Новости за 18.04.2024

More like Instability AI, right kids?

Stability AI is laying off staff in its search of steadier footing following the sudden departure of its CEO late last month.…

Big Blue bosses retaliate against those seeking overtime, lawsuit claims

Alphabet Workers Union says bosses refuse to listen to concerns

Google has fired more than two dozen employees after they staged sit-ins at the web giant's offices in protest of its cloud contract with the Israeli government. …

Do not pass go, do not collect $200, says government agency

The US Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has slapped coding boot camp BloomTech with several punishments for alleged deceptive business practices.…

And it's far from the only hyperscaler getting in on the act

Microsoft is looking to significantly expand datacenter space to service expected AI demand, tripling the rate at which it adds capacity early in its next financial year. Other hyperscalers appear to be following suit.…

Vote met strong opposition from Biden's office

A draft law to restrict the US government's ability to procure data on citizens through data brokers will progress to the Senate after being passed in the House of Representatives.…

Not just Windows 10. Don't forget about Exchange Server, Skype for Business, and all those Office installations

Criminals make lucrative use of stolen credit cards

Speaking at Black Hat Asia on Thursday, a Korean researcher revealed how the discovery of one phishing website led to uncovering an operation whose activities leveraged second-hand shops and included using Apple’s "someone-else pickup" method to cash in.…

Some say various cell services were out, others still say landlines were affected. What just happened?

It'll be pricier, but there are geopolitical benefits, says CEO

TSMC boss C C Wei says customers who want to fabricate in the chip giant's non-Taiwan facilities will need share the cost by paying more.…

Thermal shield damage is screwing with daytime observations of X-ray bursts

Extent of information seized will be a concern for those affected

Ransomware strikes at yet another US healthcare organization led to the theft of sensitive data belonging to just shy of 185,000 people.…

AI assistant turned up via an Edge update. It was an accident. This time...

Memorymaker to park mega plant in Syracuse, says senator

Memory chipmaker Micron looks set to be the next recipient of US government subsidy cash with $6.1 billion heading its way to help fund new-build semiconductor plants.…

Restructure of finance teams will see some leave, and other roles created in Mexico City, Bangalore, and US cities

Platforms should not confront users with 'binary choice' over personal data use

Only good for calls and texts pretty much, and that's no mistake

Those who find modern smartphones too distracting from real life might be interested in the Boring Phone (no relation to the smartphone of the same name), a novelty flip phone based on HMD's Nokia 2660 Flip.…

Police mimic Spotify Wrapped videos to let crims know they're being hunted

2.9 gives a taste of what's to come

Major updates to Debian's Advanced Packaging Tool don't come along very often, but APT 2.9 is here with a significant facelift.…

How partnerships can provide the key to getting up and running with AI faster than the competition

Resist the pressure to jump on the bandwagon just yet warns, warns Forrester

Open source Redis alternative gathers momentum

Valkey, the value-key database pitched as an open source alternative to Redis, has acquired new backers and announced its first release candidate.…

Hypershield detects bad behavior and automagically reconfigures networks to snuff out threats

Commissioner Thierry Breton likens click-to-earn version to cigarettes

When you decide not to trust a big chunk of the supply chain, tech (and trade) get harder