Day: July 19, 2024

Meta and Apple are Keeping their Next Big AI things Out of the EU – that’s a good thing

Posted on by Robin Edgar

[…] In a statement to The Verge, Meta spokesperson Kate McLaughlin said that the company’s next-gen Llama AI model is skipping Europe, placing the blame squarely on regulations. “We will release a multimodal Llama model over the coming months,” Mclaughlin said, “but not in the EU due to the unpredictable nature of the European regulatory Read more about Meta and Apple are Keeping their Next Big AI things Out of the EU – that’s a good thing[…]

Indian WazirX halts withdrawals after losing $230M worth crypto assets – still cowboy country there

Posted on by Robin Edgar

[…] The Mumbai-based firm said one of its multisig wallets had suffered a security breach. A multisig wallet requires two or more private keys for authentication. WazirX said its wallet had six signatories, five of whom were with WazirX team. Liminal, which operates a wallet infrastructure firm, said in a statement to TechCrunch that its Read more about Indian WazirX halts withdrawals after losing $230M worth crypto assets – still cowboy country there[…]

Critical Cisco bug allows anyone to change all (including admin) passwords

Posted on by Robin Edgar

Cisco just dropped a patch for a maximum-severity vulnerability that allows attackers to change the password of any user, including admins. Tracked as CVE-2024-20419, the bug carries a maximum 10/10 CVSS 3.1 rating and affects the authentication system of Cisco Smart Software Manager (SSM) On-Prem. Cisco hasn’t disclosed too many details about this, which is Read more about Critical Cisco bug allows anyone to change all (including admin) passwords[…]

How to unsnarl a tangle of threads, according to physics

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Physicists may have found a solution for the rage-inducing tangles that crop up in everything from electronics cords to necklaces: to free a single thread from a tangle of many, you must shake it not too fast and not too slow but with just the right frequency. Ishant Tiwari at the Georgia Institute of Technology Read more about How to unsnarl a tangle of threads, according to physics[…]

Major IT outage hits Microsoft Azure and Office365 users worldwide leading to cancelled flights, stock exchange outages and more chaos. What a great idea cloud is for critical infrastructure!

Posted on by Robin Edgar

Companies and banks worldwide have been reportedly hit by a mass IT outage, leading to grounded flights. A major IT outage has reportedly hit banks, media outlets, and airlines on Friday, causing chaos at airport check-in and cancelled flights. The outage is believed to be caused by an outage of Microsoft’s Azure and Office365 services. Read more about Major IT outage hits Microsoft Azure and Office365 users worldwide leading to cancelled flights, stock exchange outages and more chaos. What a great idea cloud is for critical infrastructure![…]