September 2024

Unions 2, Apple 0: Cupertino caves after fresh strike threat 2024-09-26 at 00:31 By Brandon Vigliarolo You’re doin’ fine, Oklahoma! Apple’s anti-union posturing is looking like quite the paper tiger: The iPhone goliath has reached an agreement with unionized retail workers in Oklahoma, marking the second time it has caved to organized labor after facing

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91% of polled Amazon staff unhappy with return-to-office 2024-09-25 at 23:48 By Iain Thomson ‘Decisions like the one from Jassy are a big reason why I don’t want kids’ Amazon CEO Andy Jassy last week sent a memo to staff informing them everyone is now expected in the office five days a week from the

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Altman reportedly asks Biden to back a slew of multi-gigawatt-scale AI datacenters 2024-09-25 at 23:17 By Tobias Mann With 2.5 million Blackwell GPUs, would gobble enough energy to power millions of homes OpenAI CEO Sam Altman is reportedly trying to convince the Biden administration that an enormous network of AI datacenters, each consuming up to

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US Army drafts AI to combat recruitment shortfall 2024-09-25 at 22:02 By Brandon Vigliarolo No more cold calls: Recruit 360 pinpoints top prospects from millions Plagued by recruiting shortfalls, the US Army is turning to AI to help it sift through the chaff for fresh recruits.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View

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A look under the hood of the 3D-printed, Raspberry Pi powered ‘suicide pod’ 2024-09-25 at 21:31 By Brandon Vigliarolo Design files will be available soon, but no word yet on the software A highly controversial 3D printed suicide pod has been used for the first time, leading to multiple arrests in Switzerland. The device is

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RansomHub genius tries to put the squeeze on Delaware Libraries 2024-09-25 at 20:46 By Connor Jones Extorting underfunded public services for $1M isn’t a good look Despite being top of the ransomware tree at the moment, RansomHub – specifically, one of its affiliates – clearly isn’t that bright as they are reportedly trying to extort

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Google’s Shift to Rust Programming Cuts Android Memory Vulnerabilities by 52% 2024-09-25 at 20:16 By Google has revealed that its transition to memory-safe languages such as Rust as part of its secure-by-design approach has led to the percentage of memory-safe vulnerabilities discovered in Android dropping from 76% to 24% over a period of six years.

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Google’s Rust belts bugs out of Android, helps kill off substantial unsafe code 2024-09-25 at 20:02 By Thomas Claburn Memory safety flaws used to represent 76% of ‘droid security holes. Now they account for 24% Google’s effort to prioritize memory-safe software development over the past six years has substantially reduced the number of memory safety

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The early bird gets a touch of nostalgia as Ubuntu 24.10 hits beta 2024-09-25 at 19:46 By Liam Proven Fun retro tweaks, App Center facelift, and more as Oracular Oriole moves into view The beta version of Ubuntu 24.10 has just come out, with GNOME 47 as its default desktop and some fun retro touches.…

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Where do CISOs stand in an era cyberattacks and intense scrutiny? 2024-09-25 at 19:17 By Security’s impact on the business should hold more focus in high-level conversations — versus ignoring weaknesses or devising ways to pin blame on individuals. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source React

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ESA spending €17M on spacecraft just to watch it go up in flames 2024-09-25 at 18:48 By Richard Speed DRACO will be born to die in the fires of atmospheric re-entry The European Space Agency (ESA) has awarded Spanish company Deimos Space a contract for a spacecraft whose sole purpose is to burn up in

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Balancing Risk and Innovation – A CISO Perspective 2024-09-25 at 18:16 By In this episode of The Security Podcasts featuring Jill Knesek, CISO of Blackline, and former FBI Special Agent in the Cyber Crime Squad, we talk about balancing risk & innovation from a CISO’s perspective. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security

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