Comcast confirms 237K affected in feisty breach notification
WEB3 days ago · When we asked Comcast about the ransomware, it simply referred us back to the customer notification letter. The cableco used that notification to send another small middle finger FBCS's way, slyly revealing that the agency's financial situation prevents it from offering the usual identity and credit monitoring protection for those affected, so Comcast is having to foot the bill itself.
Office 2024 unveiled for Microsoft 365 refuseniks • The Register
WEB3 days ago · The Long Term Service Channel (LTSC) version of Microsoft Office 2024 is being joined by a version aimed at consumers and small businesses that want to avoid paying subscription fees. Microsoft strongly prefers that users opt for Microsoft 365, yet it is also aware that a sizeable proportion would ...
Worn down by privacy options? Let users eat code • The Register
WEB22 hours ago · The issue is one of psychology, not technology. In the same way that companies construct terms and conditions to be as appetizing to read as creek mud is to gargle, they design cookie options to take too much attention to properly operate.
700K+ DrayTek routers are sitting ducks on the internet
WEB5 days ago · And if you're still not convinced, the bug hunters also published a proof-of-concept exploit that chains two of the new vulnerabilities, an OS command injection vulnerability (CVE-2024-41585) and a buffer overflow bug (CVE-2024-41592), that allowed them to gain remote, root access to the host OS on …
UK's Arm-based Isambard 2 supercomputer powers off for good
WEB5 days ago · He told The Register: "Isambard 3 early access use began last week and will ramp up over the coming months.Once the system has operated successfully for a few months, we'll pass acceptance and go into full production use." That system was unveiled back in 2017 as the world's first Arm-based production supercomputer. It was based on the Cray XC50 architecture and powered by 10,496 ThunderX2 cores.
Oracle contract linked to 'dropdown menus', lawsuit claims
WEB5 days ago · Realogic claimed said that to see, review, and agree to the "contract" terms, an Oracle/NetSuite customer would have to understand that the "estimate" document is really a final contract, discover the tiny print several pages into the document containing a "disguised hyperlink," and use the link to get to the website headed "Oracle NetSuite Cloud Services Contracts," which it claimed contains ...
Critical Linux bug is CUPS-based remote-code execution hole
WEBSep 26, 2024 · Final update After days of anticipation, what was billed as one or more critical unauthenticated remote-code execution vulnerabilities in all Linux systems was today finally revealed.. In short, if you're running the Unix printing system CUPS, with cups-browsed present and enabled, you may be vulnerable to attacks that could lead to your computer being commandeered over the network or internet.
Oracle could control Arm chipmaker Ampere in 2027 • The Register
WEBSep 26, 2024 · Oracle could choose to take control of Ampere Computing, the Arm processor designer it has backed and uses in its cloud. A proxy statement [PDF] filed on Wednesday reveals that Oracle held 29 percent stake in Ampere as of May 31, 2024, and has the option to gain majority control over the chip house in 2027. "The total carrying value of our investments in Ampere, after accounting for losses ...
California governor vetoes controversial AI safety bill
WEBSep 30, 2024 · California Governor Gavin Newsom has vetoed a controversial AI bill, tho don't assume it was necessarily a final win for the tech industry. On Sunday, Newsom (D) returned California Senate Bill 1047 to the legislature unsigned, explaining in an accompanying statement [PDF] that the bill doesn't take the right approach to ensuring or requiring AI safety.
No one's buying the AI-powered corporate Windows 11 refresh
WEBSep 23, 2024 · The equivalent of the consumer camera in the corporate world is – or rather, it should be but isn't – AI. It has to be as useful to a company as a camera is to a consumer, which means it has to be completely controlled by the company and as …