Human genome stored for 'eternity' in 5D memory crystal
WEB2 days ago · Researchers led by optoelectronics professor Peter Kazansky have used an ultra-fast laser to inscribe the human genome in a 5D memory crystal, a storage medium designed to last billions of years. Earth's deoxygenation is expected sooner than that, in about one billion years, and the Sun is expected to …
Apollo reportedly offers $5B investment in Intel • The Register
WEB3 hours ago · Gavin Bonshor. Mon 23 Sep 2024 // 16:07 UTC. Comment Apollo Global Management has reportedly proposed a $5 billion investment in Intel. Rumors are swirling about the chip giant exploring a potential deal with the US-based asset management heavyweight, but nothing is locked in yet. This news arrives hot on …
Intel has entered the grin and bear it phase of its recovery
WEB1 day ago · Comment On Monday, Intel's share price surged on word it was spinning out its foundry biz as an independent subsidiary and signing AWS and the DoD as customers.. But while Wall Street celebrated, Chipzilla's road to recovery is far from over and everyone involved, whether they are shareholders, employees, or partners, are going to have to grin and bear it, either until CEO Pat Gelsinger can ...
Microsoft on a roll for terrible rebranding with Windows App
WEB3 days ago · A one-stop shop for everything Windows. The Windows App has been in preview for a while and users of the Remote Desktop client were given a heads-up that the rebrand was coming. It is designed to be a "unified experience," according to Microsoft. It'll run on Windows, macOS, iOS, iPadOS, and web browsers, although the …
Disney making the move from Slack to Teams • The Register
WEB3 days ago · Of this latest development, Hodgson told The Register: "It appears the breach wasn't enough for Disney to prioritize secure communications. It's moved from one insecure platform to another – Microsoft Teams." We asked Microsoft, Slack, and Disney to comment and will update with any responses. In the meantime, the warning has to be: Don't mess ...
Google successfully appeals €1.5B AdSense fine in EU
WEB4 days ago · Brandon Vigliarolo. Wed 18 Sep 2024 // 21:59 UTC. Google has some thank-you cards to send, as the European Union's General Court (GC) has nullified a €1.49 billion ($1.66 billion) fine levied against the tech giant for anti-competitive advertising behavior. Google was fined the aforementioned amount by the European Commission in 2019 for ...
Cloud giants point the finger at each other in CMA hearings
WEB5 days ago · AWS is a member and backer of CISPE, a group of 27 cloud providers in Europe. When it comes to itself, poor AWS tells the CMA that it faces competition from on-premises IT, as we reported yesterday, saying some customers are moving from the cloud back to their own datacenters. AWS says the evidence demonstrates that "customers can …
No major AI model is safe, but some are safer than others
WEB5 days ago · Tue 17 Sep 2024 // 20:30 UTC. Feature Anthropic has positioned itself as a leader in AI safety, and in a recent analysis by Chatterbox Labs, that proved to be the case. Chatterbox Labs tested eight major large language models (LLMs) and all were found to produce harmful content, though Anthropic's Claude 3.5 Sonnet fared better than rivals.
Google Chrome gets a mind of its own for some security fixes
WEBSep 12, 2024 · Google has enhanced Chrome's Safety Check so that it can make some security decisions on the user's behalf. Safety Check debuted in 2020 as a way to check when passwords stored in Chrome have been compromised, to encourage browser updates, and to warn users when websites have been deemed unsafe by Google's Safe Browsing service.. It was expanded in the years since with real-time Safe Browsing ...
Cybercrook leaks 20 GB of data 'stolen' from Capgemini
WEBSep 12, 2024 · Updated A miscreant claims to have broken into Capgemini and leaked a large amount of sensitive data stolen from the technology services giant – including source code, credentials, and T-Mobile's virtual machine logs.. The French multinational IT and consulting firm did not immediately respond to The Register's request for comment, and has yet to formally confirm or deny the cyber-criminal's ...