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Inside Nvidia’s takeover of the AI world — and why its success shouldn’t be a surprise 2024-12-07 at 18:04 By Alex Tapscott For some, Nvidia’s rapid ascent to being the world’s largest company was a shock, but for anyone paying attention their eventual success should have been obvious. This article is an excerpt from Latest […]

Microsoft teases Copilot Vision, the AI sidekick that judges your tabs 2024-12-07 at 16:03 By Richard Speed Edge-exclusive tool promises ‘second set of eyes’ for browsing Microsoft has rolled out a Copilot Vision preview that says more about how poorly websites are designed rather than justifying the need to bring more AI into users’ lives.… […]

Euro cloud body heads off to Microsoft’s HQ to check its keeping promises 2024-12-07 at 14:36 By Richard Speed Wine-tasting seems to be an essential part of an EU-friendly Azure Local Exclusive  Microsoft and the Cloud Infrastructure Service Providers of Europe (CISPE) trade body this week kicked off their technical summit to assess the Windows […]

Digital Isle of Man: For all your connected tax haven needs? 2024-12-07 at 11:33 By Liam Proven Fantasizing about leaving the mess at home behind? Pretty island packed with medieval ruins promotes itself as a venue for e-business The Isle of Man Government runs an annual conference to promote the tiny nation as a destination […]

Learn How Experts Secure Privileged Accounts—Proven PAS Strategies Webinar 2024-12-07 at 11:03 By Cybercriminals know that privileged accounts are the keys to your kingdom. One compromised account can lead to stolen data, disrupted operations, and massive business losses. Even top organizations struggle to secure privileged accounts. Why? Traditional Privileged Access Management (PAM) solutions often fall […]

Hackers Using Fake Video Conferencing Apps to Steal Web3 Professionals’ Data 2024-12-07 at 11:03 By Cybersecurity researchers have warned of a new scam campaign that leverages fake video conferencing apps to deliver an information stealer called Realst targeting people working in Web3 under the guise of fake business meetings. “The threat actors behind the malware […]

Romania Cancels Presidential Election Results After Alleged Russian Meddling on TikTok 2024-12-07 at 10:18 By In a historic decision, Romania’s constitutional court has annulled the result of the first round of voting in the presidential election amid allegations of Russian interference. As a result, the second round vote, which was scheduled for December 8, 2024, […]

Elon Musk tops US political donor list with $270M+ for Team Trump 2024-12-07 at 03:04 By Iain Thomson Plus, xAI scores another $6B to fuel Musk’s war on OpenAI Elon Musk gave more than $270 million to political groups supporting Donald Trump’s 2024 presidential campaign and others on the American right, according to donation figures […]

Micropatchers share 1-instruction fix for NTLM hash leak flaw in Windows 7+ 2024-12-07 at 01:48 By Iain Thomson Microsoft’s OS sure loves throwing your creds at remote systems Acros Security claims to have found an unpatched bug in Microsoft Windows 7 and onward that can be exploited to steal users’ OS account credentials.… This article […]

Facing sale or ban, TikTok tossed under national security bus by appeals court 2024-12-07 at 00:11 By Thomas Claburn Video slinger looks to Supremes for salvation, though anything could happen under Trump A US federal appeals court has rejected a challenge to the law that prevents popular apps that collect data on Americans from being […]

Boeing busted by employee over plans to surveil workers, quickly reverses course 2024-12-06 at 23:33 By Brandon Vigliarolo Crashing stock, plummeting reputation, but yeah, of course, let’s focus on office usage Boeing has paused its efforts to install and use employee-monitoring sensors, including at its office in Everett, Washington, after media inquiries followed an employee’s […]

OpenAI to charge $200 per month for ChatGPT Pro 2024-12-06 at 22:18 By Richard Speed How much AI does one subscriber need? OpenAI says it will charge $200 per month for ChatGPT Pro, a new premium tier that costs ten times the Plus subscription price.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original […]

Salt Typhoon forces FCC’s hand on making telcos secure their networks 2024-12-06 at 20:33 By Dan Robinson Proposal pushes stricter infosec safeguards after Chinese state baddies expose vulns The head of America’s Federal Communications Commission (FCC) wants to force telecoms operators to tighten network security in the wake of the Salt Typhoon revelations, and to […]

Billionaire Frank McCourt’s TikTok bid has $20B in ‘informal commitments’: report 2024-12-06 at 19:33 By Thomas Barrabi Billionaire Frank McCourt has reportedly secured $20 billion in investor commitments toward a potential acquisition of China-owned TikTok – an effort that could gain steam after a federal appeals court upheld Congress’s law requiring a sale of the […]

AI and analytics converge in new generation Amazon SageMaker 2024-12-06 at 19:33 By Tim Anderson Calling everything SageMaker is confusing – but a new name would have been worse says AWS re:Invent  Amazon has introduced a new generation of SageMaker at the re:Invent conference in Las Vegas, bringing together analytics and AI, though with some […]

U.S. Copyright Office states common AI research does not violate DMCA 2024-12-06 at 19:19 By The U.S. Copyright Office has clarified legal rules for trustworthiness research and red teaming of artificial intelligence.  This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

TikTok sale-or-ban law upheld by US appeals court — setting up potential SCOTUS showdown 2024-12-06 at 18:34 By Thomas Barrabi A law requiring TikTok’s Chinese parent ByteDance to sell the app by Jan. 19 or face a total US ban was upheld in US appeals court on Friday – setting up a potential Supreme Court […]

How incoming crypto-friendly SEC boss Paul Atkins may actually cool sizzling rally 2024-12-06 at 18:34 By Charles Gasparino Questions surround whether Atkins will drop the SEC’s case against Ripple, which offers the XRP token. This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News and Product Reviews | New York Post View Original Source

FSB Uses Trojan App to Monitor Russian Programmer Accused of Supporting Ukraine 2024-12-06 at 18:33 By A Russian programmer accused of donating money to Ukraine had his Android device secretly implanted with spyware by the Federal Security Service (FSB) after he was detained earlier this year. The findings come as part of a collaborative investigation […]