Utility operator South Staffordshire Plc and its subsidiary South Staffordshire Water Plc have been fined a reduced rate of £964,900 by the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), following improvements made after a Cl0p ransomware attack that led to the personal data of over 600,000 people being leaked onto the dark web. The cyber attack itself came…
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As the much-vaunted Cyber Security and Resilience Bill looks set to continue its progress through parliament following the King’s Speech on Wednesday 13 May, the UK government has urged businesses to sign up to its Cyber Resilience Pledge. First trailed last month by security minister Dan Jarvis at the National Cyber Security Centre’s (NCSC’s) annual…
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Fakes are now reaching a very high standardAn Asus ROG Strix RTX 4090 proved to be indistinguishable from a genuine Nvidia GPU on first inspection by a repair expertThere’s a worrying level of sophistication here, and we’ve also seen this in recent times with fake SSDsA fake Asus ROG Strix RTX 4090 is an example…
“AI [artificial intelligence] can create a 30-page research paper for you out of thin air based on fake science,” warns Jill Luber, chief technology officer at Elsevier. As a publisher of scientific and medical journals and papers, she says: “We’ve seen a major increase in “fabricated science” and it is our job to protect the…
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Saudi Aramco has deployed an artificial intelligence (AI)-driven refinery optimisation platform developed with Emerson, as the energy giant accelerates the use of industrial AI across its global refining operations. The deployment integrates Emerson’s Aspen Hybrid Models into Aramco’s refinery planning environment, creating what the companies describe as one of the world’s largest multi-site, multi-period refinery…
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Ubiquiti has added a ‘memory surcharge’ to its products at checkoutThis varies, and can be up to 5.8% of the cost of any productSome folks aren’t happy with the price hikes, but others appreciate the company trying to be transparentUbiquiti has added a ‘memory surcharge’ to the products it sells. It’s an additional tax that’s…
Google is rolling out an update for the Nest Wifi router ahead of the US router banThe ban hasn’t come into effect, but could reduce router options significantly The Nest Wifi router is a solid choice, but we think Asus and Netgear are better optionsGoogle has decided to go ahead with its next firmware update…
Civil servants will demonstrate at Capita’s annual general meeting, demanding the supplier to be stripped of the pension administration contract. The Civil Service Pension Scheme (CSPS) administration, which manages the pensions of 1.7 million current and former civil servants, has been in chaos since Capita took over the contract in December. The Public and Commercial…
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Alwin Bakkenes, head of software engineering at Volvo Cars, reckons that leading a team to develop the technology stack powering the next generation of mobility at the automotive giant is one of the best jobs you can imagine. “I’m not saying it’s always easy, but it’s incredibly rewarding and great fun,” he says. “People are…
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Apple’s CEO has warned of “significantly higher memory costs”From June, we’re told the cost of RAM will “drive an increasing impact” on Apple’s MacsSamsung has also warned on the memory crisis, and that “significant shortages” will continue through 2027 at the very leastApple is warning on the impact of increasingly expensive RAM with its products,…
