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Intel pitches Clearwater Forest as a consolidation play for all you hoarding ancient Xeons

Wed, 2025-08-27 07:07
Chipzilla's first datacenter part to use 18A process tech is another core-packed monster

Hot Chips The first datacenter silicon to use Intel's two-nanometer-class 18A process tech won't arrive for a while yet, but that's not stopping the struggling x86 giant from making its sales pitch early.…

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BGP’s security problems are notorious. Attempts to fix that are a work in progress

Wed, 2025-08-27 06:30
Securing internet infrastructure remains a challenging endeavour

Systems Approach I’ve been working on a chapter about infrastructure security for our network security book.…

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Google issued ‘State-backed attack in progress’ warnings after spotting web hijack scheme

Wed, 2025-08-27 04:58
Suspects this was Beijing-backed Typhoon and/or Panda crew targeting diplomats in Asia

Google has warned customers of a suspected state-backed attack after observing a web traffic hijacking campaign.…

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Trump stomps feet, pulls out 't-word' again over China rare earths ban

Tue, 2025-08-26 23:26
'They have to give us magnets'

world war fee The Chinese lockdown on rare-earth minerals has drawn the ire of President Trump, who is threatening crushing tariffs if the Middle Kingdom doesn't cough up more rare earths.…

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Anthropic teases Claude for Chrome: Don't try this at home

Tue, 2025-08-26 23:02
AI am inevitable, AI firm argues

Anthropic is now offering a research preview of Claude for Chrome, a browser extension that enables the firm's machine learning model to automate web browsing.…

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Google takes Photoshop to the woodshed with new image AI

Tue, 2025-08-26 21:50
It will even draw legs and arms not in the source material

Google has updated its Gemini AI image generation tool with a build that caused a stir after it was released under the code name Nano Bananas.…

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First AI-powered ransomware spotted, but it's not active – yet

Tue, 2025-08-26 21:24
Oh, look, a use case for OpenAI's gpt-oss-20b model

ESET malware researchers Anton Cherepanov and Peter Strycek have discovered what they describe as the "first known AI-powered ransomware," which they named PromptLock. …

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Azure apparatchik shows custom silicon keeping everything locked down

Tue, 2025-08-26 20:50
From hardware security chips and trusted execution pipelines to open source Root of Trust modules

Hot Chips Microsoft is one of the biggest names in cybersecurity, but it has a less-than-stellar track record in the department. Given its reputation, Redmond can't afford to mess around when it comes to securing its cloud customers' data and workloads.…

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AI robs jobs from recent college grads, but isn't hurting wages, Stanford study says

Tue, 2025-08-26 20:20
Machine-learning models are automating away some entry-level roles

Researchers with the Stanford Digital Economy Lab say that workers between the ages of 22 and 25 in occupations most exposed to AI, like software developers, have seen a 13 percent relative decline in employment compared to other occupations.…

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DOGE accused of duplicating critical Social Security database on unsecured cloud

Tue, 2025-08-26 20:02
Remember that cost-cutting group once led by Elon Musk? Federal employees are still dealing with it

A Social Security Administration employee has filed a whistleblower complaint alleging that Donald Trump's DOGE cost-cutting unit has put the records of every single American at risk by duplicating an agency database in an unauthorized cloud environment. …

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ZipLine attack uses 'Contact Us' forms, White House butler pic to invade sensitive industries

Tue, 2025-08-26 19:43
'Many dozens' targeted in ongoing campaign, CheckPoint researcher tells The Reg

Cybercriminals are targeting critical US manufacturers and supply-chain companies, looking to steal sensitive IP and other data while deploying ransomware. Their attack involves a novel twist on phishing — and a photo of White House butlers. …

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Defiant Broadcom calls for tech to go back where it belongs: On-premises

Tue, 2025-08-26 18:37
Expands VMware Cloud Foundation with AI freebie, new security and storage bits

Broadcom has opened its VMware Explore conference in a defiant tone, declaring it now offers a superior user experience compared to public clouds.…

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Cupertino must stop calling Apple Watches 'carbon neutral,' German court rules

Tue, 2025-08-26 17:29
Judge says label is 'misleading'

A German court has told Apple to stop advertising its Watches as being carbon-neutral, ruling that this was misleading and could not fly under the country's competition law.…

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Uncle Sam speedruns AI chatbot adoption for federal workers

Tue, 2025-08-26 17:01
The GSA is letting AI chatbot makers jump the FedRAMP queue

The US government wants more AI chatbots in fed employees' hands, and its push to do so means that tech companies keen to provide other services will have to get in line behind the LLM makers.…

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Microsoft tweaks Windows Out of Box Experience for enterprises to adjust control freakery

Tue, 2025-08-26 16:37
Administrators can get patches installed via Intune before the first login

From next month, Windows administrators will be able to inflict Microsoft's quality updates on users via the Out of Box Experience (OOBE) by default.…

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Citrix patches trio of NetScaler bugs – after attackers beat them to it

Tue, 2025-08-26 15:40
Criminals already abusing its latest zero-days

Citrix has pushed out fixes for three fresh NetScaler holes – and yes, they've already been used in the wild before the vendor got around to patching.…

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ESA engineers trace anomaly in silent Juice spacecraft to a bug in the code

Tue, 2025-08-26 15:18
Timer fail blamed for probe going quiet as Venus looms

The European Space Agency (ESA) is breathing easier after communications with Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (Juice) were restored – the spacecraft is currently barreling toward Venus for a gravity-assist flyby on August 31.…

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Google to require dev verification for all Android apps by 2027

Tue, 2025-08-26 14:40
Sideloaders face ID checks, fees, and paperwork as Chocolate Factory tightens gates

Google will extend developer verification to all Android apps, not just those installed from the Play Store, beginning with Brazil, Indonesia, Singapore, and Thailand in September 2026, and followed by global rollout in 2027 and beyond.…

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Asahi, Nikkei sue AI search outfit Perplexity for copyright infringement

Tue, 2025-08-26 14:10
Tokyo filing adds to mounting actions against startup

AI search outfit Perplexity has been hit with yet another copyright lawsuit, this time courtesy of Japan's Nikkei and Asahi media companies.…

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Crypto thief earns additional prison time for assaulting witness

Tue, 2025-08-26 13:47
Remy Ra St Felix led a vicious international crime ring

A violent home invader and gunpoint cryptocurrency thief will now spend more than 50 years behind bars after being found guilty of assaulting a witness.…

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