Microsoft taps Anthropic’s Mythos to strengthen secure software development Microsoft plans to integrate Anthropic’s Mythos AI model into its Security Development Lifecycle, a move that suggests advanced generative AI is beginning to play a direct role in how major software vendors identify vulnerabilities and harden code against attack. The company said it will use Mythos Preview, along with other advanced models, as part of a broader push to strengthen secure coding an… 53 Nations Gather To Plan a Fossil Fuel Phaseout Ancient Slashdot reader hwstar shares a report from The Conversation: For the first time ever, more than 50 nations will gather next week in Colombia to hash out how to wind down and end their dependence on coal, oil and gas. The history-making conference was planned before the Iran war. But this year's energy crisis has greatly raised the stakes. [...] Around 80% of the trapped oil was destined for the Asia-Pacific. Faced with dwindling supply, the region's governments are implementing emergen… 4 TV Brands That Outshine Samsung In Price And Quality Samsung is widely praised for its excellent TVs. However, it still has some noteworthy competitors, and they have it beat in more than just the price. These New Smart Glasses From Ex-OnePlus Engineers Have a Hidden Cost The Kickstarter-funded glasses from L'Atitude 52°N have AI features bundled for 1 year, but the company doesn't know yet how much it will charge for access after that. Scientists trace latest interstellar comet's home to a corner of the Milky Way A new study suggests that the comet that rambled past us from another star last year likely originated in a cold, isolated corner of the galaxy that had yet to gel into its own solar system IT leaders should never let a good crisis go to waste There are human and operational lessons that leaders often overlook once a crisis is resolved. Consider how urgency sharpens focus and accelerates change. How did thousands of sensitive LAPD files get leaked? City officials seek explanation Elected officials are demanding answers from the L.A. city attorney's office about how a massive cache of confidential LAPD files being dumped online. The Times has found the compromised material includes crime scene photos, medical records and other sensitive police records. Oil crisis? What oil crisis? IT spending de-coupled from wider war shock Gartner sees accelerating growth in IT spending, powered by cloud and AI infrastructure investment A day after the International Energy Agency (IEA) said the US/Israel/Iran war was creating the worst energy crisis ever faced by the world, Gartner increased its growth forecasts for global IT spending by nearly three percentage points.… |
Replacing your expensive TV package with an antenna just got easier Here’s the dilemma that antenna users have faced for years: To get more complete live sports coverage, you also had to pay for expensive local broadcast channels. That defeats the whole purpose of free over-the-air TV. Sling’s new Essentials package helps solve that problem. For $20 per month, you get all of ESPN’s cable channels. It’s $10 per month cheaper than ESPN Unlimited , ESPN’s own standa… How AI is changing copper, fiber networking The advent of artificial intelligence — and in particular dedicated AI data centers — has meant that data movement over the network is more important than ever, as processing of inference and large language model training consumes terabytes of data stored in data centers the size of a football stadium. Not only that, but there is now an increasing effort to tie together distant data centers into … Surveillance vendors caught abusing access to telcos to track people’s phone locations, researchers say The Citizen Lab found two separate surveillance vendors abusing the backbone of cellular networks to spy on several victims across the world. Apple CEO Tim Cook Is Stepping Down Apple announced that Tim Cook will step down as CEO in September after 15 years in the role, handing the job to hardware chief John Ternus. Longtime Slashdot reader sinij shares the news from MarketWatch: Cook leaves an impressive legacy after growing the company to a $4 trillion market capitalization from just $300 billion 15 years ago. Over Cook's 15-year tenure as CEO, Apple's stock has risen 1,932%, beating the S&P 500's 504% increase, according to Dow Jones Market Data. That places Apple's… Criminal gangs profiting as child sexual abuse websites double, experts say Analyst who worked on Internet Watch Foundation report says content exists ‘across all social media platforms’ and is ‘very easy’ to find The number of commercial child sexual abuse websites has doubled in a year as experts say that criminal gangs are making “huge profits” from online sexual exploitation. According to data collected by the Internet Watch Foundation (IWF), 15,031 commercial child … Johny Srouji named Apple’s Chief Hardware Officer Apple today announced that, effective immediately, Apple executive Johny Srouji will become chief hardware officer. Fake MAGA influencer exposed as AI persona Kurt 'CyberGuy' Knutsson joined 'Fox & Friends First' to discuss how one man scammed the internet with a fake, AI-generated MAGA influencer to pay his bills and one store's decision to turn to AI to run a location in San Francisco. The UX Designer’s Nightmare: When “Production-Ready” Becomes A Design Deliverable In a rush to embrace AI, the industry is redefining what it means to be a UX designer, blurring the line between design and engineering. Carrie Webster explores what’s gained, what’s lost, and why designers need to remain the guardians of the user experience. SpaceX eyes GPU push as Tesla taps Samsung for chip upgrade SpaceX is exploring in-house production of graphics processing units (GPUs) as it cites potential chip supply constraints, even as Tesla advances its artificial intelligence (AI) chip roadmap with manufacturing support from Samsung Electronics. Tim Cook’s departure is the start of a new era at Apple Apple is about to become a very different company. This September, Apple CEO Tim Cook is stepping down and will be replaced by John Ternus, the current head of hardware. But the shift is bigger than just a CEO transition - it's the most significant move yet into a world where Apple's executive team isn't […] |
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