2024

Mistral AI raises $644M, hits $6.2B in valuation 2024-06-12 at 10:46 By Matthew Connatser French firm has nearly tripled in value since beginning of the year France’s Mistral AI drew €600 million ($640 million, £510 million) in its latest funding round, bringing its valuation to €5.8 billion ($6.2 billion, £4.9 billion).… This article is an

Microsoft’s Recall should be celebrated as the saviour of SMEs and scourge of CEOs 2024-06-12 at 09:46 By Mark Pesce Small businesses have seldom had the chance to understand how they work. A history of PC use makes it possible Column  A year and a half into the explosion of AI fueled by ChatGPT, the

Advania acquires Servium as part of IT services outfit expansion plans 2024-06-12 at 09:16 By Richard Speed CEO tells The Reg about plumping the portfolio and AI Exclusive  IT services biz Advania is buying UK IT solutions provider reseller Servium as it continues to bulk out ops.… This article is an excerpt from The Register

Microsoft extends Azure into Oracle cloud to satisfy OpenAI 2024-06-12 at 08:31 By Simon Sharwood Big Red has also cuddled up to Google’s cloud and made the transition to high-growth off-prem business Oracle has revealed its cloud will be used by Microsoft to run workloads for OpenAI.… This article is an excerpt from The Register

UAE minister says US fears over Middle East becoming an AI proxy for China are valid 2024-06-12 at 08:16 By Tobias Mann But we’re America’s friends, insists Omar Al Olama Fears that China could be using Middle East countries as a proxy to overcome US sanctions on machine learning accelerators are justifiable, according to the

Microsoft Issues Patches for 51 Flaws, Including Critical MSMQ Vulnerability 2024-06-12 at 08:01 By Microsoft has released security updates to address 51 flaws as part of its Patch Tuesday updates for June 2024. Of the 51 vulnerabilities, one is rated Critical and 50 are rated Important. This is in addition to 17 vulnerabilities resolved in

22% of cybersecurity professionals have ignored an alert 2024-06-12 at 07:16 By Cybersecurity professionals are missing critical alerts This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

Cybercriminals target SAP vulnerabilities 2024-06-12 at 07:16 By SAP vulnerabilities are targeted by cybercriminals This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

Beijing wants more outfits like Temu teeming around the world 2024-06-12 at 06:31 By Simon Sharwood Calls for massive cross-border e-commerce expansion at home and abroad China’s Ministry of Commerce has issued a policy calling for massive expansion of the nation’s cross-border e-commerce industry.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original Source

Elon Musk ends OpenAI lawsuit without explaining why 2024-06-12 at 05:31 By Simon Sharwood Court docs suggest this matter could have run for years Elon Musk has aborted his legal action against OpenAI.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original Source

Let’s kick off our summer with a pwn-me-by-Wi-Fi bug in Microsoft Windows 2024-06-12 at 03:46 By Jessica Lyons Redmond splats dozens of bugs as does Adobe while Arm drivers and PHP under active attack Patch Tuesday  Microsoft kicked off our summer season with a relatively light June Patch Tuesday, releasing updates for 49 CVE-tagged security

Brazil recruits OpenAI in brave bid to slash court battle costs 2024-06-12 at 02:31 By Matthew Connatser Bills from legal fights reach 1% of GDP. Hallucination rate no doubt higher Brazil has apparently hired OpenAI in an attempt to help prosecutors get better at handling cases and save the administration money.… This article is an