Tag: GIS

Source URL: https://tech.slashdot.org/story/25/05/24/1740221/mcp-will-be-built-into-windows-to-make-an-agentic-os—bringing-security-concerns?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: MCP Will Be Built Into Windows To Make an ‘Agentic OS’ – Bringing Security Concerns Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses Microsoft’s plans to integrate the Model Connectivity Protocol (MCP) into Windows, highlighting its potential for improving automation in AI applications but also raising…

The Register: Microsoft stitches transactional databases to Fabric analytics system

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Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/05/23/microsoft_stitches_transactional_databases_to/ Source: The Register Title: Microsoft stitches transactional databases to Fabric analytics system Feedly Summary: SQL Server and Cosmos DB added to data lake platform as lure for building AI features into transactional systems Microsoft is throwing more transactional database systems into its Fabric analytics and data lake environment in expectation the proximity…

The Register: Ransomware scum leaked Nova Scotia Power customers’ info

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Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/05/23/novia_scotia_power_customers_info_leaked/ Source: The Register Title: Ransomware scum leaked Nova Scotia Power customers’ info Feedly Summary: Bank accounts, personal details all hoovered up in the attack Nova Scotia Power on Friday confirmed it had been hit by a ransomware attack that began earlier this spring and disrupted certain IT systems, and admitted the crooks…

The Register: CISA says SaaS providers in firing line after Commvault zero-day Azure attack

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Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/05/23/cisa_commvault_zero_day/ Source: The Register Title: CISA says SaaS providers in firing line after Commvault zero-day Azure attack Feedly Summary: Cyberbaddies are coming for your M365 creds, US infosec agency warns The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) is warning that SaaS companies are under fire from criminals on the prowl for cloud apps…

The Register: Stargate to land its first offshore datacenters in the United Arab Emirates

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Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/05/23/stargate_uae/ Source: The Register Title: Stargate to land its first offshore datacenters in the United Arab Emirates Feedly Summary: Says it will serve half of humanity but testing that claim produced a hilarious ChatGPT fail Stargate, the Open AI led consortium that aims to build giant AI datacenters, has picked the United Arab…

The Register: Anthropic’s Claude 4 models more willing than before to blackmail some users

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Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/05/22/anthropic_claude_opus_4_sonnet/ Source: The Register Title: Anthropic’s Claude 4 models more willing than before to blackmail some users Feedly Summary: Open the pod bay door Anthropic on Thursday announced the availability of Claude Opus 4 and Claude Sonnet 4, the latest iteration of its Claude family of machine learning models.… AI Summary and Description:…

The Register: Chinese snoops tried to break into US city utilities, says Talos

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Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/05/22/chinese_crew_us_city_utilities/ Source: The Register Title: Chinese snoops tried to break into US city utilities, says Talos Feedly Summary: Intrusions began weeks before Trimble patched the Cityworks hole A suspected Chinese crew has been exploiting a now-patched remote code execution (RCE) flaw in Trimble Cityworks to break into US local government networks and target…

The Register: Bain launches datacenter biz for Euros worried about climate change and Trump

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Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/05/22/bain_capital_hscale/ Source: The Register Title: Bain launches datacenter biz for Euros worried about climate change and Trump Feedly Summary: Data sovereignty fears fuel pitch to hyperscalers Investment biz Bain Capital is getting further into the datacenter sector with the launch of an operation serving hyperscalers in Europe, potentially positioning itself to benefit from…

The Register: SAP users grapple with 50% premium for industry-standard service levels

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