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Redcar and Cleveland ransomware: Inside a council under cyber-attack
BBC England InvestigationsBBCEarlier that year, Mrs Lanigan gave evidence in Parliament about the attack. She said the response had cost £11.3m and they had received £3.68m compensation from the government.As the authority was not insured for the attack, the...
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Tariffs: Will a US-China deal foil India’s factory ambitions?
ReutersAnother major concern, says Nomura, is India's ongoing reliance on China for raw materials and components used in electronics like iPhones, limiting Delhi's ability to fully capitalise on supply chain shifts."India's earnings from making iPhones will only rise if...
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UK driverless cars unlikely until 2027 – Uber says it’s ready now
BBCTom Leggett, vehicle technology manager at Thatcham Research - an independent car safety centre - said robotaxis would have to be "safety-led" in the UK."Secondly, they will have to make sure the data is available to those who need...
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The US factory that lays bare the contradiction in Trump’s policy
BBCAmong the cactuses in the desert of Arizona, just outside Phoenix, an extraordinary collection of buildings is emerging that will shape the future of the global economy and the world.The hum of further construction is creating not just a...
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‘Rust is So Good You Can Get Paid $20K to Make It as Fast as C’ – Slashdot
The Prossimo project (funded by the nonprofit Internet Security Research Group) seeks to "move the Internet's security-sensitive software infrastructure to memory safe code." Two years ago the Prossimo project made an announcement: they'd begun...
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M&S and Co-Op: BBC reporter on talking to the hackers
Joe TidyCyber correspondentBBCMessages that confirmed suspicionsThey were clearly frustrated that Co-op wasn't giving in to their ransom demands but wouldn't say how much money in Bitcoin they were demanding of the retailer in exchange for the promise that they...
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Stack Overflow Seeks Realignment ‘To Support the Builders of the Future in an AI World’ – Slashdot
"The world has changed," writes Stack Overflow's blog. "Fast. Artificial intelligence is reshaping how we build, learn, and solve problems. Software development looks dramatically different than it did even a few years ago — and the pace...
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Intel Struggles To Reverse AMD’s Share Gains In x86 CPU Market – Slashdot
An anonymous reader shared this report from CRN:
CPU-tracking firm Mercury Research reported on Thursday that Intel's x86 CPU market share grew 0.3 points sequentially to 75.6 percent against AMD's 24.4 percent in the first quarter. However, AMD managed...
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Is the Altruistic OpenAI Gone? – Slashdot
"The altruistic OpenAI is gone, if it ever existed," argues a new article in the Atlantic, based on interviews with more than 90 current and former employees, including executives. It notes that shortly before Altman's ouster...
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MIT disavows doctoral student paper on AI’s productivity benefits | TechCrunch
MIT says that due to concerns about the “integrity” of a high-profile paper on the effects of artificial intelligence on the productivity of a materials science lab, the paper should be “withdrawn from public discourse.”The paper in question, “Artificial...
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Chappell Roan’s Apple dance, and other Primavera moments
This weekend, music fans have been soaking up the sun and the beats at Primavera Sound in Barcelona, one...