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IBM says these back-office, network edge Power 10 servers would be sweet for – yes, you guessed it – AI

Tue, 2024-05-07 20:39
Short on cores, big on threads and matrix math

Not to be left out of the AI infrastructure game, on Tuesday IBM unveiled a pair of tiny Power 10 servers designed to preprocess data at the network edge.…

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CISA's early-warning system helped critical orgs close 852 ransomware holes

Tue, 2024-05-07 19:58
In the first year alone, that's saved us all a lot of money and woe

RSAC As ransomware gangs step up their attacks against healthcare, schools, and other US critical infrastructure, CISA is ramping up a program to help these organizations fix flaws exploited by extortionists in the first place.…

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Apple unveils M4 chip with neural engine capable of 38 TOPS, and some other kit

Tue, 2024-05-07 19:15
Oh, right – there's new iPad Pro and Air models, a pencil and some other stuff

Apple held its anticipated iPad event today, and the most attention-grabbing news wasn't the new device models or the refreshed iPad Air lineup - it was the unveiling of Apple's homegrown M4 chip with a surprisingly powerful neural processing unit (NPU). …

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TikTok sues America to undo divest-or-die law

Tue, 2024-05-07 19:02
Nothing like folks in Beijing lecturing us on the Constitution

TikTok and its China-based parent ByteDance sued the US government today to prevent the forced sale or shutdown of the video-sharing giant.…

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Windows Insiders to fly solo while Copilot rollout frozen

Tue, 2024-05-07 18:30
Perhaps just make sure the stuff that is already there works properly?

Microsoft will temporarily halt the rollout of Copilot features based on feedback from Windows Insiders.…

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Infineon trims financial forecast amid order slowdown

Tue, 2024-05-07 17:45
Chipmaker outlines plans to save hundreds of millions and, hey presto, share price magically jumps

Infineon, maker of chips for the automotive and industrial sectors, told investors that it is embarking on a cost purge after lowering revenue estimates for the full financial year amid weakened demand.…

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Lightweight Dillo browser springs back to life, still doesn't care about JavaScript

Tue, 2024-05-07 17:00
First new version in almost a decade now boasts TLS

The Dillo web browser has returned with a new release, version 3.1. It's nearly nine years after version 3.05 appeared on the last day of June 2015.…

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US State Department launches cyber and digital policy strategy

Tue, 2024-05-07 16:16
Part of the race with Beijing to set standards and advance norms

RSAC The US State Department's latest cybersecurity strategy will not be wildly different from current stances, but offers an alternative path to those presented by the country's adversaries.…

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Tesla layoff circus runs into fourth week with another round of cuts

Tue, 2024-05-07 15:30
Musk continues quest to make Tesla leaner, meaner, more profitable

Another week, another round of layoffs at Tesla to report, and this time engineers are caught up in the mix. …

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Investigators finally unmask LockBit kingpin after two-month tease

Tue, 2024-05-07 15:08
Dmitry Yuryevich Khoroshev's $10M question is answered at last

The kingpin of the LockBit ransomware operation has finally been named by law enforcement as Dmitry Yuryevich Khoroshev.…

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VMware waves goodbye to AWS middleman as Broadcom takes the reins

Tue, 2024-05-07 14:30
Customers brace for bumpy ride

Broadcom has ended the right of Amazon Web Services to resell VMware Cloud on AWS, meaning customers will now have a direct relationship only with VMware by Broadcom, casting doubt over the long-term future of the product.…

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Valve vexation: Boeing's Starliner grounded again

Tue, 2024-05-07 14:00
Problems with Centaur rocket keeps first crewed flight on terra firma

Boeing's long-delayed Starliner crewed launch, which was scheduled for today, has been postponed yet again, this time due to a valve problem on the Centaur upper stage. Managers pushed back the next attempt to no earlier than May 10.…

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Palantir's CEO calls 'woke' a 'central risk to Palantir, America and the world'

Tue, 2024-05-07 13:30
Oh, and Alex Karp's forecasts disappoint the market after strong revenue growth

Analytics platform biz Palantir saw its share price dip yesterday despite posting on-the-nose revenue growth of 21 percent year-over-year to reach $634 million in the first calendar quarter.…

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TSMC fully booked on advanced packaging until 2025

Tue, 2024-05-07 13:00
TrendForce warns of 'potential crowding out effects on HBM'

TSMC's advanced packaging capacity is fully booked for the next two years, thanks to Nvidia and AMD needs, according to reports that echo an earlier earnings call.…

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Spanish startups say 'no más' to Microsoft cloud dominance

Tue, 2024-05-07 12:31
Group alleges anticompetitive behavior

Microsoft is facing a complaint over alleged anticompetitive practices in the Spanish cloud market.…

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The truth about KEV: CISA’s vuln deadlines good influence on private-sector patching

Tue, 2024-05-07 11:30
More work to do as most deadlines are missed and worst bugs still take months to fix

The deadlines associated with CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog only apply to federal agencies, but fresh research shows they're having a positive impact on private organizations too.…

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Physical security biz exposes 1.2M files via unprotected database

Tue, 2024-05-07 10:30
Thousands of guards' ID cards and CCTV snaps of suspects found online

Exclusive A UK-based physical security business let its guard down, exposing nearly 1.3 million documents via a public-facing database, according to an infosec researcher.…

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A tale of two Chinas: Our tech governance isn't perfect, but we still get to say no

Tue, 2024-05-07 09:35
Too many folks who should know better saying info-slurping tactics of Big Tech are just as bad

Opinion Which China do you want? The innovative good global citizen, adding to the storehouse of knowledge while making better products and services? Or the autocracy, determined to advance the interests of the leadership through any and all means, untrammeled by legal safeguards within its borders and, wherever possible, outside them?…

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First 9front release of the year is called DO NOT INSTALL

Tue, 2024-05-07 08:30
Possibly its most helpful codename yet

9front, the most active project continuing development of the sequel to Unix, Plan 9 from Bell Labs, emitted a new version. We did not follow its advice.…

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Council claims database pain forced it to drop apostrophes from street names

Tue, 2024-05-07 07:29
What next, trouble at tmill?

A row in the UK has locals and council members at odds over apostrophes, and yes – this does actually have a tech angle. …

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