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AI
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AI and ML AMD acquires AI chip startup Taalas to boost inference performance by etching models into siliconEarly tech demos show model-specific integrated circuits churning out up to 17,000 tokens a second
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AI and ML AI struggles to patch vulns without adult supervisionLeft alone, autonomous fixes often fail to fully remediate flaws
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AI AND ML An off-grid AI sounds like a great survival assistant, but is better left to roleplaying the zombie apocalypseWould you rather play Russian roulette with an LLM or put your health and safety in the hands of a professional
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SYSTEMS Elon pledges to give Nvidia a virtual monopoly over the starsIn space, no one can hear you scream when the LLMs hallucinate
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EDGE AND IOT Dev proves LLMs will run on anything – even a $10 microcontrollerNearly 10 tok/s and it's mostly coherent — What's not to like?
Infosec
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Security Russians are posing as Signal support to launch phishing attacksPLUS: US takes down Iranian propaganda sites; Marketing company asks 'Why Do We Have Your Information?' And more!
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Security Microsoft patches failed to fix on-prem SharePoint, which is now under zero-day attackPLUS: China upgrades smartphone surveillance tools; Ring eases anti-snooping stance; and more
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Black Hat and DEF CON DEF CON Franklin project enlists hackers to harden critical infrastructureVoting village reports have been so successful, says Jeff Moss, that the whole of DEF CON will now be included
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Security EQT buys majority share in Swiss cybersecurity biz AcronisWent at equivalent of $3.5B+ valuation for entire firm, though portion sold not specified
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Malware Month Ten years since the first corp ransomware, Mikko Hyppönen sees no end in sightOn the plus side, infosec's a good bet for a long, stable career
FOSS
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FOSS smashed one Microsoft monopoly. After 20 years of failure, it's time to smash anotherWord up
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GNOME can look like Windows – and Flashback can do it without extensionsNew 'Simple-taskbar' is an option, but there's a simpler, stabler way
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A moment of silence, please, for the final release of Debian on x86-32New Debian versions hit FOSSland in the form of 13.6 and 12.15
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Baddies caught exploiting extensions bugs with perfect 10 scores on vulnerable Joomla websitesFlaws in iCagenda, Balbooa Forms extensions can impact open source CMS that powers a million sites worldwide
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Frame: A new X11 server – implemented directly in assemblyJoins yserver, Phoenix, and of course XLibre – and outlier Arcan
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Cinnamon 6.8 will support Wayland – if you want itNext version of Linux Mint’s desktop has both kinds of display server