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Chan Zuckerberg org to spin up 1,000+ H100 GPU cluster for AI medical research 20/09/2023 at 13:48 By Katyanna Quach Plus: DeepMind trained model to predict genetically mutated DNA strings The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, founded by Meta boss Mark Zuckerberg and his wife Priscilla Chan, is to build one of the world’s largest GPU clusters, […]

Signal Messenger Introduces PQXDH Quantum-Resistant Encryption 20/09/2023 at 13:02 By Encrypted messaging app Signal has announced an update to the Signal Protocol to add support for quantum resistance by upgrading the Extended Triple Diffie-Hellman (X3DH) specification to Post-Quantum Extended Diffie-Hellman (PQXDH). “With this upgrade, we are adding a layer of protection against the threat of

As TikTok surveils staff’s office hours, research indicates WFH is good for planet 20/09/2023 at 12:33 By Paul Kunert Not leaving home for work cuts an individual’s carbon footprint by 54%, says research As TikTok becomes the latest tech biz to demand employees return to the office, deploying an app to monitor this, research indicates

Scientists suggest possible solution to space-induced bone loss 20/09/2023 at 11:36 By Brandon Vigliarolo Douglas Adams was right! Mice may hold key to exploring the universe One of the foremost health risks for astronauts may have a cure en route. A specially-formulated medication has been shown to prevent bone loss in mice, and perhaps humans,

GitLab Releases Urgent Security Patches for Critical Vulnerability 20/09/2023 at 11:16 By GitLab has shipped security patches to resolve a critical flaw that allows an attacker to run pipelines as another user. The issue, tracked as CVE-2023-5009 (CVSS score: 9.6), impacts all versions of GitLab Enterprise Edition (EE) starting from 13.12 and prior to 16.2.7 as well

AWS spins up more cloudy Mac Minis, now with M2 Pro silicon 20/09/2023 at 10:33 By Simon Sharwood Andy Jassy’s rent-a-Macs have no love for the vanilla M2, and the Max and Ultra aren’t used in the Mini Amazon Web Services has flipped the switch on a virtual Mac offering in its Elastic Computing Cloud

Terraform fork OpenTF renamed and relocated as OpenTofu 20/09/2023 at 10:06 By Thomas Claburn Open wide! OpenTF – the fork of HashiCorp’s Terraform infrastructure management project – is no more. The software has been renamed OpenTofu and placed under the oversight of The Linux Foundation.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original

Trend Micro Releases Urgent Fix for Actively Exploited Critical Security Vulnerability 20/09/2023 at 09:01 By Cybersecurity company Trend Micro has released patches and hotfixes to address a critical security flaw in Apex One and Worry-Free Business Security solutions for Windows that has been actively exploited in real-world attacks. Tracked as CVE-2023-41179 (CVSS score: 9.1), it relates to a third-party

Singapore may split liabiilty for phishing losses between bank and victim 20/09/2023 at 08:48 By Laura Dobberstein Won’t someone please think of the banks, asks minister Singapore officials said on Monday that the country will next month deliver a consultation paper detailing a split liabiilty scheme that means consumers and banks are both on the

Hong Kong authorities cuff six in connection with floundering crypto platform JPEX 20/09/2023 at 07:18 By Laura Dobberstein Special Adminstrative Region aspires to be a crypto hub and is making an example of allegedly unclicensed operator Hong Kong police on Monday arrested six people connected to cryptocurrency trading platform JPEX.… This article is an excerpt

A chip off the old block: The 200mm fab supply chain breaker 20/09/2023 at 05:47 By Nicole Hemsoth Prickett Southeast Asia, China spearheading factory capacity growth for foreseeable future There are plenty of reasons to pay close attention to the development and building of 200mm-wafer semiconductor fabs. They give some clear signals about the future

Google Bard can now tap into your Gmail, Docs, more 20/09/2023 at 04:18 By Katyanna Quach Web giant promises personal info and files won’t be used to train this chatbot Google Bard can now retrieve and process information from your Gmail, Docs, and Drive as well as other applications, on top of searching the internet.…

So what if China has 7nm chips now, there’s no Huawei it can make them ‘at scale’ 20/09/2023 at 03:18 By Nicole Hemsoth Prickett Or so says US Commerce Secretary Further escalating the rivalry between the US and China, America’s Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo earlier today voiced open dismay over Huawei putting out a smartphone

Intel slams down hand, says I got it: AI PCs. Sell them AI PCs 20/09/2023 at 02:34 By Tobias Mann Talkin’ about my ML generation Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger used his keynote at the chip giant’s Innovation conference in San Jose on Tuesday to repeatedly hammer home the idea of running large language models and

Judge sides with Meta and Google, puts California child privacy law on hold 20/09/2023 at 01:47 By Jessica Lyons Hardcastle NetChoice ‘likely to prevail’ in First Amendment argument, court rules A federal judge in California has blocked the state’s online kids’ safety law from going into effect while a lawsuit brought by Meta, Google, and

DoD hopes $30M BEACONS will shine light on next-gen American battery designs 20/09/2023 at 00:47 By Brandon Vigliarolo And less than half the cost of a single F-35 – bargain! The Department of Defense has become the latest US government body to push for next-gen battery manufacturing in America, with a $30 million (£24m) investment

Marvell disputes claim that Cavium backdoored chips for Uncle Sam 20/09/2023 at 00:02 By Thomas Claburn Allegations date back a decade to leaked Snowden docs Cavium, a maker of semiconductors acquired in 2018 by Marvell, was identified in the documents leaked in 2013 by Edward Snowden as a vendor that cooperated with US intelligence agencies

Russian allegedly smuggled US weapons electronics to Moscow 19/09/2023 at 23:03 By Jessica Lyons Hardcastle Feds claim sniper scope displays sold in sanctions-busting move A Russian national helped smuggle, via shell companies in Hong Kong, more than $1.6 million in microelectronics to Moscow potentially to support its war against Ukraine, it is claimed.… This article

Starlink speeds ahead in the satellite race but rivals aren’t starstruck just yet 19/09/2023 at 21:50 By Dan Robinson Download rates stabilize after influx of users dragged on service SpaceX’s Starlink satellite broadband service has become the provider to beat on speed, according to network intelligence outfit Ookla, although the company faces competition coming soon