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Biden opens federal land to power-hungry AI datacenters

Biden opens federal land to power-hungry AI datacenters 2025-01-14 at 21:18 By Tobias Mann Watt’s the problem? Not enough energy to win the arms race? US President Joe Biden on Tuesday signed an executive order that aims to ensure American AI leadership doesn’t lag because of shoddy energy infrastructure.… This article is an excerpt from […]

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Apple’s board asks shareholders to reject ‘unnecessary’ DEI rollback

Apple’s board asks shareholders to reject ‘unnecessary’ DEI rollback 2025-01-14 at 21:07 By Fox Business The iPhone maker’s defense of its DEI programs comes as several major corporations are rolling back the so-called “woke” initiatives following a 2023 Supreme Court ruling against affirmative action and amid public pressure from activists. This article is an excerpt from Latest

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CVE-2024-55591: Fortinet FortiOS/FortiProxy Zero Day

CVE-2024-55591: Fortinet FortiOS/FortiProxy Zero Day 2025-01-14 at 21:07 By In late November and December 2024, Artic Wolf observed evidence of a mass compromise of Fortinet FortiGate. While the initial attack vector was unknown at the time, evidence of compromise (with new users and SSL profiles) was consistent across compromised devices. This article is an excerpt from SpiderLabs

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Price fixing as a service – inside the claim against health insurance software maker MultiPlan

Price fixing as a service – inside the claim against health insurance software maker MultiPlan 2025-01-14 at 20:35 By Thomas Claburn Attorney Jennifer Scullion on allegations of algorithmic suppression of competition Interview  Price fixing – an agreement between competitors to set price levels – has been illegal under the US Sherman Antitrust Act since 1890.…

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Don’t bring your iPhone to the bathroom when you shower for a very scary reason, influencer warns: ‘A little PSA’

Don’t bring your iPhone to the bathroom when you shower for a very scary reason, influencer warns: ‘A little PSA’ 2025-01-14 at 19:52 By Adriana Diaz Your sessions of shower karaoke could have a startling effect. This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News and Product Reviews | New York Post View Original Source

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Meta to cut 5% of staff as Mark Zuckerberg targets ‘low performers’: memo

Meta to cut 5% of staff as Mark Zuckerberg targets ‘low performers’: memo 2025-01-14 at 19:31 By Thomas Barrabi Meta is planning to slash roughly 5% of its staff this year, CEO Mark Zuckerberg revealed on Tuesday. This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News and Product Reviews | New York Post View Original

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PowerSchool Cyberattack Compromised Student & Teacher Data

PowerSchool Cyberattack Compromised Student & Teacher Data 2025-01-14 at 19:24 View original post at vpnMentor A cybersecurity breach at PowerSchool, a leading education software company, has compromised sensitive student and teacher information across K-12 school districts in the United States and Canada. The breach, first detected on December 28, 2024, resulted from hackers infiltrating PowerSchool’s

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Google search empire faces probe under new UK digital competition law

Google search empire faces probe under new UK digital competition law 2025-01-14 at 19:21 By Thomas Barrabi Google’s online search empire faces is being targeted with a fresh probe under the United Kingdom’s sweeping new online competition law, officials announced on Tuesday. This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News and Product Reviews |

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iPhone alarm glitch leaves Apple users late for work: ‘Trying to explain this to my boss and not sound like I’m lying’

iPhone alarm glitch leaves Apple users late for work: ‘Trying to explain this to my boss and not sound like I’m lying’ 2025-01-14 at 19:21 By Brooke Steinberg You snooze you lose. This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News and Product Reviews | New York Post View Original Source

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Fortinet fixes FortiOS zero-day exploited by attackers for months (CVE-2024-55591)

Fortinet fixes FortiOS zero-day exploited by attackers for months (CVE-2024-55591) 2025-01-14 at 19:21 By Zeljka Zorz Fortinet has patched an authentication bypass vulnerability (CVE-2024-55591) affecting its FortiOS firewalls and FortiProxy web gateways that’s being exploited by attackers to compromise publicly-exposed FortiGate firewalls. While Fortinet acknowledged in-the-wild exploitation in the accompanying security advisory, they did share

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Microsoft Uncovers macOS Vulnerability CVE-2024-44243 Allowing Rootkit Installation

Microsoft Uncovers macOS Vulnerability CVE-2024-44243 Allowing Rootkit Installation 2025-01-14 at 19:21 By Microsoft has shed light on a now-patched security flaw impacting Apple macOS that, if successfully exploited, could have allowed an attacker running as “root” to bypass the operating system’s System Integrity Protection (SIP) and install malicious kernel drivers by loading third-party kernel extensions.

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Google OAuth Vulnerability Exposes Millions via Failed Startup Domains

Google OAuth Vulnerability Exposes Millions via Failed Startup Domains 2025-01-14 at 19:21 By New research has pulled back the curtain on a “deficiency” in Google’s “Sign in with Google” authentication flow that exploits a quirk in domain ownership to gain access to sensitive data. “Google’s OAuth login doesn’t protect against someone purchasing a failed startup’s

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Telegram’s Data Sharing Surges Following CEO’s Arrest

Telegram’s Data Sharing Surges Following CEO’s Arrest 2025-01-14 at 19:02 View original post at vpnMentor Telegram, the encrypted messaging platform, experienced a sharp rise in law enforcement data requests in late 2024, triggered by CEO Pavel Durov’s arrest in France in August. Durov, a dual citizen of France and Russia, was detained over accusations that

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Oracle open source overlord calls it quits, leaves with big ol’ pile of shares

Oracle open source overlord calls it quits, leaves with big ol’ pile of shares 2025-01-14 at 18:49 By Lindsay Clark 38-year veteran Edward Screven led technology and architecture decisions since Sun merger One of Oracle’s longest-serving senior team members, chief corporate architect Edward Screven, has announced plans to retire on a comfortable sum.… This article

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The Database Slayer: Deep Dive and Simulation of the Xbash Malware

The Database Slayer: Deep Dive and Simulation of the Xbash Malware 2025-01-14 at 18:49 By Karl Biron In the world of malware, common ransomware schemes aim to take the data within databases (considered the “gold” in the vault of any organization) and hold them hostage, promising data recovery upon ransom payment. This article is an

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Microsoft and OEMs cut prices of CoPilot+ PCs in Europe during Q4, analyst stats confirm

Microsoft and OEMs cut prices of CoPilot+ PCs in Europe during Q4, analyst stats confirm 2025-01-14 at 18:05 By Dan Robinson Double digit reduction only served to ‘stimulate some interest’ Microsoft and its close circle of OEMs slashed the price of Copilot+ PCs being sold into Europe in Q4, an analyst confirmed to The Register,

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Brit watchdog probes Google’s search and ad empire

Brit watchdog probes Google’s search and ad empire 2025-01-14 at 17:33 By Richard Speed Third front opened amid continued scrutiny from US and European regulators The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) is the latest regulator investigating Google’s position in the search and search advertising business.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View

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Malicious actors’ GenAI use has yet to match the hype

Malicious actors’ GenAI use has yet to match the hype 2025-01-14 at 17:08 By Zeljka Zorz Generative AI has helped lower the barrier for entry for malicious actors and has made them more efficient, i.e., quicker at creating convincing deepfakes, mounting phishing campaigns and investment scams, the most recent report by the Cyber Threat Alliance

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