APIs
Reddit ratchets up API prices after AI mined its content
"We’ve had a long-standing policy in our past terms that outlined commercial and non-commercial use, but unfortunately some of those agreements were not adhered to..."
Kaspersky
Kaspersky iPhones hacked using zero click 0day
Apple: "We have never worked with any government to insert a backdoor into any Apple product and never will..."
databases
MongoDB CEO: “It wasn’t AI...”
"I will clearly say it wasn't AI that drove the acquisition of workloads. It was really sharp execution by go-to-market teams.”
Cybersecurity
Barracuda tells customers to dump infected email security appliances after breach
Customers were first hit in October 2022. End user telemetry flagged something remiss this month... IOCs and Yara rules now shared.
cybersecurity
Millions of Gigabyte motherboards appear to be backdoored
“I know how I would do this intentionally and it would look exactly like this. You literally are downloading something from the internet and running it with the highest privileges on the system. It's easy to say 'oops! I didn't know..."
semiconductors
US-China semiconductor saga continues after Micron ban backlash in Washington
Quantum computing
Quantum prototype tested by Royal Navy offers the future promise of GPS-free navigation
Successful testing of a quantum accelerometer developed by Imperial College London may set a new direction for navigation technology. First announced in 2018, the self-contained quantum accelerometer device does not rely on external signals like GPS or other satellite alternatives. Initial testing has been successfully conducted by the Royal Navy.
cybersecurity
Hacking forum admin leaks data, 478,000 hackers exposed
A leak by a hacking forum admin has exposed the data of 478,000 members of RaidForums – a platform that sold payment card details and databases of login credentials, such as usernames and associated passwords for enterprises, among other black market activity. RaidForums was shut down in April 2022 following
JPMorgan
JPMorgan's technology spend to hit $15.3 billion as storage, compute volumes surge
A major application modernisation programme continues through a mix of refactoring, SaaS replacement and legacy decommissioning – with 2,500 decommissioned since 2017...
Cloud
Nvidia releases "Spectrum-X": Ethernet on steroids for cloud AI
A fully standards-based Ethernet with support for open Ethernet stacks (SONiC, Linux Switch) at cloud scale...
public sector
Government's Big Beasts join forces in £1 billion ERP "Synergy Programme"
The four departments employ 250,000 end users, over half the entire civil service, and the programme, which aims to separate technology from service centres, is one of HMG’s most ambitious...
APM
New Relic takes aim at rivals' "hidden costs", launches new infrastructure monitoring platform
The company is emphasising the simplicity of its pricing versus peers, saying it bills just from the GBs from hosts each hour; pricing all telemetry sources at the same rate, compared with...