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Wednesday February 12, 2025. 08:30 PM
Analysts tell El Reg why Russia's operators aren't that careful, and why North Korea wants money AND data Feature Ransomware gangsters and state-sponsored online spies fall on opposite ends of the cyber-crime spectrum.…
The Codeberg development forge has recently been subject to sustained attacks resulting in, among other things, abusive email being sent to the site's users. The organization has now put up a description and a defiant response: Extreme right forces actively target members...
Oracle co-founder and chairman Larry Ellison said governments should consolidate all national data for consumption by AI models, calling this step the 'missing link' for them to take full advantage of the technology. From a report: Fragmented sets of data about a...
Torrential rain is expected this week in Los Angeles, which risks producing flash flooding and landslides in areas stripped of vegetation by the recent wildfires.
Property group startup Opendoor has cut 65 jobs, mostly in India, and is shifting technical hiring to Bay Area and Krakow (Poland). Opendoor said in a statement: 'As part of our ongoing efforts to enhance efficiency, optimize talent, and streamline operations, we have made...
At the Grand Palais, leaders from nearly 100 countries convened with tech giants such as Google, Meta, and OpenAI for the Paris Artificial Intelligence Action Summit. Co-hosted by French President Emmanuel Macron and India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the event sought...
Previous NOM4D experiments have gone so well, says project leader, that it's time to get real After several years of lab-testing ideas for orbital manufacturing technology, the US Department of Defense's research arm has decided to head into orbit for the latest round of...
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth might have a Harvard degree (that he doesn't want you to know about), but that didn't stop him from mangling e pluribus unum — the original national motto that appears on the Great Seal of the United States. — Read the rest The post Pete...
Smart entry locks are the biggest improvement to home security since the lock-and-key system was invented more than a thousand years ago. In many cases, smart locks dispense with physical keys altogether in favor of PINs, fingerprints, NFC tags, smartphone apps–even your...
TechHive Editors Choice At a glanceExpert's Rating Pros Facial recognition tech is a game-changer Supports most every other access method, too Long-life battery, with a spare in the box Cons Unattractive industrial design Awkwardly placed fingerprint reader App still...
I love the idea of specialized writer decks, fail at using them productively, and am always a sucker for the next one. The latest Pomera—a range of monochrome word processors no larger than a usable clamshell keyboard—is coming and it looks very sleep and handsome. —...
In a possible landmark statement for AI companies pleading fair use to train their models, a judge has revised a 2023 opinion that sided with an AI aggregator over Thomson Reuters. Reuters News, which Thomson Reuters owns, revealed the decision on Tuesday. So far, tech...
While large language models and the expensive hardware they require are all the rage now, other areas of artificial intelligence work within much more constrained hardware environments. At FOSDEM 2025, Jon Nordby presented his open-source machine-learning inference engine...
If you’re like me and you consistently forget to turn off your lights, only to remember them when you’re cozy in bed, then you might benefit from upgrading to smart bulbs. Smart bulbs are a great first step for any home because they’re inexpensive yet so practical....
Google will soon use machine learning to estimate the age of its users. From a report: In an update on Wednesday, Google said it's testing a machine learning model in the US to help determine whether someone is under 18, allowing it to 'provide more age-appropriate...
We tried dozens of house shoes to find the best pairs for working from home, running errands, and avoiding cold floors. Here are the ones worth your feet.
Old Faithful is going off again. Acer’s Nitro V is consistently one of the best-selling gaming laptops out there, because it offers some solid specs that can often be found well below the $1,000 mark. Today you can get it with a 13th-gen Core i7 processor, an RTX 4060...
Making a graphics processing unit with 1.8 terabits of memory bandwidth, 24,576 CUDA cores, 768 tensor cores and 192 ray-tracing cores, capable of produding 1636.76 gigatexels per second? Easy! Pushing 500 watts down 18 gauge braided wire without burning the house down? —...
You know about captcha tests, right? The anti-bot checks that can be found all over the internet, usually when you log into accounts or post comments? The picture puzzles and mysterious symbol sequences that are supposed to weed out the bots from humans? Turns out, those...
Unelected bureaucrat Elon Musk has managed to get his hands on the private data of millions of federal employees, prompting the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) to file a lawsuit seeking immediate intervention. Through his hilariously-named Department of Government...
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