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UK’s new Minister for Science and Technology comes to US touting Britain’s AI benefits 2024-10-28 at 12:33 By Iain Thomson $82B in investment shows we’ve still got it as a nation Interview  Peter Kyle, the UK’s new Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, has been in America this week promoting British expertise in […]

Huawei’s farewell to Android isn’t a marketing move, it’s chess 2024-10-28 at 11:33 By Rupert Goodwins HarmonyOS NEXT sounds dissonant until you get the theme Opinion  Launching a new mobile OS is what professional historians of technology refer to as a dumb move. It is so shatteringly stupid that even Microsoft stopped bothering after three

WordPress forces user conf organizers to share social media credentials, arousing suspicions 2024-10-28 at 08:36 By Simon Sharwood One told to take down posts that said nice things about WP Engine Organisers of WordCamps, community-organized events for WordPress users, have been ordered to take down some social media posts and share their login credentials for

China’s first space tourism venture sells inital pair of tickets 2024-10-28 at 08:16 By Laura Dobberstein Just two of ’em, at a discount befitting the early stage of development for the kit involved China’s first space tourism venture took a small step toward commercial reality last week, when it sold the first tickets on its

Researchers Uncover OS Downgrade Vulnerability Targeting Microsoft Windows Kernel 2024-10-28 at 08:01 By A new attack technique could be used to bypass Microsoft’s Driver Signature Enforcement (DSE) on fully patched Windows systems, leading to operating system (OS) downgrade attacks. “This bypass allows loading unsigned kernel drivers, enabling attackers to deploy custom rootkits that can neutralize

Veeam tests support for another VMware alternative: XCP-NG 2024-10-28 at 06:36 By Simon Sharwood As Gartner rates the contenders for those contemplating a move off Virtzilla, with Nutanix on top of the list Fresh from debuting a version of its software for open source VMware alternative Proxmox, data management vendor Veeam has developed a prototype

Risks and rewards: Managing loyalty program privacy and security 2024-10-28 at 06:03 By Managing loyalty programs isn’t without its challenges. With evolving privacy laws and growing consumer awareness, businesses must carefully balance personalization with privacy.  This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

Is Microsoft’s AI Copilot? CoPilot? Co-pilot? MVP creates site to help get it right 2024-10-28 at 05:18 By Simon Sharwood When you say ‘team’ do you mean ‘Teams’ or a SharePoint ‘team site’? Letmecorrectthatforyou.com explains the difference If you’ve lost track of what Microsoft’s calling its AI assistant this week, Microsoft MVP Loryan Strant has

‘Open banking’ rules will put your financial data back where it belongs 2024-10-28 at 01:03 By Thomas Claburn Well, at least eventually since some companies have until 2030 to comply The US Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has finalized a rule that requires banks, credit card issuers, and most other financial firms to provide consumers

Senator accuses sloppy domain registrars of aiding Russian disinfo campaigns 2024-10-27 at 17:48 By Brandon Vigliarolo Also, Change Healthcare sets a record, cybercrime cop suspect indicted, a new Mallox decryptor, and more in brief  Senate intelligence committee chair Mark Warner (D-VA) is demanding to know why, in the wake of the bust-up of a massive

UK sleep experts say it’s time to kill daylight saving for good 2024-10-27 at 12:34 By Brandon Vigliarolo It turns out morning light beats evening rays for health benefits The streets of Soho aren’t alive with disco or bellbottoms anymore, so maybe it’s time to ditch another ’70s icon we should have outgrown by now,

Researchers say an AI-powered transcription tool used in hospitals invents things no one ever said 2024-10-26 at 19:03 By Associated Press Tech behemoth OpenAI has touted its artificial intelligence-powered transcription tool Whisper as having near “human level robustness and accuracy.” This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News and Product Reviews | New York

AlmaLinux shows off its new Kitten 2024-10-26 at 18:33 By Liam Proven Also there’s a beta of 9.5 – which is more than there is of RHEL The AlmaLinux team unveiled a new distribution, but don’t get too excited. It’s not meant to be a new flavor or intended for production use.… This article is

Notorious Hacker Group TeamTNT Launches New Cloud Attacks for Crypto Mining 2024-10-26 at 12:18 By The infamous cryptojacking group known as TeamTNT appears to be readying for a new large-scale campaign targeting cloud-native environments for mining cryptocurrencies and renting out breached servers to third-parties. “The group is currently targeting exposed Docker daemons to deploy Sliver

Four REvil Ransomware Members Sentenced in Rare Russian Cybercrime Convictions 2024-10-26 at 12:18 By Four members of the now-defunct REvil ransomware operation have been sentenced to several years in prison in Russia, marking one of the rare instances where cybercriminals from the country have been convicted of hacking and money laundering charges. Russian news publication

Worker surveillance must comply with credit reporting rules 2024-10-26 at 08:35 By Thomas Claburn US Consumer Financial Protection Bureau demands transparency, accountability from sellers of employee metrics The US Consumer Financial Protection Bureau on Thursday published guidance advising businesses that third-party reports about workers must comply with the consent and transparency requirements set forth in