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Europe’s tough new rules for Big Tech start today. Is anyone ready? 25/08/2023 at 09:48 By Brandon Vigliarolo Google says it is. Amazon’s swerves the rules, for now. And tests suggest consumer protections aren’t yet strong The European Union’s Digital Services Act comes into effect today, August 25, and it’s unclear if the hoped-for consumer […]

Huawei reportedly building ‘secret’ semiconductor fabs 25/08/2023 at 08:32 By Laura Dobberstein Semiconductor Industry Association downplays the intel Huawei is building a network of secret semiconductor fabs in China, according to recent media reports. Or maybe it isn’t.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original Source

India’s Moon mission continues to triumph, Japan’s waits for better weather 25/08/2023 at 06:34 By Simon Sharwood JAXA’s SLIM scheduled to arrive after Chandrayaan-3 says goodnight India’s Chandrayaan-3 Moon mission continues to achieve its goals, but Japan will have to wait a little longer for its attempts to land on Luna to succeed.… This article

Microsoft makes some certification exams open book 25/08/2023 at 04:34 By Laura Dobberstein Realistically you’re going to look stuff up anyway, so you might as well learn how to do it right Microsoft has made some of its certification exams open book affairs, allowing access to its learning portal while candidates sit tests.… This article

FBI: Who was going around hijacking Barracuda email boxes? China, probably 25/08/2023 at 03:33 By Jessica Lyons Hardcastle Joins in the chorus of advice to bin the gear instead of trying for a fix The FBI has warned owners of Barracuda Email Security Gateway (ESG) appliances the devices are likely undergoing attack by snoops linked

Big Tech pumps $235M into AI model depot Hugging Face 25/08/2023 at 03:02 By Katyanna Quach Upstart now valued at $4B after Salesforce, Nvidia, Google, Amazon, and pals dish out dosh Hugging Face, which maintains a huge repository of open and non-open source AI models and training data, just closed a $235 million funding round

Big Tech pumps $240M into AI model depot Hugging Face 25/08/2023 at 02:03 By Katyanna Quach Upstart now valued at $4B after Salesforce, Nvidia, Google, Amazon, and pals dish out dosh Hugging Face, which maintains a huge repository of open and non-open source AI models and training data, just closed a $235 million funding round

UN cybercrime treaty risks becoming a ‘global surveillance pact’ 25/08/2023 at 01:06 By Jessica Lyons Hardcastle Diplomats debate Russia-backed rules on what can be said online An international treaty on countering cybercrime is in danger of becoming an “expansive global surveillance pact” that will trample data privacy and human rights, activists warned UN delegates as

Dropbox limits ‘all the storage you need’ unlimited plan, thanks to abusive users 24/08/2023 at 23:48 By Simon Sharwood One percent of customers store more than 35TB. And before you ask: Yes, you can blame crypto creeps for this Dropbox has decided it’s time to limit its unlimited Advanced plan. Rather than giving people “as

After years of fighting Right to Repair, Apple U-turns gently in California 24/08/2023 at 23:18 By Thomas Claburn ‘It feels like the Berlin Wall of tech repair monopolies is starting to crumble, brick by brick’ Apple has endorsed California’s proposed Right to Repair law after spending years opposing DIY fixes.… This article is an excerpt

IT leaders report concern over generative AI in SaaS applications 24/08/2023 at 23:18 By When asked in a survey how they would feel if a SaaS vendor used generative AI without their knowledge, more than half of IT leaders reported concern. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original

Windows 11 update gives some the blue-screen blues 24/08/2023 at 22:31 By Brandon Vigliarolo Pay particular attention if you’re MSI powered Microsoft is probing reports of dreaded blue screens of death from users who installed a recent Windows 11 update. Some folks suggest it’s a particular problem for machines equipped with MSI motherboards.… This article

Concorde? Pffft. NASA wants a Mach 4 passenger jet 24/08/2023 at 21:48 By Brandon Vigliarolo Don’t get too excited: We’re purely in the ‘is this possible’ stage right now The legendary supersonic Concorde jet used to ferry passengers across the Atlantic in just three and a half hours at twice the speed of sound. Impressive,

Intel seems to think Wi-Fi 7 is too cool for old-school Windows 10 24/08/2023 at 20:30 By Liam Proven What do you mean, you ‘haven’t updated yet’? A leaked Intel document seems to suggest that Intel will only support Windows 11 and later on its next-gen Wi-Fi chipset.… This article is an excerpt from The

Zoom CEO reportedly tells staff: Workers can’t build trust or collaborate… on Zoom 24/08/2023 at 19:47 By Richard Currie So those 218,000 enterprise customers are wrong to hold meetings on web? Opinion  Zoom subscribers have some food for thought after the company’s CEO inadvertently kicked a massive hole in the entire premise of its flagship

Crypto VC inflows drop further as macro factors weigh on investments 24/08/2023 at 19:20 By Cointelegraph By Cointelegraph Research Polychain Capital and CoinFund launch new funds, and spot Bitcoin ETFs approval rumors can’t brighten the outlook for crypto VC sector. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

Lazarus Group Exploits Critical Zoho ManageEngine Flaw to Deploy Stealthy QuiteRAT Malware 24/08/2023 at 19:05 By The North Korea-linked threat actor known as Lazarus Group has been observed exploiting a now-patched critical security flaw impacting Zoho ManageEngine ServiceDesk Plus to distribute a remote access trojan called such as QuiteRAT. Targets include internet backbone infrastructure and healthcare

Blazar Token creator accused of using investor funds for renovating bathroom 24/08/2023 at 18:17 By Jude Karabus Ex-prison officer raised $600K+, flushed some of it down fresh bowl, SEC claims Somewhere in New Jersey, glistening new tile sits on fresh grouting, but it was paid for via misappropriated funds from a fraudulent stock and crypto

Malicious web application transactions increased by 500% in 2023 24/08/2023 at 18:01 By According to a Radware cyberattack report, the number of malicious web application transactions increased by 500% compared to the first half of 2022. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

China cooks covert chips, recruits global geeks to dodge US restrictions 24/08/2023 at 16:50 By Dan Robinson The Qiming is impeccable China is looking to hire engineers from other nations to bolster local chip production in the face of crippling US sanctions, with Huawei – one of the country’s largest tech giants – said to