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Google DeepMind promises to help you evolve your algos
Google's AI shop DeepMind has unveiled AlphaEvolve, its "evolutionary coding agent" powered by large language models to discover and optimize algorithms.…
Here's what we know about the DragonForce ransomware that hit Marks & Spencer
DragonForce, a new-ish ransomware-as-a-service operation, has given organizations another cyber threat to worry about — unless they’re in Russia, which is off limits to the would-be extortionists.…
Meet your new colleague – the ML Admin, who tames LLMs so they're ready to rock
Some organizations have started hiring for a new tech job: The Machine Learning Administrator – aka the “ML admin”.…
Chip bans? LOL! Chinese web giant Tencent says it has enough GPUs for future AI model training
Chinese web giant Tencent says it has enough high-end GPUs to train new AI models for years, in part because it’s found more efficient ways to do so.…
AMD’s first crack at Nvidia hampered by half-baked training software, says TensorWave boss
Interview After some teething pains, TensorWave CEO Darrick Horton is confident that AMD's Instinct accelerators are ready to take on large-scale AI training.…
GAO finds billions in possible government savings, all without Elon's help
Comment Cost-trimming in the US federal government is all the rage right now – and a new report finds more than $100 million in savings available to the Feds by doing nothing but eliminating redundant and unnecessary IT investments. …
Metal maker meltdown: Nucor stops production after cyber-intrusion
Nucor, the largest steel manufacturer in the US, shut down production operations after discovering its servers had been penetrated.…
Intuitive Machines blames dim lighting and dodgy data for second lunar faceplant
Intuitive Machines has blamed poor lighting, a problematic altimeter, and difficulties spotting craters for the company's second lunar lander tipping over.…
RHEL 10 quietly leaks ahead of Red Hat Summit
Red Hat appears to have quietly made RHEL 10 available to paying customers, days ahead of its expected debut at next week's Red Hat Summit.…
The future of LLMs is open source, Salesforce's Benioff says
The future of large language models is likely to be open source, according to Marc Benioff, co-founder and longstanding CEO of Salesforce.…
Uncle Sam pulls $2.4B Leidos deal to support CISA after rival alleges foul play
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) scrapped a highly lucrative cybersecurity contract originally awarded to Leidos following a legal challenge from rival bidder Nightwing, yet insists the pushback had nothing to do with it.…
Intel needs external foundry customers to make 14A process node pay off
Intel is wooing external chip customers for its 14A process node to justify the high costs involved, and aims for the foundry division to break even by 2027 - as part of ongoing effort to shake off the struggles of recent years.…
Ivanti patches two zero-days under active attack as intel agency warns customers
Australia's intelligence agency is warning organizations about several new Ivanti zero-days chained for remote code execution (RCE) attacks. The vendor itself has said the vulns are linked to two mystery open source libraries which it declined to name.…
Meta's still violating GDPR rules with latest plan to train AI on EU user data, says noyb
There's a Max Schrems-shaped object standing in the way of Meta's plans to train its AI on the data of its European users, and he's come armed with several justifications for why Zuckercorp might be violating EU regulations with its stated plans. …
VPN Secure parent company CEO explains why he had to axe thousands of 'lifetime' deals
Customers are blasting VPN Secure's new parent company after it abruptly axed thousands of "lifetime" accounts. The reason? The CEO admits in an interview with The Register that his team didn't dig deep enough before acquiring the virtual private network outfit, and simply can't afford to honor those legacy deals.…
Saudi CubeSat gets golden ticket on doomed SLS rocket
NASA will launch a Saudi satellite aboard what could be its penultimate SLS rocket on the Artemis II mission following a deal announced in Riyadh by US President Donald Trump and de facto Saudi ruler Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.…
Go ahead and ignore Patch Tuesday – it might improve your security
Patch Tuesday has rolled around again, but if you don't rush to implement the feast of fixes it delivered, your security won't be any worse off in the short term – and may improve in the future.…
Europe plots escape hatch from the enshittification of search
As search engines are intentionally made worse, and software grows ever bigger and more complex, a possibly unexpected ally emerges: the European Union.…
C-suite at Alphabet make B-A-N-K from 2024 equity awards
The C-suite at Google's parent Alphabet collectively scooped up more than $215 million in compensation for 2024, and the CEO was the worst paid among them.…
Everyone's deploying AI, but no one's securing it – what could go wrong?
CYBERUK Peter Garraghan – CEO of Mindgard and professor of distributed systems at Lancaster University – asked the CYBERUK audience for a show of hands: how many had banned generative AI in their organizations? Three hands went up.…