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AI hallucinates software packages and devs download them – even if potentially poisoned with malware Simply look out for libraries imagined by ML and make them real, with actual malicious code. No wait, don't do that

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Cloud server host Vultr rips user data ownership clause from ToS after web outrage

We know the average customer doesn't have a law degree, CEO tells us

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HPE bakes LLMs into Aruba as AI inches closer to network takeover

But don't worry, the models are here to help summarize technical docs and answer your questions ... for now

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Pressuring allies not to fulfill chip kit service contracts with China now official US policy

Xi Jinping warns 'no force' can stop country's science and tech progress

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Intel's green dream is chips without any dips in Mother Nature's health

Sustainability Summit pushes industry partners to reduce their environmental impact, including harmful chemicals

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Singapore improves the AI it uses to detect smokers

Past versions struggled to spot a lungbuster – this time authorities think they've reduced false positives

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JetBrains keeps mum on 26 'security problems' fixed after Rapid7 spat

Vendor takes hardline approach to patch disclosure to new levels

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FTX crypto-crook Sam Bankman-Fried gets 25 years in prison

Could have been worse: Prosecutors wanted decades more

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Nvidia's newborn ChatRTX bot patched for security bugs

Flaws enable privilege escalation and remote code execution

US critical infrastructure cyberattack reporting rules inch closer to reality

After all, it's only about keeping the essentials on – no rush

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Canonical cracks down on crypto cons following Snap Store scam spree

In happier news, Ubuntu Pro extended support now goes up to 12 years

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INC Ransom claims responsibility for attack on NHS Scotland

Sensitive documents dumped on leak site amid claims of 3 TB of data stolen in total

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These 17,000 unpatched Microsoft Exchange servers are a ticking time bomb

One might say this is a wurst case scenario

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AI hallucinates software packages and devs download them – even if potentially poisoned with malware

Simply look out for libraries imagined by ML and make them real, with actual malicious code. No wait, don't do that

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Execs in Japan busted for winning dev bids then outsourcing to North Koreans

Government issues stern warning over despot money-making scheme

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China encouraged armed offensive against Myanmar government to protest proliferation of online scams

Report claims Beijing is most displaced by junta's failure to address slave labor scam settlements

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GWS Gen AI Handbook

Duet AI in Google Workspace: A new and powerful way of working

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Hillary Clinton: 2024 will be 'ground zero' for AI election manipulation

2016 meddling was 'primitive' compared to what's ahead

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University of Washington's Workday woes leave research grants in limbo

$340M finance upgrade still working out the kinks

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Progress outbids private equity in offer for MariaDB plc

MySQL sibling saga continues as 40-year-old infrastructure software firm enters the fray

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PostgreSQL pioneer's latest brainchild promises time travel to dodge ransomware

Michael Stonbraker on the neat side effects of putting an operating system on top of a database

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Databricks claims its open source foundational LLM outsmarts GPT-3.5

In the AI gold rush, analytics outfit wants to provide the shovels

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How a single buck bought bragging rights in the battle to port Windows 95 to NT

It reached the desktop and then ...

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AI hallucinates software packages and devs download them – even if potentially poisoned with malware

Off-Prem

Cloud server host Vultr rips user data ownership clause from ToS after web outrage

Step up your game for hybrid work security.

Forrester Reprint: Google Workspace Delivers UCaaS And More

On-Prem

HPE bakes LLMs into Aruba as AI inches closer to network takeover

Pressuring allies not to fulfill chip kit service contracts with China now official US policy

Intel's green dream is chips without any dips in Mother Nature's health

Singapore improves the AI it uses to detect smokers

Discover what’s possible with the right tools.

Navigate the world of hybrid work.

Security

JetBrains keeps mum on 26 'security problems' fixed after Rapid7 spat

FTX crypto-crook Sam Bankman-Fried gets 25 years in prison

Nvidia's newborn ChatRTX bot patched for security bugs

US critical infrastructure cyberattack reporting rules inch closer to reality

Canonical cracks down on crypto cons following Snap Store scam spree

INC Ransom claims responsibility for attack on NHS Scotland

These 17,000 unpatched Microsoft Exchange servers are a ticking time bomb

AI hallucinates software packages and devs download them – even if potentially poisoned with malware

Execs in Japan busted for winning dev bids then outsourcing to North Koreans

China encouraged armed offensive against Myanmar government to protest proliferation of online scams

GWS Gen AI Handbook

Software

Hillary Clinton: 2024 will be 'ground zero' for AI election manipulation

University of Washington's Workday woes leave research grants in limbo

Progress outbids private equity in offer for MariaDB plc

PostgreSQL pioneer's latest brainchild promises time travel to dodge ransomware

Databricks claims its open source foundational LLM outsmarts GPT-3.5

Offbeat

How a single buck bought bragging rights in the battle to port Windows 95 to NT

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