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Blockchain company Nomad to repay users under FTC deal after $186M cyberattack
In proposing a settlement agreement, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) says that Illusory Systems must repay users funds lost in a 2022 cyberattack.…
AI-authored code contains worse bugs than software crafted by humans
Generating code using AI increases the number of issues that need to be reviewed and the severity of those issues.…
NATO's battle for cloud sovereignty: Speed is existential
NATO is in an existential race to develop sovereign cloud-based technologies to underpin its mission, the alliance's Assistant Secretary General for Cyber and Digital Transformation told an audience at the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI) last week.…
California DMV tells Tesla to ease off on those Autopilot claims
The California DMV says Tesla's use of the term Autopilot is misleading and violated state law, but has hit the brakes on a proposed 30-day suspension of the car maker's manufacturing and dealer licenses.…
Microsoft security updates breaks MSMQ on older Win systems
Microsoft has good news for administrators: while some organizations now pay for security updates on older Windows versions, the inconsistent quality remains free.…
X sues to protect Twitter brand Musk has been trying to kill
X has filed a lawsuit against a social media startup over the Twitter brand, effectively acknowledging that millions still use the Twitter domain, call Elon Musk's platform "Twitter," and their emissions "tweets."…
Former UK chancellor George Osborne finds something to do at OpenAI
OpenAI has hired former UK finance minister George Osborne, continuing a trend of British politicians whose careers have peaked cozying up to US tech giants.…
UK.gov accused of Grinching Christmas by ignoring phone theft scourge
MPs have blasted the UK government for complacency over surging mobile thefts after a "long-delayed" summit on the issue disappeared into the New Year.…
England keeping pen and paper exams despite limited digital expansion
Most students taking school and college GCSE, A-level, and AS-level exams in England will continue to use pen and paper, according to proposals from the sector's regulator for a very limited expansion of screen-based assessments.…
UK plans right for flat owners to demand gigabit broadband
The UK government is consulting on plans to give the owners of 1.2 million flats in England and Wales a formal right to request gigabit-capable broadband.…
Cisco decides its homegrown AI model is ready to power its products
Cisco has decided its homegrown AI models are ready to power its products, starting with its Duo Identity Intelligence offering.…
India unveils a homegrown dual-core 1GHz RISC-V processor, the DHRUV64
India’s Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (CDAC) on Monday revealed its most advanced processor yet and hailed it as a “reliable” product and a step towards the creation of a domestic semiconductor industry that challenges current global giantswhe.…
China's Ink Dragon hides out in European government networks
Chinese espionage crew Ink Dragon has expanded its snooping activities into European government networks, using compromised servers to create illicit relay nodes for future operations.…
Hot for its bot, McKinsey may cut thousands of jobs
Consultant cut thyself! Where consulting firms typically tell other companies how to make more money by trimming the fat, they are now looking inward, as advances in AI and a push for efficiency prompt layoffs, with blue-chip advisor McKinsey weighing thousands of job cuts, according to reports.…
Analytics provider: We didn't expose smut site data to crims
Analytics vendor Mixpanel says it is not the source of data stolen from Pornhub and says the info was last accessed by an employee of the adult site.…
Meta's SAM bot keeps 'em separated as it isolates voices and instruments from audio clips
Want to hear just the guitar riff from a song? How about cutting out the train noise from a voice recording? Meta says its new SAM Audio model can separate and edit sounds using simple prompts, cutting down on the manual work typical of audio-editing tools.…
Browser 'privacy' extensions have eye on your AI, log all your chats
Ad blockers and VPNs are supposed to protect your privacy, but four popular browser extensions have been doing just the opposite. According to research from Koi Security, these pernicious plug-ins have been harvesting the text of chatbot conversations from more than 8 million people and sending them back to the developers.…
Why do bit barns keep bumping up our bills, Senators ask DC operators
Concerned over continually rising energy costs linked to AI datacenter construction projects, three Democratic Senators are asking leading bit barn operators to explain why their promises of not passing grid expansion costs onto consumers are falling short. …
Nvidia fills the void of American open-weights models with some of its own
For many, enterprise AI adoption depends on the availability of high-quality open-weights models. Exposing sensitive customer data or hard-fought intellectual property to APIs so you can use closed models like ChatGPT is a non-starter.…
SantaStealer stuffs credentials, crypto wallets into a brand new bag
A new, modular infostealer called SantaStealer, advertised on Telegram with a basic tier priced at $175 per month, promises to make criminals' Christmas dreams come true. It boasts that it can run "fully undetected" even on systems with the "strictest AntiVirus" and those belonging to governments, financial institutions, and other prime targets.…