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Alibaba Cloud can’t deploy servers fast enough to satisfy demand for AI
China’s Alibaba Cloud can’t deploy servers fast enough to keep up with demand for AI, so is rationing access to GPUs so that customers who use all of its services enjoy priority access.…
Lifetime access to AI-for-evil WormGPT 4 costs just $220
Attackers don't need to trick ChatGPT or Claude Code into writing malware or stealing data. There's a whole class of LLMs built especially for the job.…
Nvidia scoffs at threat from Google TPUs after rumored Meta tie-up
Growing demand for Google's homegrown AI accelerators appears to have gotten under Nvidia's skin amid reports that one of the GPU giant's most loyal customers may adopt the Chocolate Factory's tensor processing units (TPUs).…
Corporate predators get more than they bargain for when their prey runs SonicWall firewalls
Routine mergers and acquisitions are giving extortionists an easy way in, with Akira affiliates reaching parent networks through compromised SonicWall gear inherited in the deal, according to ReliaQuest.…
Pebble, the e-ink smartwatch that refuses to die, just went fully open source
Pebble, the e-ink smartwatch with a tumultuous history, is making a move sure to please the DIY enthusiasts that make up the bulk of its fans: Its entire software stack is now fully open source, and key hardware design files are available too.…
HPE scores $931M contract to make DoD’s cloud migration a little less public
The US Department of Defense on Tuesday awarded Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) a 10-year, $931 million contract to bring cloud conveniences, like unified management and multi-tenancy, to the US military's most sensitive datacenters.…
Rent-a-GPU neoclouds need to adapt or die as the AI market evolves
So-called neocloud companies are facing a dilemma: They need to move up the AI stack to avoid being commoditized, but they risk competing against their big hyperscale customers if they do.…
HashJack attack shows AI browsers can be fooled with a simple ‘#’
Cato Networks says it has discovered a new attack, dubbed "HashJack," that hides malicious prompts after the "#" in legitimate URLs, tricking AI browser assistants into executing them while dodging traditional network and server-side defenses.…
Get ready for 2026, the year of AI-aided ransomware
Cybercriminals, including ransomware crews, will lean more heavily on agentic AI next year as attackers automate more of their operations, Trend Micro's researchers believe.…
Microsoft's fix for slow File Explorer: load it before you need it
Microsoft is tackling File Explorer's sluggish launch times - not by stripping out the bloat or optimizing code, but by preloading the application in the background.…
Employee trust in SAP board dips amid ongoing restructure
An internal SAP employee survey reveals declining confidence in leadership as the software giant's restructuring program continues, with trust in the executive board waning in the past six months.…
Trump wants to turn it on again with 'Genesis Mission' for AI in science
US President Trump has ordered the launch of the "Genesis Mission," a national effort to use AI to drive scientific discoveries, with the aim of strengthening America's technological leadership and global competitiveness.…
Campbell's CISO canned after lawsuit alleges hour-long rant against staff and customers
Campbell's has placed its US CISO and vice president on temporary leave while it investigates allegations that he disparaged customers, the company's products, and Indian staffers.…
NASA pares back Boeing's Starliner deal after 2024 calamity
NASA has modified its Commercial Crew contract with Boeing, dropping the order from six to four missions, of which one will be uncrewed.…
Clop's Oracle EBS rampage reaches Dartmouth College
Dartmouth College has confirmed it's the latest victim of Clop's Oracle E-Business Suite (EBS) smash-and-grab.…
Airbus: We were hours from pausing production in Spain
Exclusive Airbus is overhauling its datacenter contingency plans after a ten-hour power outage across Spain and Portugal in April nearly forced a complete production shutdown.…
Ukraine first country in Europe to get Starlink satellite phone service
Ukrainian telco Kyivstar has launched Starlink's Direct to Cell satellite service for its subscribers, making the war-torn nation the first in Europe to offer it.…
Lifeboat docks with Tiangong after cracked capsule triggers emergency rendezvous
China's uncrewed Shenzhou-22 spacecraft has successfully docked with the Tiangong space station, providing relief to the crew who were relying on a damaged capsule with a cracked window as their only ride home.…
CISA warns spyware crews are breaking into Signal and WhatsApp accounts
CISA has warned that state-backed snoops and cyber-mercenaries are actively abusing commercial spyware to break into Signal and WhatsApp accounts, hijack devices, and quietly rummage through the phones of what the agency calls "high-value" users.…
Russian spy ship theories sink after Orkney blackout traced to wind farm fault
Cock-up beats conspiracy most of the time, but that didn't stop Orkney residents wondering if a Russian warship caused their two-hour power cut.…

