(Black PR Wire) CHICAGO – The National Medical Association (NMA), the largest and oldest organization representing the interests of Black physicians and their patients in the United States, inducted Roger A. Mitchell, Jr., MD as its 126th president …
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Citing New Rules, Meta Says It Will End Political Ads in E.U.
Meta said political advertising would end in October, citing a forthcoming E.U. regulation that it said presented “unworkable requirements.”
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After BlackSuit is taken down, new ransomware group Chaos emerges
Hot on the heels of a major ransomware group being taken down through an international law enforcement operation comes a new development that highlights the whack-a-mole nature of such actions: A new group, likely comprised of some of the same members, has already taken its place. The new group calls itself Chaos, in recognition of...
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OpenAI’s most capable AI model, GPT-5, may be coming in August
On Thursday, The Verge reported that OpenAI is preparing to launch GPT-5 as early as August, according to sources familiar with the company’s plans. The report comes five months after CEO Sam Altman first laid out a roadmap for the next-generation AI model that would unify the company’s various AI capabilities. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman...
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Supply-chain attacks on open source software are getting out of hand
It has been a busy week for supply-chain attacks targeting open source software available in public repositories, with successful breaches of multiple developer accounts that resulted in malicious packages being pushed to unsuspecting users. The latest target, according to security firm Socket, is JavaScript code available on repository npm. A total of 10 packages available...
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(BPRW) National Urban League Awards First-Ever Project Ready Scholarship
(Black PR Wire) CLEVELAND, OHIO — The National Urban League took a major step forward today in supporting youth through its Project Ready Scholarship, not just preparing students for college and careers, but now directly investing in their futu…
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Intel Expects Work Force to Shrink by 25,000
The Silicon Valley chip company, which has been struggling, quantified the job cuts it is making as it seeks to turn its business around.
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Two major AI coding tools wiped out user data after making cascading mistakes
New types of AI coding assistants promise to let anyone build software by typing commands in plain English. But when these tools generate incorrect internal representations of what’s happening on your computer, the results can be catastrophic. Two recent incidents involving AI coding assistants put a spotlight on risks in the emerging field of “vibe...
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Nvidia AI chips worth $1B smuggled to China after Trump export controls
At least $1 billion worth of Nvidia’s advanced artificial intelligence processors were shipped to China in the three months after Donald Trump tightened chip export controls, exposing the limits of Washington’s efforts to restrain Beijing’s high-tech ambitions. A Financial Times analysis of dozens of sales contracts, company filings, and multiple people with direct knowledge of the...
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Some VMware perpetual license owners are unable to download security patches
Some VMware perpetual license holders are currently unable to download security patches, The Register reported today. The virtualization company has only said that these users will receive the patches at “a later date,” meaning users are uncertain how long their virtualization environments will be at risk. Since Broadcom bought VMware and ended perpetual license sales...