Новости за 08.05.2024

Projecting much, US semiconductor industry?

By 2032 America is projected to produce 28 percent of the world's most advanced processors while China will be making just two percent, or so the US Semiconductor Industry Association predicts.…

Brain-inspired chip folks set to show off hardware at ISC next week

SpiNNcloud Systems says it is making commercially available a hybrid AI high performance computer system based on an architecture pioneered by Steve Furber, one of the designers of the original Arm processor.…

Interrogations, confiscating flyers, and prohibiting literature is no bueno, board says in final decision of 2022 case

It ain't all sunshine and windmills – and guess who's in the lead? China

Crashes continue even with recall fixes in place

The US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has written to Tesla as the company's electric cars keep crashing despite a recall to fix problems with the Autopilot software.…

And it would seriously inconvenience the Chinese and Russians, too

RSAC  There's a way to vastly reduce the scale and scope of ransomware attacks plaguing critical infrastructure, according to CISA director Jen Easterly: Make software secure by design.…

No more stress for TESS

NASA has confirmed that the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) has recovered from a reaction wheel problem and resumed making observations.…

So long SODIMM? Only in new Thinkpad so far, but memory format may well spread across market

Nearly 95M people in total snagged by flaw in file transfer tool

Just short of a year after the initial incident, the state of Georgia's higher education government agency has confirmed that it was the victim of an attack on its systems affecting the data of 800,000 people.…

Administrators, start your engines

Microsoft has finally broken its silence on the fate of on-premises Exchange, and administrators will need to move quickly to keep their servers supported.…

Multiple Marketplace accounts sold fake bottles, cartridges for 2 years+, claim companies

Faith in frunk flunks

We know that Tesla Cybertruck owners are very special, and their mothers love them very much, but perhaps the most special of all is the one who "broke" his finger attempting to demonstrate the safety of the "frunk" closing mechanism.…

That pesky 'previously unknown software bug' strikes again

Australian superannuation fund UniSuper is lumbering back to life after an "unprecedented occurrence" at Google Cloud knocked its systems offline.…

China vehemently denies involvement

UK Government has confirmed a cyberattack on the payroll system used by the Ministry of Defence (MoD) led to "malign" forces accessing data on current and a limited number of former armed forces personnel.…

Intel and Qualcomm reportedly among those cut off

The US Commerce Department has revoked some of the licenses held by tech companies to supply Chinese megacorp Huawei.…

Approach could help make forever upcoming tech more reliable

Intel says it has made two advancements towards realizing silicon-based quantum processors which involves optimizing a standard fabrication process and developing a means to test the quality of resulting individual devices across a full 300mm wafer.…

Two years after going live, the project that left employees unpaid still needs work

How Pure Storage can smooth the journey of keeping up with constant change

On the plus side, infosec's a good bet for a long, stable career

Interview  This year is an unfortunate anniversary for information security: We're told it's a decade since ransomware started infecting corporations.…

Where have you been, Cupertino?

Analysis  We can add Apple to the list of tech titans developing their own custom AI accelerators – at least that's what unnamed sources are telling the Wall Street Journal.…

Keynotes, physical security, playlists … the buck stops with Linda Gray Martin

'I'm blown away by the fact that they weren't using MFA'

Interview  The cybersecurity practices that led up to the stunning Change Healthcare ransomware infection indicate "egregious negligence" on the part of parent company UnitedHealth, according to Tom Kellermann, SVP of cyber strategy at Contrast Security.…

No child process left behind

Later this year, MITRE is getting its hands on a mini-supercomputer and planning to divvy out AI computing time to US government agencies.…

Sources slam aggressive 'back to school' grading system as HR vows to track VPN use, badge swipes

Or at least it might well be if these trial programs work out, with some civil lib oversight etc etc etc