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Microsoft says 8.5M systems hit by CrowdStrike BSOD, releases USB recovery tool
Enlarge / A bad update to CrowdStrike’s Falcon security software crashed millions of Windows PCs last week. (credit: CrowdStrike) By…
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Astronomers discover technique to spot AI fakes using galaxy-measurement tools
Enlarge / Researchers write, “In this image, the person on the left (Scarlett Johansson) is real, while the person on…
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CrowdStrike fixes start at “reboot up to 15 times” and get more complex from there
Enlarge (credit: hdaniel) Airlines, payment processors, 911 call centers, TV networks, and other businesses have been scrambling this morning after…
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Major outages at CrowdStrike, Microsoft leave the world with BSODs and confusion
Enlarge / A passenger sits on the floor as long queues form at the check-in counters at Ninoy Aquino International…
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The next Nvidia driver makes even more GPUs “open,” in a specific, quirky way
Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) You have to read the headline on Nvidia’s latest GPU announcement slowly, parsing each clause as…
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OpenAI launches GPT-4o mini, which will replace GPT-3.5 in ChatGPT
Enlarge (credit: Benj Edwards) On Thursday, OpenAI announced the launch of GPT-4o mini, a new, smaller version of its latest…
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Vulnerability in Cisco Smart Software Manager lets attackers change any user password
Enlarge Cisco on Wednesday disclosed a maximum-security vulnerability that allows remote threat actors with no authentication to change the password…
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Trump allies want to “Make America First in AI” with sweeping executive order
Enlarge / Former US President Donald Trump during a campaign event at Trump National Doral Golf Club in Miami, Florida,…
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Rite Aid says breach exposes sensitive details of 2.2 million customers
Enlarge / Rite Aid logo displayed at one of its stores. (credit: Getty Images) Rite Aid, the third biggest US…
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Former OpenAI researcher’s new company will teach you how to build an LLM
Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) On Tuesday, former OpenAI researcher Andrej Karpathy announced the formation of a new AI learning platform…
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