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India’s $20 billion Smart Cities Mission isn’t, and has hardly scratched the surface after eight years 22/11/2023 at 05:47 By Laura Dobberstein Many projects really about basic services, or don’t integrate well. Charge ahead and extend it anyway, think tank recommends In an assessment of India’s eight-year-long Smart Cities Mission, think tank the Observer Research […]

US govt pays AT&T to let cops search Americans’ phone records – ‘usually’ without a warrant 22/11/2023 at 04:48 By Jessica Lyons Hardcastle At least get a court order before mining Hemisphere Project data, says Wyden A senator has alleged that American law enforcement agencies snoop on US citizens and residents, seemingly without regard for

Binance and CEO admit financial crimes, billions coughed up to US govt 22/11/2023 at 04:17 By Brandon Vigliarolo Chief quits, pays own penalty after helping crooks launder cash, aiding sanctions evaders The world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange just got a little smaller, with the US Department of Justice announcing Binance and its CEO Changpeng Zhao have

Firefox slow to load YouTube? Just another front in Google’s war on ad blockers 22/11/2023 at 02:47 By Tobias Mann Search giant says delays not specific to any browser – just those evading advert breaks. YMMV Google has admitted its efforts to discourage the use of ad blockers on YouTube have resulted in a deliberate

Ex-OpenAI staff launch new chatbot – yup, it’s Anthropic with Claude 2.1 22/11/2023 at 01:47 By Katyanna Quach Half as many hallucinations, startup claims, and it admits when it’s wrong Anthropic has launched Claude 2.1, the latest version of its large language model. We’re told it can process more text and generate responses that are

OpenAI meltdown: Where does this leave the upstart, Microsoft, and you? 21/11/2023 at 22:47 By Chris Williams Tune in, hear or watch our vultures wrap up this fiasco, before it goes out of date Kettle  By now you’ve probably all seen the drama at OpenAI unfolding: CEO Sam Altman being fired by the board, attempts

X’s legal eagles swoop on Media Matters after antisemitic content row 21/11/2023 at 22:17 By Brandon Vigliarolo Case filed in Texas, where anti-SLAPP provisions don’t apply in federal court Elon Musk has made good on threats to take legal action against Media Matters over its reports alleging high-profile ads are being served next to antisemitic

FAA stays grounded in reality as SpaceX preps for takeoff 21/11/2023 at 21:18 By Richard Speed Ready to launch not the same as licensed to launch SpaceX supremo Elon Musk expects the next Starship to be ready to launch in three to four weeks following the monster rocket’s latest failure.… This article is an excerpt

Breaking: Binance’s CZ to plead guilty to violating Anti-Money Laundering requirements — WSJ 21/11/2023 at 21:02 By Cointelegraph By Tristan Greene Changpeng Zhao reportedly plans to plead guilty to violating U.S. Anti-Money Laundering requirements and step down as the CEO of the Binance crypto exchange. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original

Rocky Linux and Oracle Unbreakable Linux also hit 9.3 21/11/2023 at 20:33 By Liam Proven Other big names among the RHELatives catch up with Big Purple Hat … but the future is unclear The main players among the RHEL rebuilders have caught up… but it’s possibly too soon to tell if this market is going

Navigating the crypto frontier: Pioneers’ insights for new Web3 professionals 21/11/2023 at 20:02 By Cointelegraph By Cointelegraph Innovation Circle The crypto and blockchain industry still offers unlimited possibilities if you come in with your eyes open. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

Sumo Logic wrestles with security breach, pins down customer data 21/11/2023 at 19:33 By Connor Jones Compromised AWS account led to fears that user info could have been exposed to cybercriminals Sumo Logic has confirmed that no customer data was compromised as a result of the potential security breach it discovered on November 3.… This

China relents: Broadcom-VMware merger approved at last 21/11/2023 at 18:32 By Dan Robinson Final boss legal level cleared as SAMR says yes … Broadcom’s troubled acquisition of virtualization juggernaut VMware has cleared the final regulatory hurdle and will close as soon as tomorrow after China gave the transaction the green light.… This article is an

Three quarters of software engineers face retaliation for whistleblowing 21/11/2023 at 17:48 By Lindsay Clark Staff afraid to raise alarm when they see negligence, discrimination and more Three quarters of software engineers reporting wrongdoing in their workplace have faced some kind of retaliation, according to a study.… This article is an excerpt from The Register

Washington pours $3B into silicon smackdown to outpackage Asia 21/11/2023 at 17:03 By Dan Robinson Uncle Sam rolls up sleeves to onshore work and protect supply chain The US has earmarked $3 billion in funding it hopes will drive US leadership in advanced packaging technologies, seen as a key part of the future semiconductor industry.…

Play Ransomware Goes Commercial – Now Offered as a Service to Cybercriminals 21/11/2023 at 17:03 By The ransomware strain known as Play is now being offered to other threat actors “as a service,” new evidence unearthed by Adlumin has revealed. “The unusual lack of even small variations between attacks suggests that they are being carried out by

One of England’s oldest boarding schools upgrades security system 21/11/2023 at 16:46 By Christ’s Hospital School’s new security system provides simple read in/read out access on all doors, helping to maintain the security of the site and its staff and students. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original

Third-party data breach affecting Canadian government could involve data from 1999 21/11/2023 at 16:32 By Connor Jones Any govt staffers who used relocation services over past 24 years could be at risk The government of Canada has confirmed its data was accessed after two of its third-party service providers were attacked.… This article is an

New Agent Tesla Malware Variant Using ZPAQ Compression in Email Attacks 21/11/2023 at 16:04 By A new variant of the Agent Tesla malware has been observed delivered via a lure file with the ZPAQ compression format to harvest data from several email clients and nearly 40 web browsers. “ZPAQ is a file compression format that offers a better compression

Microsoft unleashes Copilot preview on Windows 10 insiders 21/11/2023 at 15:48 By Richard Speed Teething issues show up as operating system gets a taste of the future Microsoft has begun rolling out the Windows 10 incarnation of its Copilot tool to Windows Insiders in the Release Preview Channel.… This article is an excerpt from The