Layoffs follow more than 7,500 voluntary departures, early retirements Intel this week handed out pink slips to more than 2,000 workers across the United States.…
Lees meerResolves allegations it improperly stored screenshots containing PII that were later snaffled A US government contractor will settle claims it violated cyber security rules prior to a breach that compromised Medicare beneficiaries' personal data.…
Lees meerNetworking giant says 'no evidence' of impact on its systems but will tell customers if their info has been stolen UPDATED Cisco has confirmed it is investigating claims of stealing — and now selling — data belonging to the networking giant.…
Lees meerMeta knows messaging service creates persistent user IDs that have different qualities on each device Updated An analysis of Meta's WhatsApp messaging software reveals that it may expose which operating system a user is running, and their device se…
Lees meerLayoffs follow more than 7,500 voluntary departures, early retirements Intel this week handed out pink slips to more than 2,000 workers across the USA…
Lees meerAs badly as the later development of WinAmp itself, really The owners of WinAmp have just deleted their entire repo one month after uploading the source code to GitHub. Lots of source code, and quite possibly, not all of it theirs.…
Lees meerAnother blow for IT software house and its customers A critical, hardcoded login credential in SolarWinds' Web Help Desk line has been exploited in the wild by criminals, according to the US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, which ha…
Lees meerThe German car giant appears to be unconcerned The 8Base ransomware crew claims to have stolen a huge data dump of Volkswagen files and is threatening to publish them, but the German car giant appears to be unconcerned.…
Lees meerNo word yet on scope of attacks A critical, hardcoded credential bug in SolarWinds' Web Help Desk products has been found and exploited by criminals, according to the US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, which has added the flaw to i…
Lees meerWelcome to the oidashi beya, aka expulsion rooms The next time you feel dehumanized by rumors of surprise HR meetings popping up on calendars amidst layoff rumors, be glad you don't work at game studio Bandai Namco in Japan. …
Lees meerIt 'will end these tricks and traps, saving Americans time and money' The US Federal Trade Commission on Wednesday announced a final "click-to-cancel" rule that aims to simplify the process of ending unwanted subscriptions to products and services.…
Lees meerUncle Sam having a secret way into US tech? Say it ain't so A Chinese industry group has accused Intel of backdooring its CPUs, in addition to other questionable security practices while calling for an investigation into the chipmaker, claiming its …
Lees meerMax validity down from 398 days to proposed 45 by 2027 Apple wants to shorten SSL/TLS security certificates' lifespans, down from 398 days now to just 45 days by 2027, and sysadmins have some very strong feelings about this "nightmarish" plan. …
Lees meerThe duo eyes a target of 5 GW online in US by 2039, assuming tech comes to fruition With energy scarcity threatening to derail datacenter ambitions, cloud providers are looking for salvation in the atom.…
Lees meerBrit biz updates world on why tech might not be forever 30 years away Brit nuclear fusion biz Tokamak Energy has detailed early progress in a US Department of Energy (DOE) project that aims to deliver commercial fusion energy in the next decade.…
Lees meerTo Wales now, where crypto bro sues to be allowed to excavate landfill site Last time we met 39-year-old James Howells from Newport, Wales, he was petitioning his local council to let him excavate a garbage dump in pursuit of a lost hard drive he be…
Lees meer'Our networks have the capacity to meet consumer demand without these restrictions,' says chair The US government's probe into the necessity of ISP data caps has escalated with the launch of a formal inquiry and the publication of hundreds of testim…
Lees meerWho said Archimedes' death ray was a busted myth? The future of the Mars Sample Return (MSR) mission may be uncertain, but don't tell that to boffins at Sandia National Laboratories that tested heat shield prototypes by blasting them with rays of fo…
Lees meerFewer than 30% of clients happy dealing with a generative AI virtual agent An IBM study has found most insurance industry leaders believe generative AI is essential to keep pace with competitors. However, only a quarter of customers want anything to…
Lees meerLess than a year to go – is your enterprise ready for the change? Office and Exchange Server have joined Windows 10 in a march to obsolescence, with less than a year until support is cut for 2016 and 2019 versions.…
Lees meerLinus Torvalds, Broadcom, Dell, HPE, and Lenovo on the list The shape of the x86 instruction set architecture (ISA) is evolving. On Tuesday, Intel and AMD announced the formation of an ecosystem advisory group intended to drive greater consistency b…
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