2024

How a cheap barcode scanner helped fix CrowdStrike’d Windows PCs in a flash 2024-07-25 at 05:32 By Simon Sharwood This one weird trick saved countless hours and stress – no, really Not long after Windows PCs and servers at the Australian limb of audit and tax advisory Grant Thornton started BSODing last Friday, senior systems […]

Mistral Large 2 leaps out as a leaner, meaner rival to GPT-4-class AI models 2024-07-25 at 04:47 By Tobias Mann It’s not the size that matters, it’s how you use it Mistral AI on Wednesday revealed a 123-billion-parameter large language model (LLM) called Mistral Large 2 (ML2) which, it claims, comes within spitting distance of

Fatal timeline of CrowdStrike’s week from hell – Feb to now 2024-07-25 at 03:31 By Jessica Lyons ‘In the short term, they’re going to have to do a lot of groveling’ Analysis  The great irony of the CrowdStrike fiasco is that a cybersecurity company caused the exact sort of massive global outage it was supposed

AMD stalls Ryzen 9000 launch after chips fall short of quality controls 2024-07-25 at 00:32 By Tobias Mann QA? In 2024? In this economy? How quaint! AMD has delayed the launch of its Ryzen 9000 desktop processors after discovering that production units initially shipped to channel partners weren’t up to snuff.… This article is an

Oops. Apple relied on bad code while flaming Google Chrome’s Topics ad tech 2024-07-25 at 00:02 By Thomas Claburn Yes, you can be fingerprinted and tracked via Privacy Sandbox – tho the risk is low Apple last week celebrated a slew of privacy changes coming to its Safari browser and took the time to bash

Microsoft wants fatter pipes between its AI datacenters, asks Lumen to make light work of it 2024-07-24 at 22:33 By Tobias Mann Is this what the kidz call a glow-up? Microsoft has tasked network operator Lumen Technologies — formerly CenturyLink — with scaling up its network capacity as the Windows giant looks to grow its

Philadelphia tree trimmers fail to nip FTC noncompete ban in the bud 2024-07-24 at 22:16 By Brandon Vigliarolo What a Trump-appointed judge taketh away, a Biden judge giveth The Federal Trade Commission’s ban on noncompete agreements has been upheld after a second legal challenge, with a Philadelphia judge deciding that the FTC was well within

Philadelphia tree trimmers fail to nip FTC noncompete ban in the bud 2024-07-24 at 21:16 By Brandon Vigliarolo What a Trump-appointed judge taketh away, a Biden judge giveth The Federal Trade Commission’s ban on noncompete agreements has been upheld after a second legal challenge, with a Philadelphia judge deciding that the FTC was well within

Uncle Sam opens probe into CrowdStrike turbulence at Delta Air Lines 2024-07-24 at 20:16 By Connor Jones Concerns abound over why it has taken so long to recover compared to competitors The US Department of Transportation (DoT) is investigating Delta Air Lines over its handling of the global IT outage caused by CrowdStrike’s content update.…

Musk deflects sluggish Tesla car sales with Optimus optimism 2024-07-24 at 19:16 By Richard Speed Claims ‘everyone on Earth is going to want one’ Tesla profits were nearly halved in the second quarter of 2024, extending a run of woe for the company, lightened only by a surge in energy generation and storage.… This article

AI is coming for company credentials — Here’s how to fight back 2024-07-24 at 19:16 By Where businesses see AI as a tool for efficiency and market differentiation, cyber attackers are devising new schemes to exploit undefined learning curves. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

Windows Patch Tuesday update might send a user to the BitLocker recovery screen 2024-07-24 at 18:18 By Richard Speed Not now, Microsoft Some Windows devices are presenting users with a BitLocker recovery screen upon reboot following the installation of July’s Patch Tuesday update.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original Source