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Tiny solid-state battery promises to pack a punch in pocket gadgets 2024-06-18 at 10:31 By Matthew Connatser TDK tech envisioned as successor to button cells – if it works as promised Japan’s TDK Corporation claims its new solid-state battery design has a hundred times the energy density of its previous products.… This article is an […]

IMF suggests tax on AI’s CO2 emissions, but not AI itself 2024-06-18 at 09:31 By Simon Sharwood Be afraid … be very afraid: AI could also revolutionize tax itself, money boffins argue The International Monetary Fund has suggested one way to ameliorate the impact of AI: a tax on the carbon dioxide emissions created in

VMware by Broadcom warns of two critical vCenter flaws, plus a nasty sudo bug 2024-06-18 at 09:16 By Simon Sharwood Specially crafted network packet could allow remote code execution and access to VM fleets VMware by Broadcom has revealed a pair of critical-rated flaws in vCenter Server – the tool used to manage virtual machines

Tencent ponders banning infomercials hosted by ‘virtual humans’ on its flagship video service 2024-06-18 at 08:31 By Simon Sharwood Beijing’s interest in generative AI has its limits Chinese web giant Tencent has floated the idea of banning AI-generated videos on its Weixin Channel service, in the grounds that they are low–quality content.… This article is

Humans in AI: The necessity for human-in-the-loop (HILT) 2024-06-18 at 07:16 By A deliberate approach is essential for AI to be net positive, and human-in-the-loop is an essential component of this. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

NTT uses scattered monitors to trick your brain into seeing 3D images 2024-06-18 at 06:46 By Simon Sharwood Because not everyone’s walking around wearing augmented reality goggles yet Japan’s IT services and telecoms giant NTT Corporation has devised a tech that makes 3D images visible in augmented reality applications without requiring special equipment or even

Vietnam’s internet again in trouble as three of five submarine cables go down 2024-06-18 at 05:32 By Matthew Connatser Outages came a day after nation launched giveaway of .VN domains in pursuit of improved digital sovereignty Internet connectivity between Vietnam and the rest of the globe has degraded yet again after three of the five

Arm security defense shattered by speculative execution 95% of the time 2024-06-18 at 04:24 By Thomas Claburn ‘TikTag’ security folks find anti-exploit mechanism rather fragile In 2018, chip designer Arm introduced a hardware security feature called Memory Tagging Extensions (MTE) as a defense against memory safety bugs. But it may not be as effective as

Shoddy infosec costs PwC spinoff and NMA $11.3M in settlement with Uncle Sam 2024-06-18 at 03:02 By Jessica Lyons Pen-testing tools didn’t work – and personal info of folks hit by pandemic started appearing in search engines Two consulting firms, Guidehouse and Nan McKay and Associates, have agreed to pay a total of $11.3 million

US Surgeon General wants cigarette-style health warning labels on social networks 2024-06-18 at 00:45 By Matthew Connatser Something like … Side effects may include low self esteem, short attention span, and intrusive ads? US Surgeon General Dr Vivek Murthy today said official warning labels should be slapped on social media networks.… This article is an

Feds cuff suspected bosses of underworld Empire Market 2024-06-17 at 23:16 By Jessica Lyons Could this be curtains for Dopenugget and Zero Angel’s $430M cyber-crime souk? The two alleged administrators of Empire Market, a dark-web bazaar that peddled drugs, malware, digital fraud, and other illegal stuff, have been arrested on charges related to owning and

Feds sue Adobe and execs for stinging subscribers with ‘hidden’ cancellation fees 2024-06-17 at 23:01 By Thomas Claburn Graphic design giant slammed for using graphic design to bury T&Cs The FTC has sued Adobe in federal court alleging the Photoshop titan and two of its executives deceived artists by concealing termination fees for its subscription

McDonald’s not lovin’ its AI drive-thru experiment with IBM 2024-06-17 at 22:31 By Matthew Connatser Automated voice ordering still on the menu for the future, though McDonald’s is pulling out of its venture with IBM that brought AI to some of its drive-thrus.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original Source

Wrongful termination lawsuit accuses Neuralink of Herpes B-infected monkey business 2024-06-17 at 21:46 By Richard Currie Forced to work through lunch, attacked by virus-carrying primates, and sacked for being pregnant – allegedly Another week, another lawsuit for an Elon Musk-owned company, this one filed by a former Neuralink employee claiming she was twice scratched by

Blackbaud has to cough up a few million dollars more over 2020 ransomware attack 2024-06-17 at 20:46 By Connor Jones Four years on and it’s still paying for what California attorney general calls ‘unacceptable’ practice Months after escaping without a fine from the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC), the luck of cloud software biz Blackbaud

In homage to Jurassic Park, researchers store DNA in amber-like polymer 2024-06-17 at 20:28 By Dan Robinson Could be used to solve long term digital data storage problems too Boffins at MIT have come up with an amber-like polymer that can be used to preserve DNA, which could allow it to be used for long

The Hubble Space Telescope is back in business 2024-06-17 at 19:16 By Richard Speed Running on one gyro, but still gazing at the sky The Hubble Space Telescope has resumed science operations in single-gyro mode after one of its three remaining gyros was declared suspect.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original

6 months of SEC cybersecurity disclosure rules: An updated view 2024-06-17 at 19:16 By As the 6-month mark of the SEC’s new cybersecurity disclosure regulations approaches, it’s a good time to reflect on the requirements. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

AMD says datacenter still king for profit margins amid AI buzz 2024-06-17 at 18:47 By Dan Robinson CFO talks GPU development, strategy and market dynamics at Nasdaq Investor Conference AI PCs may be talk of the town right now but AMD’s chief financial officer reckons that the datacenter remains the chipmaker’s major profit engine, and

ASUS Patches Critical Authentication Bypass Flaw in Multiple Router Models 2024-06-17 at 18:01 By ASUS has shipped software updates to address a critical security flaw impacting its routers that could be exploited by malicious actors to bypass authentication. Tracked as CVE-2024-3080, the vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 9.8 out of a maximum of 10.0.