Tag: GIS
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The Register: SoftBank woos OpenAI with $40B, making Microsoft’s $13B look quaint
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/02/07/softbank_invests_40b_openai/ Source: The Register Title: SoftBank woos OpenAI with $40B, making Microsoft’s $13B look quaint Feedly Summary: Some of that cash is reportedly headed for $500B Stargate dream The AI investment landscape is shifting once again, with SoftBank reportedly finalizing a $40 billion stake in OpenAI – pushing its valuation to around $300…
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The Register: Creators demand tech giants fess up and pay for all that AI training data
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/02/07/ai_training_data_committee/ Source: The Register Title: Creators demand tech giants fess up and pay for all that AI training data Feedly Summary: But ‘original sin’ has already been committed, shrugs industry Governments are allowing AI developers to steal content – both creative and journalistic – for fear of upsetting the tech sector and damaging…
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The Register: UK industry leaders unleash hurricane-grade scale for cyberattacks
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/02/07/uk_cyber_monitoring_centre/ Source: The Register Title: UK industry leaders unleash hurricane-grade scale for cyberattacks Feedly Summary: Freshly minted organization aims to take the guesswork out of incident severity for insurers and policy holders A world-first organization assembled to categorize the severity of cybersecurity incidents is up and running in the UK following a year-long…
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News: Call for action: urgent plan needed to transition to post-quantum cryptography together
Source URL: https://www.europol.europa.eu/media-press/newsroom/news/call-for-action-urgent-plan-needed-to-transition-to-post-quantum-cryptography-together Source: News Title: Call for action: urgent plan needed to transition to post-quantum cryptography together Feedly Summary: On 7 February 2025, Europol hosted a Quantum Safe Financial Forum (QSFF) event, during which the QSFF has issued a call to action for financial institutions and policymakers, urging them to prioritise the transition to…
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The Register: Hardware quality problems and server supply chain kinks slow Amazon’s $100 billion AI build
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/02/07/amazon_q4_fy_2024/ Source: The Register Title: Hardware quality problems and server supply chain kinks slow Amazon’s $100 billion AI build Feedly Summary: Reverses life extensions for some servers it now feels aren’t useful in the inferencing age Amazon Web Services is struggling to get the high-quality servers it needs to build AI infrastructure and…
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The Register: Apple missed screenshot-snooping malware in code that made it into the App Store, Kaspersky claims
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/02/07/infected_apps_google_apple_stores/ Source: The Register Title: Apple missed screenshot-snooping malware in code that made it into the App Store, Kaspersky claims Feedly Summary: OCR plugin great for extracting crypto-wallet secrets from galleries Kaspersky eggheads say they’ve spotted the first app containing hidden optical character recognition spyware in Apple’s App Store. Cunningly, the software nasty…
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The Register: If Ransomware Inc was a company, its 2024 results would be a horror show
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/02/07/ransomware_costs_analysis/ Source: The Register Title: If Ransomware Inc was a company, its 2024 results would be a horror show Feedly Summary: 35% drop in payments across the year as your backups got better and law enforcement made a difference Ransomware extortion payments fell in 2024, according to blockchain analyst biz Chainalysis this week.……