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Microsoft breaks timezones in Settings and calls on an unlikely ally for help 2024-11-19 at 20:35 By Richard Speed Control Panel hobbles to the rescue! As its Ignite conference kicks off, Microsoft is admitting there is another known issue with Windows 11 24H2. If you try to change the time zone, you might find it […]

Sam Altman seeks investors for AI chipmaker that aims to challenge Musk-friendly Nvidia: source 2024-11-19 at 20:05 By Josh Kosman, Thomas Barrabi Rain AI says its chips are much more energy efficient and powerful than Nvidia’s, sources said. In June, the company hired former Apple chip executive Jean-Didier Allegrucci as head of hardware engineering. This […]

Microsoft Fabric promises transactions, analytics on one database service 2024-11-19 at 19:49 By Lindsay Clark Windows giant also improving Iceberg support after throwing lot in with Delta Parquet Ignite  Microsoft is set to launch a database service that can manage transactional and analytical workloads in the same system.… This article is an excerpt from The […]

Apple tossed a popular device onto the ‘obsolete’ trash heap — if you have one, customer support is now a problem 2024-11-19 at 18:55 By Brooke Steinberg It was a highly anticipated product when it made its debut, thanks to added waterproofing and built-in GPS. This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News and […]

Supermicro hot-swaps auditor in hope of dodging Nasdaq delisting 2024-11-19 at 18:55 By Dan Robinson Server maker tries accounting reboot amid reports of customers bailing Server maker Supermicro has appointed a new independent auditor and submitted a compliance plan to the Nasdaq stock exchange to avoid being delisted amid reports it is losing customers because […]

Walmart’s Black Friday ad is live — Here are the 42 best early deals we found 2024-11-19 at 18:06 By P.J. McCormick Kick off the holiday season early with huge markdowns from Walmart! This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News and Product Reviews | New York Post View Original Source

Palo Alto Networks tackles firewall-busting zero-days with critical patches 2024-11-19 at 17:32 By Connor Jones Amazing that these two bugs got into a production appliance, say researchers Palo Alto Networks (PAN) finally released a CVE identifier and patch for the zero-day exploit that caused such a fuss last week.… This article is an excerpt from […]

Microsoft goes thin client with $349 Windows 365 Link mini PC 2024-11-19 at 17:03 By Richard Speed Just as good as Apple at making squat boxes, but this one doesn’t do very much Microsoft is having a go at the terminal market with a device purpose-built to connect to Windows 365, imaginatively named “Windows 365 […]

Hackers Hijack Unsecured Jupyter Notebooks to Stream Illegal Sports Broadcasts 2024-11-19 at 16:45 By Malicious actors are exploiting misconfigured JupyterLab and Jupyter Notebooks to conduct stream ripping and enable sports piracy using live streaming capture tools. The attacks involve the hijack of unauthenticated Jupyter Notebooks to establish initial access, and perform a series of actions […]

Ngioweb Botnet Fuels NSOCKS Residential Proxy Network Exploiting IoT Devices 2024-11-19 at 16:45 By The malware known as Ngioweb has been used to fuel a notorious residential proxy service called NSOCKS, as well as by other services such as VN5Socks and Shopsocks5, new findings from Lumen Technologies reveal. “At least 80% of NSOCKS bots in […]

Database warhorse SQL Server 2025 goes all-in on AI 2024-11-19 at 16:05 By Richard Speed Better locking, improved query optimization, and… Copilot Ignite  A new version of Microsoft’s database warhorse, SQL Server, is on the way, with some useful improvements squeezed between the inevitable artificial intelligence additions.… This article is an excerpt from The Register […]

Microsoft unleashes autonomous Copilot AI agents in public preview 2024-11-19 at 15:33 By Thomas Claburn They can learn, adapt, and make decisions – but don’t worry, they’re not coming for your job Ignite  Microsoft has fresh tools out designed to help businesses build software agents powered by foundation models – overenthusiastically referred to as artificial […]

Privileged Accounts, Hidden Threats: Why Privileged Access Security Must Be a Top Priority 2024-11-19 at 14:48 By Privileged accounts are well-known gateways for potential security threats. However, many organizations focus solely on managing privileged access—rather than securing the accounts and users entrusted with it. This emphasis is perhaps due to the persistent challenges of Privileged […]

Crook breaks into AI biz, points $250K wire payment at their own account 2024-11-19 at 14:34 By Connor Jones Fastidious attacker then tidied up email trail behind them A Maryland AI company has confirmed to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) that it lost $250,000 to a misdirected wire payment.… This article is an excerpt […]

Europe looks Russia’s way after Baltic Sea data cables severed 2024-11-19 at 14:03 By Lindsay Clark Probe continues into disruption affecting Germany, Sweden, Finland, Lithuania Two optical fiber internet cables under the Baltic Sea appear to have been disrupted, Germany and Finland confirmed, prompting fresh concerns over possible Russian interference with technology infrastructure.… This article […]

Northern Ireland schools ditch £485M Fujitsu deal after less than a year 2024-11-19 at 13:19 By Lindsay Clark ‘Mutual agreement’ sees end of contract Fujitsu and a UK public authority have ended a £485 million ($613 million) contract the pair announced in the weeks following a national scandal around the Post Office computer system implemented […]

New ‘Helldown’ Ransomware Variant Expands Attacks to VMware and Linux Systems 2024-11-19 at 12:48 By Cybersecurity researchers have shed light on a Linux variant of a relatively new ransomware strain called Helldown, suggesting that the threat actors are broadening their attack focus. “Helldown deploys Windows ransomware derived from the LockBit 3.0 code,” Sekoia said in […]

Windows 95 setup was three programs in a trench coat, Microsoft vet reveals 2024-11-19 at 11:34 By Richard Speed MS-DOS, a minimal Windows 3.1, and finally the teal delight of Windows 95 awaited installers Microsoft veteran Raymond Chen has settled once and for all the question of why the Windows 95 setup program went on […]

iOS 18 added secret and smart security feature that reboots iThings after three days 2024-11-19 at 10:34 By Thomas Claburn Security researcher’s reverse engineering effort reveals undocumented reboot timer that will make life harder for attackers Apple’s latest mobile operating system, iOS 18, appears to have added an undocumented security feature that reboots devices if […]

Chinese Hackers Exploit T-Mobile and Other U.S. Telecoms in Broader Espionage Campaign 2024-11-19 at 10:04 By U.S. telecoms giant T-Mobile has confirmed that it was also among the companies that were targeted by Chinese threat actors to gain access to valuable information. The adversaries, tracked as Salt Typhoon, breached the company as part of a […]