2nd > June > 2018 Archive

A Spectre flaw solution, Cloudflare blips, a bank cyber-heist in Canada, and more in infosec land

RoundupWhile we were busy chasing SpamCannibals, jailing Yahoo hackers, and blaming North Korea for everything else, there was some interesting security news going on.

02 Jun 00:24 | 3

Is Microsoft about to git-merge with GitHub? Rumors suggest: Yes

UpdatedMicrosoft has held talks with GitHub with a mind to potentially buy the popular source-code warehouse, folks closely familiar with the discussions have claimed.

02 Jun 00:53 | 129

Help, I'm being held prisoner in a security camera testing factory. So please read this...

ReviewOne of the interesting side effects of being asked to test smart-home technology is that you get grumpier about it.

02 Jun 11:05 | 35

Google nukes military AI, Amazon happy touting Rekognition to police, and much more

RoundupHere's a quick roundup of all the important announcements in AI this week.

02 Jun 13:07 | 16

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   We've heard of spam filters but this is ridiculous: Pig-monkey chimeras developed in a Chinese laboratory

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   Managing the Linux kernel at AWS: 'A large team of security experts' dealing with fallout from Spectre, Meltdown flaws

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   When is an electrical engineer not an engineer? When Arizona's state regulators decide to play word games

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   The Windows Phone keeps ringing but no one's home: Microsoft finally lets platform die

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   And then there were two: HMS Prince of Wales joins Royal Navy