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- by Paul KunertIt's the end of support as we know it and users feel fine With days to go before Microsoft finally pulls the plug on Windows 10 support, there are hundreds of millions of computers that have yet to upgrade to Windows 11, despite the best efforts of hardware manufacturers and the operating system's marketers.…
- by Carly PageChina-linked snoops crack email at DC powerhouse that represented Bill Clinton, Elizabeth Holmes Washington's elite law firm Williams & Connolly has confirmed that attackers exploited a zero-day vulnerability to access a handful of attorney email accounts in what it believes was a nation-state-linked cyberattack.…
- by Dan RobinsonConsultant says software vendors risk hiking prices without cutting costs or boosting productivity Software vendors keen to monetize AI should tread cautiously, since they risk inflating costs for their customers without delivering any promised benefits such as reducing employee head count.…
- by Thomas ClaburnThat's the main takeaway from the Zenity AI Agent Security Summit Michael Bargury, CTO of AI security company Zenity, welcomed attendees to the company's AI Agent Security Summit on Wednesday with an unexpected admission.…
- by Tobias MannBecause what enterprises really love are vague consumption-based pricing models Rent-a-GPU outfit CoreWeave continued its push into the AI services arena on Wednesday with the introduction of a platform that aims to make reinforcement learning more accessible to enterprise customers.…
- by Jessica LyonsIt's hard out there for a crim Following in the footsteps of an earlier unholy alliance between three other cybercrime crews, ransomware-as-a-service giants DragonForce, Qilin, and LockBit claim to be collaborating on ransomware attacks. …
- by Brandon VigliaroloWhen sellers collude through a computer algorithm, that doesn't make it right California companies that use algorithms to fix the prices of their products and services could now face stiff antitrust penalties if they continue to do so. …
- by Tobias MannWith enough routers, Switchzilla says it can link bit barns 1,000 km apart and scale fabrics beyond 3 exabits per second Cisco has unveiled a new routing ASIC designed to help bit barn operators overcome power and capacity constraints by stitching together their existing datacenters into a single unified compute cluster.…
- by Richard SpeedKeeping tabs on Martian dust devils with bonus data from ESA’s veteran orbiters Mars is windier than thought, according to research into decades of data from European Space Agency (ESA) spacecraft, and that has implications for missions to the red planet.…
- by Brandon VigliaroloMost scientists now use the tech in their work, but still question its usefulness AI hype is colliding with reality yet again. Wiley's global survey of researchers finds more of them using the tech than ever, and fewer convinced it's up to the job.…
- by Jessica LyonsCRM giant 'will not engage, negotiate with, or pay' the scumbags Salesforce won't pay a ransom demand to criminals who claim to have stolen nearly 1 billion customer records and are threatening to leak the data if the CRM giant doesn't pony up some cash.…
- by Lindsay ClarkUK central bank warns of 'sudden correction' in tech stocks The Bank of England's Financial Policy Committee has warned of the dangers of a sudden correction in the financial markets, owing to the value of tech and AI stocks, and has compared the risks to the dotcom bubble.…
- by Dan RobinsonGiving the mainframe customers what they want IBM's Spyre Accelerator is set to be generally available later this month, delivering a boost to the AI capabilities of its enterprise-grade hardware including the z17 mainframe, LinuxONE 5, and Power11 systems.…
- by Richard SpeedMicrosoft promises fewer 'mailbox full' errors in face of message deluge Microsoft's latest attempt to make the dreaded "mailbox full" response a thing of the past is rolling out in October and November. Threshold-based auto-archiving is coming to Exchange Online.…
- by Lindsay ClarkVendors promote bridge to modern architecture for legacy systems, but Db2 not going anywhere just yet IBM has signed an OEM agreement with Cockroach Labs – maker of the distributed PostgreSQL-like cloud RDBMS CockroachDB – in a bid to help modernize mission-critical applications reliant on mainframe hardware.…
- by Richard SpeedCan be shifted for a tenth of the price AND the wings don't have to come off – allegedly Texas senators John Cornyn and Ted Cruz have hit back at a Smithsonian memo on relocating Space Shuttle Discovery, claiming the institute's cost estimates are "more than ten times higher" than quotes from private logistics firms.…
- by Connor JonesBerlin's opposition likely kills off Brussels' bid to scan everyone's messages Germany has committed to oppose the EU's controversial "Chat Control" regulations following huge pressure from multiple activists and major organizations.…
- by Tim AndersonJIT compiler included but experimental and can slow performance The Python team has released version 3.14, with big new features including free threading support, the ability to use concurrent interpreters, improved debugger support, and an opt-in new interpreter which improves performance by 3 to 5 percent.…
- by Danny BradburyFrom homework helper to psychological hazard in 300 hours of sycophantic validation Feature When a close family member contacted Etienne Brisson to tell him that he'd created the world's first sentient AI, the Quebecois business coach was intrigued. But things quickly turned dark. The 50-year-old man, who had no prior mental health history, ended up spending time in a psychiatric ward.…
- As real life banks close, network operator starts a Scam School to stop Granny getting mugged onlineby Dan RobinsonBroadband biz teams up with Good Things Foundation to teach the digitally doddery how to dodge fraud UK network Virgin Media O2 is taking steps to combat fraud with a nationwide education scheme that aims to help vulnerable people and older folk avoid becoming victims.…