October 2024

‘Open banking’ rules will put your financial data back where it belongs 2024-10-28 at 01:03 By Thomas Claburn Well, at least eventually since some companies have until 2030 to comply The US Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has finalized a rule that requires banks, credit card issuers, and most other financial firms to provide consumers […]

Senator accuses sloppy domain registrars of aiding Russian disinfo campaigns 2024-10-27 at 17:48 By Brandon Vigliarolo Also, Change Healthcare sets a record, cybercrime cop suspect indicted, a new Mallox decryptor, and more in brief  Senate intelligence committee chair Mark Warner (D-VA) is demanding to know why, in the wake of the bust-up of a massive

UK sleep experts say it’s time to kill daylight saving for good 2024-10-27 at 12:34 By Brandon Vigliarolo It turns out morning light beats evening rays for health benefits The streets of Soho aren’t alive with disco or bellbottoms anymore, so maybe it’s time to ditch another ’70s icon we should have outgrown by now,

Researchers say an AI-powered transcription tool used in hospitals invents things no one ever said 2024-10-26 at 19:03 By Associated Press Tech behemoth OpenAI has touted its artificial intelligence-powered transcription tool Whisper as having near “human level robustness and accuracy.” This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News and Product Reviews | New York

AlmaLinux shows off its new Kitten 2024-10-26 at 18:33 By Liam Proven Also there’s a beta of 9.5 – which is more than there is of RHEL The AlmaLinux team unveiled a new distribution, but don’t get too excited. It’s not meant to be a new flavor or intended for production use.… This article is

Notorious Hacker Group TeamTNT Launches New Cloud Attacks for Crypto Mining 2024-10-26 at 12:18 By The infamous cryptojacking group known as TeamTNT appears to be readying for a new large-scale campaign targeting cloud-native environments for mining cryptocurrencies and renting out breached servers to third-parties. “The group is currently targeting exposed Docker daemons to deploy Sliver

Four REvil Ransomware Members Sentenced in Rare Russian Cybercrime Convictions 2024-10-26 at 12:18 By Four members of the now-defunct REvil ransomware operation have been sentenced to several years in prison in Russia, marking one of the rare instances where cybercriminals from the country have been convicted of hacking and money laundering charges. Russian news publication

Worker surveillance must comply with credit reporting rules 2024-10-26 at 08:35 By Thomas Claburn US Consumer Financial Protection Bureau demands transparency, accountability from sellers of employee metrics The US Consumer Financial Protection Bureau on Thursday published guidance advising businesses that third-party reports about workers must comply with the consent and transparency requirements set forth in

CERT-UA Identifies Malicious RDP Files in Latest Attack on Ukrainian Entities 2024-10-26 at 07:34 By The Computer Emergency Response Team of Ukraine (CERT-UA) has detailed a new malicious email campaign targeting government agencies, enterprises, and military entities. “The messages exploit the appeal of integrating popular services like Amazon or Microsoft and implementing a zero-trust architecture,”

Biz Daemon is too cool to respond to fans of his big screen work 2024-10-26 at 03:36 By Richard Speed If only all Android apps were so effortlessly stylish BORK!BORK!BORK!  As large and cheap LCD displays become ever more common, techies on the move can see there is no rest for the IoT signage silage

Energy exec punts datacenter power options out to long term 2024-10-26 at 01:45 By Dan Robinson Bit barns aren’t going to hook up to nuclear in a rush Datacenter operators worried about securing enough energy supplies should turn to on-site generation such as gas turbines in the short term, while longer-term answers may include sources

Perplexity AI decries News Corp’s ‘simply false’ data scraping claims 2024-10-25 at 23:03 By Iain Thomson ‘They prefer to live in a world where publicly reported facts are owned by corporations’ Artificial intelligence startup Perplexity AI has hit back at a lawsuit claiming that it’s unfairly harvesting data from Dow Jones & Co and the

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella gets $30M raise — while company fired nearly 2,500 workers 2024-10-25 at 22:00 By Ariel Zilber Nadella’s total compensation package for fiscal year 2024 which ended June 30 was $79.1 million — up from $48.5 million in the previous year. This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News and Product

The open secret of open washing – why companies pretend to be open source 2024-10-25 at 21:16 By Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols Allowing pretenders to co-opt the term is bad for everyone Opinion  If you believe Mark Zuckerberg, Meta’s AI large language model (LLM) Llama 3 is open source.… This article is an excerpt from The

Nvidia overtakes Apple as world’s most valuable company with $3.5T valuation 2024-10-25 at 19:51 By Reuters Nvidia’s stock has risen about 18% so far in October, with a string of gains coming after OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT, announced a funding round of $6.6 billion.  This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News and Product Reviews