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Hobble your AI agents to prevent them from hurting you too badly
Michael Bargury, CTO of AI security company Zenity, welcomed attendees to the company's AI Agent Security Summit on Wednesday with an unexpected admission.…
CoreWeave bets on serverless agent builder to woo penny-pinching enterprises
Rent-a-GPU outfit CoreWeave continued its push into the AI services arena on Wednesday with the introduction of a platform that aims to make reinforcement learning more accessible to enterprise customers.…
3 more infamous cybercrime crews team up to 'maximize income' in 'challenging' ransomware biz
Following in the footsteps of an earlier unholy alliance between three other cybercrime crews, ransomware-as-a-service giants DragonForce, Qilin, and LockBit claim to be collaborating on ransomware attacks. …
The price is wrong! California goes Bob Barker on algorithmic price rigging
California companies that use algorithms to fix the prices of their products and services could now face stiff antitrust penalties if they continue to do so. …
Cisco’s new router unites disparate datacenters into AI training behemoths
Cisco has unveiled a new routing ASIC designed to help bit barn operators overcome power and capacity constraints by stitching together their existing datacenters into a single unified compute cluster.…
Mars’ powerful whirlwinds blow dust everywhere, could affect future missions
Mars is windier than thought, according to research into decades of data from European Space Agency (ESA) spacecraft, and that has implications for missions to the red planet.…
AI gets more 'meh' as you get to know it better, researchers discover
AI hype is colliding with reality yet again. Wiley's global survey of researchers finds more of them using the tech than ever, and fewer convinced it's up to the job.…
Take this rob and shove it! Salesforce issues stern retort to ransomware extort
Salesforce won't pay a ransom demand to criminals who claim to have stolen nearly 1 billion customer records and are threatening to leak the data if the CRM giant doesn't pony up some cash.…
Bank of England smells hint of dotcom bubble 2.0 in AI froth
The Bank of England's Financial Policy Committee has warned of the dangers of a sudden correction in the financial markets, owing to the value of tech and AI stocks, and has compared the risks to the dotcom bubble.…
IBM's big iron to get Spyre AI accelerator upgrade this month
IBM's Spyre Accelerator is set to be generally available later this month, delivering a boost to the AI capabilities of its enterprise-grade hardware including the z17 mainframe, LinuxONE 5, and Power11 systems.…
Exchange Online will start archiving your oldest emails before your inbox bursts
Microsoft's latest attempt to make the dreaded "mailbox full" response a thing of the past is rolling out in October and November. Threshold-based auto-archiving is coming to Exchange Online.…
IBM invites CockroachDB to infest its mainframes with PostgreSQL
IBM has signed an OEM agreement with Cockroach Labs – maker of the distributed PostgreSQL-like cloud RDBMS CockroachDB – in a bid to help modernize mission-critical applications reliant on mainframe hardware.…
Texas senators cry foul over Smithsonian's pricey Space Shuttle shuffle
Texas senators John Cornyn and Ted Cruz have hit back at a Smithsonian memo on relocating Space Shuttle Discovery, claiming the institute's cost estimates are "more than ten times higher" than quotes from private logistics firms.…
Germany slams brakes on EU's Chat Control device-scanning snoopfest
Germany has committed to oppose the EU's controversial "Chat Control" regulations following huge pressure from multiple activists and major organizations.…
Python releases version 3.14 – with cautious free-threaded support
The Python team has released version 3.14, with big new features including free threading support, the ability to use concurrent interpreters, improved debugger support, and an opt-in new interpreter which improves performance by 3 to 5 percent.…
How chatbots are coaching vulnerable users into crisis
Feature When a close family member contacted Etienne Brisson to tell him that he'd created the world's first sentient AI, the Quebecois business coach was intrigued. But things quickly turned dark. The 50-year-old man, who had no prior mental health history, ended up spending time in a psychiatric ward.…
As real life banks close, network operator starts a Scam School to stop Granny getting mugged online
UK network Virgin Media O2 is taking steps to combat fraud with a nationwide education scheme that aims to help vulnerable people and older folk avoid becoming victims.…
Telecoms wholesaler ICUK restores services after two-day DDoS pelting
London-based wholesale telecoms biz ICUK is back on track after a multi-day DDoS attack on its network and systems.…
UK Home Office doubles down on Oracle with £54M cloud contract
The UK's Home Office has signed a new deal with Oracle for around £54 million ($72 million) in cloud infrastructure and platform services as it gears up as the centerpiece of a government shared services strategy based on Big Red.…
Brits sitting on £1.6B gold mine of Windows 10 junk as support ends
There's gold in them thar piles of old Windows 10 PCs. Quite literally, according to recyclers.…