There is a high risk of a genuinely catastrophic ransomware attack occurring against a critical national infrastructure (CNI) target in the UK at any moment, with the lack of planning for such an incident at Westminster meaning that the entire country is essentially being held “hostage to fortune”, the Joint Committee on the National Security…
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Apple just started testing iOS 17.3 in mid-December. Unlike the other beta versions, Cupertino isn’t likely to seed several versions before the final one is released. As the holidays approach, iPhone users will remain on iOS 17.3 beta 1 for longer than usual.That said, this is everything new coming to iPhone users in early 2024…
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ASML on Thursday said that it had shipped its pilot High-NA EUV scanner to Intel. The Twinscan EXE:5000 extreme ultraviolet (EUV) scanner is AMSL’s very first High-NA scanner, and it has eagerly been awaited by Intel, who first placed an order for the machine back in 2018. Intel will be using the new machine to…
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ASRock Industrial maintains a lineup of ultra-compact form-factor machines in the NUC BOX (Intel-based) and 4X4 BOX (AMD-based) series. These systems have gained significant market acceptance (evidenced by the rapid iterations that the company has been able to put out over multiple generations). Being the first to market with the latest platforms has been one…
Rumors said a few days ago that Meta was about to bring Threads to the major market it avoided this summer, the European Union (EU). Meta officially made Threads available in the EU on Thursday, complete with a feature that’s not available anywhere in the world. You can use Threads without an Instagram account in…
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We’re in the early days of generative AI software, and they are already starting to change how we use technology, as well as how we go about being productive. Generative AI like ChatGPT and its rivals might change the world for the better. But success isn’t guaranteed, and it’s not straightforward. Many people worry that…
What if AI uses everything you say against you? Read More »
After a year that has seen no end of critical vulnerabilities in Microsoft products and services, Redmond has delivered an early Christmas bonus to cyber security teams on the last Patch Tuesday of 2023, in the form of one of the lightest updates in recent memory, with just 34 common vulnerabilities and exposures (CVEs) listed.…
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AMD’s top-of-the-line Ryzen Threadripper Pro 7995WX is a unique workstation-grade processor that not only offers unbeatable performance in programs that can take advantage of all of its 96-core might, but it also supports overclockability. As it turns out overclocking potential of the CPU is quite huge as it can hit 4.80 GHz on all cores…
AMD’s 96-Core Ryzen Threadripper Pro 7995WX Hits 6.0 GHz on All Cores with LN2 Read More »
Cyber criminals traditionally and understandably shied away from publicity, but over the past few years, ransomware gangs have inverted this longstanding trope and are now actively courting journalists as they seek to influence and control the flow of information about their activities, put pressure on victims to cooperate, and even attract new gang members and…
How ransomware gangs use the tech media against their victims Read More »
Digital secretary Michelle Donelan says UK government will not legislate on artificial intelligence (AI) until the timing is right, and is focused in the meantime on improving the technology’s safety and building regulatory capacity in support of its proposed “pro-innovation” framework. On 13 December, Donelan appeared before the Science, Innovation and Technology Committee to answer…
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