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Networking startup Meter takes a page from the Steve Jobs playbook
"We love moving packets," declared Anil Varanasi, CEO and co-founder of Meter, on a stage overlooking San Francisco Bay at the networking startup's annual networking event. He continued, "This crowd probably knows this intimately, but everything in the world is packets. Regardless of what type of work you do, it is just packets all the way down."…
Microsoft blanks out BSODs on public displays with new ‘Digital Signage mode’
Microsoft has added a new Windows mode that blanks out the Blue Screen of Death on public displays after 15 seconds.…
Anthropic is at the heart of the latest billion-dollar circular AI investment bonanza
It wouldn't be a week of tech news without more circular exchanges of billions of dollars between AI firms. This time around, it's a $45 billion back-scratching session involving Microsoft, Anthropic, and Nvidia, announced during Redmond's Ignite conference.…
Self-replicating botnet attacks Ray clusters
Malefactors are actively attacking internet-facing Ray clusters and abusing the open source AI framework to spread a self-replicating botnet that mines for cryptocurrency, steals data, and launches distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks.…
FCC looks to torch Biden-era cyber rules sparked by Salt Typhoon mess
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) will vote this week on whether to scrap Biden-era cybersecurity rules, enacted after the Salt Typhoon attacks came to light in 2024, that required telecom carriers to adopt basic security controls.…