CEO, senior execs ‘at every turn chose the most anti-competitive option’ A federal judge has said Apple execs deliberately ignored an injunction and told lies in court – and so has asked US prosecutors to consider criminal charges against the iPhone…
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Lees meerFor now it's a potential bug-finder and friend to defenders RSAC Former NSA cyber-boss Rob Joyce thinks today's artificial intelligence is dangerously close to becoming a top-tier vulnerability exploit developer.…
Lees meerOligarch's crew makes audits harder, US comptroller general tells Congress The US Government Accountability Office has confirmed it launched audits of Elon Musk's Trump-blessed cost-trimming DOGE unit amid concerns that its access to agency systems …
Lees meerCaffeine addicts evidently not thrilled to see cafes become walk-in vending machines Starbucks, smarting from disappointing second-quarter earnings, says that trying to replace staff with machines was a mistake.…
Lees meerFormer Space Shuttle boss's blog booted from Trump-era agency website NASA has excised former Space Shuttle manager Wayne Hale's blog from its website in a reminder that nothing is forever.…
Lees meerCybersecurity is national security, says Jen Easterly RSAC America's top cyber-defense agency is "being undermined" by personnel and budget cuts under the Trump administration, some of which are being driven by an expectation of perfect loyalty to …
Lees meerDid we says offshore? We meant, er, hardcore. Amirite, DOGE bros? Comment IBM – a company understood to employ at least one-third of its global workforce in India and Bangladesh – is pledging to spend $150 billion over the next half decade on makin…
Lees meerFeds say $970K scheme defrauded 13+ companies A Maryland man has pleaded guilty to fraud after landing a job with a contractor working on US government software, and then outsourcing the work to a self-described North Korean developer in China.…
Lees meerWhistleblowing, email is evidential mail, HR is not your friend, and more discussed by CxO panel RSAC Chief security officers should negotiate personal liability insurance and a golden parachute when they start a new job – in case things go sideway…
Lees meerSatya Nadella reveals attempts to merge Word, PowerPoint, Excel, which may now happen with LLMs Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella has claimed thirty percent of code in the Windows titan's repositories was written by an AI.…
Lees meerAsus implements droop detector for PCIe slots as GPUs now so heavy they risk toppling out Graphics cards are now getting so bulky and heavy that device maker Asus has decided customers need a way to detect any sagging or movement of the GPU in its P…
Lees meerSatya Nadella reveals attempts to merge Word, PowerPoint, Excel – which may now succeed with LLMs Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella has claimed thirty percent of code in the Windows titan's repositories was written by an AI.…
Lees meerFormer Space Shuttle boss's blog booted from Trump-era agency website NASA has excised former Space Shuttle manager Wayne Hale's blog from its website in a reminder that nothing is forever.…
Lees meerNo specific law against it yet, but that's set to change A spate of high-profile swatting incidents in the US recently forced the FBI into action with its latest awareness campaign about the occasionally deadly practice.…
Lees meerWe'll see if messaging client can keep up with sibling browser Mozilla has lobbed out Firefox 138, and subsidiary MZLA's Thunderbird 138 isn't far behind. The venerable messaging client is picking up the pace and finally syncing its stride with the …
Lees meerFormer Space Shuttle boss's blog booted from NASA's website NASA has excised former Space Shuttle manager Wayne Hale's blog from its website in a reminder that nothing is forever.…
Lees meerGo ahead, please do Bash static analysis Shell scripting may finally get a proper bug-checker. A group of academics has proposed static analysis techniques aimed at improving the correctness and reliability of Unix shell programs.…
Lees meerSycophantic update to GPT-4o rolled back after AI gets over-enthusiastic with the 'glaze' OpenAI has hurriedly rolled back the latest ChatGPT model days after it was released because it was deemed to be too "sycophant-y and annoying."…
Lees meerBrad Smith commits org to facing off with US govt in court to protect them Microsoft is responding to mounting "geopolitical and trade volatility" between the US administration and governments in Europe by pledging privacy safeguards for customers w…
Lees meerThe tryhard's favorite distro wins an approved home in Microsoft's OS There have been unofficial versions for years, but Arch Linux is now officially on the menu for people using Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL).…
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