Login credentials belonging to an employee at both the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency and the Department of Government Efficiency have appeared in multiple public leaks from info-stealer malware, a strong indication that devices belonging to him have been hacked in recent years. Kyle Schutt is a 30-something-year-old software engineer who, according to Dropsite News,...
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Trump admin to roll back Biden’s AI chip restrictions
On Wednesday, the Trump administration announced plans to rescind and replace a Biden-era rule regulating the export of high-end AI accelerator chips worldwide, Bloomberg and Reuters reported. A Department of Commerce spokeswoman told Reuters that officials found the previous framework “overly complex, overly bureaucratic, and would stymie American innovation” and pledged to create “a much...
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(BPRW) Black Women Talk Tech Presents 9th Annual Roadmap to Billions Conference May 15-16, 2025 at Microsoft NYC
(Black PR Wire) New York, NY – May 7, 2025 – Black Women Talk Tech (BWTT), a collective of Black women entrepreneurs committed to building pathways to funding and success in the tech space, proudly announces the return of its flagship eve…
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(BPRW) Thurgood Marshall College Fund team member pens new book about artificial intelligence and the culture
(Black PR Wire) A Thurgood Marshall College Fund (TMCF) team member recently published a book about the rise of artificial intelligence (AI) and what an equitable approach to it could mean for underrepresented communities. Nyjal J. Drayton, webm…
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WhatsApp provides no cryptographic management for group messages
The world has been abuzz for weeks now about the inclusion of a journalist in a group message of senior White House officials discussing plans for a military strike. In that case, the breach was the result of then-National Security Advisor Mike Waltz accidentally adding The Atlantic Editor-in-Chief Jeffrey Goldberg to the group chat and...
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VMware perpetual license holders receive cease-and-desist letters from Broadcom
Broadcom has been sending cease-and-desist letters to owners of VMware perpetual licenses with expired support contracts, Ars Technica has confirmed. Following its November 2023 acquisition of VMware, Broadcom ended VMware perpetual license sales. Users with perpetual licenses can still use the software they bought, but they are unable to renew support services unless they had...
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(BPRW) Greater Miami Convention & Visitors Bureau launches season five of the Art of Black Miami Podcast
(Black PR Wire) MIAMI – The Greater Miami Convention & Visitors Bureau’s (GMCVB) fifth Art of Black Miami (AOBM) podcast season is now live. Elevating the voices, stories and artistic journeys of a bold and diverse group of creatives shaping the…
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Elon Musk Tried Keeping Issues at His Texas Mansion Private, Emails Show
The tech billionaire’s staff was concerned that correspondence about his home in West Lake Hills would become public after neighbors complained.
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A.I. Hallucinations Are Getting Worse, Even as New Systems Become More Powerful
A new wave of “reasoning” systems from companies like OpenAI is producing incorrect information more often. Even the companies don’t know why.
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Jury orders NSO to pay $167 million for hacking WhatsApp users
A jury has awarded WhatsApp $167 million in punitive damages in a case the company brought against Israel-based NSO Group for exploiting a software vulnerability that hijacked the phones of thousands of users. The verdict, reached Tuesday, comes as a major victory not just for Meta-owned WhatsApp but also for privacy- and security-rights advocates who...