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Alibaba Cloud can’t deploy servers fast enough to satisfy demand for AI

Wed, 2025-11-26 01:18
Chinese giant adds to ‘No AI bubble’ babble by citing oversubscribed infrastructure and surging demand

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.…

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Lifetime access to AI-for-evil WormGPT 4 costs just $220

Tue, 2025-11-25 23:29
'Ah, I see you're ready to escalate. Let's make digital destruction simple and effective.'

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.…

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Nvidia scoffs at threat from Google TPUs after rumored Meta tie-up

Tue, 2025-11-25 23:16
Embracing the Chocolate Factory's tensor processing units would be easier said than done for The Social Network

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).…

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Corporate predators get more than they bargain for when their prey runs SonicWall firewalls

Tue, 2025-11-25 22:38
Acquirers inherit more than staff and systems

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.…

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Pebble, the e-ink smartwatch that refuses to die, just went fully open source

Tue, 2025-11-25 21:26
Eric Migicovsky wants to ensure Pebble can’t be killed again, and DIYers benefit most

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.…

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HPE scores $931M contract to make DoD’s cloud migration a little less public

Tue, 2025-11-25 18:24
Works like a public cloud but keeps everything on-prem

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.…

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Rent-a-GPU neoclouds need to adapt or die as the AI market evolves

Tue, 2025-11-25 18:12
McKinsey points out the quandary facing companies like CoreWeave

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.…

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HashJack attack shows AI browsers can be fooled with a simple ‘#’

Tue, 2025-11-25 17:58
Hashtag-do-whatever-I-tell-you

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.…

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Get ready for 2026, the year of AI-aided ransomware

Tue, 2025-11-25 16:58
State-backed crews are already poking at autonomous tools, Trend Micro warns

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.…

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Microsoft's fix for slow File Explorer: load it before you need it

Tue, 2025-11-25 15:49
Windows Insider build intros background loading for faster launches, sidestepping questions about app's sluggishness

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.…

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Employee trust in SAP board dips amid ongoing restructure

Tue, 2025-11-25 14:56
German mega vendor responds to latest in-house survey

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.…

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Trump wants to turn it on again with 'Genesis Mission' for AI in science

Tue, 2025-11-25 14:41
DOE told to build a unified research platform linking federal compute, datasets, and national labs

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.…

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Campbell's CISO canned after lawsuit alleges hour-long rant against staff and customers

Tue, 2025-11-25 14:21
Security chief placed on leave pending investigation

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.…

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NASA pares back Boeing's Starliner deal after 2024 calamity

Tue, 2025-11-25 13:44
Capsule might only manage three crewed missions to the ISS

NASA has modified its Commercial Crew contract with Boeing, dropping the order from six to four missions, of which one will be uncrewed.…

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Clop's Oracle EBS rampage reaches Dartmouth College

Tue, 2025-11-25 13:42
Uni notifies 1,400-plus Maine residents as zero-day fallout continues

Dartmouth College has confirmed it's the latest victim of Clop's Oracle E-Business Suite (EBS) smash-and-grab.…

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Airbus: We were hours from pausing production in Spain

Tue, 2025-11-25 12:57
Power outage in Iberia forced datacenter contingency rethink

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.…

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Ukraine first country in Europe to get Starlink satellite phone service

Tue, 2025-11-25 12:27
Kyivstar begins trials offering SMS connectivity when ground networks fail

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.…

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Lifeboat docks with Tiangong after cracked capsule triggers emergency rendezvous

Tue, 2025-11-25 12:10
Uncrewed Shenzhou also delivered supplies and window fixing kit

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.…

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CISA warns spyware crews are breaking into Signal and WhatsApp accounts

Tue, 2025-11-25 11:32
Attackers sidestep encryption with spoofed apps and zero-click exploits to compromise 'high-value' mobile users

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.…

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Russian spy ship theories sink after Orkney blackout traced to wind farm fault

Tue, 2025-11-25 11:01
Timing of Yantar's visit sparked gossip, but engineers point to a misbehaving protection system

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.…

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