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Trump names David Sacks as White House AI and cryptocurrency czar 2024-12-06 at 04:20 By Fox News President-elect Trump named former PayPal Chief Operating Officer David Sacks to be his White House artificial intelligence (AI) and cryptocurrency czar. This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News and Product Reviews | New York Post View […]

Microsoft: Another Chinese cyberspy crew targeting US critical orgs ‘as of yesterday’ 2024-12-06 at 03:19 By Jessica Lyons Redmond threat intel maven talks explains this persistent pain to The Reg A Chinese government-linked group that Microsoft tracks as Storm-0227 yesterday started targeting critical infrastructures organisations and US government agencies, according to Redmond’s threat intel team.… […]

GameStop shares surge after cryptic post from ‘Roaring Kitty’: ‘Seen that pattern again’ 2024-12-06 at 01:48 By Reuters Gill posted a picture resembling a Time magazine cover from 2006 with a computer screen on X. This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News and Product Reviews | New York Post View Original Source

Solana blockchain’s popular web3.js npm package backdoored to steal keys, funds 2024-12-06 at 01:19 By Thomas Claburn Damage likely limited to those running bots with private key access Malware-poisoned versions of the widely used JavaScript library @solana/web3.js were distributed via the npm package registry, according to an advisory issued Wednesday by project maintainer Steven Luscher.… […]

Day after nuclear power vow, Meta announces largest-ever datacenter powered by fossil fuels 2024-12-06 at 00:24 By Brandon Vigliarolo Louisiana facility’s three natural gas turbine plants to churn out 2,262 MW Richland Parish, a idyllic rural area in northeast Louisiana, USA, is set to host a gigantic new Meta datacenter.… This article is an excerpt […]

Altman to Musk: Don’t go full supervillain – that’s so un-American 2024-12-05 at 23:34 By Richard Speed OpenAI chief says he doesn’t think Elon will unleash political powers to zap AI competition OpenAI boss Sam Altman has expressed hope that Elon Musk won’t use his political clout to hurt his competitors, describing such activity as […]

Real-life ‘invisibility cloak’ one step closer — scientists unveil cutting-edge camouflage material 2024-12-05 at 22:19 By Ben Cost Scientists have devised a camouflage material that adjusts its molecular composition to blend into the background, potentially rendering the wearer imperceptible to the naked eye. This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News and Product Reviews […]

Race to replace FTC chair Lina Khan pits antitrust hawks against candidate softer on Big Tech: sources 2024-12-05 at 22:19 By Thomas Barrabi The race to replace Lina Khan as chair of the Federal Trade Commission is coming to a head, pitting antitrust hawks against those who want a lighter touch when it comes to […]

Canada commits $1.4B to sovereign compute infrastructure as it joins the AI arms race 2024-12-05 at 22:05 By Tobias Mann Project includes hundreds of millions of loonies for a national supercomputing facility Canada is one of the latest nations to catch the sovereign AI bug and plans to invest $2 billion CAD ($1.42 billion USD) […]

Windows 11 24H2 rolls out to more devices – with a growing list of known issues 2024-12-05 at 20:47 By Richard Speed Compatibility holds persist as gamers face black screens Windows 11 24H2 is set to hit more users as the Microsoft operating system enters a “new stage of availability.”… This article is an excerpt […]

Why Trump’s DOJ antitrust pick Gail Slater could have Google ‘shaking in its boots’ 2024-12-05 at 20:10 By Thomas Barrabi President-elect Trump’s selection of Gail Slater to serve as the Justice Department’s antitrust chief is drawing praise from anti-monopoly advocates – who said it sent a strong signal Google and Apple will remain under significant […]

FreeBSD 14.2 wants to woo Docker fans, but still struggles with Wi-Fi 2024-12-05 at 19:25 By Liam Proven Another buzzword box ticked: OSI-compliant containers FreeBSD 14.2, the latest point release of the most widely used of the BSDs, brings some new features to tempt Docker fans.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View […]

‘Hawk Tuah Girl’ Haliey Welch launches meme coin — which almost immediately crashes 2024-12-05 at 19:06 By Thomas Barrabi Haliey Welch, the social media influencer better known as “Hawk Tuah Girl,” launched her own cryptocurrency – which briefly surged in value only to crash in a matter of hours. This article is an excerpt from […]

Warning issued for 10-year-old vulnerability, security leaders discuss 2024-12-05 at 19:05 By A decade-old security flaw is being actively exploited, according to a warning issued by Cisco. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

This $3,000 Android Trojan Targeting Banks and Cryptocurrency Exchanges 2024-12-05 at 18:16 By As many as 77 banking institutions, cryptocurrency exchanges, and national organizations have become the target of a newly discovered Android remote access trojan (RAT) called DroidBot. “DroidBot is a modern RAT that combines hidden VNC and overlay attack techniques with spyware-like capabilities, […]

Arianespace’s Vega C delayed after gantry throws a tantrum 2024-12-05 at 17:31 By Richard Speed Euro rocket stuck on the ground for another day The return to flight of Arianespace’s Vega C has been delayed due to a “mechanical issue” with the mobile gantry.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original Source

Europol Shuts Down Manson Market Fraud Marketplace, Seizes 50 Servers 2024-12-05 at 17:30 By Europol on Thursday announced the shutdown of a clearnet marketplace called Manson Market that facilitated online fraud on a large scale. The operation, led by German authorities, has resulted in the seizure of more than 50 servers associated with the service […]