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Microsoft places huge cap-ex bets on datacenters for cloud and AI 28/07/2023 at 13:18 By Paul Kunert CFO says paying customers expected to flood in from 2024 Microsoft is betting big on generative AI by spending many billions of dollars more on building datacenter capacity in anticipation of a rapid uptick in demand from paying

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BlueBravo Deploys GraphicalProton Backdoor Against European Diplomatic Entities 28/07/2023 at 12:47 By The Russian nation-state actor known as BlueBravo has been observed targeting diplomatic entities throughout Eastern Europe with the goal of delivering a new backdoor called GraphicalProton, exemplifying the continuous evolution of the threat. The phishing campaign is characterized by the use of legitimate internet services

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Infineon to offer recyclable circuit boards that dissolve in water 28/07/2023 at 11:33 By Dan Robinson Phasing out epoxy resin laminate with biodegradable substrate might be costly, though Infineon Technologies will using recyclable printed circuit boards (PCBs) based on a material developed by a UK startup in upcoming demo boards.… This article is an excerpt

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On the record: Apple bags patent for iDevice to play LPs 28/07/2023 at 09:18 By Brandon Vigliarolo From Norman Cook to Tim Cook A patent granted to Apple this week suggests the iGiant is, if not actively working on, at least entertaining the thought of introducing some modular hardware into its lineup – including, bizarrely,

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Major Security Flaw Discovered in Metabase BI Software – Urgent Update Required 28/07/2023 at 09:03 By Users of Metabase, a popular business intelligence and data visualization software package, are being advised to update to the latest version following the discovery of an “extremely severe” flaw that could result in pre-authenticated remote code execution on affected

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Cybersecurity Agencies Warn Against IDOR Bugs Exploited for Data Breaches 28/07/2023 at 09:03 By Cybersecurity agencies in Australia and the U.S. have published a joint cybersecurity advisory warning against security flaws in web applications that could be exploited by malicious actors to orchestrate data breach incidents and steal confidential data. This includes a specific class of bugs

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Meltdown avoided: Intel rediscovers profitability 28/07/2023 at 05:19 By Tobias Mann Pat on the back for Pat who’s back in the black after getting costs whacked and demand stacked After racking up $3.5 billion in losses over the past two quarters, Intel managed to stanch the bleeding and return to profitability in the second quarter.…

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Tesla’s Autopilot boasts, safety probed by California AG 28/07/2023 at 04:05 By Katyanna Quach This tech is certainly full of something California’s Attorney General is reportedly investigating complaints about the safety of Tesla’s so-called self-driving features, as well as boasts made by the automaker about the technology in its marketing.… This article is an excerpt

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A federal watchdog to police Big Tech? Yeah, that’ll do the trick, senators… 28/07/2023 at 03:06 By Thomas Claburn Sorry, FTC, didn’t mean to step on you like that Two US Senators have proposed legislation to create a government commission to tame Big Tech, an often uttered goal on both sides of the political aisle

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NATO probes hacktivist crew’s boasts of stolen portal data 28/07/2023 at 01:47 By Jessica Lyons Hardcastle ‘Gay furry hackers’ say it’s in response to ‘attacks on human rights’ and noooothing to do with Russia-Ukraine NATO is investigating claims by miscreants that they broke into the military alliance’s unclassified information-sharing and collaboration IT environment, stole information

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How to make today’s top-end AI chatbots rebel against their creators and plot our doom 28/07/2023 at 01:17 By Thomas Claburn Boffins build automated system to smash safety guardrails The “guardrails” built atop large language models (LLMs) like ChatGPT, Bard, and Claude to prevent undesirable text output can be easily bypassed – and it’s unclear

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