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Medusa ransomware affiliate tried triple extortion scam – up from the usual double demand
A crook who distributes the Medusa ransomware tried to make a victim cough up three payments instead of the usual two, according to a government advisory on how to defend against the malware and the gangs who wield it.…
AI models hallucinate, and doctors are OK with that
The tendency of AI models to hallucinate – aka confidently making stuff up – isn't sufficient to disqualify them from use in healthcare settings. So, researchers have set out to enumerate the risks and formulate a plan to do no harm while still allowing medical professionals to consult with unreliable software assistants.…
As Chromecast outage drags on, fix could be days to weeks away
Older models of Google’s Chromecast media-streaming sticks remain broken, and independent research suggests a fix could take potentially weeks to materialize.…
Need cash? Your IPv4 stash can now be collateral for $100M loans
IP address marketplace IPv4.Global has started offering loans on terms that consider public IPv4 network addresses as valid collateral.…
Get off that old Firefox by Friday or you'll be sorry, says Moz
If you're running an outdated version of Firefox, update by Friday or risk broken add-ons, failing DRM-protected media playback, and other errors, due to an expiring root certificate.…
Mozilla pleads with Uncle Sam to not turn off that sweet, sweet Google search money
Mozilla, which in 2023 received about 75 percent of its revenue from royalties paid by Google and other search providers for search engine usage in Firefox, worries that the US Justice Department's proposed ban on the very same Google Search payments would be rather harmful.…
As Elon Musk makes thousands of federal workers jobless, tycoon pushes for $56B Tesla pay deal
Elon Musk is trying yet again to get his $56 billion Tesla pay package reinstated with an appeal to the Delaware Supreme Court. …
Intel names new CEO
Breaking The board of Intel has named semiconductor industry veteran Lip-Bu Tan as the x86 giant's new CEO. He starts March 18.…
iRobot may be iDead in iYear
Troubled robot vacuum-cleaner maker iRobot, abandoned by Amazon after regulators effectively doomed the web giant's takeover offer, has warned investors it may not survive the next 12 months.…
Nvidia won the AI training race, but inference is still anyone's game
Comment With the exception of custom cloud silicon, like Google's TPUs or Amazon's Trainium ASICs, the vast majority of AI training clusters being built today are powered by Nvidia GPUs. But while Nvidia may have won the AI training battle, the inference fight is far from decided.…
Printers start speaking in tongues after Windows 11 update
Has your printer suddenly started spouting gibberish? A faulty Windows 11 23H2 update from Microsoft - rather than a ghost in the machine - could be the cause.…
Amazon, Meta, Google sign pledge to triple nuclear power capacity by 2050
A group of large-scale energy users including Amazon, Meta, and Google has thrown its weight behind efforts to ramp up global nuclear capacity – aiming to triple it by 2050 – to meet increasing energy demands.…
DOGE helps Veterans Affairs end IT contract run by service-disabled entrepreneurs
Elon Musk's newly minted US Department of Government Efficiency claims to have helped the Department of Veterans Affairs end a technology contract run by service-disabled veterans.…
OpenInfra has only gone and joined the Linux Foundation
The votes are in, confirming that the Open Infrastructure Foundation intends to join the Linux Foundation.…
Expired Juniper routers find new life – as Chinese spy hubs
Chinese spies have for months exploited old Juniper Networks routers, infecting the buggy gear with custom backdoors and gaining root access to the compromised devices.…
ServiceNow's new AI agents will happily volunteer for your dullest tasks
ServiceNow has for years used the example of employee onboarding to explain the power of its wares, pointing out that a lot of people around an organization are needed to get new hires on the payroll, registered with HR, equipped with a computer, and assigned appropriate permissions to access applications.…
This is the FBI, open up. China's Volt Typhoon is on your network
Nick Lawler, general manager of the Littleton Electric Light and Water Departments (LELWD), was at home one Friday when he got a call from the FBI alerting him that the public power utility's network had been compromised. The digital intruders turned out to be Volt Typhoon.…
Rocket Lab says NASA lacks leadership on Mars Sample Return
Rocket Lab has been on a roll lately, with multiple Electron launches, plans for an ocean platform for its Neutron rocket, and a second mission for in-space manufacturing business Varda under its belt. However, NASA has apparently rejected the company's Mars Sample Return mission proposal. Why?…
Free95 claims to be a GPL 3 Windows clone, but it's giving vaporware vibes
The developer of Free95 says it will be a free Windows 95-compatible OS, but we suspect an elaborate prank. At best, maybe an unknowing one.…
UK must pay cyber pros more than its Prime Minister, top civil servant says
Senior officials in the UK's civil service understand that future cyber hires in Whitehall will need to be paid a salary higher than that of the Prime Minister if the government wants to get serious about fending off attacks.…