Enlarge (credit: Getty) VMware’s new owner is ending the virtualization and cloud computing company’s partner programs. It’s unclear who or how many current partners will be able to sell VMware-related offerings after April 2024, leaving potential for tens of thousands of businesses to be disrupted. Broadcom, which closed its VMware acquisition in November, told The...
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Actively exploited 0-days in Ivanti VPN are letting hackers backdoor networks
Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) Unknown threat actors are actively targeting two critical zero-day vulnerabilities that allow them to bypass two-factor authentication and execute malicious code inside networks that use a widely used virtual private network appliance sold by Ivanti, researchers said Wednesday. Ivanti reported bare-bones details concerning the zero-days in posts published on Wednesday that...
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OpenAI’s GPT Store lets ChatGPT users discover popular user-made chatbot roles
Enlarge (credit: Getty Images / Benj Edwards) On Wednesday, OpenAI announced the launch of its GPT Store—a way for ChatGPT users to share and discover custom chatbot roles called “GPTs”—and ChatGPT Team, a collaborative ChatGPT workspace and subscription plan. OpenAI bills the new store as a way to “help you find useful and popular custom...
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Linux devices are under attack by a never-before-seen worm
Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) For the past year, previously unknown self-replicating malware has been compromising Linux devices around the world and installing cryptomining malware that takes unusual steps to conceal its inner workings, researchers said. The worm is a customized version of Mirai, the botnet malware that infects Linux-based servers, routers, web cameras, and other...
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SEC’s X Account Hacked, Causing Frenzy Over Bitcoin ETF
The X account of the Securities and Exchange Commission announced the approval of an investment product linked to Bitcoin. It wasn’t true.
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No, That’s Not Taylor Swift Peddling Le Creuset Cookware
The singer did not promote a giveaway of the popular cookware, but an artificially generated version of her voice suggested otherwise.
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A.I. Giant Tied to China Under Scrutiny
A congressional committee made the demand of the Commerce Department after The Times reported on concerns among U.S. intelligence officials over the Emirati company, G42.
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OpenAI Says New York Times Lawsuit Against It Is ‘Without Merit’
The artificial intelligence start-up said that it collaborated with news organizations and that The Times, which accused it of copyright infringement, was not telling the full story.
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Editor of The Los Angeles Times Steps Down
Kevin Merida, who took over the job in 2021, said in an internal note that his last day would be on Friday.
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OpenAI says it’s “impossible” to create useful AI models without copyrighted material
Enlarge (credit: OpenAI) ChatGPT developer OpenAI recently acknowledged the necessity of using copyrighted material in the development of AI tools like ChatGPT, The Telegraph reports, saying they would be “impossible” without it. The statement came as part of a submission to the UK’s House of Lords communications and digital select committee inquiry into large language...