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US cybercops take on 'pig butchering' org, return $9M in scammed crypto

woensdag 22 november 2023 inThe Register Headlines (Tech News)

Crims drain wallets of marks after letting them in on 'awesome crypto scheme secret' The US has seized nearly $9 million in proceeds generated by exploiting more than 70 victims across the nation in so-called "pig butchering" scams.…

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No more staff budget for UK civil service, but worry not – here's an incubator for AI

woensdag 22 november 2023 inThe Register Headlines (Tech News)

Today's story was brought to you by the words politician and silly Deputy UK Prime Minister Oliver Dowden said the country's civil service would improve public services by, among other things, setting up an "Incubator for AI."…

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Microsoft's bug bounty turns 10. Are these kinds of rewards making code more secure?

woensdag 22 november 2023 inThe Register Headlines (Tech News)

Katie Moussouris, who pioneered Redmond's program, says folks are focusing on the wrong thing Interview  Microsoft's bug bounty program celebrated its tenth birthday this year, and has paid out $63 million to security researchers in that first decad…

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UK's cookie crumble: Data watchdog serves up tougher recipe for consent banners

woensdag 22 november 2023 inThe Register Headlines (Tech News)

30 days to get compliant with tracking rules or face enforcement action The UK's Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) is getting tough on website design, insisting that opting out of cookies must be as simple as opting in.…

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Lenovo sues Asus for patent infringement, seeks US ZenBook ban

woensdag 22 november 2023 inThe Register Headlines (Tech News)

Why can't we be FRANDS? Updated  Chinese computer manufacturer Lenovo announced on Tuesday it had filed suit against Taiwanese manufacturer Asus for patent infringement related to software, hardware and connectivity in multiple products.…

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Palantir bags £330M NHS data bonanza despite privacy fears

woensdag 22 november 2023 inThe Register Headlines (Tech News)

Award follows £1 deal during pandemic and £60 million in non-competitive contracts Palantir has secured a £330 million ($412 million) contract to provide the NHS Federated Data Platform (FDP), which the world's largest healthcare provider says is vi…

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Fake views for the win: Text-to-image models learn more efficiently with made-up data

woensdag 22 november 2023 inThe Register Headlines (Tech News)

Future neural nets will probably use a mix of AI-generated and real info Synthetic images can help AI models learn visual representations more accurately compared to real snaps, according to computer scientists at MIT and Google. The result is neura…

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Sam Altman set to rejoin OpenAI as CEO with Microsoft's blessing

woensdag 22 november 2023 inThe Register Headlines (Tech News)

New board includes former Salesforce CEO and treasury secretary Breaking News  Sam Altman seems set to return to the job as CEO of OpenAI – from which he was last week suddenly and unexpectedly ejected.…

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Nvidia revenue explodes, led by datacenter products and … InfiniBand?

woensdag 22 november 2023 inThe Register Headlines (Tech News)

A certain Big Red Communist country looms as a dampener – but not a big one Nvidia has revealed it tripled revenue, year-over-year, for the third quarter of its financial year.…

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US govt pays AT&T to let cops search Americans' phone records – 'usually' without a warrant

woensdag 22 november 2023 inThe Register Headlines (Tech News)

At least get a court order before mining Hemisphere Project data, says Senator A senator has alleged that American law enforcement agencies snoop on US citizens and residents, seemingly without regard for the privacy provisions of the Fourth Amendme…

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Sam Altman set to rejoin OpenAI as CEO with Microsoft's blessing

woensdag 22 november 2023 inThe Register Headlines (Tech News)

New board includes former Salesforce CEO and treasury secretary Breaking News  Sam Altman seems set to return to the job as CEO of OpenAI – from which he was last week suddenly and unexpectedly ejected.…

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China's regulator paused VMware purchase probe before desired close date

woensdag 22 november 2023 inThe Register Headlines (Tech News)

Competitors predict price gouging as employees await news China's State Administration for Market Regulation approved Broadcom's acquisition of VMware, and also revealed it suspended deliberations on the matter on September 25 and only resumed on No…

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Lenovo sues Asus for patent infringement, seeks US ZenBook ban

woensdag 22 november 2023 inThe Register Headlines (Tech News)

Why can't we be FRANDS? Chinese computer manufacturer Lenovo announced on Tuesday it had filed suit against Taiwanese manufacturer Asus for patent infringement related to software, hardware and connectivity in multiple products.…

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Baidu joins Tencent in downplaying impact of US chip bans on AI ambitions

woensdag 22 november 2023 inThe Register Headlines (Tech News)

Stockpiled silicon, improving efficiency, and looking for alternative suppliers – while maybe taking a dig at Microsoft and OpenAI Chinese web giant Baidu, which emphasized AI services long before they were cool, has revealed it is largely untrouble…

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India's $20B Smart Cities Mission isn't, and has hardly scratched the surface after eight years

woensdag 22 november 2023 inThe Register Headlines (Tech News)

Many projects really about basic services, or don't integrate well. Charge ahead and extend it anyway, think tank recommends In an assessment of India's eight-year-long Smart Cities Mission, think tank the Observer Research Foundation (ORF) has opin…

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Ex-OpenAI staff launch new chatbot – yup, it's Anthropic with Claude 2.1

woensdag 22 november 2023 inThe Register Headlines (Tech News)

Half as many hallucinations, startup claims, and it admits when it's wrong Anthropic has launched Claude 2.1, the latest version of its large language model. We're told it can process more text and generate responses that are more accurate than prev…

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India's $20 billion Smart Cities Mission isn't, and has hardly scratched the surface after eight years

woensdag 22 november 2023 inThe Register Headlines (Tech News)

Many projects really about basic services, or don't integrate well. Charge ahead and extend it anyway, think tank recommends In an assessment of India's eight-year-long Smart Cities Mission, think tank the Observer Research Foundation (ORF) has opin…

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US govt pays AT&T to let cops search Americans' phone records – 'usually' without a warrant

woensdag 22 november 2023 inThe Register Headlines (Tech News)

At least get a court order before mining Hemisphere Project data, says Wyden A senator has alleged that American law enforcement agencies snoop on US citizens and residents, seemingly without regard for the privacy provisions of the Fourth Amendment…

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Binance and CEO admit financial crimes, billions coughed up to US govt

woensdag 22 november 2023 inThe Register Headlines (Tech News)

Chief quits, pays own penalty after helping crooks launder cash, aiding sanctions evaders The world's largest cryptocurrency exchange just got a little smaller, with the US Department of Justice announcing Binance and its CEO Changpeng Zhao have bot…

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Firefox slow to load YouTube? Just another front in Google's war on ad blockers

dinsdag 21 november 2023 inThe Register Headlines (Tech News)

Search giant says delays not specific to any browser – just those evading advert breaks. YMMV Google has admitted its efforts to discourage the use of ad blockers on YouTube have resulted in a deliberate "suboptimal viewing" experience for some user…

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Why have just one firewall when you can fire all the walls?

dinsdag 21 november 2023 inThe Register Headlines (Tech News)

'Support monkey' turned network isolation job into a banana skin Who, Me?  To quote the ancient philosophers: "Monday Monday, dah dah dah, can't trust that day."…

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