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US Army seeks human AI officers to manage its battle bots
The US Army has been all-in on becoming an AI-powered outfit for some time, and now it's creating a career path for officers to specialize in making its automation dreams come true. …
European Space Agency hit again as cybercrims claim 200 GB data up for sale
The European Space Agency has suffered yet another security incident and, in keeping with past practice, says the impact is limited. Meanwhile, miscreants boast that they've made off with a trove of data, including what they claim are confidential documents, credentials, and source code.…
IPv6 just turned 30 and still hasn’t taken over the world, but don't call it a failure
Feature In the early 1990s, internetworking wonks realized the world was not many years away from running out of Internet Protocol version 4 (IPv4) addresses, the numbers needed to identify any device connected to the public internet. Noting booming interest in the internet, the internet community went looking for ways to avoid an IP address shortage that many feared would harm technology adoption and therefore the global economy.…
Everybody has a theory about why Nvidia dropped $20B on Groq - they're mostly wrong
This summer, AI chip startup Groq raised $750 million at a valuation of $6.9 billion. Just three months later, Nvidia celebrated the holidays by dropping nearly three times that to license its technology and squirrel away its talent.…
The most durable tech is boring, old, and everywhere
Opinion COBOL turned 66 this year and is still in use today. Major retail and commercial banks continue to run core account processing, ATM networks, credit card clearing, and batch end-of-day settlement. On top of that, many payment networks, stock exchanges, and clearinghouses rely on COBOL for high‑volume, high‑reliability batch and online transaction processing on mainframes.…
Hong Kong’s newest anti-scam technology is over-the-counter banking
Hong Kong’s banks have a new weapon against scams: Accounts that require customers to visit a branch to access their funds.…
Cybersecurity pros admit to moonlighting as ransomware scum
A ransomware negotiator and a security incident response manager have admitted to running ransomware attacks.…
New York’s incoming mayor bans Raspberry Pi at his inauguration party
New York’s mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani has invited the city’s residents to join him at a block party to celebrate his inauguration but told attendees not to bring a Raspberry Pi to the event.…
ServiceNow lays out possible co-CEO structure, but says no change imminent
ServiceNow’s amended employment contract with CEO Bill McDermott extends his time with the company into the next decade, but also provides possible next steps for the journeyman corporate leader, including the co-CEO role, a position he held at SAP in the years prior to joining the ITSM juggernaut.…