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Wednesday May 14, 2025. 07:30 AM
Identity thieves have found an insidious target: death row inmates. A SentiLink report published this week reveals scammers are stealing identities of Texas prisoners awaiting execution to orchestrate 'bust-out' fraud schemes -- patiently building credit before disappearing...
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An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: Federal Communications Commission Chairman Brendan Carr has threatened to revoke EchoStar licenses for radio frequency bands coveted by rival firms including SpaceX, which alleges that EchoStar is underutilizing the...
Prince Mohammed bin Bone Saw will take a few hundred thousand GPUs with his missiles and fighter jets The Saudi government on Tuesday announced a massive $600 billion investment in US defense, transportation, energy, and IT infrastructure.…
Google's stalwart search button has a new neighbor: AI Mode. From a report: The artificial intelligence feature is being tested directly beneath the Google search bar beside a 'Google Search' button, replacing the 'I'm Feeling Lucky' widget. The new feature, though not...
Qatar is gifting Trump a $400 million luxury 747 to serve as a temporary Air Force One, but experts warn that retrofitting it to meet presidential security standards could take years, cost hundreds of millions more, and risk national security due to potential embedded...
Plus: All the fun and frolic of fixes from Adobe, SAP, Ivanti Patch Tuesday It's that time of the month again, and Microsoft has made it extra spicy by revealing five flaws it says are under active exploitation – but rates as important rather than critical fixes.…
Court orders halt to layoffs – as folks steering American innovation wonder how long injunction will last Employees at Uncle Sam's National Science Foundation (NSF) are relieved that the Trump administration's plan to downsize the federal government collided with the US...
According to Rest of the World, a major confrontation between Meta and the local authorities in Nigeria is currently taking place: 'Local authorities have fined Meta $290 million for regulatory breaches, prompting the social media giant to threaten pulling Facebook and...
Amazon's Audible is expanding its audiobook offerings by giving select publishers access to its AI-powered production tools that will let them more easily convert books into audiobooks with over 100 customizable AI voices to choose from. It will also launch an AI translation ...
Ding dong, diffusion is dead Biden's controversial AI Diffusion rules, which were set to restrict the sale of American GPUs and AI accelerators beginning this week, are officially dead.…
An anonymous reader quotes a report from the BBC: A student's robot has beaten the world record for solving a four-by-four Rubik's cube -- by 33 seconds. Matthew Pidden, a 22-year-old University of Bristol student, built and trained the 'Revenger' over 15 weeks for his...
Google is enhancing Android's Factory Reset Protection (FRP) to make stolen phones virtually unusable by detecting setup wizard bypasses and requiring a second factory reset until ownership is verified. Android Authority reports: You can factory reset an Android phone in...
VPNSecure’s lifetime plan didn’t survive after new ownership took over. Now customers are hopping mad.
Tuesday May 13, 2025. 11:20 PM
Nextcloud has accused Google of sabotaging its Android Files app by revoking the 'All files access' permission, which the company says cripples functionality for its 824,000 users and forces reliance on limited alternatives like SAF and MediaStore. The Register reports:...
ETH Zurich boffins exploit branch prediction race condition to steal info from memory, fixes have mild perf hit Researchers at ETH Zurich in Switzerland have found a way around Intel's defenses against Spectre, a family of data-leaking flaws in the x86 giant's processor...
An anonymous reader quotes a report from 404 Media: Late last night, House Republicans introduced new language to the Budget Reconciliation bill that will immiserate the lives of millions of Americans by cutting their access to Medicaid, and making life much more difficult...
Air Force Dumb The Trump administration is set to accept a $400 million luxury 747-8 from the royal family of Qatar – a lavish 'palace in the sky' meant as a temporary Air Force One. But getting it up to presidential security standards could take years and cost hundreds of ...
New submitter Synonymous Homonym writes: This year's USENIX ATC will be the last, but other USENIX conferences will keep happening.Since USENIX's inception in 1975, it has been a key gathering place for innovators in the advanced computing systems community. The early days...
Redmond talks up new technologies, capabilities for productivity... just don’t call it AI Microsoft is axing 3 percent of its global workforce - its biggest purge since chopping 10,000 jobs in early 2023 - this time to flatten its management structure.…
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