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A quarter of 5-7 year olds now use smartphones, says regulator 2024-04-19 at 15:02 By Lindsay Clark Social media use and gaming show steep increases within the age group, after UK comms watchdog given new powers The UK’s telecoms regulator has found that nearly a quarter of children between the ages of five and seven […]

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How Attackers Can Own a Business Without Touching the Endpoint 2024-04-19 at 15:02 By Attackers are increasingly making use of “networkless” attack techniques targeting cloud apps and identities. Here’s how attackers can (and are) compromising organizations – without ever needing to touch the endpoint or conventional networked systems and services.  Before getting into the details of the attack techniques being used, let’s discuss

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Akira Ransomware Gang Extorts $42 Million; Now Targets Linux Servers 2024-04-19 at 15:02 By Threat actors behind the Akira ransomware group have extorted approximately $42 million in illicit proceeds after breaching the networks of more than 250 victims as of January 1, 2024. “Since March 2023, Akira ransomware has impacted a wide range of businesses

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Cybercriminals threaten to leak all 5 million records from stolen database of high-risk individuals 2024-04-19 at 14:32 By Connor Jones It’s the second time the World-Check list has fallen into the wrong hands The World-Check database used by businesses to verify the trustworthiness of users has fallen into the hands of cybercriminals.… This article is

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Germany cuffs alleged Russian spies over plot to bomb industrial and military targets 2024-04-19 at 13:32 By Matthew Connatser Apparently an attempt to damage Ukraine’s war effort Bavarian state police have arrested two German-Russian citizens on suspicion of being Russian spies and planning to bomb industrial and military facilities that participate in efforts to assist

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Wing Commander III changed how the copy hotkey works in Windows 95 2024-04-19 at 12:32 By Richard Speed No, boss, I’m not just playing a game. I’m testing compatibility. Honest It is almost 30 years since Wing Commander III: Heart of the Tiger was released. In addition to allowing users to kick some Kilrathi ass,

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Some smart meters won’t be smart at all once 2/3G networks mothballed 2024-04-19 at 11:46 By Paul Kunert UK reckoning with prospect of millions of homes with obsolete hardware Months after being quizzed by a committee of cross-party MPs, the UK government is still failing to clarify ways to support the substitution of millions of

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UK unions publish AI bill to protect workers from ‘risks and harms’ of tech 2024-04-19 at 09:46 By Lindsay Clark TUC questions government’s approach so far A UK federation of trades unions has published a bill designed to protect workers from “the risks and harms” of AI-powered decision-making in the workplace.… This article is an

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Hackers Target Middle East Governments with Evasive “CR4T” Backdoor 2024-04-19 at 09:46 By Government entities in the Middle East have been targeted as part of a previously undocumented campaign to deliver a new backdoor dubbed CR4T. Russian cybersecurity company Kaspersky said it discovered the activity in February 2024, with evidence suggesting that it may have been active since at least a

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Huawei’s latest flagship smartphone contains no world-shaking silicon surprises 2024-04-19 at 09:16 By Simon Sharwood Kirin 9010 SoC powering the Pura 70 is impressive, but doesn’t indicate unforeseen prowess When Huawei debuted its Mate 60 smartphone in mid-2023, it turned heads around the world after teardown artists found it contained a system-on-chip manufactured by Chinese

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Oracle scores big win with Fujitsu Japan for its Alloy partner cloud 2024-04-19 at 08:01 By Simon Sharwood But Big Red’s $8 billion investment plan may not be all it seems Oracle has had a big win in Japan that could turn into something enormous, and also revealed plans to score more success in the

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Meta lets Llama 3 LLM out to graze, claims it can give Google and Anthropic a kicking 2024-04-19 at 04:01 By Tobias Mann Plans multilingual 400 billion parameter version, but starts with more modest fare Meta has unleashed its latest large language model (LLM) – named Llama 3 – and claims it will challenge much

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US Air Force says AI-controlled F-16 fighter jet has been dogfighting with humans 2024-04-19 at 03:01 By Thomas Claburn Robo-plane was made to restrain itself so as not to harm pilot or airframe Video  The US Air Force Test Pilot School and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) claim to have achieved a breakthrough

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Ransomware feared as IT ‘issues’ force Octapharma Plasma to close 150+ centers 2024-04-19 at 01:31 By Jessica Lyons Source blames BlackSuit infection – as ISP Frontier confirms cyberattack Octapharma Plasma has blamed IT “network issues” for the ongoing closure of its 150-plus centers across the US. It’s feared a ransomware infection may be the root

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Crooks exploit OpenMetadata holes to mine crypto – and leave a sob story for victims 2024-04-19 at 01:01 By Jessica Lyons ‘I want to buy a car. That’s all’ Crooks are exploiting month-old OpenMetadata vulnerabilities in Kubernetes environments to mine cryptocurrency using victims’ resources, according to Microsoft.… This article is an excerpt from The Register

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Stability AI decimates staff just weeks after CEO’s exit 2024-04-19 at 00:02 By Tobias Mann More like Instability AI, right kids? Stability AI is laying off staff in its search of steadier footing following the sudden departure of its CEO late last month.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original Source React

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IBM accused of cheating its own executive assistants out of overtime pay 2024-04-18 at 23:32 By Thomas Claburn Big Blue bosses retaliate against those seeking overtime, lawsuit claims IBM has been accused of cheating its executive assistants by denying them overtime pay and meal breaks and retaliating against them for accurately reporting their working hours.…

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Google fires 28 staff after sit-in protest against Israeli cloud deal ends in arrests 2024-04-18 at 22:31 By Brandon Vigliarolo Alphabet Workers Union says bosses refuse to listen to concerns Google has fired more than two dozen employees after they staged sit-ins at the web giant’s offices in protest of its cloud contract with the

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Feds hit coding boot camp with big fine for allegedly conning students 2024-04-18 at 21:47 By Matthew Connatser Do not pass go, do not collect $200, says government agency The US Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has slapped coding boot camp BloomTech with several punishments for alleged deceptive business practices.… This article is an excerpt

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Microsoft aims to triple datacenter capacity to fuel AI boom 2024-04-18 at 21:32 By Dan Robinson And it’s far from the only hyperscaler getting in on the act Microsoft is looking to significantly expand datacenter space to service expected AI demand, tripling the rate at which it adds capacity early in its next financial year.

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