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Dozens of new emojis are coming to your phone in 2025 — with some head-scratchers on the shortlist 2024-11-15 at 21:19 By Ben Cost There will reportedly be a total of 164 new digital hieroglyphics, released as part of the Emoji 17.0 and Unicode 17.0 beta. This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News […]

Iranian Hackers Deploy WezRat Malware in Attacks Targeting Israeli Organizations 2024-11-15 at 21:03 By Cybersecurity researchers have shed light on a new remote access trojan and information stealer used by Iranian state-sponsored actors to conduct reconnaissance of compromised endpoints and execute malicious commands. Cybersecurity company Check Point has codenamed the malware WezRat, stating it has […]

Google Gemini tells grad student to ‘please die’ after helping with his homework 2024-11-15 at 20:33 By Brandon Vigliarolo First true sign of AGI – blowing a fuse with a frustrating user? When you’re trying to get homework help from an AI model like Google Gemini, the last thing you’d expect is for it to […]

Photoshop FOSS alternative GNU Image Manipulation Program 3.0 nearly here 2024-11-15 at 19:48 By Liam Proven Nearly 21 years since version 2.0 Version 3.0 of the GNU Image Manipulation Program (GIMP) is nearly ready for release. It has important new and long-awaited abilities – and you can try it now.… This article is an excerpt […]

Elon Musk expands lawsuit against OpenAI, blasts ‘ill-gotten gains’ with Microsoft 2024-11-15 at 19:02 By Reuters Like Musk’s original August complaint, it accused OpenAI and its CEO, Sam Altman, of violating contract provisions by putting profits ahead of the public good in the push to advance AI. This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News and Product […]

LXQt packs Wayland punch with 2.1 release 2024-11-15 at 18:35 By Liam Proven The lightest mainstream Linux desktop joins the tiny handful that support X.org replacement LXQt 2.1 is the latest release of the lightweight Qt-based desktop used in Lubuntu – but this version has a significant edge over its rivals.… This article is an […]

Musk also wants to fight Microsoft in legal grudge match with OpenAI 2024-11-15 at 18:35 By Lindsay Clark House of GPT says suit is ‘baseless and overreaching’ Elon Musk has added Microsoft and the venture capitalist Reid Hoffman to the list of defendants in his long-running legal dispute with OpenAI. The ChatGPT maker called the […]

Security experts respond to the Amazon employee data breach 2024-11-15 at 18:03 By Security leaders weigh in on the Amazon data breach, offering insights on the cause, ramifications and potential preventative measures. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

Coca-Cola ripped for ‘ugly’ AI-generated Christmas commercial: ‘Dystopian nightmare’ 2024-11-15 at 16:49 By Brooke Kato “I feel like I’m watching the death of art unfold in front of my eyes,” one despondent viewer cried. This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News and Product Reviews | New York Post View Original Source

Bitfinex burglar bags 5 years behind bars for Bitcoin heist 2024-11-15 at 16:33 By Connor Jones A nervous wait for rapper wife who also faces a stint in the clink The US is sending the main figure behind the 2016 intrusion at crypto exchange Bitfinex to prison for five years after he stole close to […]

Bitfenix burglar bags 5 years behind bars for Bitcoin heist 2024-11-15 at 16:18 By Connor Jones A nervous wait for rapper wife who also faces a stint in the clink The US is sending the main figure behind the 2016 intrusion at crypto exchange Bitfinex to prison for five years after he stole close to […]

Master Certificate Management: Join This Webinar on Crypto Agility and Best Practices 2024-11-15 at 15:33 By In the fast-paced digital world, trust is everything—but what happens when that trust is disrupted? Certificate revocations, though rare, can send shockwaves through your operations, impacting security, customer confidence, and business continuity. Are you prepared to act swiftly when […]

Researchers Warn of Privilege Escalation Risks in Google’s Vertex AI ML Platform 2024-11-15 at 15:33 By Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed two security flaws in Google’s Vertex machine learning (ML) platform that, if successfully exploited, could allow malicious actors to escalate privileges and exfiltrate models from the cloud. “By exploiting custom job permissions, we were able […]

Microsoft Exchange update fixes security flaws, breaks other stuff 2024-11-15 at 14:34 By Richard Speed Flawed patch stops on-premises, hybrid server transport rules in their tracks for some Microsoft is pausing the rollout of an Exchange security update after it became clear that the patch could break transport rules for some customers.… This article is […]

Vietnamese Hacker Group Deploys New PXA Stealer Targeting Europe and Asia 2024-11-15 at 13:50 By A Vietnamese-speaking threat actor has been linked to an information-stealing campaign targeting government and education entities in Europe and Asia with a new Python-based malware called PXA Stealer. The malware “targets victims’ sensitive information, including credentials for various online accounts, […]

UK energy watchdog slaps down Capita’s £130M smart meter splurge 2024-11-15 at 13:33 By Lindsay Clark Regulator finds poor planning and overuse of consultants added to costs in ailing rollout UK energy regulator Ofgem is set to disallow current and projected costs of nearly £130 million ($165 million) accrued by Data Communications Company (DCC), the […]

How AI Is Transforming IAM and Identity Security 2024-11-15 at 13:05 By In recent years, artificial intelligence (AI) has begun revolutionizing Identity Access Management (IAM), reshaping how cybersecurity is approached in this crucial field. Leveraging AI in IAM is about tapping into its analytical capabilities to monitor access patterns and identify anomalies that could signal […]

O2’s AI granny knits tall tales to waste scam callers’ time 2024-11-15 at 12:49 By Dan Robinson Brit mobile network’s Daisy has time, patience, and plenty of yarns to spin Watch out, scammers. O2 has created a new weapon in the fight against fraud: an AI granny that will keep you talking until you get […]

The National Museum of Computing reboots Bletchley Park’s H Block 2024-11-15 at 11:48 By Richard Speed Tunny and Colossus galleries re-roofed The National Museum of Computing has unveiled renovations to keep out the rain and smartening up H block as celebrations take place to mark the 80th anniversary of the Colossus II computer.… This article […]

High-Severity Flaw in PostgreSQL Allows Hackers to Exploit Environment Variables 2024-11-15 at 09:49 By Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed a high-severity security flaw in the PostgreSQL open-source database system that could allow unprivileged users to alter environment variables, and potentially lead to code execution or information disclosure. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2024-10979, carries a CVSS score […]