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ShinyHunters chief phisherman gets 3 years, must cough up $5M
A key member of the ShinyHunters cybercrime group is facing three years in the slammer and being forced to return $5 million in criminal proceeds.…
44-year-old Voyager 2 data sheds light on solar system's magnetic personalities
Researchers, after discovering magnetosheath jets around Jupiter, now believe these phenomena may exist on all solar system planets.…
SAP reshuffles leadership as cloud crusade continues
Global ERP giant SAP has announced two changes to its executive board in order to spur its quest to shift customers to the cloud.…
STMicroelectronics slims to be lean, mean, chipmaking machine
Euro chipmaker STMicroelectronics is reorganizing into two product groups, down from three, saying it wants to boost efficiency and get closer to customers in a decision that will also cut overhead.…
Biggest Linux kernel release ever welcomes bcachefs file system, jettisons Itanium
The latest stable Linux kernel, 6.7, is out and finally includes the new next-gen copy-on-write (COW) bcachefs file system.…
Boffins demo self-eating rocket engine in Scotland
Interview The concept of a self-eating rocket is rearing its head once again as engineers showcase their work at the AIAA SciTech Forum.…
Top large language models struggle to make accurate legal arguments
Interview Top large language models tend to generate inaccurate legal information and should not be relied upon for litigation, according to new research.…
Google's TPUs could end up costing it a billion-plus, thanks to this patent challenge
Allegations that Google's Tensor Processing Units (TPUs) were developed using stolen designs are being put to the test as a jury trial brought against the search giant by Singular Computing kicks off this week.…
NASA's Artemis Moon missions take a rain check until 2025 and beyond
NASA's Moon mission launch dates have slid by about a year – Artemis II to September 2025 and Artemis III to September 2026. Artemis IV, the first mission to the Gateway lunar space station, remains scheduled for September 2028.…
Next BT CEO Allison Kirkby takes the wheel from next month
UK telco giant BT is confirming a start date for Allison Kirkby, who will become its chief executive on February 1, facing down the challenge of the company's nationwide fiber rollout and trying to reverse its declining share price.…
Former Post Office boss returns CBE to sender over computer system scandal
Former Post Office CEO Paula Vennells, at the center of a media storm in recent days, is returning her CBE* following multiple calls for her to be stripped of the title.…
Need to make some 3D models but lack the skill and talent? Say, have you tried... AI?
Luma, a generative AI startup building software that transforms text descriptions to corresponding 3D models, just raised $43 million (£34 million) in a series-B funding round led by Andreesen Horowitz, Nvidia, and others. …
Cutting-edge microscopy reveals bottled water has 'up to 100 times' more bits of plastic than previously feared
The average store-bought bottle of water contains somewhere in the neighborhood of 10 to 100 times more minute plastic particles than previously believed, judging from a study published this week.…
Uncle Sam wants to make it clear that America's elections are very, very safe
As America gears up for a contentious presidential election this year, the Department of Justice has launched a campaign to convince the public that each and every qualified vote will be counted, and there won't be any interference or shenanigans to worry about.…
With OpenAI GPT Store imminent, apps are already being ripped off by copycats
OpenAI's GPT Store, expected to launch Wednesday – has been hyped as a replay of the Apple App Store gold rush of 2008.…
Official: Hewlett Packard Enterprise wants to swallow Juniper Networks in $14B deal
Hewlett Packard Enterprise officially announced Tuesday its intent to acquire Juniper Networks in a deal valued at $40 per share, or roughly $14 billion.…
X's 2024 plans include peer-to-peer payments in app push
Peer-to-peer payments, AI integration, additional exposure to stuff you hate, and more: That's what's coming to the site formerly known as Twitter in 2024, according to statement today.…
New year, more bugs in Windows, Adobe, Android to be fixed
Patch Tuesday Microsoft rang in the New Year with a relatively calm Patch Tuesday: Just 49 Windows security updates including fixes for two critical-rated bugs, plus four high-severity Chrome flaws in Microsoft Edge.…
SEC Twitter hijacked to push fake news of hotly anticipated ETF approval
Breaking The SEC today said its Twitter/X account was hijacked to wrongly claim it had approved hotly anticipated Bitcoin ETFs, causing cryptocurrency to spike and then slip in price.…
Europe's monopoly cops suddenly rather curious about Microsoft's $13B for OpenAI
Microsoft's $13 billion investment in OpenAI is being checked by the European Commission to see if the deal runs afoul of the continent's merger rules.…