Tag: policy

Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/11/19/ilearningengines_bec_scam/ Source: The Register Title: Crook breaks into AI biz, points $250K wire payment at their own account Feedly Summary: Fastidious attacker then tidied up email trail behind them A Maryland AI company has confirmed to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) that it lost $250,000 to a misdirected wire payment.… AI Summary…

The Register: Hardware barn denies that .004 seconds of facial recognition violated privacy

Nov 19, 2024

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Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/11/19/facial_recognition_privacy_appeal_bunnings_australia/ Source: The Register Title: Hardware barn denies that .004 seconds of facial recognition violated privacy Feedly Summary: Claims it was just spotting shoppers who threatened staff at Bluey’s favorite big box store Australian hardware chain Bunnings Warehouse will challenge a ruling by local regulators who found it violated shoppers’ privacy by checking…

The Register: LLNL’s El Capitan surpasses Frontier with 1.74 exaFLOPS performance

Nov 18, 2024

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Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/11/18/top500_el_capitan/ Source: The Register Title: LLNL’s El Capitan surpasses Frontier with 1.74 exaFLOPS performance Feedly Summary: Uncle Sam tops supercomputer charts, while China recides from public view SC24 Lawrence Livermore National Lab’s (LLNL) El Capitan system has ended Frontier’s 2.5-year reign as the number one ranked supercomputer on the Top500, setting a new…

The Register: NASA and Microsoft intro Earth Copilot to tame satellite data overload

Nov 16, 2024

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Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/11/16/microsoft_nasa_earth_copilot/ Source: The Register Title: NASA and Microsoft intro Earth Copilot to tame satellite data overload Feedly Summary: Proof of concept allows geospatial datasets to be conversationally queried Speculation over where Microsoft would take the Copilot brand next can now end thanks to the announcement of Earth Copilot in partnership with NASA.… AI…

Hacker News: FTC to launch investigation into Microsoft’s cloud business

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Source URL: https://www.ft.com/content/62f361eb-ce52-47c1-9857-878cfe298d54 Source: Hacker News Title: FTC to launch investigation into Microsoft’s cloud business Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) investigation into Microsoft’s cloud computing practices, highlighting potential anti-competitive behavior that may hinder customer migration to rival platforms. The investigation aligns with ongoing…

Hacker News: Bluesky says it won’t train AI on your posts

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Source URL: https://www.theverge.com/2024/11/15/24297442/bluesky-no-intention-train-generative-ai-posts Source: Hacker News Title: Bluesky says it won’t train AI on your posts Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: Bluesky has publicly declared its commitment to not using user content for training generative AI tools, contrasting with competitors like X, who have updated terms allowing such practices. This distinction…

Schneier on Security: Good Essay on the History of Bad Password Policies

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Source URL: https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2024/11/good-essay-on-the-history-of-bad-password-policies.html Source: Schneier on Security Title: Good Essay on the History of Bad Password Policies Feedly Summary: Stuart Schechter makes some good points on the history of bad password policies: Morris and Thompson’s work brought much-needed data to highlight a problem that lots of people suspected was bad, but that had not been…

The Register: Microsoft Power Pages misconfigurations exposing sensitive data

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Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/11/15/microsoft_power_pages_misconfigurations/ Source: The Register Title: Microsoft Power Pages misconfigurations exposing sensitive data Feedly Summary: NHS supplier that leaked employee info fell victim to fiddly access controls that can leave databases dangling online Private businesses and public-sector organizations are unwittingly exposing millions of people’s sensitive information to the public internet because they misconfigure Microsoft’s…

Cloud Blog: How to deploy Llama 3.2-1B-Instruct model with Google Cloud Run GPU

Nov 14, 2024

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