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Leeds United kick card swipers into Row Z after 5-day cyberattack
English football club Leeds United says cyber criminals targeted its retail website during a five-day assault in February and stole the card details of "a small number of customers." …
Worry not. China's on the line saying AGI still a long way off
In 1950, Alan Turing proposed the Imitation Game, better known as the Turing Test, to identify when a computer's response to questions becomes convincing enough that the interrogator believes the machine could be human.…
Qilin ransomware gang claims attacks on cancer clinic, OB-GYN facility
Qilin – the "no regrets" ransomware crew wreaking havoc on the global healthcare industry – just claimed responsibility for fresh attacks on a cancer treatment clinic in Japan and a women's healthcare facility in the US.…
Raspberry Pi launches CM4 variant that laughs in the face of frostbite
New variants of the Raspberry Pi Compute Module 4 have been launched, giving the devices an extended operating temperature range from -40°C to 85°C.…
Maybe cancel that ChatGPT therapy session – doesn't respond well to tales of trauma
If you think us meatbags are the only ones who get stressed and snappy when subjected to the horrors of the world, think again. A group of international researchers say OpenAI's GPT-4 can experience anxiety, too – and even respond positively to mindfulness exercises.…
Scotland now home to Europe's biggest battery as windy storage site fires up
What's claimed to be Europe’s largest battery has come to Scotland, after a new facility came online in the country’s north.…
Cybercrims now licking stamps and sending extortion demands in snail mail
Ransomware extortionists are now using letters sent by snail mail to demand payments, without bothering to infiltrate targets’ systems or infect them with malware.…
As Alibaba launches server-grade RISC-V silicon, Beijing seems set to back the ISA
The permissively licensed RISC-V instruction set architecture appears to be gaining significant momentum in China.…
Ransomware thugs threaten Tata Technologies with leak if demands not met
A subsidiary of Indian multinational Tata has allegedly fallen victim to the notorious ransomware gang Hunters International.…
Please fasten your seatbelts. A third of US air traffic control systems are 'unsustainable'
Over a third of the USA’s air traffic control systems are in an “unsustainable" state, and the FAA's decades-long project to upgrade them is not going well.…
Hey, remember iPads? Those fondleslabs? Apple still does
Apple on Tuesday unveiled an updated iPad Air with fresh-ish new M-series silicon alongside a new Magic Keyboard with function keys.…
Free Software Foundation rides to defend AGPLv3 against Neo4j license add-ons
The Free Software Foundation (FSF) on Monday backed a lone developer's brave effort to overturn a pivotal court ruling that threatens to undermine the AGPLv3 – the foundation's GNU Affero General Public License, version 3.…
VMware splats guest-to-hypervisor escape bugs already exploited in wild
Broadcom today pushed out patches for three VMware hypervisor-hijacking bugs, including one rated critical, that have already been found and exploited by criminals.…
Apple dares users to fix 'budget' iPhone 16e themselves
Apple has launched a new budget iPhone. Rather than discussing specifications or the price hike, the real question is whether the company's latest and cheapest can be repaired.…
Firefox 136 finally brings the features that fans wanted
Mozilla's Firefox 136 is out today. Despite recent Mozilla moves, it's still a better choice for the privacy-conscious than Chrome.…
Scientists create 'woolly mouse' by looking at mean genes from the Pleistocene
US scientists have created a "woolly" mouse by expressing genetic information gathered from woolly mammoths and elephants, which they see as a step toward bringing the extinct species back to life.…
SpaceX loses a Falcon 9 booster and scrubs a Starship
March 3 was a tough day for SpaceX. The company was forced to scrub flight test 8 of its monster Starship rocket and also lost a Falcon 9 first stage, which landed then caught fire and tipped over.…
CoreWeave rides AI wave with IPO filing – but its fate hinges on Microsoft
GPU cloud provider CoreWeave has filed for a proposed initial public offering (IPO) in the US, aiming to ride the AI wave and capitalize on the huge growth it has experienced recently.…
Microsoft Exchange Admin Center takes extended siesta in the EU
Microsoft's Exchange Administration Center (EAC) has fallen over and appears to be struggling to get up.…
Windows 365 Disaster Recovery Plus promises Cloud PC comebacks in 30 minutes
Microsoft has launched Windows 365 Disaster Recovery Plus, a service designed to rapidly bring Cloud PCs back online in the event of an outage.…