Office 2024 unveiled for Microsoft 365 refuseniks • The Register
WEB5 hours ago · While Office LTSC 2024 can run completely disconnected – a requirement for many commercial users – Office 2024 requires both a Microsoft account and an internet connection. Microsoft lifts the price of System Center by ten percent. Microsoft throws in the towel on HoloLens 2. Microsoft hits go on Windows 11 24H2: Fresh features, bugs, and a ...
700K+ DrayTek routers are sitting ducks on the internet
WEB1 day ago · Despite Draytek's warning that these routers' control panels should only be accessible from a local network, Forescout Research's Vedere Labs found [PDF] more than 704,000 DrayTek boxes exposing their web interface to the public internet, ready and ripe for exploitation. Most of these (75 percent) are used by businesses, we're told.
UK's Arm-based Isambard 2 supercomputer powers off for good
WEB2 days ago · The UK's Isambard 2, one of the early Arm-based supercomputers, has officially retired after just a few years of operation. It is superseded by the more powerful Isambard 3 and Isambard-AI, just as British supercomputing enters an uncertain period for funding. Isambard 2 ended service at 9am on September 30, but …
DoE lends $1.5B to revive Michigan's Palisades nuclear plant
WEB2 days ago · The Biden administration has announced plans to reignite a shuttered Michigan nuclear power plant with a $1.5 billion loan that, combined with other nuclear announcements yesterday, suggests the US federal government is right now all in on nuclear energy. The 800-megawatt Holtec Palisades plant, located on …
California governor vetoes controversial AI safety bill
WEB3 days ago · California Governor Gavin Newsom has vetoed a controversial AI bill, tho don't assume it was necessarily a final win for the tech industry. On Sunday, Newsom (D) returned California Senate Bill 1047 to the legislature unsigned, explaining in an accompanying statement [PDF] that the bill doesn't take the right approach to ensuring or requiring AI safety.
Oracle could control Arm chipmaker Ampere in 2027 • The Register
WEBSep 26, 2024 · Oracle could choose to take control of Ampere Computing, the Arm processor designer it has backed and uses in its cloud. A proxy statement [PDF] filed on Wednesday reveals that Oracle held 29 percent stake in Ampere as of May 31, 2024, and has the option to gain majority control over the chip house in 2027. "The total carrying value of our investments in Ampere, after accounting for losses ...
Critical Linux bug is CUPS-based remote-code execution hole
WEBThu 26 Sep 2024 // 17:34 UTC. Final update After days of anticipation, what was billed as one or more critical unauthenticated remote-code execution vulnerabilities in all Linux systems was today finally revealed. In short, if you're running the Unix printing system CUPS, with cups-browsed present and enabled, you may be vulnerable to attacks ...
US Army using AI to bolster lousy recruiting numbers
WEBSep 25, 2024 · Plagued by recruiting shortfalls, the US Army is turning to AI to help it sift through the chaff for fresh recruits. Speaking at a webinar hosted by the Association of the United States Army, Major General Johnny Davis, Commanding General of US Army Recruiting Command, shared a tool, dubbed "Recruit 360," that the Army has been testing for the past couple of months in five unnamed cities.
NASA, IBM want you to fine-tune their new AI climate model
WEBWed 25 Sep 2024 // 07:25 UTC. Researchers at IBM and NASA this week released an open source AI climate model designed to accurately predict weather patterns while consuming fewer compute resources compared to traditional physics-based simulations. Developed as part of a collaboration between IBM and NASA with help from the US Department of ...
Amazon CEO wants his staff back in the office full time
WEBSep 16, 2024 · The COVID-19 work-from-home era is over, Amazon CEO Andy Jassy has told staff in a Monday memo, signaling his desire for staff to return to working in an office five days a week. The chief exec said the hybrid model of working partially at home and the rest in the office, which has been running for the past 15 months at the internet superpower ...