Software Development

 The botnet is being skillfully used to launch “highly evasive” password-spraying attacks.  [[{“value”:” Hackers working on behalf of the Chinese government are using a botnet of thousands of routers, cameras, and other Internet-connected devices to perform highly evasive password spray attacks against users of Microsoft’s Azure cloud service, the company warned Thursday. The malicious network, …

Thousands of hacked TP-Link routers used in years-long account takeover attacks Read More »

 “The goal is to complete the password updates by this evening,” government says.  [[{“value”:” The Colorado Department of State said it accidentally posted a spreadsheet containing “partial passwords” for voting systems. The department said there is no “immediate security threat” because two passwords are needed for each component, but it is trying to complete password …

Colorado scrambles to change voting-system passwords after accidental leak Read More »

 As traditional web search falters, OpenAI offers an AI-based alternative.  [[{“value”:” One of the biggest bummers about the modern Internet has been the decline of Google Search. Once an essential part of using the web, it’s now a shadow of its former self, full of SEO-fueled junk and AI-generated spam. On Thursday, OpenAI announced a …

OpenAI launches ChatGPT with Search, taking Google head-on Read More »

 Ars speaks with users and partners unhappy with Broadcom’s changes.  [[{“value”:” After closing a $69 billion deal to buy virtualization technology company VMware a year ago, Broadcom wasted no time ushering in big changes to the ways customers and partners buy and sell VMware offerings—and many of those clients aren’t happy. To get a deeper look …

300 percent price hikes push disgruntled VMware customers toward Broadcom rivals Read More »

 Dropbox also laid off 500 last year but still had “excess layers of management.”  [[{“value”:” Dropbox is laying off 528 employees in a move that will reduce its global workforce by 20 percent, CEO Drew Houston announced today. Houston wrote that Dropbox’s core file sync and sharing “business has matured, and we’ve been working to …

Dropbox lays off 20% of staff, says it overinvested and underperformed Read More »

 In podcast interview, actor takes firm stance against digital recreations of his likeness.  [[{“value”:” Robert Downey Jr. has declared that he will sue any future Hollywood executives who try to re-create his likeness using AI digital replicas, as reported by Variety. His comments came during an appearance on the “On With Kara Swisher” podcast, where …

Downey Jr. plans to fight AI re-creations from beyond the grave Read More »

 We’ve always used tools to build new tools, and developers are using AI continue that tradition.  [[{“value”:” On Tuesday, Google’s CEO revealed that AI systems now generate more than a quarter of new code for its products, with human programmers overseeing the computer-generated contributions. The statement, made during Google’s Q3 2024 earnings call, shows how …

Google CEO says over 25% of new Google code is generated by AI Read More »

 The advance was incremental at best. So why did so many think it was a breakthrough?  [[{“value”:” There’s little doubt that some of the most important pillars of modern cryptography will tumble spectacularly once quantum computing, now in its infancy, matures sufficiently. Some experts say that could be in the next couple decades. Others say …

The sad, bizarre tale of hype fanning fears modern cryptography was slain Read More »

 OpenAI’s Whisper tool may add fake text to medical transcripts, investigation finds.  [[{“value”:” On Saturday, an Associated Press investigation revealed that OpenAI’s Whisper transcription tool creates fabricated text in medical and business settings despite warnings against such use. The AP interviewed more than 12 software engineers, developers, and researchers who found the model regularly invents …

Hospitals adopt error-prone AI transcription tools despite warnings Read More »

 Torvalds defends move, says “Russian troll factories” won’t deter him.  [[{“value”:” “Remove some entries due to various compliance requirements. They can come back in the future if sufficient documentation is provided.” That two-line comment, submitted by major Linux kernel maintainer Greg Kroah-Hartman, accompanied a patch that removed about a dozen names from the kernle’s MAINTAINERS …

Removal of Russian coders spurs debate about Linux kernel’s politics Read More »