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SK hynix said to be building $4B memory packaging plant in Indiana

TheRegister - Tue, 2024-03-26 16:02
Up and running in 2028, making crucial HBM, among other tech, reportedly

High-bandwidth memory (HBM) leader SK hynix is set to build an advanced packaging facility in Indiana, which is estimated to cost $4 billion and come online in 2028 to potentially package high-end HBM.…

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Portugal Orders Altman's Worldcoin To Halt Data Collection

Slashdot - Tue, 2024-03-26 16:01
Portugal's data regulator has ordered Sam Altman's iris-scanning project Worldcoin to stop collecting biometric data for 90 days, it said on Tuesday, in the latest regulatory blow to a venture that has raised privacy concerns in multiple countries. From a report: Worldcoin encourages people to have their faces scanned by its "orb" devices, in exchange for a digital ID and free cryptocurrency. More than 4.5 million people in 120 countries have signed up, according to Worldcoin's website. Portugal's data regulator, the CNPD, said there was a high risk to citizens' data protection rights, which justified urgent intervention to prevent serious harm. More than 300,000 people in Portugal have provided Worldcoin with their biometric data, the CNPD said.

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SAP ordered to pay $26.4M in South Africa energy firm dispute

TheRegister - Tue, 2024-03-26 15:32
SA Special Investigating Unit orders payment within 7 days following alleged breach of public finance laws

A Special Tribunal in South Africa has ordered the German software giant SAP to pay a R500 million ($26.4 million, £20.9 million) settlement within a week following a long-running investigation into compliance with public finance laws.…

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Cloudflare Says It's Automated Empathy To Avoid Fixing Flaky Hardware Too Often

Slashdot - Tue, 2024-03-26 15:21
The Register: Cloudflare has revealed a little about how it maintains the millions of boxes it operates around the world -- including the concept of an "error budget" that enacts "empathy embedded in automation." In a Tuesday post titled "Autonomous hardware diagnostics and recovery at scale," the internet-taming biz explains that it built fault-tolerant infrastructure that can continue operating with "little to no impact" on its services. But as explained by infrastructure engineering tech lead Jet Marsical and systems engineers Aakash Shah and Yilin Xiong, when servers did break the Data Center Operations team relied on manual processes to identify dead boxes. And those processes could take "hours for a single server alone, and [could] easily consume an engineer's entire day." Which does not work at hyperscale. Worse, dead servers would sometimes remain powered on, costing Cloudflare money without producing anything of value. Enter Phoenix -- a tool Cloudflare created to detect broken servers and automatically initiate workflows to get them fixed. Phoenix makes a "discovery run" every thirty minutes, during which it probes up to two datacenters known to house broken boxen. That pace of discovery means Phoenix can find dead machines across Cloudflare's network in no more than three days. If it spots machines already listed for repairs, it "takes care of ensuring that the Recovery phase is executed immediately."

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Microsoft gets new Windows boss as Start Menu man Parakhin 'to explore new roles'

TheRegister - Tue, 2024-03-26 14:57
More MS moves just a week after new AI unit and other changes announced

Microsoft just put Pavan Davuluri in charge of the company's Windows and Surface teams, while Windows exec Mikhail Parakhin is "to explore new roles."…

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Telegram's Peer-to-Peer Login System is a Risky Way To Save $5 a Month

Slashdot - Tue, 2024-03-26 14:40
Telegram is offering a new way to earn a premium subscription free of charge: all you have to do is volunteer your phone number to relay one-time passwords (OTP) to other users. This, in fact, sounds like an awful idea -- particularly for a messaging service based around privacy. From a report: X user @AssembleDebug spotted details about the new program on the English-language version of a popular Russian-language Telegram information channel. Sure enough, there's a section in Telegram's terms of service outlining the new "Peer-to-Peer Login" or P2PL program, which is currently only offered on Android and in certain (unspecified) locations. By opting in to the program, you agree to let Telegram use your phone number to send up to 150 texts with OTPs to other users logging in to their accounts. Every month your number is used to send a minimum number of OTPs, you'll get a gift code for a one-month premium subscription. Boy does this sound like a bad idea, starting with the main issue: your phone number is seen by the recipient every time it's used to send an OTP.

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UXL Foundation readying alternative to Nvidia's CUDA for this year

TheRegister - Tue, 2024-03-26 14:25
An open standard challenger appears

The UXL Foundation is readying its open standard accelerator programming model, touted by some as an alternative to Nvidia's CUDA platform, for "a spec release in Q4."…

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Sun Microsystems co-founder charged with insider trading

TheRegister - Tue, 2024-03-26 14:03
Andreas Bechtolsheim is paying out less than $1M to SEC amid allegations he illegally bought options

A Silicon Valley heavyweight has been charged with insider trading by the US Securities and Exchange Commission.…

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AI Will Suck Up 500% More Power in UK in 10 Years, Grid CEO Says

Slashdot - Tue, 2024-03-26 14:00
Electricity demand from UK data centers will jump sixfold over the next 10 years as a boom in AI requires increased computing power, according to the head of National Grid. From a report: That will ramp up pressure on the country's electricity network, which must move vast quantities of renewable energy from as far away as Scottish wind farms to data centers around London. And it's a grid already under strain from the accelerating electrification of home heating, transportation and industries. "Future growth in foundational technologies like artificial intelligence and quantum computing will mean larger-scale, energy-intensive computing infrastructure," National Grid Chief Executive Officer John Pettigrew said Tuesday at a conference in Oxford. It's an outlook replicated in many other countries, which are grappling with how to fund the massive spending required to expand capacity. Global electricity demand from data centers, AI and cryptocurrencies may more than double over the next three years, according to International Energy Agency forecasts.

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Ransomware can mean life or death at hospitals, but DEF CON hackers have a plan

TheRegister - Tue, 2024-03-26 13:15
ARPA-H joins the challenge, adds $20M to cash rewards

Interview As ransomware gangs target critical infrastructure – especially hospitals and other healthcare organizations – DARPA has added another government agency partner to its Artificial Intelligence Cyber Challenge (AIxCC).…

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Reddit May Need To Ramp Up Spending On Content Moderation, Analysts Say

Slashdot - Tue, 2024-03-26 13:00
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Reuters: Reddit will need to spend heavily on content moderation as it may face greater scrutiny as a public company, analysts said, threatening its longstanding policy of relying on an army of volunteers to maintain order on its platform. The newly listed company warned in its initial public offering (IPO) paperwork that its unique approach to content moderation can sometimes subject it to disruptions like in 2023, when several moderators protested against its decision to charge third-party app developers for access to its data. Depending on volunteers is not sustainable, given the regulatory scrutiny that the company will now face, said Julian Klymochko, CEO of alternative investment solutions firm Accelerate Financial Technologies. "It's like relying on unpaid labor when the company has nearly a billion dollars in revenue," he added. Reddit reported revenue of $804 million in 2023, according to an earlier filing. Reddit will need to make substantial investments in trust and safety, which could lead to a "dramatic" rise in expenses, Klymochko said. Josh White, former economist at the Securities and Exchange Commission and assistant professor of finance at Vanderbilt University, also said that banking on free volunteers is Reddit's biggest risk. The company would need to ramp up spending on anti-misinformation efforts especially as the U.S. prepares for the presidential election later this year, White said. "We believe our approach is the most sustainable and scalable moderation model that exists online today. We are continually investing in and iterating on new tools and policies to improve our internal capabilities," the Reddit spokesperson said.

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Scaleway shows off its new RISC-V devices at Kubecon

TheRegister - Tue, 2024-03-26 12:30
Looking for feedback before pressing the production button

European cloud provider Scaleway showed off its new RISC-V servers at the Cloud Native Computing Foundation's (CNCF's) Kubecon Europe 2024 event.…

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Good news: HMRC offers a Linux version of Basic PAYE Tools. Bad news: It broke

TheRegister - Tue, 2024-03-26 11:45
Python 2 has been dead for four years

Did you know that His Majesty's Revenue and Customs (HMRC) offers free Linux tools? Sadly, though, they recently stopped working.…

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Fujitsu set to be preferred bidder in UK digital ID scheme

TheRegister - Tue, 2024-03-26 11:00
Selection comes despite Japanese supplier's role in Post Office scandal

A UK government-endorsed ID card scheme is set to appoint Fujitsu as a business outsourcing supplier despite the Japanese company's earlier promise to refrain from participating in UK public procurement.…

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FreeBSD Foundation hands out Beacon gongs for safer software

TheRegister - Tue, 2024-03-26 10:15
Multiple CHERI-related projects win money for important research that prizes safety over speed

The inaugural Beacon Awards has handed three prizes to projects working on safer software for CHERI-enabled hardware running on the CheriBSD operating system.…

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Microsoft Has a New Windows and Surface Chief

Slashdot - Tue, 2024-03-26 10:00
Tom Warren reports via The Verge: Microsoft is naming Pavan Davuluri as its new Windows and Surface chief today. After Panos Panay's surprise departure to Amazon last year, Microsoft split up the Windows and Surface groups under two different leaders. Davuluri took over the Surface silicon and devices work, with Mikhail Parakhin leading a new team focused on Windows and web experiences. Now both Windows and Surface will be Davuluri's responsibility, as Parakhin has "decided to explore new roles." The Verge has obtained an internal memo from Rajesh Jha, Microsoft's head of experiences and devices, outlining the new Windows organization. Microsoft is now bringing together its Windows and devices teams once more. "This will enable us to take a holistic approach to building silicon, systems, experiences, and devices that span Windows client and cloud for this AI era," explains Jha. Pavan Davuluri is now the leader of Microsoft's Windows and Surface team, reporting directly to Rajesh Jha. Davuluri has worked at Microsoft for more than 23 years and was deeply involved in the company's work with Qualcomm and AMD to create custom Surface processors. Mikhail Parakhin will now report to Kevin Scott during a transition phase, but his future at Microsoft looks uncertain, and it's likely those "new roles" will be outside the company. Parakhin had been working closely on Bing Chat before taking on the broader Windows engineering responsibilities and changes to Microsoft Edge. The Windows shake-up comes just days after Google DeepMind co-founder and former Inflection AI CEO Mustafa Suleyman joined Microsoft as the CEO of a new AI team. Microsoft also hired a bunch of Inflection AI employees, including co-founder Karen Simonyan who is now the chief scientist of Microsoft AI.

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UK elections are unaffected by China's cyber-interference, says deputy PM

TheRegister - Tue, 2024-03-26 09:30
Sanctions galore for APT31, which has been blamed for two major attacks on democracy

The UK's deputy prime minister, Oliver Dowden, says China has been unsuccessful in its attempts to undermine UK elections.…

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Row breaks out over true severity of two DNSSEC flaws

TheRegister - Tue, 2024-03-26 08:24
Some of us would be happy being rated 7.5 out of 10, just sayin'

Two DNSSEC vulnerabilities were disclosed last month with similar descriptions and the same severity score, but they are not the same issue.…

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Cloudflare reveals it's automated empathy to avoid fixing flaky hardware too often

TheRegister - Tue, 2024-03-26 07:26
Error budget' and other server maintenance/site reliability secrets revealed

Cloudflare has revealed a little about how it maintains the millions of boxes it operates around the world – including the concept of an "error budget" that enacts "empathy embedded in automation."…

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BBC Will Stop Using AI For 'Doctor Who' Promotion After Receiving Complaints

Slashdot - Tue, 2024-03-26 07:00
The BBC says it has stopped using AI to promote Doctor Who after receiving complaints from viewers. Deadline reports: The BBC's marketing teams used the tech "as part of a small trial" to help draft some text for two promotional emails and mobile notifications, according to its complaints website, which was intended to highlight Doctor Who programming on the BBC. But the corporation received complaints over the reports that it was using generative AI, it added. "We followed all BBC editorial compliance processes and the final text was verified and signed-off by a member of the marketing team before it was sent," the BBC said. "We have no plans to do this again to promote Doctor Who." The decision to stop promoting via generative AI represents a u-turn from the BBC, who said at the time of announcement that "generative AI offers a great opportunity to speed up making the extra assets to get more experiments live for more content that we are trying to promote." At the time, the BBC didn't mention that this would be the only time it uses the technology for Doctor Who promotion. Doctor Who will launch in May on the BBC and, for the first time, Disney+. A new trailer was unveiled last week.

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