Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) The official software repository for the Python language, Python Package Index (PyPI), has been targeted in a complex supply chain attack that appears to have successfully poisoned at least two legitimate Read more…
Enlarge / The Nvidia logo superimposed over China’s flag. (credit: Benj Edwards / Nvidia) In a Securities and Exchange Commission filing last Friday, Nvidia reported that US government officials have ordered restrictions on sales of its Read more…
Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) Microsoft said on Wednesday that it recently identified a vulnerability in TikTok’s Android app that could allow attackers to hijack accounts when users did nothing more than click on a single Read more…
Enlarge Several US government agencies are having a busy week for doling out broadband deployment funding to ISPs and state governments. Today, the FCC announced $791.6 million for six broadband providers, covering network expansions to Read more…
Enlarge / The winning entry, Théåtre D’opéra Spatial. (credit: Jason Allen) A synthetic media artist named Jason Allen entered AI-generated artwork into the Colorado State Fair fine arts competition and announced last week that he Read more…
(credit: Chrome) Google has removed browser extensions with more than 1.4 million downloads from the Chrome Web Store after third-party researchers reported they were surreptitiously tracking users’ browsing history and inserting tracking code into specific Read more…
Enlarge / Microsoft says its latest cloud licensing terms are meant to give customers more flexibility and cost control—just not on Amazon, Google, or Alibaba servers. (credit: Getty Images) Facing European antitrust scrutiny, Microsoft has Read more…
Enlarge (credit: Benj Edwards / Getty Images) Japan’s newly appointed Minister of Digital Affairs, Taro Kono, has declared war on the floppy disk and other forms of obsolete media, which the government still requires as Read more…
Enlarge (credit: Getty Images / Aurich Lawson) Last year, organizations spent $2 billion on products that provide Endpoint Detection and Response, a relatively new type of security protection for detecting and blocking malware targeting network-connected Read more…
Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) Using an artificial intelligence computer vision system developed by French IT firm Capgemini, the French tax office (often called “Le Fisc“) has identified 20,356 residential swimming pools that had previously gone Read more…