December 2024

Elon Musk tops US political donor list with $270M+ for Team Trump 2024-12-07 at 03:04 By Iain Thomson Plus, xAI scores another $6B to fuel Musk’s war on OpenAI Elon Musk gave more than $270 million to political groups supporting Donald Trump’s 2024 presidential campaign and others on the American right, according to donation figures […]

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Micropatchers share 1-instruction fix for NTLM hash leak flaw in Windows 7+ 2024-12-07 at 01:48 By Iain Thomson Microsoft’s OS sure loves throwing your creds at remote systems Acros Security claims to have found an unpatched bug in Microsoft Windows 7 and onward that can be exploited to steal users’ OS account credentials.… This article

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Facing sale or ban, TikTok tossed under national security bus by appeals court 2024-12-07 at 00:11 By Thomas Claburn Video slinger looks to Supremes for salvation, though anything could happen under Trump A US federal appeals court has rejected a challenge to the law that prevents popular apps that collect data on Americans from being

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Boeing busted by employee over plans to surveil workers, quickly reverses course 2024-12-06 at 23:33 By Brandon Vigliarolo Crashing stock, plummeting reputation, but yeah, of course, let’s focus on office usage Boeing has paused its efforts to install and use employee-monitoring sensors, including at its office in Everett, Washington, after media inquiries followed an employee’s

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OpenAI to charge $200 per month for ChatGPT Pro 2024-12-06 at 22:18 By Richard Speed How much AI does one subscriber need? OpenAI says it will charge $200 per month for ChatGPT Pro, a new premium tier that costs ten times the Plus subscription price.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original

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Salt Typhoon forces FCC’s hand on making telcos secure their networks 2024-12-06 at 20:33 By Dan Robinson Proposal pushes stricter infosec safeguards after Chinese state baddies expose vulns The head of America’s Federal Communications Commission (FCC) wants to force telecoms operators to tighten network security in the wake of the Salt Typhoon revelations, and to

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Billionaire Frank McCourt’s TikTok bid has $20B in ‘informal commitments’: report 2024-12-06 at 19:33 By Thomas Barrabi Billionaire Frank McCourt has reportedly secured $20 billion in investor commitments toward a potential acquisition of China-owned TikTok – an effort that could gain steam after a federal appeals court upheld Congress’s law requiring a sale of the

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AI and analytics converge in new generation Amazon SageMaker 2024-12-06 at 19:33 By Tim Anderson Calling everything SageMaker is confusing – but a new name would have been worse says AWS re:Invent  Amazon has introduced a new generation of SageMaker at the re:Invent conference in Las Vegas, bringing together analytics and AI, though with some

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U.S. Copyright Office states common AI research does not violate DMCA 2024-12-06 at 19:19 By The U.S. Copyright Office has clarified legal rules for trustworthiness research and red teaming of artificial intelligence.  This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source React to this headline:

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How incoming crypto-friendly SEC boss Paul Atkins may actually cool sizzling rally 2024-12-06 at 18:34 By Charles Gasparino Questions surround whether Atkins will drop the SEC’s case against Ripple, which offers the XRP token. This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News and Product Reviews | New York Post View Original Source React to

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TikTok sale-or-ban law upheld by US appeals court — setting up potential SCOTUS showdown 2024-12-06 at 18:34 By Thomas Barrabi A law requiring TikTok’s Chinese parent ByteDance to sell the app by Jan. 19 or face a total US ban was upheld in US appeals court on Friday – setting up a potential Supreme Court

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FSB Uses Trojan App to Monitor Russian Programmer Accused of Supporting Ukraine 2024-12-06 at 18:33 By A Russian programmer accused of donating money to Ukraine had his Android device secretly implanted with spyware by the Federal Security Service (FSB) after he was detained earlier this year. The findings come as part of a collaborative investigation

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Why investors fear the AI revolution may face a ‘Napster’ problem 2024-12-06 at 18:18 By Charles Gasparino Lawsuits could put a dent in the growth of AI startups as they slow innovation. This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News and Product Reviews | New York Post View Original Source React to this headline:

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Vega-C finally launches ESA’s next Sentinel satellite 2024-12-06 at 17:36 By Richard Speed Return to flight almost two years since the previous endeavor failed Arianespace has finally managed to return the Vega-C to flight carrying a Sentinel payload for the European Space Agency (ESA).… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original Source

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Elon Musk’s xAI raises $6B in equity financing as AI race heats up 2024-12-06 at 16:56 By Thomas Barrabi Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence startup xAI has raised another $6 billion from investors as it ramps up competition with Sam Altman-led OpenAI, according to a regulatory filing. This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News

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Intel aims to reinvent itself as foundry focus sharpens amid leadership shake-up 2024-12-06 at 16:22 By Dan Robinson Interim chief David Zinsner claims core strategy intact, will stay the course to contract manufacturer Intel wants to be “the western provider of leading-edge silicon,” according to interim co-chief executive David Zinsner, but needs a successful products

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