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Cerebras CEO puts Nvidia on blast for ‘arming’ China with top-tier GPUs 16/11/2023 at 13:32 By Tobias Mann Calls biz rival ‘un-American’ for weaving around chip export ban SC23  Cerebras CEO Andrew Feldman has criticized Nvidia for its efforts to limbo dance under US semiconductor export limits to China, calling the behavior “un-American” and likening […]

Scientists use Raspberry Pi tech to protect NASA telescope data 16/11/2023 at 12:32 By Richard Speed Sneakernet for the stars? Scientists have revealed how data from a NASA telescope was secured thanks to creative thinking and a batch of Raspberry Pi computers.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original Source

Airbus to test sat-stabilizing ‘Detumbler’ to simplify astro-garbage disposal 16/11/2023 at 11:32 By Brandon Vigliarolo Dead spin is a dangerous orbital dance that can be stopped with magnets and friction, apparently Airbus has developed a completely mechanical solution to help make space junk easier to capture – using magnets, the Earth’s magnetic field and a

Rights warriors claim online ad auction data is a danger to national security 16/11/2023 at 10:32 By Thomas Claburn ‘The industry can not be allowed to put elected leaders, military personnel at risk’ Online ad auctions represent a threat to national security in the US and Europe, a civil rights group claims, because the data

Cisco has a new problem: you take too long to implement its products and stop buying more kit 16/11/2023 at 09:32 By Simon Sharwood Supply chain is back to pre-COVID normal, just in time for big clouds to spend $1 billion on networks for AI Would you please hurry up and build your network?… This

Russian Hackers Launch ‘Largest Ever Cyber Attack’ on Danish Critical Infrastructure 16/11/2023 at 09:16 By Russian threat actors have been possibly linked to what’s been described as the “largest cyber attack against Danish critical infrastructure,” in which 22 companies associated with the operation of the country’s energy sector were targeted in May 2023.  “22 simultaneous,

Use AI to accelerate adoption of central bank digital currencies, says IMF head 16/11/2023 at 08:47 By Laura Dobberstein No turning back for cash replacement tokens, especially if they make credit more accessible The head of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) urged the application of AI technology to speed along the maturity and accelerate adoption

Hundreds of websites cloned to run ads for Chinese football gambling outfits 16/11/2023 at 06:47 By Simon Sharwood Linked to org that UK authorities found once failed its anti-money-laundering obligations Swedish digital rights organization Qurium has discovered around 250 cloned websites and suggested they exist to drive people to China-linked gambling sites.… This article is

AI copyright row deepens: Stability VP quits in protest over ‘fair use’ excuse 16/11/2023 at 05:17 By Katyanna Quach Refuses to sing from the corporate songbook on the legal grounds for training neural nets on people’s work The VP of audio at Stability AI has decided his position at the content-generating startup is untenable, given

Clorox CISO flushes self after multi-million-dollar cyberattack 16/11/2023 at 03:47 By Jessica Lyons Hardcastle Plus: Ransomware crooks file SEC complaint against victim The Clorox Company’s chief security officer has left her job in the wake of a corporate network breach that cost the manufacturer hundreds of millions of dollars.… This article is an excerpt from

Google, Amazon, Microsoft make the Mozilla naughty list for Christmas shopping 16/11/2023 at 02:02 By Jessica Lyons Hardcastle Big Tech’s toys have privacy problems. Why not buy utterly unconnected dead-tree books instead? Mozilla has slapped its “Privacy Not Included” labels on several products from Google, Amazon and Microsoft products, just in time for Christmas shopping.…

Meta’s fix for teen online mental health? Hold Apple and Google responsible 16/11/2023 at 00:47 By Thomas Claburn Facebook: If only we had a national law to ensure kids get parental permission to indulge in damaging social media Meta, which stands accused in multiple lawsuits of ignoring the mental health toll its services have taken

Cruise parks entire US fleet over safety fears 15/11/2023 at 23:47 By Katyanna Quach Roadblocks ahead as external watchdog hired for full audit of self-driving biz Cruise is temporarily halting supervised and manual operations of its autonomous vehicles in the US and is hiring an outsider to assess the technology and safety risks of its

Right-to-repair fight going national as FTC asked to lay down the law 15/11/2023 at 23:17 By Brandon Vigliarolo Why shouldn’t you be able to fix your own kit? Clue: Profit is involved iFixit and the Public Interest Research Group (PIRG) have teamed up to go straight to the US Federal Trade Commission with a rulemaking

Microsoft touts mirroring over moving in data warehouse gambit 15/11/2023 at 22:32 By Lindsay Clark Fabric update cuts against the grain, and may have more to do with Databricks partnerships Ignite  Microsoft is advising customers using its Fabric platform to copy data from other data warehouses and analytics systems in a move against the prevailing

Google Workspace weaknesses allow plaintext password theft 15/11/2023 at 21:32 By Connor Jones Exploits come with caveats, but Google says no fixes as user security should do the heavy lifting here Novel weaknesses in Google Workspace have been exposed by researchers, with exploits potentially leading to ransomware attacks, data exfiltration, and password decryption.… This article

You get a Copilot, and you get a Copilot – Microsoft now the Copilot company 15/11/2023 at 20:48 By Richard Speed Wherever you hide, AI will find you Ignite  Microsoft continues to push its Copilot concept onto users and shoehorn the technology into every crevice of the company’s line-up and others via Copilot Studio.… This

OpenAI pauses ChatGPT Plus sign-ups as it hits capacity 15/11/2023 at 20:19 By Richard Speed If only there was an investor with a scalable cloud to hand… Users ready to part with cold, hard cash for OpenAI’s ChatGPT Plus service will no doubt be disappointed to learn that sign-ups are being paused following a surge

One in four Gen Z and Millennial consumers buy with bots 15/11/2023 at 20:01 By New research reveals around half of buyers suspected bots snap up in-demand goods before they can get them, forcing many to either pay inflated prices or use bots themselves. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS

Tesla Cybertruck no-resale clause vanishes faster than a Model S in Ludicrous Mode 15/11/2023 at 19:32 By Brandon Vigliarolo Time for eBay jockeys to ready their watchlists for second-hand clunkers Tesla’s threats to sue Cybertruck buyers who resell their vehicles appear to be nothing but hot air, with the language removed from the Musk-owned automaker’s