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Does DOGE really have what it takes to usefully tackle Uncle Sam’s tech spending? 2025-02-08 at 15:19 By Lindsay Clark Tesla’s DIY ERP legend meets the messy reality of entrenched federal contracts Comment  Tesla reportedly decided not to upgrade its SAP’s enterprise software a decade ago, opting to build its own system instead. Now, with […]

France, UAE to drop €50B on AI mega-datacenter. Still nowhere near America’s $500B bet 2025-02-08 at 12:57 By Tobias Mann Oh look, a mini Stargate, how quaint The United Arab Emirates (UAE) and France this week announced plans for a one-gigawatt AI datacenter campus dedicated to advancing development of artificial intelligence.… This article is an […]

New boss for Roscosmos as Yury Borisov binned 2025-02-08 at 11:47 By Richard Speed Vladimir Putin opens airlock after just three years Roscosmos boss Yury Borisov has been fired from the Russian space agency by executive order of the country’s president, Vladimir Putin.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original Source

Malicious ML Models on Hugging Face Leverage Broken Pickle Format to Evade Detection 2025-02-08 at 08:48 By Cybersecurity researchers have uncovered two malicious machine learning (ML) models on Hugging Face that leveraged an unusual technique of “broken” pickle files to evade detection. “The pickle files extracted from the mentioned PyTorch archives revealed the malicious Python […]

Amazon, Google asked to explain why they were serving ads on sites hosting CSAM 2025-02-08 at 06:23 By Thomas Claburn And US government adverts at that, say senators US Senators Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) and Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) on Friday sent letters to the CEOs of Amazon and Google asking why their ad businesses fund websites […]

Trump’s Dept of Transport hits brakes on Biden’s EV charger build-out 2025-02-08 at 01:03 By Brandon Vigliarolo Funding freeze while Feds review priorities If you were hoping the Biden administration’s $5 billion investment in building a cross-country network of EV chargers would soon have you road-tripping in an electric car without range anxiety, think again: […]

‘Maybe the problem is you’ … Linus Torvalds wades into Linux kernel Rust driver drama 2025-02-07 at 23:52 By Thomas Claburn Open source project chief hits out at ‘social media brigading’ Weighed in on yet another Linux kernel spat – this time over Rust device drivers – Linux supremo Linus Torvalds shot the messenger.… This […]

Silicon Valley hiring tech mavericks and trailblazers without college degrees — and some are getting $100K checks to drop out 2025-02-07 at 21:36 By Rikki Schlott The tech world is being taken over by precocious prodigies without degrees. This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News and Product Reviews | New York Post View […]

NASA solar mission data recovering after server room flood fiasco 2025-02-07 at 21:36 By Richard Speed Spacecraft weather solar storms, but ground processing laid low by water They can put a man on the Moon – but back on Earth, a busted water pipe managed to knock out NASA’s solar mission data for months.… This […]

Uber surges after Bill Ackman reveals $2B stake in company, credits actor Edward Norton 2025-02-07 at 21:17 By Ariel Zilber Uber shares were trading at more than 9% higher after Ackman revealed his stake in the company. This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News and Product Reviews | New York Post View Original […]

Women are trying to sound more ‘masculine’ when emailing co-workers, but experts warn: ‘It is harmful’ 2025-02-07 at 21:03 By Asia Grace It’s time to 9-to-5 like a guy.  This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News and Product Reviews | New York Post View Original Source

UK Home Office silent on alleged Apple backdoor order 2025-02-07 at 19:06 By Connor Jones Blighty’s latest stab at encryption? A secret order to pry open iCloud, sources claim The UK’s Home Office refuses to either confirm or deny reports that it recently ordered Apple to create a backdoor allowing the government to access any […]

Amazon cuts reference to diversity from annual report weeks after ending DEI 2025-02-07 at 18:47 By Reuters Big tech companies Meta Platforms and Alphabet’s Google are among the companies that have rolled back such programs in the face of attacks from conservative groups. This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News and Product Reviews | New York Post […]

SoftBank woos OpenAI with $40B, making Microsoft’s $13B look quaint 2025-02-07 at 18:34 By Brandon Vigliarolo Some of that cash is reportedly headed for $500B Stargate dream The AI investment landscape is shifting once again, with SoftBank reportedly finalizing a $40 billion stake in OpenAI – pushing its valuation to around $300 billion.… This article […]

59% insurance sector breaches caused by third parties 2025-02-07 at 18:03 By A review of breach histories of the top 150 insurance companies worldwide reveals 59% included third-party attack vectors. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

DeepSeek App Transmits Sensitive User and Device Data Without Encryption 2025-02-07 at 18:03 By A new audit of DeepSeek’s mobile app for the Apple iOS operating system has found glaring security issues, the foremost being that it sends sensitive data over the internet sans any encryption, exposing it to interception and manipulation attacks. The assessment […]

Datacenter energy use to more than double by 2030 thanks to AI’s insatiable thirst 2025-02-07 at 17:04 By Dan Robinson Shocking research warns electricity shortages could create construction bottleneck AI’s thirst for electricity will see datacenter energy use more than double by the end of the decade – just five years from now – according […]

How crypto convert Trump may create regulatory framework for ‘digitized’ stocks and bonds 2025-02-07 at 16:53 By Charles Gasparino With Trump all in on cryptocurrency and its technology, Wall Street CEOs are looking for ways to use the blockchain and crypto to serve customers. This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News and Product […]

Deepseek-impersonating malware is stealing data, research finds 2025-02-07 at 16:20 By The emergence of DeepSeek has led to malicious actors attempting to exploit its prominence. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

Microsoft 365 price rises are coming – pay up or opt out (if you can find the button) 2025-02-07 at 15:43 By Richard Speed It’s not auto-enrollment. It’s just your current plan with extra Copilot for more money. Completely different Users are now receiving notifications regarding their Microsoft 365 subscriptions and must take action if […]