Analysis  Nvidia had quite the showing at the International Supercomputing show in Hamburg last week. Its GH200 claimed a spot among the 10 most powerful

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Canada’s London Drugs confirms ransomware attack after LockBit demands $25M 2024-05-22 at 23:17 By Jessica Lyons Pharmacy says it’s ‘unwilling and unable to pay ransom’ Canadian pharmacy chain London Drugs has confirmed that ransomware thugs stole some of its corporate files containing employee information and says it is “unwilling and unable to pay ransom to

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NYSE parent gets $10M wrist tap for failing to report 2021 systems break-in 2024-05-22 at 22:51 By Brandon Vigliarolo Intercontinental Exchange’s Q1 revenue exceeded $1B – that’ll sure teach ’em The New York Stock Exchange’s parent company has just been hit with a $10 million fine for failing to properly inform the Securities and Exchange

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