2024

Google illegally refusing to bargain with employee union, says NLRB 2024-01-04 at 23:31 By Brandon Vigliarolo Search giant told yet again that contractors still employees, must be bargained with The US National Labor Relations Board has decided that Google’s contractors are still its employees, thus Google is violating US labor laws by refusing to bargain […]

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AI-generated bug reports are seriously annoying for developers 2024-01-04 at 23:04 By Thomas Claburn Hallucinated programming flaws vex curl project Generative AI models like Google Bard and GitHub Copilot have a user problem: Those who rely on software assistance may not understand or care about the limitations of these machine learning tools.… This article is

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X marks the spot: Mandiant restores hijacked Twitter account after attempted crypto heist 2024-01-04 at 22:02 By Jessica Lyons Hardcastle Miscreants mock Google-owned security house: ‘Change password please’ Miscreants took over security giant Mandiant’s Twitter account for several hours on Wednesday in an attempt to steal cryptocurrency, then trolled the Google-owned security shop, telling its

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Victoria court records exposed following cyberattack 2024-01-04 at 22:02 By In December 2023, Court Services Victoria was alerted to a cybersecurity incident impacting Victoria’s courts and tribunals, including recordings. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source React to this headline:

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Former Adobe software engineering leader convicted of insider trading 2024-01-04 at 21:34 By Brandon Vigliarolo Another Silicon Valley Icarus flies too close to the Sun A former Adobe software engineer was this week sentenced to 18 months in prison for his role in an insider trading scheme that earned him millions before the feds caught

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Infosec experts divided over 23andMe’s ‘victim-blaming’ stance on data breach 2024-01-04 at 20:33 By Connor Jones Users apparently at fault after reusing credentials the company didn’t check were already compromised 23andMe users’ godawful password practices were supposedly to blame for the biotech company’s October data disaster, according to its legal reps.… This article is an

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RIP: Software design pioneer and Pascal creator Niklaus Wirth 2024-01-04 at 19:46 By Liam Proven Evangelist of lean software and devisor of 9 programming languages and an OS was 89 Obit  Swiss computer scientist Professor Niklaus Wirth died on New Year’s Day, roughly six weeks before what would have been his 90th birthday.… This article

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What if Microsoft had given us Windows XP 2024? 2024-01-04 at 19:03 By Richard Speed Modern life is rubbish. What if your favorite tech giant had stopped trying to reinvent the wheel? A brave hero has given us a glimpse at an alternative universe, where Microsoft evolved the Windows XP design language. And isn’t that

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HPE’s Hotard hits the hot seat at Intel’s datacenter and AI biz 2024-01-04 at 18:31 By Dan Robinson Outsider brought in to rule crucial unit will play key part in AI strategy Intel has hired Justin Hotard to head up its Data Center and AI (DCAI) Group, poaching the exec from HPE where he lead

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SpaceX accused of firing employees critical of free speech fan Elon Musk 2024-01-04 at 17:48 By Richard Speed Rule 1: You do not criticize the boss. Rule 2: You do NOT criticize the boss The US National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has issued a complaint against SpaceX, alleging it dismissed workers for being critical of

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Semiconductor scene set for AI-led recovery in 2024, and China will be in front 2024-01-04 at 17:01 By Dan Robinson That’s what happens when Uncle Sam tries to curb your chip sector Global semiconductor capacity is tipped to grow in 2024, despite the doom and gloom, with China forecast to lead the way and expand

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Windows keyboards to get a Copilot key – but how quickly will users jump? 2024-01-04 at 16:16 By Richard Speed Pushing your buttons: Microsoft’s AI assistant is going so well that it’s going to have its very own spot Microsoft says a Copilot key will be coming to Windows 11 PCs, oddly exciting fanatics but

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Infostealer malware, weak password leaves Orange Spain RIPE for plucking 2024-01-04 at 15:31 By Connor Jones No 2FA or special characters to prevent database takeover and BGP hijack A weak password exposed by infostealer malware is being blamed after a massive outage at Orange Spain disrupted around half of its network’s traffic.… This article is

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