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

28 March 2024 @ 9:30 am

Michael Stonbraker on the neat side effects of putting an operating system on top of a database Database pioneer Michael Stonebraker is promising his new concept of putting the operating system on top of a database could help end ransomware.…

Databricks claims its open source foundational LLM outsmarts GPT-3.5

28 March 2024 @ 8:32 am

In the AI gold rush, analytics outfit wants to provide the shovels Analytics platform Databricks has launched an open source foundational large language model, hoping enterprises will opt to use its tools to jump on the LLM bandwagon.…

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

28 March 2024 @ 7:45 am

One might say this is a wurst case scenario The German Federal Office for Information Security (BIS) has issued an urgent alert about the poor state of Microsoft Exchange Server patching in the country.…

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

28 March 2024 @ 7:01 am

Simply look out for libraries imagined by ML and make them real, with actual malicious code. No wait, don't do that In-depth  Several big businesses have published source code that incorporates a software package previously hallucinated by generative AI.…

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

28 March 2024 @ 6:30 am

Government issues stern warning over despot money-making scheme Two executives were issued arrest warrants in Japan on Wednesday, reportedly for charges related to establishing a business that outsourced work to North Korean IT engineers.…

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

28 March 2024 @ 4:28 am

Report claims Beijing is most displaced by junta's failure to address slave labor scam settlements The military junta controlling Myanmar has struggled to control all of its territory thanks in part to China backing rebel forces as a way of expressing its displeasure about cyberscam centers operating from the country.…

Singapore improves the AI it uses to detect smokers

28 March 2024 @ 2:02 am

Past versions struggled to spot a lungbuster – this time authorities think they've reduced false positives Singapore has improved the AI it uses to detect smokers who light up in the many places where the practice is forbidden across the island nation, to help local law enforcement more efficiently stub out offenders.…

Hyperfluorescent OLEDs promise more efficient displays that won't make you so blue

28 March 2024 @ 12:16 am

Novel design might also help reduce those annoying burn-in issues A recent paper published in Nature demonstrates that hyperfluorescent OLEDs could significantly reduce the energy required to display the color blue – potentially mitigating, but not solving, screen burn-in.…

Standardization could open door to third-party chiplets in AMD designs

27 March 2024 @ 11:16 pm

Domain-specific accelerators are 'essential to progress' it claims, and a chiplet ecosystem is one way forward Video  Future AMD processors could feature domain-specific accelerators – even some created by third parties, according to senior execs at the chip shop.…

Apple fans deluged with phony password reset requests

27 March 2024 @ 10:06 pm

Beware support calls offering a fix Apple device owners, consider yourselves warned: a targeted multi-factor authentication bombing campaign is under way, with the goal of exhausting iUsers into allowing an unwanted password reset.…