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Enlarge (credit: da-kuk/Getty) Kremlin-backed actors have stepped up efforts to interfere with the US presidential election by planting disinformation and false narratives on social media and fake news sites, analysts with Microsoft reported Wednesday. The analysts have identified several unique influence-peddling groups affiliated with the Russian government seeking to influence the election outcome, with the...

Enlarge (credit: Getty) Broadcom CEO Hock Tan this week publicized some concessions aimed at helping customers and partners ease into VMware’s recent business model changes. Tan reiterated that the controversial changes, like the end of perpetual licensing, aren’t going away. But amid questioning from antitrust officials in the European Union (EU), Tan announced that the...

Microsoft said it would invest $1.5 billion in G42, an Emirati company with ties to China, as Washington and Beijing maneuver to secure tech influence in the Persian Gulf.

Enlarge / Cans of Tab diet soda on display in 2011. Tab was discontinued in 2020. There has never been a soda named “Spaces” that had a cult following. (credit: Getty Images) Anybody can contribute to the Linux kernel, but any person’s commit suggestion can become the subject of the kernel’s master and namesake, Linus...

Enlarge (credit: Matejmo | Getty Images) Cisco’s Talos security team is warning of a large-scale credential compromise campaign that’s indiscriminately assailing networks with login attempts aimed at gaining unauthorized access to VPN, SSH, and web application accounts. The login attempts use both generic usernames and valid usernames targeted at specific organizations. Cisco included a list...

Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) On Tuesday, the UK government announced a new law targeting the creation of AI-generated sexually explicit deepfake images. Under the legislation, which has not yet been passed, offenders would face prosecution and an unlimited fine, even if they do not widely share the images but create them with the intent to...

Enlarge (credit: Joan Cros via Getty) When Microsoft revealed in January that foreign government hackers had once again breached its systems, the news prompted another round of recriminations about the security posture of the world’s largest tech company. Despite the angst among policymakers, security experts, and competitors, Microsoft faced no consequences for its latest embarrassing...

Which A.I. system writes the best computer code or generates the most realistic image? Right now, there’s no easy way to answer those questions.

Instagram is testing a program that offers its top influencers the ability to interact with their followers over direct messages using a chatbot.

Along with the departure of two senior executives, the cuts added to signs of turmoil at the electric car company.