For many small-to-medium-sized businesses (SMBs), VMware has become too expensive. Broadcom’s acquisition of the virtualization firm brought the end of perpetual license sales and the arrival of pricey, stacked, subscription-based bundles that priced out many SMBs. The most obvious is VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF), VMware’s flagship private cloud bundle that has been Broadcom’s primary focus...
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Once popular for attacking AI, ASCII smuggling is embraced by spammers
A clever technique used to hide malicious prompts in attacks on AI agents has been adopted by spammers to evade filters on email platforms that are designed to flag unwanted messages used in mass campaigns. The technique is broadly known as ASCII smuggling. It gained attention two years ago as a means of making a...
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Why the Hugging Face Hack Should Make You Worry More About A.I.
The attack by an aggressive “collective” of OpenAI agents shows the danger of artificial intelligence systems that organize themselves.
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Clippers-Kawhi saga a win for player empowerment, a rare rebuke of NBA ownership
The NBA’s announcement Wednesday of severe penalties against the Los Angeles Clippers and owner Steve Ballmer for circumventing the salary cap reminded me of a defining league discussion of the past 15 years: player empowerment. Aside from LeBron James, former Clippers star Kawhi Leonard — a central figure the salary cap circumvention controversy — may...
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Ranking The WNBA Finals Logos
The WNBA made yet another splash last week when they unveiled a brand new logo for the Finals, ending an eight-year run for the rather generic white text logo we’ve had since 2018. As the league approaches its 30th Finals, the new logo feels like a callback to some of the classic championship logos we’ve...
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Which Investors Will Get Rich From Anthropic’s IPO?
When Anthropic goes public in a blockbuster offering, which investors will profit? The answer says a lot about how much start-up investing has changed over the years.
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Nvidia Buys Hugging Face in $12.9 Billion Deal
The acquisition of the start-up is an indication of Nvidia’s growing role as Silicon Valley’s central banker and its emphasis on open-source technology.
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Why the Courts Are Hesitant to Punish Tech Giants Like Meta and Google
After finding antitrust violations, federal courts have been reluctant to impose harsh sanctions. They fear meddling in markets where technology is racing ahead.
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VMware migration reduces Tottenham Hotspur’s licensing fees by 85 percent
Tottenham Hotspur, a professional soccer team that’s part of the Premier League, has saved over 85 percent in licensing fees by replacing its stadium’s VMware instance with Hewlett-Packard Enterprise’s (HPE’s) Morpheus VM Essentials (VME) virtualization software. Tottenham hasn’t disclosed which VMware products it used or how much it previously paid the Broadcom firm. The soccer...