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...
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...
(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…
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.
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.
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...
Data centers say Trump’s crackdown on renewables bad for business, AI
The US data center industry has warned that the Trump administration’s crackdown on renewable energy could slow its growth and undermine Washington’s goal to win the global artificial intelligence race. Renewables have become a flashpoint since Donald Trump re-entered the White House, with his administration suspending clean energy developments on federal land, pausing federal loans,...
(BPRW) Two Classrooms in Brevard County win prestigious STEM Classroom Makeover Grants
(Black PR Wire) Melbourne, Fla. – Hundreds of local students will have new opportunities to explore science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) as Florida Power & Light Company (FPL) announces a major expansion of its Classroom Makeove…
(BPRW) Healing America’s Healthcare Crisis: Lessons from Mountain Medicine Woman Mary Hayden
(Black PR Wire) As headlines warn of deepening fault lines in America’s healthcare infrastructure, National Women’s Health Week (May 12–18) calls us to recognize the impactful force of women who have long stood in the breach—the ca…
OpenAI Backtracks on Plans to Drop Nonprofit Control
The company will become a public benefit corporation and the nonprofit that has controlled it will be its largest shareholder.