Enterprise Technology News and Analysis
- Dell to color-code staff based on how hybrid they really are in RTO pushby Thomas Claburn on May 8, 2024 at 12:17 am
Sources slam aggressive 'back to school' grading system as HR vows to track VPN use, badge swipes Exclusive Dell has told workers it will track the onsite presence of hybrid employees – those who work part remotely, part in the office – using electronic badge swipes, VPN monitoring, and a rather creepy color-coding system.…
- America's War on Drugs and Crime will be AI powered, says Homeland Security bossby Jessica Lyons on May 7, 2024 at 11:47 pm
Or at least it might well be if these trial programs work out, with some civil lib oversight etc etc etc RSAC AI is a double-edged sword in that the government can see ways in which the tech can protect and also be used to attack Americans, says US Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas.…
- Watch out for rogue DHCP servers decloaking your VPN connectionsby Brandon Vigliarolo on May 7, 2024 at 9:50 pm
Avoid traffic-redirecting snoops who have TunnelVision A newly discovered vulnerability undermines countless VPN clients in that their traffic can be quietly routed away from their encrypted tunnels and intercepted by snoops on the network.…
- IBM says these back-office, network edge Power 10 servers would be sweet for – yes, you guessed it – AIby Tobias Mann on May 7, 2024 at 8:39 pm
Short on cores, big on threads and matrix math Not to be left out of the AI infrastructure game, on Tuesday IBM unveiled a pair of tiny Power 10 servers designed to preprocess data at the network edge.…
- CISA's early-warning system helped critical orgs close 852 ransomware holesby Jessica Lyons on May 7, 2024 at 7:58 pm
In the first year alone, that's saved us all a lot of money and woe Interview As ransomware gangs step up their attacks against healthcare, schools, and other US critical infrastructure, CISA is ramping up a program to help these organizations fix flaws exploited by extortionists in the first place.…
- Apple unveils M4 chip with neural engine capable of 38 TOPS, and some other kitby Brandon Vigliarolo on May 7, 2024 at 7:15 pm
Oh, right – there's new iPad Pro and Air models, a pencil and some other stuff Apple held its anticipated iPad event today, and the most attention-grabbing news wasn't the new device models or the refreshed iPad Air lineup - it was the unveiling of Apple's homegrown M4 chip with a surprisingly powerful neural processing unit (NPU). …
- TikTok sues America to undo divest-or-die lawby Thomas Claburn on May 7, 2024 at 7:02 pm
Nothing like folks in Beijing lecturing us on the Constitution TikTok and its China-based parent ByteDance sued the US government today to prevent the forced sale or shutdown of the video-sharing giant.…
- Windows Insiders to fly solo while Copilot rollout frozenby Richard Speed on May 7, 2024 at 6:30 pm
Perhaps just make sure the stuff that is already there works properly? Microsoft will temporarily halt the rollout of Copilot features based on feedback from Windows Insiders.…
- Infineon trims financial forecast amid order slowdownby Paul Kunert on May 7, 2024 at 5:45 pm
Chipmaker outlines plans to save hundreds of millions and, hey presto, share price magically jumps Infineon, maker of chips for the automotive and industrial sectors, told investors that it is embarking on a cost purge after lowering revenue estimates for the full financial year amid weakened demand.…
- Lightweight Dillo browser springs back to life, still doesn't care about JavaScriptby Liam Proven on May 7, 2024 at 5:00 pm
First new version in almost a decade now boasts TLS The Dillo web browser has returned with a new release, version 3.1. It's nearly nine years after version 3.05 appeared on the last day of June 2015.…
- US State Department launches cyber and digital policy strategyby Laura Dobberstein on May 7, 2024 at 4:16 pm
Part of the race with Beijing to set standards and advance norms RSAC The US State Department's latest cybersecurity strategy will not be wildly different from current stances, but offers an alternative path to those presented by the country's adversaries.…
- Tesla layoff circus runs into fourth week with another round of cutsby Brandon Vigliarolo on May 7, 2024 at 3:30 pm
Musk continues quest to make Tesla leaner, meaner, more profitable Another week, another round of layoffs at Tesla to report, and this time engineers are caught up in the mix. …
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