New Really Simple Licensing spec wants AI crawlers to show a license - or a credit card For whom the bill tolls Content creation and delivery companies have introduced a digital licensing mechanism in an effort to compensate media makers when AI companies use their work.… #theregister #IT

New RSL spec wants AI crawlers to show a license or pay

: For whom the bill tolls

Hijacker helper VoidProxy boosts Google, Microsoft accounts on demand Okta uncovers new phishing-as-a-service operation with 'multiple entities' falling victim Multiple attackers using a new phishing service dubbed VoidProxy to target organizations' Microsoft and Google accounts have successfully stolen users' credentials, multi-factor authentication codes, and session tokens in real tim… #theregister #IT

Google, Microsoft account takeover made easy via VoidProxy

: Okta uncovers new phishing-as-a-service operation with 'multiple entities' falling victim

Arm wrestles away 25% share of server market thanks to Nvidia's home-grown CPUs Still far short of the 50% market share Arm infra chief was hoping for Nvidia isn’t the only one riding the AI boom. During the second quarter, Arm CPUs captured a quarter of the server market, according to a recent Dell’Oro Group report.… #theregister #IT

Intel outside as Arm

: Still far short of the 50% market share Arm infra chief was hoping for

Appeals court blocks Trump bid to ax top copyright official in AI spat It all started with a May report saying that some bot training may need licensing or permission A US appeals court has thrown a wrench into the White House's attempt to oust US Copyright Office director Shira Perlmutter, ruling that the president likely has no authority to fire her.… #theregister #IT

Appeals court blocks Trump bid to ax top copyright official

: It all started with a May report saying that some bot training may need licensing or permission

Senator demands to know status of 'duplicate' Social Security database 'immediately' It’s a Republican pressing after DOGE whistleblower flags hostile work environment A US Senator is demanding answers after a Social Security Administration (SSA) employee who blew the whistle on Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) dealings involuntarily resigned last month, citing workplace hos… #theregister #IT

SSA asked to explain response to DOGE whistleblower

: It’s a Republican pressing after DOGE whistleblower flags hostile work environment

Monty Widenius 'heartbroken' at the extent of Oracle's MySQL job cuts Original author of open source database 'not surprised' but 'saddened' as critics slam vendor's layoffs Oracle has instigated "widespread layoffs" across its core MySQL development team, sparking concern about the future of one of the world's most popular open-source databases.… #theregister #IT

Monty Widenius

: Original author of open source database 'not surprised' but 'saddened' as critics slam vendor's layoffs

AI-powered penetration tool, an attacker's dream, downloaded 10K times in 2 months Shady, China-based company, all the apps needed for a fully automated attack - sounds totally legit Villager, a new penetration-testing tool linked to a suspicious China-based company and described by researchers as "Cobalt Strike's AI successor," has been downloaded about 10,000 times since it… #theregister #IT

AI-powered penetration tool downloaded 10K times

: Shady, China-based company, all the apps needed for a fully automated attack - sounds totally legit

Microsoft drops .NET 10 RC 'go-live' with 55,000 words on why it's faster Benchmark bonanza shows big wins across JSON, compression, JIT, and more The first release candidate of .NET 10 is out, complete with a "go-live" license, meaning that Microsoft supports production use. The company has also detailed performance improvements in this long-term support release, translating to real-world savi… #theregister #IT

Microsoft .NET 10 is

: Benchmark bonanza shows big wins across JSON, compression, JIT, and more

Walmart's bet on AI depends on getting employees to use it The technology isn't the hard part, says enterprise business services SVP, it's managing people At Walmart, "everybody's using AI every day across the enterprise," according to David Glick, senior vice president of the retail behemoth's enterprise business services.… #theregister #IT

Walmart

: The technology isn't the hard part, says enterprise business services SVP, it's managing people

Anti-DDoS outfit walloped by record packet flood FastNetMon says 1.5 Gpps deluge from hijacked routers, IoT kit nearly drowned scrubbing shop A DDoS mitigation provider was given a taste of the poison it tries to prevent, after being smacked by one of the largest packet-rate attacks ever recorded – a 1.5 billion packets per second (1.5 Gpps) flood that briefly threatened to knock it off the … #theregister #IT

Anti-DDoS outfit walloped by record packet flood

: FastNetMon says 1.5 Gpps deluge from hijacked routers, IoT kit nearly drowned scrubbing shop