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AI isn't throttling HPC. It <em>is</em> HPC
Opinion In recent discussions with industry vendor sales/marketing types, I've been hearing that HPC demand is falling off while AI system demand is continuing to increase. I've also seen articles implying that AI is somehow displacing HPC. Huh?…
Intel CTO and AI boss quits to join OpenAI after just six months in the job
Sachin Katti, the exec Intel promoted to chief technology and AI officer in April, will leave the x86 giant to join OpenAI after just six months in the job.…
Superintelligence probably not happening, but AI will still reshape society, expert panel says
Experts may be skeptical about corporate AI hype to varying degrees, but they share the view that machine learning models will have a significant effect on society.…
LLM side-channel attack could allow snoops to guess what you're talking about
Mischief-makers can guess the subjects being discussed with LLMs using a side-channel attack, according to Microsoft researchers. They told The Register that models from some providers, including Anthropic, AWS, DeepSeek, and Google, haven't been fixed, putting both personal users and enterprise communications at risk.…
Secret setting hints haptic feedback coming to Windows 11 UI
Most phones and tablets include little motors that buzz when you perform common actions such as typing, or when apps notify users of important events. Microsoft may be about to bring similar good vibrations to the PC with features that see Windows 11 make your mouse or touchpad tremble when you perform UI actions such as snapping windows into place.…
AI companies keep publishing private API keys to GitHub
Leading AI companies turn out to be no better at keeping secrets than anyone else writing code.…
AI slop hits new high as fake country artist hits #1 on Billboard digital songs chart
AI slop has reached a new level of ascendancy, as a country song by an AI artist has hit number one on Billboard's Country Digital Song Sales chart.…
Altman sticks a different hand out, wants tax credits instead of gov loans
Free money is always better than a loan! OpenAI CEO Sam Altman recently said he doesn't want government-backed loans to fuel his AI ambitions, but he's more than okay with the idea of Uncle Sam handing out tax credits under the US CHIPS Act to subsidize AI server production, bit barns, and grid components.…
Critical federal cybersecurity funding set to resume as government shutdown draws to a close - for now
The US Senate voted on Sunday to advance a short-term funding bill for the federal government, moving the country closer to ending its longest-ever shutdown. Part of the spending bill also restores critical cybersecurity programs that lapsed as the shutdown began. …
Phishers try to lure 5K Facebook advertisers with fake business pages
More than 5,000 businesses that use Facebook for advertising were bombarded by tens of thousands of phishing emails in a credential- and data-stealing campaign.…
How to bluff your way to AI credibility with the right buzzwords
A Gartner survey of 700 CIOs indicates that, by the end of the decade, all business IT work will involve AI, while bots will do 25 percent of that work by themselves. Good news: The analyst firm claims AI causes only one percent of job losses. Bad news: You'll have to learn some new jargon.…
Ironclad OS project popping out Unix-like kernel in a unique mix of languages
If you're looking for a Unix-like, POSIX-compatible, real-time kernel, there's no shortage of projects trying to build one. Ironclad stands out for using the Ada programming language and its formally verifiable SPARK subset.…
Another chance for JPEG XL? PDF will support format as 'preferred solution'
The PDF Association will add support for the JPEG XL (JXL) image format to the PDF spec, according to a recently published presentation from the org's European conference. This inclusion means that JXL may yet gain mainstream adoption, despite being declared obsolete by the Chromium team.…
Windows 11 26H1 is coming ... for new processors only
Microsoft has confirmed that Windows 11 version 26H1 is coming, but only with changes to support "specific silicon" – possibly Qualcomm's latest chips due next year – meaning ordinary users are unlikely to see it soon.…
Russian broker pleads guilty to profiting from Yanluowang ransomware attacks
A Russian national will likely face several years in US prison after pleading guilty to a range of offenses related to his work with ransomware crews.…
SpaceX and Musk called on to rescue China's Shenzhou-20 crew
SpaceX and Elon Musk are once again being called upon to rescue spacefarers — this time, the Chinese crew of Shenzhou-20, delayed on China's Tiangong space station after suspected space debris damage.…
De-duplicating the desktops: Let's come together, right now
Comment The tendency of Linux developers to reinvent wheels is no secret. It's not so much the elephant in the room, as the entire jet-propelled guided ark ship full of every known and unknown member of the Proboscidea from Ambelodon to Stegodon via deinotheres, elephants, mammoths and other mastodons.…
Allianz UK joins growing list of Clop’s Oracle E-Business Suite victims
Allianz UK confirms it was one of the many companies that fell victim to the Clop gang's Oracle E-Business Suite (EBS) attack after crims reported that they had attacked a subsidiary.…
Three most important factors in enterprise IT: control, control, control
Opinion When the first generation of microcomputers landed on desktops, they promised many things. Affordability, flexibility, efficiency, all the good things still selling IT to this day. Mostly, though, they offered control.…
UK military looking for tactical comms, systems suppliers in deal worth up to £9.6B
The UK government is launching a competition for military grade communications hardware and software in a tender worth up to £9.6 billion ($12.5 billion) including tax.…