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OpenAI’s GPT-4o Mini is indeed small – like its lead over rivals in certain tests 2024-07-19 at 04:16 By Matthew Connatser Plus: Meta Euro model drama, Mistral and Nvidia find NeMo, and more AI Roundup  OpenAI has made available GPT-4o Mini, a smaller and cheaper version of its GPT-4o generative large language model (LLM), via […]

DARPA slaps down credit card for 3D military chiplets – $840M ought to be enough? 2024-07-19 at 02:31 By Matthew Connatser UT-Austin lab gets the job, and five years to do it The Pentagon’s boffinry nerve center DARPA has doled out $840 million to develop next-generation semiconductor microsystems for America’s military.… This article is an

Judge mostly drags SEC’s lawsuit against SolarWinds into the recycling bin 2024-07-19 at 00:16 By Jessica Lyons Russia-invaded software biz ‘grateful for the support we have received’ A judge has mostly thrown out a lawsuit brought by America’s financial watchdog that accused SolarWinds and its chief infosec officer of misleading investors about its computer security

Sam Altman sues builder over $27M flooded, sewage-hit ‘lemon’ of a mega-mansion 2024-07-18 at 23:02 By Brandon Vigliarolo Leaking skylights, collapsed roof, garbage-clogged pipes – put one of them fancy LLMs on it, duh Serial entrepreneur and OpenAI co-founder Sam Altman has made a bunch of lucrative moves in his time – but his $27

Pi goes to spaaaaace… for a bit longer than planned 2024-07-18 at 20:31 By Richard Speed Ariane 6 might have had some APU problems, but the Pi hardware on YPSat worked well A Raspberry Pi camera is orbiting the Earth, attached to ESA’s YPSat, a week after both were supposed to have burned up upon

Kaspersky challenges US government to prove case over hacking claims 2024-07-18 at 19:31 By Jessica Lyons Proposes ‘comprehensive assessment framework’ to check and verify Kaspersky has hit back after the US government banned its products by proposing independent verification.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original Source

Tesla sales, market share dip in EU while other EV makers grow 2024-07-18 at 18:46 By Brandon Vigliarolo Tesla doesn’t just have an US problem: It has one with EU, too Tesla isn’t just floundering in the US – new registrations of Elon Musk’s electric vehicles have dipped in the EU and UK this year,

Nvidia’s next Linux driver to be… just as open 2024-07-18 at 18:01 By Liam Proven Big Green’s software remains tricky, but Fedora and AMD are finding ways to cope Nvidia says its forthcoming release 560 driver will be as open as releases 515 and 555 were – and will support more devices.… This article is

Russia’s FIN7 is peddling its EDR-nerfing malware to ransomware gangs 2024-07-18 at 16:46 By Connor Jones Major vendors’ products scuppered by novel techniques Prolific Russian cybercrime syndicate FIN7 is using various pseudonyms to sell its custom security solution-disabling malware to different ransomware gangs.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original Source

Alert: HotPage Adware Disguised as Ad Blocker Installs Malicious Kernel Driver 2024-07-18 at 16:46 By Cybersecurity researchers have shed light on an adware module that purports to block ads and malicious websites, while stealthily offloading a kernel driver component that grants attackers the ability to run arbitrary code with elevated permissions on Windows hosts. The

TSMC boss predicts AI chip shortage through 2025, says Trump comments don’t change his strategy 2024-07-18 at 16:16 By Laura Dobberstein Overseas expansion to continue, insists C.C. Wei The CEO of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) is predicting that supply won’t balance out demand for advanced chips until 2025 or 2026.… This article is an

95% percent of organizations had at least one high or critical risk 2024-07-18 at 16:16 By A recent report found that many applications contained vulnerabilities spanning various stages of the kill-chain, leaving them vulnerable to attack. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

Europe’s largest council could face £12M manual audit bill after Oracle project disaster 2024-07-18 at 15:46 By Lindsay Clark Thank goodness for pen and paper. Re-implemented system might not arrive until March 2026, four years after initial roll-out Europe’s largest local authority faces a $15.58 million (£12 million) bill for manually auditing accounts which should

AppSec Webinar: How to Turn Developers into Security Champions 2024-07-18 at 15:16 By Let’s face it: AppSec and developers often feel like they’re on opposing teams. You’re battling endless vulnerabilities while they just want to ship code. Sound familiar? It’s a common challenge, but there is a solution. Ever wish they proactively cared about security?

The journey toward secure software development lifecycles 2024-07-18 at 15:02 By The digital transformation race is on, and companies are churning out applications at an ever-increasing pace. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

NASA swings budget axe, kills $400M+ VIPER lunar trundlebot 2024-07-18 at 14:46 By Richard Speed Creeping costs, launch delays mean almost completed rover 1) will never see Moon, 2) will be stripped for parts The budget axe has swung, and NASA’s VIPER rover will not be trundling around the lunar surface any time soon.… This

Automated Threats Pose Increasing Risk to the Travel Industry 2024-07-18 at 14:31 By As the travel industry rebounds post-pandemic, it is increasingly targeted by automated threats, with the sector experiencing nearly 21% of all bot attack requests last year. That’s according to research from Imperva, a Thales company. In their 2024 Bad Bot Report, Imperva

Maximum-severity Cisco vulnerability allows attackers to change admin passwords 2024-07-18 at 13:47 By Connor Jones You’re going to want to patch this one Cisco just dropped a patch for a maximum-severity vulnerability that allows attackers to change the password of any user, including admins.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original Source