June 2024

HPE intros virtualization solution it says is totally not targeting grumpy VMware customers 2024-06-19 at 05:01 By Brandon Vigliarolo It’s complementary to Virtzilla, and will eschew controverial aspects of Broadcom’s licensing changes HPE Discover  AI may be the focus of most of the announcements at HPE’s Discover gabfest this year – because it’s 2024 –

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World’s top AI chatbots have no problem parroting Russian disinformation 2024-06-19 at 03:49 By Matthew Connatser Study finds they’re taking Putin pushers’ point of view 30% of the time Media analyst house NewsGuard tested chatbots from ten top AI developers, and found they all were willing to emit Russian disinformation to varying degrees.… This article

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Rogue uni IT director pleads guilty after fraudulently buying $2.1M worth of tech 2024-06-19 at 02:49 By Jessica Lyons Faces up to 20 years behind bars, a $250K fine, or both A now-former IT director has pleaded guilty to defrauding the university at which he was employed, and a computer equipment supplier, for $2.1 million

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Dark-web kingpin puts ‘stolen’ internal AMD databases, source code up for sale 2024-06-19 at 02:19 By Iain Thomson Chip designer really gonna need to channel some Zen right now AMD’s IT team is no doubt going through its logs today after cyber-crooks put up for sale what is claimed to be internal data stolen from

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EU attempt to sneak through new encryption-busting law slammed by Signal, politicians 2024-06-19 at 01:31 By Thomas Claburn If you call ‘client-side scanning’ something like ‘upload moderation,’ it still undermines privacy, security On Thursday, the EU Council is scheduled to vote on a legislative proposal that would attempt to protect children online by disallowing confidential

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TSMC chip plant construction halted by discovery of archaeological ruins 2024-06-19 at 00:46 By Tobias Mann Ancient ruined architecture? What’s Intel’s Itanium doing in Taiwan? Construction of TSMC’s advanced chip packaging facility in Chiayi County, Taiwan, has hit a roadblock after “archaeological ruins” were discovered at the site.… This article is an excerpt from The

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Amazon Labor Union votes overwhelmingly to join forces with Teamsters in NYC 2024-06-18 at 23:48 By Matthew Connatser Hey Andy, how you like them Big Apples? The Amazon Labor Union, which represents the internet giant’s workers at its JFK8 warehouse on Staten Island, New York, voted overwhelmingly to ally with the International Brotherhood of Teamsters

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Google DeepMind’s latest model promises realistic audio for your AI-generated vids 2024-06-18 at 23:17 By Tobias Mann Launch comes as Runway, Pika, Kling push the boundaries of machine-imagined video Video  Mainstream adoption of generative AI technologies has, in large part, centered around the creation of text and images. But, as it turns out, the statistical

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What’s up with Mozilla buying ad firm Anonym? It’s all about ‘privacy-centric advertising’ 2024-06-18 at 22:46 By Thomas Claburn Is such a thing possible for an industry that never respected people’s wishes? Analysis  Mozilla this week said it has acquired ad metrics firm Anonym, touting the deal as a way to help the online advertising

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HPE, Nvidia team up to offer ‘turnkey’ private cloud racks for keeping AI loads local 2024-06-18 at 19:46 By Brandon Vigliarolo Everyone wants to be best buddies with Jensen Huang’s GPU juggernaut HPE Discover  This year HPE Discover 2024 is all about AI hardware developed through an expanded partnership with chip heavyweight Nvidia.… This article

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Signal Foundation Warns Against EU’s Plan to Scan Private Messages for CSAM 2024-06-18 at 19:31 By A controversial proposal put forth by the European Union to scan users’ private messages for detection child sexual abuse material (CSAM) poses severe risks to end-to-end encryption (E2EE), warned Meredith Whittaker, president of the Signal Foundation, which maintains the

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T-Mobile drags New Jersey borough to court over school cell tower permit denial 2024-06-18 at 19:16 By Matthew Connatser Comms outfit says ‘think of the children’ isn’t a legal reason to reject application T-Mobile is taking the borough of Wanaque in New Jersey to court for refusing to approve the company’s plans to build a

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