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Tencent doesn’t care if it can buy American GPUs again – it already has all the chips it needs

Fri, 2025-08-15 01:58
Sees AI costs rising but not certain revenue will match them

Chinese web giant Tencent doesn’t mind if Washington doesn’t let it buy more American GPUs, because it already has all the chips it needs.…

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Breathe easy: Apple Watch can read your oxygen levels again

Thu, 2025-08-14 23:31
iBiz shifts data to iPhone in patent workaround

Apple will deliver a software update for recent US Apple Watch models to reimplement the ability to measure blood oxygen levels, a process known as pulse oximetry.…

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Ransomware crews don't care about your endpoint security – they've already killed it

Thu, 2025-08-14 22:35
Some custom malware, some legit software tools

At least a dozen ransomware gangs have incorporated kernel-level EDR killers into their malware arsenal, allowing them to bypass almost every major endpoint security tool on the market, escalate privileges, and ultimately steal and encrypt data before extorting victims into paying a ransom.…

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Dodgy Huawei chips nearly sunk DeepSeek's next-gen R2 model

Thu, 2025-08-14 19:54
Chinese AI model dev still plans to use homegrown silicon for inferencing

Unhelpful Huawei AI chips are reportedly why Chinese model dev DeepSeek's next-gen LLMs are taking so long.…

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DARPA’s <s>Cylon raider</s> autonomous fighter jet advances to next phase

Thu, 2025-08-14 19:27
Pilots may soon have to compete against frakking toasters for the title of Top Gun

That autonomous fighter jet from DARPA is so 2023 that the agency is already well into a bid to give future combat jets autonomy for multi-ship missions over the horizon.…

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Psst: wanna buy a legit FBI email account for $40?

Thu, 2025-08-14 19:03
Government and police employee credentials sold at bargain-basement prices on underground forums

Criminals are selling access to FBI and other law enforcement and government email accounts to other criminals via dark web marketplaces for as little as $40.…

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Equinix signs deals for nukes and fuel cells to power its AI bit barns

Thu, 2025-08-14 18:10
Datacenter giant looks for energy sources outside the grid

Equinix is doing deals with alternative energy providers to support the needs of its datacenters globally, including nuclear options and fuel cell deployments, as the AI fad continues to push a bit barn build boom.…

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'MadeYouReset' HTTP/2 flaw lets attackers DoS servers

Thu, 2025-08-14 17:39
Researchers had to notify over 100 vendors of flaw that builds on 2023's Rapid Reset with neat twist past usual mitigations

Security researchers Gal Bar Nahum, Anat Bremler-Barr, and Yaniv Harel have published details of a "common design flaw" in implementations of the HyperText Transfer Protocol 2 (HTTP/2) allowing those with ill intent to create "massive Denial of Service attacks".…

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Lock down your critical infrastructure, CISA begs admins

Thu, 2025-08-14 17:16
The agency offered some tips for operational technology environments, where attacks are rising

CISA is urging companies with operational technology environments to set a better cybersecurity posture, and not just by adopting some new best practices and purchasing some new software.…

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Voice, vision, pen: Oh dear. Windows boss says Microsoft is again reshaping OS

Thu, 2025-08-14 16:42
Lessons of Windows 8 unlearned as software giant gives users what it thinks they need

COMMENT Microsoft Windows and Devices boss, Pavan Davuluri, has shed light on plans for the flagship OS. Voice, touch, and pen control will all be part of a multimodal future, alongside a raft of inevitable AI features.…

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BtcTurk suspends operations amid alleged $49M hot wallet heist

Thu, 2025-08-14 16:15
Turkish exchange is the latest victim of a recent spate of major crypto thefts

Turkish cryptocurrency exchange BtcTurk is halting all deposits and withdrawals amid fears that blockchain bandits succeeded in significantly compromising its hot wallets.…

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Microsoft patch Tuesday update fails to install

Thu, 2025-08-14 15:30
Windows 11 24H2 fixes fail from Windows Server Update Services

Microsoft has admitted that the August patch Tuesday update might fail to install through Windows Server Update Services (WSUS), but it's ok, admins. Home users are "unlikely to experience this issue."…

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Who made the demo list for Trump's fast-track nuclear reactor scheme?

Thu, 2025-08-14 14:45
US DoE names firms for Pilot Program to show how it could be done

America's Department of Energy (DoE) has named ten companies it will work with to test advanced atomic reactor projects outside of the agency's world-famous national laboratories, in line with President Trump's Nuclear Reactor Pilot Program.…

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Vibe coding platform Anything arrives, our hands-on suggests caution

Thu, 2025-08-14 14:00
Making apps is as easy as selling t-shirts, claims vibe coding startup

Hands On Create has declared its vibe coding platform, now called Anything, production-ready at version 1.0, with support for both web and mobile applications – although our quick hands-on generated a host of errors.…

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Alexa hits snooze on basic functions as alarms and timers KO'd in UK outage

Thu, 2025-08-14 13:27
Brits wake to a beeping nightmare as Amazon’s AI assistant forgets how to set – or stop – alarms

Amazon's Alexa is on the fritz, bungling alarms and timers and leaving some UK users trapped in an endless wake-up call.…

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Law and water: Russia blamed for US court system break-in and Norwegian dam drama

Thu, 2025-08-14 12:45
Moscow-linked miscreants accused of swiping sealed US court files and fiddling with a Norwegian dam’s floodgates

Russian attackers reportedly spent months rummaging through the US federal court's creaky case-management system, while Norway reckons the same Kremlin-friendly miscreants took control of a dam's controls – a transatlantic double-act in legal files and floodgates.…

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Amazon's $100B DC spend similar to entire Costa Rica GDP

Thu, 2025-08-14 12:07
Microsoft cap-ex larger than output of Uganda and Google trumps Slovenia... all in the name of AI

The level of investment pouring into new infrastructure from datacenter operators is comparable to the turnover of some mid-sized economies.…

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Italian hotels breached en masse since June, government confirms

Thu, 2025-08-14 11:15
Nearly 100,000 records allegedly up for sale after apparent breach at booking system

Italy's digital agency (AGID) says a cybercriminal's claims concerning a spate of data thefts affecting various hotels across the country are genuine.…

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.NET 10 preview out now, likely to be near feature-complete

Thu, 2025-08-14 10:45
WebSocket connections wrapped as streams, MAUI fixes and more as latest LTS version nears release candidate stage

Microsoft has released Preview 7 of its .NET 10 runtime and frameworks, with new features including wrapping WebSocket connections as streams, improved passkey authentication in ASP.NET, and new features and fixes for MAUI (Multi-platform App UI).…

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Stock in the Channel pulls website amid cyberattack

Thu, 2025-08-14 10:10
Intruders accessed important systems but tells customers their data is safe

A UK-based multinational that provides tech stock availability tools is telling customers that its website outage is due to a cyber attack.…

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