AI
OpenAI faces novel jailbreak risks with GPT-4v image service
“Given the model’s imperfect but increased proficiency for such tasks, it could appear to be useful for certain dangerous tasks...such as synthesis of certain illicit chemicals”
News
Killed by Google this week: Jamboard, Google Podcasts,
"Bit of strawberry Jam back there!"
MGM
Rebuilding MGM's IT will be a $100/hour Red Hat sysadmin with strong arms, on long shifts.
Willingness to stack racks with 30 pounds of kit and get a Red Hat Certified System Administrator certification welcomed.
News
Signal aims to stop a quantum computer sliding into your DMs
"We are augmenting our existing cryptosystems such that an attacker must break both systems..."
Maps
Revolutionising location data standardisation to drive the digital economy forwards
The interoperability of shipping containers revolutionized the movement of goods across continents. This is what global digital mapmaking needs today.
Cybersecurity
Las Vegas casino ransomware attacks: Okta in the spotlight as MGM slowly recovers
"I think our biggest challenge was, and this is something we learned the hard way, was the password reset..."
Arm
Arm's $52 billion IPO: As sales fall, RISC-V rises, will the fizz last?
"SoftBank, you know, is not known as a poster child for good corporate governance"
Cybersecurity
$13 billion MGM Resorts in severe cybersecurity incident
"We also notified law enforcement and took prompt action to protect our systems and data, including shutting down certain systems."
NVIDIA
New open source NVIDIA toolkit aims to boost inference speed
The chipmaker says it can double the speed of inference on its H100 GPUs
cybersecurity
Wiz eyes SentinelOne as cybersecurity market evolves
Wiz, the fastest software company to grow from $1 million to $100 million in ARR should be aware how fast boasts about record-breaking achievements can look like yesterday's news. Just ask SentinelOne...
vulnerabilities
Citrix ShareFile vulnerability being exploited amid warnings of a “huge spike” in attacks
Pre-auth RCE in Citrix ShareFile has the potential to be the next MOVEit, or Accellion, or GoAnywhere, or Aspera Faspex, or...
News
Intel abandons $5 billion deal it had hoped would boost Foundry business
"Modestly disappointing for the prospects of Intel’s foundry efforts… [which were] never going to be easy even with Tower, but now may prove to be even more challenging without.”