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Cisco Completes $28 Billion Acquisition of Splunk
Cisco on Monday completed its $28 billion acquisition of Splunk, a powerhouse in data analysis, security and observability tools. The deal was first announced in September 2023. SecurityWeek reports: Cisco plans to leverage Splunk’s AI, security and observability capabilities complement Cisco’s solution portfolio. Cisco says the transaction is expected to be cash flow positive and…
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Chinese and Western Scientists Identify ‘Red Lines’ on AI Risks
Leading western and Chinese AI scientists have issued a stark warning that tackling risks around the powerful technology requires global co-operation similar to the cold war effort to avoid nuclear conflict. From a report: A group of renowned international experts met in Beijing last week, where they identified “red lines” on the development of AI,…
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Fujitsu reveals malware installed on internal systems, risk of customer data spill
Sneaky software slips past shields, spurring scramble Fujitsu has confirmed that miscreants have compromised some of its internal computers, deployed malware, and may have stolen some customer information.…
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Fujitsu Says It Was Hacked, Warns of Data Breach
Multinational technology giant Fujitsu confirmed a cyberattack in a statement Friday, and warned that hackers may have stolen personal data and customer information. From a report: “We confirmed the presence of malware on multiple work computers at our company, and as a result of an internal investigation, we discovered that files containing personal information and…
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Cyberattack gifts esports pros with cheats, forcing Apex Legends to postpone tournament
Virtual gunslingers forcibly became cheaters via mystery means Updated Esports pros competing in the Apex Legends Global Series (ALGS) Pro League tournament were forced to abandon their match today due to a suspected cyberattack.…
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Filipino police free hundreds of slaves toiling in romance scam operation
875 workers liberated after falling for promises of lucrative work, nine arrested Filipino police rescued 875 “workers” – including 504 foreigners – in a raid late last week on a firm that posed as an online gaming company but in reality operated a forced labor camp that housed romance scam operators.…
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Database-Based Operating System ‘DBOS’ Does Things Linux Can’t
Databricks CTO Matei Zaharia “said that Databricks had to keep track of scheduling a million things,” remembers adjunct MIT professor Michael Stonebraker. ” He said that this can’t be done with traditional operating system scheduling, and so this was done out of a Postgres database. And then he started to whine that Postgres was too…
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TikTok is Banned in China, Notes X User Community – Along With Most US Social Media
Newsweek points out that a Chinese government post arguing the bill is “on the wrong side of fair competition” was flagged by users on X. “TikTok is banned in the People’s Republic of China,” the X community note read. (The BBC reports that “Instead, Chinese users use a similar app, Douyin, which is only available…
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TikTik is Banned in China, Notes X User Community – Along With Most US Social Media
Newsweek points out that a Chinese government post arguing the bill is “on the wrong side of fair competition” was flagged by users on X. “TikTok is banned in the People’s Republic of China,” the X community note read. (The BBC reports that “Instead, Chinese users use a similar app, Douyin, which is only available…
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Microsoft Criticized For Chrome Popup Ads Resembling Malware That Urge Users to Switch to Bing
“Multiple users around the world have started to notice new Microsoft Bing pop-up ads that look a lot like malware…” reports Lifehacker, describing the adds as “very low quality” and “extremely pixelated…” “It’s just Microsoft doing a bad job of trying to get you to switch to its products.” The Register explains: [W]hile using Google’s…
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