2024

Can solar power be beamed down from space? Yes. Is it commercially viable? Not yet 2024-01-17 at 19:01 By Richard Speed Caltech looks back on the highs and lows of the SSPD-1 project A year after the launch of the Space Solar Power Demonstrator (SSPD-1), the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) is revealing the highs […]

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NVMe consortium polishes its specs to support computational storage 2024-01-17 at 18:18 By Dan Robinson Tech to shift storage to compute has so far failed to catch on in a big way The NVM Express consortium has updated its specifications by adding a Computational Storage Feature, creating a standardized way for applications to talk to

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Could immutability be a Leap too far for openSUSE users? 2024-01-17 at 17:47 By Liam Proven Update on Linux distro’s next major version heralds big changes ahead The future of openSUSE is firming up, but possibly not in the direction that existing users of the distro will enjoy.… This article is an excerpt from The

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What’s worse than paying an extortion bot that auto-pwned your database? 2024-01-17 at 17:17 By Connor Jones Paying one that lied to you and only saved the first 20 rows of each table Publicly exposed PostgreSQL and MySQL databases with weak passwords are being autonomously wiped out by a malicious extortion bot – one that

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PAX PoS Terminal Flaw Could Allow Attackers to Tamper with Transactions 2024-01-17 at 17:01 By The point-of-sale (PoS) terminals from PAX Technology are impacted by a collection of high-severity vulnerabilities that can be weaponized by threat actors to execute arbitrary code. The STM Cyber R&D team, which reverse engineered the Android-based devices manufactured by the

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Combating IP Leaks into AI Applications with Free Discovery and Risk Reduction Automation 2024-01-17 at 17:01 By Wing Security announced today that it now offers free discovery and a paid tier for automated control over thousands of AI and AI-powered SaaS applications. This will allow companies to better protect their intellectual property (IP) and data against the

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AI investment still at the planning stage through 2024, Gartner says 2024-01-17 at 16:47 By Lindsay Clark Imagined impact of GenAI on GDP is over-optimistic, analyst firm says Gartner thinks the ever-expanding GenAI ecosystem is being hyped with real customer deployments not emerging in earnest until next year.… This article is an excerpt from The

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AI political disinformation is a huge problem – but harder to fight than ever 2024-01-17 at 16:02 By Katyanna Quach How OpenAI, Microsoft, and others are trying to combat deepfakes and more Analysis  Tackling AI disinformation is more crucial than ever for tech companies this year as they brace for the upcoming US presidential election.…

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Post Office boss unable to say when biz knew Horizon could be remotely altered 2024-01-17 at 15:32 By Lindsay Clark CEO stays tight-lipped in front of MPs while Fujitsu admits moral responsibility for compensation Post Office chief exec Nick Read left British politicians shocked with his evidence before a Parliamentary committee yesterday after he admitted

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Beyond the Facade: Unraveling URL Redirection in Google Services 2024-01-17 at 15:16 By In the murky waters of cyber threats, one tactic has steadily gained wide adoption: URL redirection in phishing attacks. This stealthy technique allows cybercriminals to cloak malicious links, making them appear harmless to unsuspecting users. Among the vast expanse of online services,

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Microsoft touts migration to Windows 11 as painless, though wallets may disagree 2024-01-17 at 14:47 By Richard Speed Millions have perfectly serviceable PCs running Windows 10 at home Microsoft’s desperation to persuade customers that migrating to Windows 11 is a painless process has taken a new turn, thanks to a relentlessly perky video: “Make Your

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