2024

Big Tech is not much help when fighting a junta, and FOSS doesn’t ride to the rescue 2024-05-21 at 06:46 By Simon Sharwood Opponents of Myanmar’s internet-nobbling military government don’t like when Facebook asks for their real names Big Tech isn’t much help if you’re an activist trying to work against a military junta, and

Taiwan’s new president wants to upgrade from ‘silicon island’ to ‘AI island’ 2024-05-21 at 05:01 By Simon Sharwood Drone island too – in part to keep China at bay, and to keep TSMC’s sweet silicon flowing Taiwan’s recently elected president, Lai Ching-te, has used his inaugural address to call for the island state to upgrade

Intel, AMD take a back seat as Qualcomm takes center stage in Microsoft’s AI PC push 2024-05-21 at 04:31 By Tobias Mann Plus: Windows set for ML-powered always-watching-you Recall feature Build  Microsoft isn’t waiting around for Intel and AMD to get their neural processing units (NPUs) up to snuff and is pushing its AI PC

OpenSSF sings a Siren song to steer developers away from buggy FOSS 2024-05-21 at 02:16 By Brandon Vigliarolo New infosec intelligence service aims to spread the word about recently discovered vulns in free code Securing open source software may soon become a little bit easier thanks to a new vulnerability info-sharing effort initiated by the

Julian Assange can appeal extradition to the US, London High Court rules 2024-05-21 at 01:16 By Jessica Lyons Let me go, Brandon WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange can appeal his extradition to the US from the UK, the High Court of England and Wales ruled Monday.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original

FDA gives Neuralink ‘a second shot’ at human brain chip 2024-05-21 at 00:31 By Matthew Connatser A case of ‘keep digging deeper’ actually being the right move for Elon, potentially America’s Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has reportedly approved Neuralink to implant an updated brain chip in a second human patient. The Elon Musk startup

Pew: Quarter of web pages vanished in past decade 2024-05-20 at 23:16 By Thomas Claburn Luckily we have the Wayback Machine The web is melting away like so many glaciers these days.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original Source

Hm! Boeing union just ran whistleblower rights training 2024-05-20 at 21:31 By Brandon Vigliarolo Staff decibel level is high – and not just from all those jet engines A union representing Boeing employees held a training session last week on whistleblower protection rights, suggesting the troubled jetmaker’s problems may be far from over. … This article

Google takes shots at Microsoft for shoddy security record with enterprise apps 2024-05-20 at 21:01 By Matthew Connatser Also, feds who switch to Google Workspace for 3 years get an extra year for free Google has taken a victory lap in the wake of high-profile intrusions into Microsoft’s systems, and says businesses should ditch Exchange

Oh Sonos! App update borks users’ favorite features and worse 2024-05-20 at 20:16 By Paul Kunert Blind customers complain they’ve been forgotten in rollout of latest UI Sonos has alienated chunks of its customer base after releasing a revamped app for its music boxes that strips users of often used features, including making it nearly

Iranian MOIS-Linked Hackers Behind Destructive Attacks on Albania and Israel 2024-05-20 at 19:31 By An Iranian threat actor affiliated with the Ministry of Intelligence and Security (MOIS) has been attributed as behind destructive wiping attacks targeting Albania and Israel under the personas Homeland Justice and Karma, respectively. Cybersecurity firm Check Point is tracking the activity

Can I phone a friend? How cops circumvent face recognition bans 2024-05-20 at 19:16 By Brandon Vigliarolo Just ask a pal in a neighboring town with laxer restrictions Police in multiple major US cities have figured out a trick to circumvent their cities’ bans on facial recognition technology. Just ask a friend in a city

Top 5 things CISOs should know to protect their business 2024-05-20 at 19:16 By Security leaders should consider these five things that can help them protect the business. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

Another week, another leak for Boeing’s Starliner crew capsule 2024-05-20 at 18:46 By Richard Speed This bird isn’t going to space for a while Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner capsule will spend a little longer on Earth than planned following the discovery of a leak in one of the spacecraft’s reaction control thrusters.… This article is an