2024

Bored students can now enjoy Sonic 2 on TI-84 Plus CE calculators, thanks to port 2024-05-26 at 13:01 By Matthew Connatser Blast (processing) from the past Retro interview  Just a few weeks ago, Sonic the Hedgehog 2 was ported to the TI-84 Plus CE graphing calculator.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View

Experts Find Flaw in Replicate AI Service Exposing Customers’ Models and Data 2024-05-25 at 13:31 By Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a critical security flaw in an artificial intelligence (AI)-as-a-service provider Replicate that could have allowed threat actors to gain access to proprietary AI models and sensitive information. “Exploitation of this vulnerability would have allowed unauthorized access to

Was there no one at Microsoft who looked at Recall and said: This really, really sucks 2024-05-25 at 12:35 By Iain Thomson Our vultures weigh in on the week that was more ‘what we Built’ than ‘what you can Build’ Kettle  Microsoft held its annual Build developer conference this week with that bizarre Copilot+ PC

Man behind deepfake Biden robocall indicted on felony charges, faces $6M fine 2024-05-25 at 02:32 By Jessica Lyons FCC wants to hit this political genius with first-of-a-kind punishment The political consultant who admitted paying $150 to create a deepfake anti-Biden robocall has been indicted on charges of felony voter suppression and misdemeanor impersonation of a

Best Buy and Geek Squad were most impersonated orgs by scammers in 2023 2024-05-25 at 01:32 By Matthew Connatser But criminals posing as Microsoft workers scored the most ill-gotten gains The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has shared data on the most impersonated companies in 2023, which include Best Buy, Amazon, and PayPal in the top

Nvidia faces local competition for its ‘China special’ GPUs 2024-05-25 at 00:46 By Dan Robinson Which rival would be so bold as to snatch its business Huawei? Nvidia has cut the price of special GPUs it makes for the Chinese market in the face of local competition from Huawei.… This article is an excerpt from

Suspected supply chain attack backdoors courtroom recording software 2024-05-24 at 23:46 By Connor Jones An open and shut case, but the perps remain at large – whoever they are Justice is served… or should that be saved now that audio-visual software deployed in more than 10,000 courtrooms is once again secure after researchers uncovered evidence

4 more years! Intelsat, Northrop Grumman extend satellite servicing contract 2024-05-24 at 22:46 By Richard Speed Mission Extension Vehicle to fuel up helpless but functional sats Northrop Grumman has signed a four-year contract renewal with Intelsat to continue providing on-orbit extension services for satellites.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original Source

Ubuntu 24.04 upgrades available – to Mantic users 2024-05-24 at 21:52 By Liam Proven Enjoy some Noble Numbat novelty now – but excluding GNOME 46.1 It comes a bit later than usual, but if you are running Ubuntu 23.10 “Mantic Minotaur,” you should start seeing prompts to upgrade to the new release.… This article is

Elon Musk says he doesn’t want 100% tariff on China-made electric vehicles 2024-05-24 at 20:31 By Matthew Connatser Tesla CEO would have preferred no tariffs, even though they’re beneficial to his company Tesla supremo Elon Musk is criticizing the import tax that the Biden administration has levied against Chinese electric vehicles, saying Tesla doesn’t need

OpenAI tells employees it won’t claw back their vested equity 2024-05-24 at 19:53 By Richard Speed ChatGPT? Write me a really horrid nondisparagement exit clause OpenAI has told former and current staff that it won’t enforce nondisparagement agreements that could have cost employees dearly.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original Source

Hackers Created Rogue VMs to Evade Detection in Recent MITRE Cyber Attack 2024-05-24 at 19:53 By The MITRE Corporation has revealed that the cyber attack targeting the not-for-profit company towards late December 2023 by exploiting zero-day flaws in Ivanti Connect Secure (ICS) involved the actor creating rogue virtual machines (VMs) within its VMware environment. “The

Security leaders are facing a new wave of identity risks 2024-05-24 at 19:06 By A study has found that increased technological and organizational complexity is contributing to new identity risks that security leaders must manage.  This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

Micron told to pay $445M in memory patent infringement case 2024-05-24 at 18:46 By Dan Robinson Case brought by Netlist involved DRAM modules in computer systems Chipmaker Micron is being ordered to cough up a total of $445 million after losing a patent litigation case involving memory module technology brought by rival Netlist.… This article

Wanna curb datacenter outages? Try combating burnout with shorter shifts 2024-05-24 at 17:46 By Tobias Mann If hiring more people to work fewer hours isn’t appealing, you could always make a robot do it Datacenter outages remain a perennial problem, with human error among the top contributors. Analyst outfit the Uptime Institute suggests the key