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NASA’s asteroid defence mission slowed targets by 1.7 inches per hour
NASA has published new analysis of its 2022 planetary defense test that suggests the mission slowed down the target asteroids, albeit infinitesimally.…
Iran is the first out-loud cyberwar the US has fought
Kettle Unlike previous military conflicts, the cyber domain has been front and center since the Trump administration invaded Iran, upending the traditionally quiet role played by hackers in military conflicts.…
Beijing warns of more chip supply worries after Nexperia China claims it was cut off from SAP
China’s Ministry of Commerce has warned of further disruption to the global semiconductor supply chain after Dutch chipmaker Nexperia cut access to some of its systems for Chinese staff.…
FBI is investigating breach that may have hit its wiretapping tools
Infosec In Brief The FBI is investigating a breach of its systems which reportedly affected systems related to wiretapping and surveillance.…
AI agents now help attackers, including North Korea, manage their drudge work
interview AI agents allow cybercriminals and nation-state hackers to outsource the "janitorial-type work" needed to plan and carry out cyberattacks, according to Sherrod DeGrippo, Microsoft's GM of global threat intelligence. North Korea is taking advantage.…
Bundle of human neurons hooked to silicon learns to stumble through Doom
A clump of living human brain cells wired into a silicon chip has answered the internet's most important computing question: yes, it can run Doom.…
Unpacking the deceptively simple science of tokenomics
feature By now you've probably heard AI datacenters called factories. It's an apt description: power goes in and tokens come out.…
Brits fear AI will strip the human touch from public services
Brits are worried that AI will dehumanize public services, leading to less human contact and oversight as well as job losses, according to people questioned by pollster Ipsos.…
60 years since humanity touched the surface of another planet
It is 60 years since humanity first got up close and personal with another planet, with the impact of the Soviet Union's Venera 3.…
Oracle and OpenAI's Texas Stargate datacenter expansion reportedly on the skids
OpenAI and compute partner Oracle have reportedly abandoned a planned expansion of their flagship Stargate datacenter, after negotiations were stalled by financing and Sam Altman's apparent fear of commitment.…
Anthropic bods rework AI damage yardstick, find scant labor impact
Anthropic economists Maxim Massenkoff and Peter McCrory report that AI is not eliminating as many jobs as experts have predicted. …
Don’t blame AI yet for poor jobs numbers, analysts say
The US economy shed 92,000 jobs in February, a dramatic downturn from analyst expectations that it would add about 50,000 jobs. The shortfall stoked growing fears that AI could be contributing to higher unemployment.…
Firefox taps Anthropic AI bug hunter, but rancid RAM still flipping bits
Thanks to Anthropic's AI and its bug-detecting abilities, Firefox users can now enjoy stronger security. Unfortunately, if browser crashes rather than security flaws are the problem, Claude probably can't help.…
Spyware disguised as emergency-alert app sent to Israeli smartphones
Hamas-linked attackers are dropping spyware disguised as an emergency-alert app on Israelis' smartphones via SMS messages, according to security researchers.…
US state laws push age checks into the operating system
Many web sites, social media services, and other platforms require age verification on the theory that it will protect kids from seeing inappropriate content. But now some US states want to require the operating system itself to check your age and that could cause big headaches for FOSS vendors.…
Cisco warns of two more SD-WAN bugs under active attack
Just when network admins thought the Cisco SD-WAN patch queue might finally be shrinking, Switchzilla has confirmed miscreants are exploiting more vulnerabilities in its SD-WAN management software.…
Anthropic sues US government after unprecedented national security designation
AI giant Anthropic says that it has "no choice" but to sue the US government after being officially designated a supply chain risk to national security.…
Asteroid 2024 YR4 won't smack Moon in 2032, boffins confirm
Scientists have ruled out the possibility that the near-Earth asteroid 2024 YR4 might hit the Moon on December 22, 2032.…
Washington reportedly moves to tighten leash on AI chip exports
The Trump administration is reportedly planning new restrictions on GPU exports, aimed not only at controlling who gets them, but at driving AI investment back into the US.…
Microsoft spots ClickFix campaign getting users to self-pwn on Windows Terminal
A new twist on the long-running ClickFix scam is now tricking Windows users into launching Windows Terminal and pasting malware into it themselves – handing the credential-stealing Lumma infostealer the keys to their browser vault.…

