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How many Microsoft missteps were forks that were just a bit of fun? 2024-06-27 at 11:36 By Richard Speed Raymond Chen on cutting loose with a copy of the code Veteran Microsoft engineer Raymond Chen has dropped another nugget of Microspeak – the “fun fork.”… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original […]

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Russian National Indicted for Cyber Attacks on Ukraine Before 2022 Invasion 2024-06-27 at 11:36 By A 22-year-old Russian national has been indicted in the U.S. for his alleged role in staging destructive cyber attacks against Ukraine and its allies in the days leading to Russia’s full-blown military invasion of Ukraine in early 2022. Amin Timovich

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Reddit hopes robots.txt tweak will do the trick in scaring off AI training data scrapers 2024-06-27 at 10:56 By Tobias Mann Pay up or go away, pretty please? For many Reddit has become the go to repository of community and crowdsourced knowledge, a fact that has no doubt made it a prime target for AI

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Critical SQLi Vulnerability Found in Fortra FileCatalyst Workflow Application 2024-06-27 at 10:36 By A critical security flaw has been disclosed in Fortra FileCatalyst Workflow that, if left unpatched, could allow an attacker to tamper with the application database. Tracked as CVE-2024-5276, the vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 9.8. It impacts FileCatalyst Workflow versions 5.1.6

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Alibaba Cloud reveals its datacenter design and homebrew network used for LLM training 2024-06-27 at 09:46 By Simon Sharwood 15,000 GPUs per DC, in hosts packing eight apiece, plus nine NICs – helped by switches with custom heat sinks Exclusive  Alibaba Cloud has revealed the design of an Ethernet-based network it created specifically to carry

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Indian gov investigating claims Foxconn won’t hire married women 2024-06-27 at 08:31 By Laura Dobberstein Cultural traditions clash with manufacturing ambitions India’s Ministry of Labor and Employment has ordered an investigation of Foxconn – the contract manufacturer supplier also known as Hon Hai Precision and one of Apple’s main suppliers – after reports emerged alleging

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AI arms race: Cybersecurity defenders in the age of evolving threats 2024-06-27 at 07:16 By By harnessing AI’s capabilities, organizations will strengthen their resilience and enhance adaptability, forging a formidable defense against relentless cyber adversaries. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source React to this headline:

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Lenovo brings its virtualization and cloud stack to Loongson’s CPU architecture 2024-06-27 at 06:16 By Simon Sharwood NAS vendors, healthcare software vendors, and government buyers join the march to silicon sovereignty Chinese chip shop Loongson, which has built modest CPUs based on its own MIPS-like architecture, is on the march.… This article is an excerpt

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Korean telco allegedly infected its P2P users with malware 2024-06-27 at 05:01 By Laura Dobberstein KT may have had an entire team dedicated to infecting its own customers A South Korean media outlet has alleged that local telco KT deliberately infected some customers with malware due to their excessive use of peer-to-peer (P2P) downloading tools.…

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WhisperGate suspect indicted as US offers a $10M bounty for his capture 2024-06-27 at 03:46 By Jessica Lyons Russian national accused of attacks in lead-up to the Ukraine war The US Department of Justice has indicted a 22-year-old Russian for allegedly attacking Ukrainian government computers and destroying critical infrastructure systems in the so-called “WhisperGate” wiper

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Microsoft founder Paul Allen’s tech museum closes, sells off collection 2024-06-27 at 02:46 By Matthew Connatser Letter from Einstein, vintage space suit, and ancient computers all up for sale The estate of the late Paul Allen, co-founder of Microsoft, has decided to close Living Computers: Museum + Labs, the Seattle site which housed his beloved

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Apple set to pay away Batterygate, audio defect lawsuits 2024-06-27 at 01:46 By Thomas Claburn Pocket-change settlements of $6M and $35M await approval in July Apple is preparing to settle two lawsuits next month over alleged iPhone flaws, provided the respective judges agree to the terms of the deals.… This article is an excerpt from

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Feds put $5M bounty on ‘CryptoQueen’ Ruja Ignatova 2024-06-27 at 01:01 By Jessica Lyons OneCoin co-founder allegedly bilked investors out of $4B in digicash Uncle Sam has put a $5 million bounty on any information leading to the arrest or conviction of self-titled “CryptoQueen” Ruja Ignatova, who is wanted in the US for apparently bilking

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FCC slaps Verizon with $1M fine for dropping 911 calls, again 2024-06-27 at 00:31 By Matthew Connatser Less than an hour’s profit – that sends a strong message for emergency cover America’s Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has fined Verizon a little over a million dollars for failing to route 911 calls during a cellular outage.…

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AI’s appetite for power could double datacenter electricity bills by 2030 2024-06-26 at 23:31 By Matthew Connatser Believe it or not, this is modest relative to other predictions A study predicts that US power consumption from datacenters will more than double by 2030.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original Source React

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Huawei struggling to ramp GPU production as US sanctions bite 2024-06-26 at 22:46 By Dan Robinson President Xi tells nation that battle for tech dominance, game between ‘international powers’ are ‘intertwined’ US efforts to curb China’s advanced chip industries may be having an effect, amid claims that Huawei is having difficulty ramping up production of

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Supreme Court won’t curb Biden’s efforts to lean on social media to tackle disinfo 2024-06-26 at 22:31 By Brandon Vigliarolo Merits, schmerits: Plaintiffs weren’t unfairly targeted, say top US judges The US Supreme Court has reversed a prior decision barring federal agencies from coordinating with social media platforms to fight misinformation, on the grounds the

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US Supreme Court backs Biden’s efforts to curb disinfo by leaning on social media 2024-06-26 at 22:16 By Brandon Vigliarolo Merits, schmerits: Plaintiffs weren’t unfairly targeted, say judges The US Supreme Court has reversed a prior decision barring federal agencies from coordinating with social media platforms to fight misinformation, on the grounds the plaintiffs in

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93% of UK residents want local police to have backup dispatch 2024-06-26 at 22:16 By U.K residents revealed that they would prefer police departments to have additional safety technology, including additional backup measures. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source React to this headline:

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US convicts crypto-robbing gang leader who kidnapped victims before draining their accounts 2024-06-26 at 22:01 By Connor Jones Said to have zip tied elderly crypto investors, held them at gunpoint, and threatened to kill them The US has convicted the 24-year-old leader of an international robbery crew that kidnapped and terrorized wealthy victims during home

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