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by Richard Speed on (#6GRAS)
New features are great and all, but maybe fix some of the issues too? The developers are revolting - at least, it seems that way if an increasingly fractious thread regarding Microsoft's .NET MAUI is anything to go by....
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by Richard Currie on (#6GRAT)
Is divine intervention next on the tech to-do list? God bless this mess. The UK's Department for Education has crunched the numbers and found that the country's clergy of all things is among the professions most at risk from AI....
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by Connor Jones on (#6GR7X)
CRM databases were accessed and library users are advised to change passwords The Rhysida ransomware group has published most of the data it claimed to have stolen from the British Library a month after the attack was disclosed....
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by Tobias Mann on (#6GR7Y)
Search giant exploring more locations to squeeze watts from rocks Google has added a novel form of geothermal power to the list of carbon-free energy sources fueling its data-crunching empire....
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by Connor Jones on (#6GR7Z)
Acts under the guise of protecting the public from fraud, yet history suggests Home Office has other motives The UK government plans to introduce new legislation to ban SIM farms, which it views as a widely abused means for carrying out cyber fraud....
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by Paul Kunert on (#6GR5R)
Competition Markets Authority claims merger will reduce innovation for designers and other creative types Adobe's $20 billion buy of web-first design collaboration start-up Figma will harm software developers if it goes ahead as proposed, according to a provisional ruling on the merger by Britain's competition regulator....
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by Connor Jones on (#6GR5S)
Planning portal back online with a more secure connection Reading Borough Council has securely restored its planning portal after facing criticism for recommending questionable tech security practices to users....
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by Brandon Vigliarolo on (#6GR44)
In the US, however, folks are ready and willing to bin you for a bot Concern over AI coming for our jobs appears to be unfounded, though it's not clear what effect this newest wave of automation will have on wages, the European Central Bank (ECB) concludes in a research report....
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by Brandon Vigliarolo on (#6GR2N)
'We looked very hard for a smoking gun linking technology and well-being and we didn't find it' Increased use of the internet has not had a notably negative effect on mental health, according to a study combining data from millions of people across 168 countries....
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by Simon Sharwood on (#6GR2P)
JAXA is having a tough time in cyberspace and outer space, the latter thanks to an electrical glitch Japan's Space Exploration Agency (JAXA) has reported a cyber incident....
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by Simon Sharwood on (#6GR2Q)
Almost nobody has used it, or knows it well, so beware of consultants bearing cred If you want to implement Microsoft's Copilot AI assistants, don't expect the software giant's channel to be much help - they've scarcely had a chance to use it, never mind develop meaningful expertise in the tool. That's coming from Loryan Strant, product and innovation lead at Dutch Microsoft-centric consultancy Rapid Circle and a longtime holder of Redmond's Most Valuable Professional (MVP) accreditation....
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by Laura Dobberstein on (#6GR15)
Take that, Elon Amazon's Project Kuiper space internet project has gained a notable notch in its belt, with Japanese telecom company NTT signing up for the service....
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by Simon Sharwood on (#6GR04)
Amid accounts of wider layoffs and Broadcom doing a 'strategic review' of end-user compute and Carbon Black products VMware president Sumit Dhawan has left the newly-acquired org to join security software vendor Proofpoint as its CEO....
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by Laura Dobberstein on (#6GR05)
His job is to modernise Japan but Googling electoral trivia to ensure accurate answers is not allowed Japan's digital minister, Taro Kono, faced a backlash on Monday after he attempted to use his smartphone to look up info during a meeting of the Budget Committee of the House of Councilors, contravening meeting rules....
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by Thomas Claburn on (#6GQYW)
'Meta knows what it is doing is bad for children ... it is now there in black and white' Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has been accused of vetoing a proposed ban of Instagram and Facebook image filters that simulate the effects of plastic surgery, despite being told that such software may cause mental harm for children....
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by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle on (#6GQYX)
Back to plan A, then, eh? Some US lawmakers have tabled alternative legislation to reauthorize the Feds' favorite snooping tool, Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, before it expires at the end of the year....
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by Thomas Claburn on (#6GQX7)
Advertisers may be surprised to find where their banners appear Google Search ads paid for by US and EU government agencies and legislators, and by major companies, have been spotted in embarrassing and legally dubious places, including sexually explicit websites, plus sites in Iran and Russia in possible contravention of economic sanctions....
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by Tim Anderson on (#6GQTM)
Anthropic CEO also rocks up on stage for reasons Re:Invent AWS CEO Adam Selipsky previewed Amazon Q to 50,000 re:Invent attendees in Las Vegas on Tuesday, touting it as a chat-based generative AI assistant whose scope includes suggesting cloud infrastructure to suit business needs, outputting blog posts, helping with application code, and searching and analyzing enterprise data....
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by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle on (#6GQRB)
Grandma is watching what?! A Plex "feature" has infuriated some users after sharing with others what they are watching on the streaming service - and it appears this functionality is on by default....
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by Tobias Mann on (#6GQNE)
Also hedging its bets with a healthy dose of Nvidia chips too Re:Invent On Tuesday Amazon Web Services has unveiled its next-gen Graviton4 CPUs and Trainium2 AI accelerators at its Re:Invent shindig, which it claims will deliver a healthy boost in performance and efficiency in machine learning....
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by Dan Robinson on (#6GQNF)
Will timber tech take root or just go up in flames? Datacenter infrastructure biz Vertiv is offering a wooden version of its prefabricated modular structures, claiming these have a reduced carbon footprint compared to steel alternatives....
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by Richard Speed on (#6GQK2)
The legacy lives on, but best not mention that landing, eh? This week marks the 40th anniversary of the first launch of the European Space Agency's (ESA's) Spacelab module aboard astronaut John Young's final Space Shuttle mission....
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by Lindsay Clark on (#6GQK3)
Google's AI offshoot finds copy-cat robots capable of aping human mentors A team of machine learning researchers from Google's DeepMind claim to have demonstrated that AI can acquire skills in a process analogous to social learning in humans and other animals....
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by Dan Robinson on (#6GQFJ)
Urges US cell tower giant to reverse 'value-destructive strategy' Elliott Investment Management is taking a close interest in US wireless cell tower provider Crown Castle, disclosing a $2 billion stake in the company and pushing for a change of leadership to counter a "value-destructive strategy."...
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by Richard Speed on (#6GQFK)
Scrolling through endless humblebrags without targeted ads is a fundamental right, according to privacy expert Privacy activist group noyb (None Of Your Business) has filed a data protection complaint against Meta over the "Pay or Okay" subscription model, one it reckons is now being considered by many of Meta's rivals....
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by Connor Jones on (#6GQC5)
A few low-level stragglers remain on the loose, but biggest fish have been hooked International law enforcement investigators have made a number of high-profile arrests after tracking a major cybercrime group for more than four years....
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by Richard Speed on (#6GQC6)
Bing grows but Google remains top dog, according to Ofcom report There was good news for Microsoft and bad news for Musk in the 2023 Online Nation report by the UK's data regulator. It seems Brits are falling out of love with X - formerly Twitter....
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by Lindsay Clark on (#6GQ9B)
DBaaS update aimed at customers looking for live analytics on apps Document database Couchbase is adding a columnar side-car to boost analytics performance for users who want more insight into their real-time data....
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by Liam Proven on (#6GQ9C)
The 'Azure RTOS' used in millions of Raspberry Pis is now FOSS Microsoft is open sourcing the realtime operating system that it acquired with Express Logic, donating it to the Eclipse Foundation....
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by Richard Speed on (#6GQ7F)
OpenAI led by the Swedish Chef? Musk aims for Mars and hits Venus instead? What are your predictions? Competition Another year has passed, and another of Microsoft's Christmas sweaters is seeking a new home. Come up with a suggestion for OpenAI's next CEO, and our retro Paint-themed monstrosity could be yours....
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by Richard Speed on (#6GQ7G)
Or your wallet Review Logitech's latest take on ergonomic keyboards is a divisive device. It will delight users seeking palm rests but annoy key bashers more accustomed to chiclet or mechanical models....
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by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle on (#6GQ5S)
Aeroflot fleet still has a smoking section, but not for tobacco Ukrainian government cyber snoops claim they've infiltrated the computer systems of Russia's federal air transport agency Rosaviatsiya, and stolen data that shows the invading nation's civil aviation sector is on the "verge of collapse."...
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by Simon Sharwood on (#6GQ5T)
Exec who led memory and battery businesses to global dominance gets the job of defining Chaebol's future Samsung Electronics has established a "Future Business Planning Group" to figure out what's next for the manufacturing giant....
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by Tobias Mann on (#6GQ5V)
What was it they say about folks in silicon houses? After lambasting Nvidia's efforts to limbo-dance under US export restrictions against China, the CEO of chips-for-AI outfit Cerebras, Andrew Feldman, is back in the spotlight amid revelations one of his largest customers, G42, may be aiding the Middle Kingdom, to the ire of Uncle Sam....
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by Laura Dobberstein on (#6GQ47)
Activists worry investigations may stay secret, and then there's those odd incident reporting requirements India's government has granted its Computer Emergency Response Team, CERT-In, immunity from Right To Information (RTI) requests - the nation's equivalent of the freedom of information queries in the US, UK, or Australia....
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by Tim Anderson on (#6GQ48)
Park user data in Amazon's servers for ML-generated insights and actions - yea or nay for you? Re:Invent AWS has previewed AppFabric for productivity, which promises to use generative AI to "provide personalized insights and recommended actions generated from context across a user's other applications."...
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by Simon Sharwood on (#6GQ2Q)
Ghosted authorities after complaint during hotly contested referendum Australia's Digital Industry Group (DIGI), the industry association for organizations that invest in online safety, privacy, and cyber security, has decided to withdraw X's place in the voluntary code that oversees efforts to stop the spread of misinformation....
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by Thomas Claburn on (#6GQ0D)
Anna? Oh, she was just a demo persona, says organizer Presenters at the DevTernity software developer conference have been told the gig, scheduled to begin December 7, has been canceled after allegations emerged that one or more fake profiles had been added to the speaker list....
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by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle on (#6GPYY)
Crook did everything from SIM swaps to fake verified badge scams A Los Angeles man has been jailed after pulling off SIM-swap attacks on victims, hijacking social media accounts, committing fraud with Zelle payments, and impersonating Apple support....
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by Brandon Vigliarolo on (#6GPVD)
TikTok parent reportedly gives hundreds the tintack TikTok parent ByteDance is expected to sashay away from its attempts at being a major video game maker, with studio division Nuverse reportedly set to shutter operations in the coming months....
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by Tobias Mann on (#6GPS4)
Integration woes delay Nvidia's hopes of maintaining grip on Middle Kingdom Nvidia has reportedly delayed the launch of its latest Chinese-market AI accelerators until early next year over issues integrating the chip into server platforms....
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by Brandon Vigliarolo on (#6GPPA)
Sparks fly as Elon's Musketeers sue for license plate liberation Tesla is suing the Swedish government to force it to take action against widespread strikes that have crippled the electric car maker's operations....
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by Connor Jones on (#6GPPB)
Mitigations require mix of updating libraries and manual customer action ownCloud has disclosed three critical vulnerabilities, the most serious of which leads to sensitive data exposure and carries a maximum severity score....
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by Dan Robinson on (#6GPM1)
Less is more, as hyper heterogeneous computing heats up Server unit shipments for 2023 could crash by up to 20 percent on last year, despite revenue growing. The cause is hyper heterogeneous computing which is driving up the silicon content of systems, according to Omdia....
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by Brandon Vigliarolo on (#6GPM2)
Bonuses for bums on seats is a new one for us at Vulture Towers A pair of Japanese tech startups are taking a new approach to the challenge of bringing reluctant employees back into the office by sweetening the pot with small bonuses for in-person working....
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by Connor Jones on (#6GPGG)
17 countries agree to adopt vision for artificial intelligence security as fears mount over pace of development The UK's National Cyber Security Agency (NCSC) and US's Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) have published official guidance for securing AI applications - a document the agencies hope will ensure that safety is inherent in AI's development....
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by Lindsay Clark on (#6GPGH)
Funding follows FDA approval for human trial Elon Musk's Neuralink has secured an additional $43 million in venture capital to help develop its digital interface to the human brain....
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by Richard Speed on (#6GPGJ)
An option for after sun sets on Windows 10, but Microsoft might have a problem A new version of Tiny11 - a stripped-down version of Microsoft's flagship operating system - is here, now in full 23H2 guise....
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by Dan Robinson on (#6GPDC)
Three guesses where DAMO plans to focus research from now on. Yep, you guessed it...AI China's cloud and e-commerce giant Alibaba has shut down its quantum computing laboratory and laid off a number of researchers in what appears to be a bid to cut costs....
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by Richard Speed on (#6GPA2)
The horror of logging in only to find everything since May has vanished Google Drive users are reporting files mysteriously disappearing from the service, with some posters on the company's support forums claiming six or more months of work have unceremoniously vanished....
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