1+ hour, 7+ min ago  (731+ words) AMD's stripping of TSME from consumer CPUs appears to be a deliberate, covert move. A decade ago, AMD added a protection to its high-end CPUs to protect them against cold boot attacks and other types of physical exploits that siphon…...

2+ hour, 48+ min ago  (1186+ words) Remembering the ups and downs of the Intel Mac era as it finally winds down. The release of mac OS 27 later this fall won't quite close the book on the Intel Mac. The last handful of models that could run…...

2+ day, 16+ hour ago  (412+ words) Anthropic shuts down Fable, Mythos models following Trump admin. directive Ars Technica Anthropic completely shut off access to its Mythos 5 and Fable 5 models Friday night, just days after they were launched. The move comes after Anthropic's receipt of a US…...

2+ day, 23+ hour ago  (238+ words) Vulnerability in the Oracle-owned People Soft software is about as critical as they come. One of the world's most active ransomware groups exploited a critical vulnerability in Oracle's People Soft software suite and used it to target about 100 customers and…...

3+ day, 35+ min ago  (284+ words) It isn't the only startup tackling physical AI, but it's one of the best-funded. The funding round is significant$12 billion now, after an initial round of $6. 2 billion last year, for a valuation of $41 billion. The funding comes from JPMorgan Chase,…...

3+ day, 1+ hour ago  (184+ words) Full autonomy is rare, but Ukraine is installing AI modules on drones and robots. Fully autonomous drones killed Russian soldiers during a battlefield test two years ago, according to a Ukrainian drone manufacturer If true, the incident would represent another…...

3+ day, 2+ hour ago  (234+ words) Even moderately sized data centers can have an outsized local impact. If you hang out in any even vaguely AI-skeptical parts of the Internet, you've probably stumbled on plenty of memes and posts premised on data centers' insatiable thirst for…...

3+ day, 20+ hour ago  (282+ words) The repurposing of Pok'mon Go data for AI training continues to draw scrutiny. "Ground scans were one component to help train Niantic Spatial's real-world foundation models "AI systems that learn to recognize and interpret physical spaces," a Niantic Spatial spokesperson…...

3+ day, 14+ hour ago  (1651+ words) Failure raises questions about how Verizon prepares refurbished phones for new users. Verizon sent one of its customers a "refurbished" phone equipped with a Mobile Device Management (MDM) profile that gave the company remote control over the device. The serious mistake…...

3+ day, 22+ hour ago  (394+ words) The old app "still needs to be retired," Acu Rite tells us. Smart weather-monitoring device vendor Acu Rite has delayed plans to force users onto a new companion app. The transition from My Acu Rite to Acu Rite NOW, which…...