Many employees are using AI to create 'workslop,' Stanford study says Remember when AI was supposed to make us more productive, not hate each other? ai-pocalypse  Workers are getting lazy about using AI to do their jobs for them, and the results are both costly and increasing distrust in the workplace.… #theregister #IT
Cyber threat-sharing law set to shut down, along with US government Act passed in 2015 is due to lapse unless a continuing resolution passes - and that's unlikely Barring a last-minute deal, the US federal government would shut down on Wednesday, October 1, and the 2015 Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act would lapse at the same time, threatening what many consider a critical plank o… #theregister #IT
If you can't use AI then it's bye bye, Accenture tells staff Consultancy says machine learning advice is making bank ai-pocalypse  AI is proving to be a gold mine for mega tech consultancy Accenture, but if staff can't use it, then it's time to pack up their desks.… #theregister #IT
Federal agencies DOGE questions about what cost-cutting team is doing Oversight efforts have been rebuffed, says Democratic report, 'putting Americans' personal data at risk' A trio of federal executive agencies targeted by DOGE cost-cutters either don't know or won't say what the group is doing inside their operations, according to a Senate investigation that concludes DOGE is acting without le… #theregister #IT
NASA and Sierra Space clip Dream Chaser's ISS wings Aptly named spacecraft might never make it to the orbital outpost after all NASA and Sierra Space have modified the Commercial Resupply Services-2 contract, which originally called for the Dream Chaser spaceplane to be used to supply the International Space Station (ISS).… #theregister #IT
Renewables blow past nuclear when it comes to cheap datacenter juice Study finds microgrids with wind, solar, and batteries can be built years sooner and at lower cost than SMRs Renewable energy sources could power datacenters at a lower cost than relying on nuclear generation from small modular reactors (SMRs), claims a recently revealed study.… #theregister #IT
Microsoft spots fresh XCSSET malware strain hiding in Apple dev projects Upgraded nasty slips into Xcode builds, steals crypto, and disables macOS defenses The long-running XCSSET malware strain has evolved again, with Microsoft warning of a new macOS variant that expands its bag of tricks while continuing to target developers.… #theregister #IT
Salesforce facing multiple lawsuits after Salesloft breach CRM giant denies security shortcomings as claims allege stolen data used for ID theft Salesforce is facing a wave of lawsuits in the wake of a cyberattack that exposed customer data.… #theregister #IT
Google fuses SQL, Python, and Spark in Colab Enterprise push Move comes as Snowflake and Databricks chase the same all-in-one analytics dream Google is promising a single notebook environment for machine learning and data analytics, integrating SQL, Python, and Apache Spark in one place.… #theregister #IT
‘An attacker's playground:’ Crims exploit GoAnywhere perfect-10 bug Researchers say tens of thousands of instances remain publicly reachable Security researchers have confirmed that threat actors have exploited the maximum-severity vulnerability affecting Fortra's GoAnywhere managed file transfer (MFT), and chastised the vendor for a lack of transparency.… #theregister #IT