Turns out Brits would quite like their private messages to stay private

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AI
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                            security Industry that built the problem offers to sell you the solution100+ tech giants warn AI attacks are coming, skip the part where they pay for defenses
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                            SYSTEMS Nvidia and Cerebras are selling performance their customers will (probably) never seeTouting batch 1 token generation is a bit like boasting about the top speed of your car
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                            software Google forces Android apps to use memory more wisely as RAMpocalypse ragesNo one can afford RAM anymore, so we're requiring devs to mind memory usage
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                            personal tech HP has a solution to expensive AI tokens: Buy a more expensive PCRising cloud AI costs are pushing workloads onto pricier PCs – which just happen to be better for PC maker's margins
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                            SYSTEMS Meta's new MTIA 400 chip has a split personality: Training AI and serving adsFaster than Blackwell, but still no replacement for AMD or Nvidia ... yet
Infosec
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                            Security Russians are posing as Signal support to launch phishing attacksPLUS: US takes down Iranian propaganda sites; Marketing company asks 'Why Do We Have Your Information?' And more!
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                            Security Microsoft patches failed to fix on-prem SharePoint, which is now under zero-day attackPLUS: China upgrades smartphone surveillance tools; Ring eases anti-snooping stance; and more
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                            Black Hat and DEF CON DEF CON Franklin project enlists hackers to harden critical infrastructureVoting village reports have been so successful, says Jeff Moss, that the whole of DEF CON will now be included
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                            Security EQT buys majority share in Swiss cybersecurity biz AcronisWent at equivalent of $3.5B+ valuation for entire firm, though portion sold not specified
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                            Malware Month Ten years since the first corp ransomware, Mikko Hyppönen sees no end in sightOn the plus side, infosec's a good bet for a long, stable career

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