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DARPA’s air-steered X-65 jet heads into production with goal of flying by 2025 2024-01-05 at 00:17 By Brandon Vigliarolo Moving parts on a plane? What is this, Kitty Hawk? The latest experimental DARPA aircraft, which is designed to maneuver without the need for moving parts, is headed to the manufacturing stage and could be flying […]

Google illegally refusing to bargain with employee union, says NLRB 2024-01-04 at 23:31 By Brandon Vigliarolo Search giant told yet again that contractors still employees, must be bargained with The US National Labor Relations Board has decided that Google’s contractors are still its employees, thus Google is violating US labor laws by refusing to bargain

AI-generated bug reports are seriously annoying for developers 2024-01-04 at 23:04 By Thomas Claburn Hallucinated programming flaws vex curl project Generative AI models like Google Bard and GitHub Copilot have a user problem: Those who rely on software assistance may not understand or care about the limitations of these machine learning tools.… This article is

X marks the spot: Mandiant restores hijacked Twitter account after attempted crypto heist 2024-01-04 at 22:02 By Jessica Lyons Hardcastle Miscreants mock Google-owned security house: ‘Change password please’ Miscreants took over security giant Mandiant’s Twitter account for several hours on Wednesday in an attempt to steal cryptocurrency, then trolled the Google-owned security shop, telling its

Victoria court records exposed following cyberattack 2024-01-04 at 22:02 By In December 2023, Court Services Victoria was alerted to a cybersecurity incident impacting Victoria’s courts and tribunals, including recordings. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

Former Adobe software engineering leader convicted of insider trading 2024-01-04 at 21:34 By Brandon Vigliarolo Another Silicon Valley Icarus flies too close to the Sun A former Adobe software engineer was this week sentenced to 18 months in prison for his role in an insider trading scheme that earned him millions before the feds caught

Infosec experts divided over 23andMe’s ‘victim-blaming’ stance on data breach 2024-01-04 at 20:33 By Connor Jones Users apparently at fault after reusing credentials the company didn’t check were already compromised 23andMe users’ godawful password practices were supposedly to blame for the biotech company’s October data disaster, according to its legal reps.… This article is an

RIP: Software design pioneer and Pascal creator Niklaus Wirth 2024-01-04 at 19:46 By Liam Proven Evangelist of lean software and devisor of 9 programming languages and an OS was 89 Obit  Swiss computer scientist Professor Niklaus Wirth died on New Year’s Day, roughly six weeks before what would have been his 90th birthday.… This article

What if Microsoft had given us Windows XP 2024? 2024-01-04 at 19:03 By Richard Speed Modern life is rubbish. What if your favorite tech giant had stopped trying to reinvent the wheel? A brave hero has given us a glimpse at an alternative universe, where Microsoft evolved the Windows XP design language. And isn’t that

HPE’s Hotard hits the hot seat at Intel’s datacenter and AI biz 2024-01-04 at 18:31 By Dan Robinson Outsider brought in to rule crucial unit will play key part in AI strategy Intel has hired Justin Hotard to head up its Data Center and AI (DCAI) Group, poaching the exec from HPE where he lead

SpaceX accused of firing employees critical of free speech fan Elon Musk 2024-01-04 at 17:48 By Richard Speed Rule 1: You do not criticize the boss. Rule 2: You do NOT criticize the boss The US National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has issued a complaint against SpaceX, alleging it dismissed workers for being critical of

Semiconductor scene set for AI-led recovery in 2024, and China will be in front 2024-01-04 at 17:01 By Dan Robinson That’s what happens when Uncle Sam tries to curb your chip sector Global semiconductor capacity is tipped to grow in 2024, despite the doom and gloom, with China forecast to lead the way and expand

Windows keyboards to get a Copilot key – but how quickly will users jump? 2024-01-04 at 16:16 By Richard Speed Pushing your buttons: Microsoft’s AI assistant is going so well that it’s going to have its very own spot Microsoft says a Copilot key will be coming to Windows 11 PCs, oddly exciting fanatics but

Infostealer malware, weak password leaves Orange Spain RIPE for plucking 2024-01-04 at 15:31 By Connor Jones No 2FA or special characters to prevent database takeover and BGP hijack A weak password exposed by infostealer malware is being blamed after a massive outage at Orange Spain disrupted around half of its network’s traffic.… This article is

Three Ways To Supercharge Your Software Supply Chain Security 2024-01-04 at 15:17 By Section four of the “Executive Order on Improving the Nation’s Cybersecurity” introduced a lot of people in tech to the concept of a “Software Supply Chain” and securing it. If you make software and ever hope to sell it to one or

New cars bought in the UK must be zero emission by 2035 – it’s the law 2024-01-04 at 14:46 By Richard Speed Meanwhile, finding a public charge point that works and doesn’t require a second mortgage remains a challenge All new cars and vans bought in the UK must be zero emission by 2035, according

As lawmakers mull outlawing poor security, what can they really do to tackle online gangs? 2024-01-04 at 14:01 By Connor Jones Headline-grabbing takedowns are nice, but long-term solutions require short-term sacrifices Comment  In some ways, the ransomware landscape in 2023 remained unchanged from the way it looked in previous years. Vendor reports continue to show

Beware: 3 Malicious PyPI Packages Found Targeting Linux with Crypto Miners 2024-01-04 at 13:32 By Three new malicious packages have been discovered in the Python Package Index (PyPI) open-source repository with capabilities to deploy a cryptocurrency miner on affected Linux devices. The three harmful packages, named modularseven, driftme, and catme, attracted a total of 431

Fujitsu wins flood contract extension despite starring in TV drama about its failures 2024-01-04 at 13:01 By Lindsay Clark Deal expanded from £4.5M to £19.5M over 7 years as critics point to shortcomings The UK’s Environment Agency has awarded Fujitsu – the tech biz embroiled in the high-profile Post Office scandal – a £2 million

Three Chinese balloons float near Taiwanese airbase 2024-01-04 at 12:16 By Laura Dobberstein Also: Remember that balloon over the US last February? It might have used a US internet provider Four Chinese balloons have reportedly floated over the Taiwan Strait, three of them crossing over the island’s land mass and near its Ching-Chuan-Kang air base