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Microsoft Services Agreement update warns of AI limitations
WEBAug 14, 2024 · Microsoft is notifying folks that its AI services should not be taken too seriously, echoing prior service-specific disclaimers. In an update to the IT giant's Service Agreement, which takes effect on September 30, 2024, Redmond has declared that its Assistive AI isn't suitable for matters of consequence. "AI services are not designed, intended, or to be used as substitutes for professional ...
UK tech pioneer Mike Lynch dead at 59 after yacht tragedy
WEBWed 21 Aug 2024 // 19:15 UTC. Obit UK software tycoon Mike Lynch has been found dead two days after he went missing in a sailing tragedy off the coast of Sicily. The news ends a period of speculation since reports emerged describing the British entrepreneur's disappearance after the Bayesian, the billionaire's 56-metre superyacht, went down ...
Enterprises spent whopping $80B on cloud in Q2 • The Register
WEBAug 5, 2024 · Plus: Oracle nudges to top of second tier providers. Dan Robinson. Mon 5 Aug 2024 // 18:34 UTC. Enterprise spending on cloud infrastructure services continues to grow, now nearing $80 billion per quarter, with the big three continuing to dominate and Oracle emerging as leader of the second tier providers. …
Financial analysts plotted to kill Autonomy, claims ex-CFO
WEBFri 12 Nov 2021 // 13:01 UTC. Autonomy's former chief financial officer has alleged the firm collapsed partly because two financial analysts agreed to badmouth it in the hope of making a profit from its demise. Stephen Chamberlain, Autonomy founder Mike Lynch's co-defendant in US criminal proceedings over the company's collapse, made the ...
BT puts old phone books online - The Register
WEBNov 29, 2007 · BT is putting its entire archive of old phone books online for genealogists, or anyone else, to browse, and a commercial genealogy company is opening up access to all UK burial records since 1538. The phone books date back to 1880 and contain 280 million names. They can be used to track down relatives, but you can also use the service to find ...
EncroChat hack case: RAM, bam... what? Data in transit ... - The …
WEBFeb 8, 2021 · Upon launch, the app's program and some of its data would be drawn from Realm [local storage] into RAM for use by the CPU in order to send and receive messages. The owner would compose a message on the device for an identified contact and this would be held in RAM for the purposes of the app, and when instructed to send the message the app ensured its encryption, following which it would be ...
Yes, I am feeling smug – I ignored you and saved the project
WEBAug 2, 2024 · The boss was "not happy about my smugness, but extremely grateful that I'd saved the relationship with that client." "Ever since that experience, the boss developed a newfound respect for my attention to detail," Nina smugly told The Register. She signed off with advice to "Always check the little things you take for granted first, because it ...
Microsoft patches CVE-2024-38063 IPv6 RCE vulnerability
WEBAug 14, 2024 · Six ransomware gangs behind over 50% of 2024 attacks. Microsoft listed four vulnerabilities as publicly disclosed, albeit not yet exploited, so maybe put these high on your to-patch list: CVE-2024-38200 – a Microsoft Office Spoofing Vulnerability with a 6.5 CVSS rating. CVE-2024-38199 – a Windows Line Printer Daemon (LPD) Service RCE ...
1Password is the latest victim of Okta’s compromise
WEBTue 24 Oct 2023 // 15:15 UTC. 1Password is confirming it was attacked by cyber criminals after Okta was breached for the second time in as many years, but says customers' login details are safe. The outfit said the attack was initially detected on September 29 by a member of 1Password's IT team after they received an email indicating that they ...
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