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Usage pricing leaving software vendors guessing what lands on the invoice
Software companies are leaving money on the table because their core financial systems haven't kept pace with the way they sell pay-per-use services, which often now incorporate AI capabilities.…
Supply chain blast: Top npm package backdoored to drop dirty RAT on dev machines
One of npm's most widely used HTTP client libraries briefly became a malware delivery vehicle after attackers hijacked a maintainer's account and slipped a remote-access trojan (RAT) into two seemingly legitimate axios releases, in what's being described as "one of the most impactful npm supply chain attacks on record."…
Android keyboard ditches keys entirely, predicts what you mean
TapType is a new Android keyboard that's invisible. You can't see it – but that's OK, neither can its developer nor some of its target users.…
Contracts are in C++26 despite disagreement over their value
The ISO C++ committee (WG21) has approved the C++26 standard, described by committee member Herb Sutter as the most compelling release since C++11, and including Contracts, despite opposition to the feature from C++ inventor Bjarne Stroustrup, among others.…
Memory-makers’ shares are down. Some RAM prices have eased. Blaming Google is not a good idea
The high cost of memory has sideswiped the technology industry, causing server vendors to admit their quotes are guesstimates and depressing sales of PCs and smartphones. Nobody is immune: Microsoft used the RAM panic as cover for fixing Windows 11’s memory gluttony, and Sony suspended orders for compact flash and SD cards because it can’t buy the chips to build them.…
Surprise! Big Tech has been a bit rubbish at enforcing Australia’s kids social media ban
Australia’s eSafety Commission is “moving into an enforcement stance” after finding that Meta, YouTube, TikTok and Snapchat haven’t done enough to comply with the nation’s social media minimum age (SMMA) obligation, which bans social media outfits from providing their services to children under 16 years of age.…
GitHub backs down, kills Copilot pull-request ads after backlash
Microsoft has done a 180. Following backlash from developers, GitHub has removed Copilot's ability to stick ads - what it calls "tips" - into any pull request that invokes its name. …
OpenAI patches ChatGPT flaw that smuggled data over DNS
OpenAI talks up data security for its AI services, yet Check Point says that ChatGPT allowed data to leak through a DNS side channel before the flaw was fixed.…
US PC shipments to fall 13% as memory and storage crunch hits budget systems
US PC shipments are set to fall by 13 percent this year thanks to the ongoing memory and storage crisis, and things are not expected to get better until next year at the earliest, with budget PCs hardest hit.…
Telnyx joins LiteLLM in latest PyPI package poisoning tied to Trivy breach
infosec in brief The cybercrime crew linked to the Trivy supply-chain attack has struck again, this time pushing malicious Telnyx package versions to PyPI in an effort to plant credential-stealing malware on developers’ systems.…
FCC says it's making it easier for US telcos to ditch legacy lines
America's telecoms regulator has unveiled new measures to speed the transition to modern high-speed networks, but critics argue the move could leave behind those in rural areas or with special needs.…
Artemis II countdown begins as NASA prepares for crewed Moon flyby
NASA is preparing to send astronauts around the Moon, with the Artemis II mission countdown set to begin tonight.…
UK fines Irish Apple outpost over sanctions-busting payments to Russian dev
The UK government has fined an Apple subsidiary £390,000 for breaching sanctions on Russia after it sent more than £600,000 to a developer linked to a designated entity.…
SAP looking to pull more external data into its AI platform with Reltio acquisition
SAP is to acquire master data management and data integration specialist Reltio with the promise of helping integrate data from outside the vendor's broad application portfolio into its AI platform.…
Citrix NetScaler bug exploited in days, may be multiple flaws in a trench coat
In-the-wild exploitation of a critical Citrix NetScaler bug has begun less than a week after disclosure, with researchers warning that attackers are already poking and pillaging vulnerable boxes.…
South Korea's Rebellions raises $400B to take rack-scale AI platform global
SK Telecom-backed AI chip startup Rebellions has raised $400 million in a pre-IPO funding round to support its global expansion with a new rack-scale compute platform aimed at enterprises and sovereign clouds.…
Microsoft Fabric Database Hub only a 'partial' solution for admins
Microsoft's new Fabric Database Hub is a "partial solution" for enterprises relying on systems outside the vendor's portfolio, but within these confines, it could make databases more connected and manageable, say analysts reacting to the news.…
Microsoft yanks Windows 11 preview update after install failures
Microsoft has halted the rollout of a Windows update after some users encountered installation errors.…
Humanoid robots one tiny step closer to exterminating autoworkers' jobs
That's one small step for Humanoid, or rather a short factory floor traversal. The UK-based robotics biz says it has completed a proof-of-concept test showing its rolling robot can be deployed in a production environment to help with automotive manufacturing.…
European Commission admits attackers broke into public web systems, but says little else
The European Commission has admitted that attackers broke into its public-facing web infrastructure and siphoned off data in a bare-bones disclosure that answers the what but ducks most of the how.…