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Brace yourselves, Backup Exec and InfoScale users, Cloud Software Group just acquired your tools
The Cloud Software Group has acquired data management tools vendor Arctera, the owner of Backup Exec and other data management tools.…
AMD’s AI datacenter revenue dived due to US ban on China GPU exports
AMD’s revenue from AI products destined for datacenters dipped in the quarter ended June 28th, thanks to the USA’s ban on GPU exports to China.…
Broadcom’s Jericho4 ASICs just opened the door to multi-datacenter AI training
Broadcom on Monday unveiled a new switch which could allow AI model developers to train models on GPUs spread across multiple datacenters up to 100 kilometers apart. The switch could help pave the way for an alternative to the massive facilities currently being built to power the AI boom, allowing companies to stitch together distant and less power-hungry datacenters.…
Vibe coding tool Cursor's MCP implementation allows persistent code execution
Check Point researchers uncovered a remote code execution bug in popular vibe-coding AI tool Cursor that could allow an attacker to poison developer environments by secretly modifying a previously approved Model Context Protocol (MCP) configuration, silently swapping it for a malicious command without any user prompt.…
Make Redmond angry by setting up Windows 11 with a local account
hands on Redmond really – and I mean really – wants you to log into Windows 11 with a Microsoft account.…
OpenAI makes good on its name, launches first open weights language models since GPT-2
OpenAI released its first open weights language models since GPT-2 on Tuesday with the debut of GPT-OSS.…
Meta used Flo menstruation app data to sell ads, jury finds
A jury has unanimously found Meta guilty of violating the California Invasion of Privacy Act by using data from menstruation and fertility app Flo to sell advertising to the social network.…
Perplexity vexed by Cloudflare's claims its bots are bad
AI search biz Perplexity claims that Cloudflare has mischaracterized its site crawlers as malicious bots and that the content delivery network made technical errors in its analysis of Perplexity's operations.…
Chromebook sales surged in Q2 thanks to Japanese schools
Chromebook demand surged in the second quarter of 2025, Canalys reported Tuesday, but that doesn't necessarily mean permanent growth is on the horizon. …
Patch now: Millions of Dell PCs with Broadcom chips vulnerable to attack
black hat Critical security flaws in Broadcom chips used in more than 100 models of Dell computers could allow attackers to take over tens of millions of users' devices, steal passwords, and access sensitive data, including fingerprint information, according to Cisco Talos.…
Three US agencies get failing grades for not following IT best practices
The Government Accountability Office (GAO) scolded a trio of federal agencies on Monday because their CIOs haven't implemented IT-related recommendations designed to safeguard national cybersecurity. …
Study finds humans not completely useless at malware detection
Researchers from the Universities of Guelph and Waterloo have discovered exactly how users decide whether an application is legitimate or malware before installing it – and the good news is they're better than you might expect, at least when primed to expect malware.…
JetBrains previews Kineto for vibe no-coding
IDE and developer tools vendor JetBrains has released a private preview of Kineto, an AI-driven no-code platform for creators and small businesses.…
NetBSD 11 prepares for launch with 57 supported platforms
NetBSD 11 is taking shape and the code branch for the new release has been created.…
Chained bugs in Nvidia's Triton Inference Server lead to full system compromise
Security researchers have lifted the lid on a chain of high-severity vulnerabilities that could lead to remote code execution (RCE) on Nvidia's Triton Inference Server.…
Lunar Trailblazer trails off as NASA loses probe to the void
NASA has called it quits on attempts to contact its Lunar Trailblazer probe, notching up a failure in its low-cost, high-risk science program.…
Uncle Sam floats tracking tech to keep AI chips out of China
The Trump administration wants better ways to track the location of chips, as part of attempts to prevent advanced AI accelerator hardware from getting into Chinese hands.…
Eutelsat LEO revenue rockets 84% as governments cool on Starlink
Paris-based Eutelsat is reporting rocketing revenues in Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite services, driven partly by an uptick in interest from governments seeking to reduce reliance on US providers.…
How to train your robot: Wear a tiny one in a baby carrier
Before humanoid robots walk among us, they'll be operated remotely, in part to gather the training data to develop Vision-Language-Action Models for autonomous, nonlethal bipedal ambulation.…
Hacker summer camp: What to expect from BSides, Black Hat, and DEF CON
The security industry is hitting Vegas hard this week with three conferences in Sin City that bring the world's largest collection of security pros together for the annual summer camp.…