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Education boards left gates wide open for PowerSchool mega-breach, say watchdogs
Canadian privacy watchdogs say that school boards must shoulder part of the blame for the PowerSchool mega-breach, not just the ed-tech giant that lost control of millions of student and staff records.…
Google and Westinghouse lean on AI to speed US nuclear plant builds
Google and atomic power biz Westinghouse Electric claim that AI will speed construction and cut the cost of building the new US power plants it is planning in response to rising demands for energy to fuel AI.…
Palo Alto kit sees massive surge in malicious activity amid mystery traffic flood
Malicious traffic targeting Palo Alto Networks' GlobalProtect portals surged almost 40-fold in the space of 24 hours, hitting a 90-day high and putting defenders on alert for whatever comes next.…
Systemd 259 release candidate flexes musl support – with long list of caveats
Along with new functionality, systemd is broadening its distro support even further, which will surely delight members of the wider Linux community.…
Manchester hits snooze again on joining Palantir-run NHS data platform
Greater Manchester Integrated Care Board (ICB) has again put off its adoption of an NHS data platform prescribed by the UK government and run by Palantir until there is more evidence that it will be in the "best interests" of the city's population.…
Eleven years after Lenovo acquired IBM’s x86 server biz, profits are still elusive
Lenovo has again said its enterprise hardware business is on the cusp of becoming consistently profitable, despite the division again posting a loss after massive revenue growth.…
Palo Alto CEO tips nation-states to weaponize quantum computing by 2029
Palo Alto Networks CEO Nikesh Arora has suggested hostile nation-states will possess quantum computers in 2029, or even a little earlier, at which point most security appliances will need to be replaced.…