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India’s IT minister moves to Zoho’s spreadsheet and word processor, urges 1.4 billion people to do likewise
India’s minister for information technology yesterday said he’s dumping his current word processor, spreadsheet, and presentation graphics packages, will adopt the locally made alternatives from Zoho instead, and urged India’s 1.4 billion residents to do likewise.…
OpenAI's Stargate project to pave the world with AI datacenters announces five new US locations
The Stargate project, the OpenAI-led plan to cover the world with datacenters, has announced plans to construct five new bit barns in the US.…
Boffins fool a self-driving car by putting mirrors on traffic cones
Mirrors can fool the Light Detection and Ranging (LIDAR) sensors used to guide autonomous vehicles by making them detect objects that don’t exist, or failing to detect actual obstacles.…
Feds put finger on H-1B lottery scale to favor higher earners
The H-1B lottery in the US is being tipped heavily in favor of high-wage earners under a long-awaited rule proposal unveiled on Tuesday.…
Nearly half of businesses suffered deepfaked phone calls against staff
A survey of cybersecurity bosses has shown that 62 percent reported attacks on their staff using AI over the last year, either by the use of prompt injection attacks or faking out their systems using phony audio or video generated by AI.…
SonicWall releases rootkit-busting firmware update following wave of attacks
SonicWall on Monday released a firmware update that the security vendor says will remove rootkit malware deployed in recent attacks targeting Secure Mobile Access (SMA) 100 appliances.…
AI coding hype overblown, Bain shrugs
Software development was one of the first areas to adopt generative AI, but the promised revolution has so far delivered only modest productivity gains, and Bain says only a full rethink of the software lifecycle will shift the dial.…
Third time's the charm? SolarWinds (again) patches critical Web Help Desk RCE
SolarWinds on Tuesday released a hotfix - again - for a critical, 9.8-severity flaw in its Web Help Desk IT ticketing software that could allow a remote, unauthenticated attacker to run commands on a host machine. …
OnePlus leaves researchers on read over Android bug that exposes texts
Security researchers report that OnePlus smartphone users remain vulnerable to a critical bug that allows any application to read SMS and MMS data — a flaw that has persisted since late 2021.…
MX Linux 25 reaches beta testing – complete with systemd
The new Debian-13 version of MX Linux, version 25, is looking very close to ready for release. A big change may divide its audience, though.…
SIM city: Feds say 100,000-card farms could have killed cell towers in NYC
The US Secret Service has dismantled a network of SIM farms in and around New York City it claims was behind multiple incidents targeting senior government officials and had enough power to disrupt entire cellular networks.…
Kaspersky: RevengeHotels checks back in with AI-coded malware
Kaspersky has raised the alarm over the resurgence of hotel-hacking outfit "RevengeHotels," which it claims is now using artificial intelligence to supercharge its scams.…