India’s IT minister moves to Zoho’s spreadsheet and word processor, urges 1.4 billion people to do likewise Watch out, Microsoft and Google India’s minister for information technology yesterday said he’s dumping his current word processor, spreadsheet, and presentation graphics packages, will adopt the locally made alternatives from Zoho instead, and urged India’s 1.4 billion r… #theregister #IT
India’s IT minister moves to Zoho’s productivity tools
: Watch out, Microsoft and Google
OpenAI's Stargate project to pave the world with AI datacenters announces five new US locations In Texas, New Mexico, and the Midwest The Stargate project, the OpenAI-led plan to cover the world with datacenters, has announced plans to construct five new bit barns in the US.… #theregister #IT
OpenAI Stargate announces five new datacenter sites in US
: In Texas, New Mexico, and the Midwest
Boffins fool a self-driving car by putting mirrors on traffic cones 21st century tech confused by $100 of shiny stuff Mirrors can fool the Light Detection and Ranging (LIDAR) sensors used to guide autonomous vehicles by making them detect objects that don’t exist, or failing to detect actual obstacles.… #theregister #IT
Fooling a self-driving car with mirrors on traffic cones
: 21st century tech confused by $100 of shiny stuff
Feds put finger on H-1B lottery scale to favor higher earners The higher the wage level, the more entries they'll get in the draw The H-1B lottery in the US is being tipped heavily in favor of high-wage earners under a long-awaited rule proposal unveiled on Tuesday.… #theregister #IT
Feds put finger on H-1B scale to favor higher earners
: The higher the wage level, the more entries they'll get in the draw
Nearly half of businesses suffered deepfaked phone calls against staff AI attacks on the rise A survey of cybersecurity bosses has shown that 62 percent reported attacks on their staff using AI over the last year, either by the use of prompt injection attacks or faking out their systems using phony audio or video generated by AI.… #theregister #IT
Deepfaked calls hit 44% of businesses in last year: Gartner
: AI attacks on the rise
SonicWall releases rootkit-busting firmware update following wave of attacks Security vendor's no good, very bad week year SonicWall on Monday released a firmware update that the security vendor says will remove rootkit malware deployed in recent attacks targeting Secure Mobile Access (SMA) 100 appliances.… #theregister #IT
SonicWall releases rootkit-busting firmware update
: Security vendor's no good, very bad week year
AI coding hype overblown, Bain shrugs Tried by two-thirds of firms, ignored by most devs, and productivity barely moved Software development was one of the first areas to adopt generative AI, but the promised revolution has so far delivered only modest productivity gains, and Bain says only a full rethink of the software lifecycle will shift the dial.… #theregister #IT
AI coding hype overblown, Bain shrugs
: Tried by two-thirds of firms, ignored by most devs, and productivity barely moved
Third time's the charm? SolarWinds (again) patches critical Web Help Desk RCE Or maybe 3 strikes, you're out? SolarWinds on Tuesday released a hotfix - again - for a critical, 9.8-severity flaw in its Web Help Desk IT ticketing software that could allow a remote, unauthenticated attacker to run commands on a host machine. … #theregister #IT
SolarWinds patches critical RCE - for the third time
: Or maybe 3 strikes, you're out?
OnePlus leaves researchers on read over Android bug that exposes texts Rapid7 warns flaw could let any app peek at your SMS, but smartphone vendor won't pick up Security researchers report that OnePlus smartphone users remain vulnerable to a critical bug that allows any application to read SMS and MMS data — a flaw that has persisted since late 2021.… #theregister #IT
Rapid7: OnePlus phones vulnerable to SMS theft since 2021
Updated: Rapid7 warns flaw could let any app peek at your SMS, but smartphone vendor won't pick up
MX Linux 25 reaches beta testing – complete with systemd Fancy a taste? The version based on Debian 'Trixie' is nearly ready, but not all the changes may be entirely welcome The new Debian-13 version of MX Linux, version 25, is looking very close to ready for release. A big change may divide its audience, though.… #theregister #IT
MX Linux 25 reaches beta testing – complete with systemd
: Fancy a taste? The version based on Debian 'Trixie' is nearly ready, but not all the changes may be entirely welcome