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Spotlight on integrating digital health and care

Speakers from across the health, social care and the technology industry will showcase innovation and share experienceUKAuthority.com – The leading

 

Microsoft Passkey Authentication Now Available For Personal Accounts

Microsoft has expanded the availability of its passkey authentication support to more users. So now,… Microsoft Passkey Authentication Now Available

 

UniSuper Google Cloud outage caused by an unfortunate series of events

Duplication across geographies no defense against the ‘one-of-a-kind’ accidental deletion Google’s Cloud CEO Thomas Kurian has weighed in on the

 

F5 Patches Dangerous Vulnerabilities in BIG-IP Next Central Manager

F5 has patched two potentially serious vulnerabilities in BIG-IP Next that could allow an attacker to take full control of

 

FDA recalls defective iOS app that injured over 200 insulin pump users

An updated version of the iOS app is available that should resolve the issue for impacted Tandem Diabetes Care customers.

 

Cancer patients’ sensitive information accessed by “unidentified parties” after being left exposed by screening lab for years

A medical lab that specialises in cancer screenings has admitted to an alarming data breach that left sensitive patient information

 

Korea’s economy headed nowhere fast under Yoon

TOKYO – The champagne isn’t exactly flowing as South Korea’s Yoon Suk Yeol commemorates the two-year mark of his presidency.

 

4 Android file manager alternatives (that are better than the default app)

If you’re not happy with the default file manager on your Android device, other options offer more features and improved

 

ML suggests all that relaxing whale song might just be human-esque gossiping

Now this is our kind of click bait A study into whale language using machine learning has uncovered a complex

 

The Future of Phishing Email Training for Employees in Cybersecurity

By Waqas Discover the future of phishing email training, including personalized simulations, gamification, AI, and realistic scenarios. Empower your employees

 

South West police forces sign BT for managed IT service

Devon and Cornwall Police and Dorset Police join up for 10-year contract worth £70 millionUKAuthority.com – The leading independent publisher

 

RSA Conference 2024 – Announcements Summary (Day 3)

Hundreds of companies are showcasing their products and services this week at the 2024 edition of the RSA Conference in

 

Gemma Collins joyfully jumps into her specialist subject – herself

Celebrity anthology show Everything I Know About Me returns with the Towie star as its focus. Plus: five shows hosted

 

WiiM announces two new wireless audiophile streamers — one with a touchscreen

WiiM has announced two new audiophile streaming devices for the high end of its wireless audio streaming devices. Called the

 

US emboldening Philippines to square off with China at sea

US Marines joined Filipino counterparts on May 5, 2024, for a mock battle at a telling location: a small, remote

 

Meet My A.I. Friends

Our columnist spent the past month hanging out with 18 A.I. companions. They critiqued his clothes, chatted among themselves and

 

Experimental remix finally brings the former Unity 8 back to Ubuntu

Ubuntu Unity 24.04 arrives along with new little sibling, Ubuntu Lomiri Ubuntu Unity Noble Numbat is out, and alongside it,

 

Zscaler Investigates Hacking Claims After Data Offered for Sale

Zscaler says its customer, production and corporate environments are not impacted after a notorious hacker offers to sell access. The

 

Experts warn of two BIG-IP Next Central Manager flaws that allow device takeover

Two high-severity vulnerabilities in BIG-IP Next Central Manager can be exploited to gain admin control and create hidden accounts on

 

US Navy too slow, too outdated to match China’s surging fleet

Plagued by delays in ship repairs and outdated design practices, the US Navy faces mounting challenges in maintaining readiness and

 

Oracle ULA audits are a license to bill

Customers can be pushed into renewing agreements for fear of the unknown, but there are cheaper options Oracle is threatening

 

China’s EV giants driving onshore equity rally

Subscribe now for access at a special price of only $99/year. China’s economic success doesn’t necessarily sustain an equity rally David

 

Big brains divided over training AI with more AI: Is model collapse inevitable?

Gosh, here’s us thinking recursion was a solved problem AI model collapse – the degradation of quality expected from machine

 

E2E Security Testing via exploratory Testing

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Critical F5 Central Manager Vulnerabilities Allow Enable Full Device Takeover

Two security vulnerabilities have been discovered in F5 Next Central Manager that could be exploited by a threat actor to

 

Xi’s visit a hard reality check for EU-China relations

President Xi Jinping’s European tour, his first in five years, has shown how much EU member states, at least those

 

UKRI backs AI project in law enforcement

New round of funding under Responsible AI UK programmeUKAuthority.com – The leading independent publisher of public sector technology news….Read More

 

NHS App messaging provided £1.1 million savings over 2023-24

NHS England emphasises financial benefits of the serviceUKAuthority.com – The leading independent publisher of public sector technology news….Read More

 

Scotland’s Vouchsafe for digital identities goes to beta

Team opens up social vouching service to verify identities to the publicUKAuthority.com – The leading independent publisher of public sector

 

GDS publishes nine principles for One Login

Documents outline principles for identity services in governmentUKAuthority.com – The leading independent publisher of public sector technology news….Read More

 

Russia’s killer Lancet drone runs on American AI

When the Ukrainians have taken apart Russian weapons, they have found them stuffed with Western electronics, mainly American.  This applies

 

From chips to cloud, tech titans continue to splash cash across APAC

Intel and pals automate manufacturing in Japan while AWS pledges billions to Singapore Tech giants including Intel and AWS joined

 

Dozens of tech companies pledge to build safer, more secure tech

The commitments are voluntary, but CISA officials said they are committed to measuring progress by the signatories across key commitments

 

Logic Pro gets some serious AI—and a version bump—for Mac and iPad

Logic now goes to 11.Ars Technica – All contentRead More

 

DeepMind spinoff Isomorphic claims AlphaFold 3 predicts bio-matter down to the DNA

AI may help drug discovery, but not US drug affordability Google and DeepMind spinoff Isomorphic Labs has developed an AI

 

Asia’s hyperscalers hustle for juice as datacenters drain grid

Power shortages are driving the industry to once-unthinkable places Southeast Asia’s hyperscalers face plenty of challenges – from securing talent,

 

Zscaler takes “test environment” offline after rumors of a breach

Zscaler says that they discovered an exposed “test environment” that was taken offline for analysis after rumors circulated that a

 

Intel and motherboard makers disagree on how to stabilize your crashing i9 CPU

Photo by Tom Warren / The Verge Recently, motherboard makers have issued BIOS updates to improve the stability of Intel

 

Microsoft says it needs games like Hi-Fi Rush the day after killing its studio

Image: Tango Gameworks Today, one day after Microsoft announced that it would shut down four of its games studios, Matt

 

Apple’s New iPad Ad Leaves Its Creative Audience Feeling … Flat

An ad meant to show how the updated device can do many things has become a metaphor for a community’s

 

Disney, Hulu and Max Streaming Bundle Will Soon Become Available

The offering from Disney and Warner Bros. Discovery shows how rival companies are willing to work together to navigate an

 

Smashing Security podcast #371: Unmasking LockBitsupp, company extortion, and a Tinder fraudster

The kingpin of the LockBit ransomware is named and sanctioned, a cybersecurity consultant is charged with a $1.5 million extortion,

 

What do Europeans, Americans and Australians have in common? Scammed $50M by fake e-stores

BogusBazaar ripped off shoppers and scraped card details, but not in China A crime ring dubbed BogusBazaar has scammed 850,000

 

Boeing confirms attempted $200 million ransomware extortion attempt

That attempt was one of multiple “extremely large” ransom demands made by LockBit over the years, authorities said. The post

 

Zscaler says it was not hacked after rumors circulate online

Zscaler says that today’s rumors it was breached are false after a threat actor claimed to be selling access to one of the “largest cyber

 

Microsoft’s ‘air gapped’ AI is a bot set up to process top-secret info

Image: The Verge Microsoft Strategic Missions and Technology CTO William Chappell announced Tuesdday that it’s deployed a GPT-4 large language

 

Critical vulnerabilities in BIG-IP appliances leave big networks open to intrusion

Hackers can exploit them to gain full administrative control of internal devices.Ars Technica – All contentRead More

 

Dell responds to return-to-office resistance with VPN, badge tracking

Report claims new tracking starts May 13 with unclear consequences.Ars Technica – All contentRead More

 

Rivian crawls out covered in $1.5B of red ink, panting that it’s still alive

Leccy car maker ships bunch of vehicles, losing around $39K on each one Cost-cutting layoffs have had little effect on

 

University System of Georgia: 800K exposed in 2023 MOVEit attack

The University System of Georgia (USG) is sending data breach notifications to 800,000 individuals whose data was exposed in the 2023 Clop MOVEit attacks.

 

OpenAI’s Model Spec outlines some basic rules for AI

Illustration: The Verge AI tools behaving badly — like Microsoft’s Bing AI losing track of which year it is —

 

China’s Chang’e 6 Moon probe has a mysterious guest on board

Check out the little wheels on the upper left side. | Image: CAST China’s Chang’e 6 lunar probe mission is

 

The best automatic pet feeders of 2024

The best automatic pet feeders can feed your furry friends if you commute to work, are on vacation, or want

 

Microsoft builds $3.3B cloud campus on Foxconn’s failed Wisconsin LCD plant

A Pleasant spot to Mount an AI push After Foxconn’s failed effort to turn Mount Pleasant, Wisconsin, into an LCD

 

A Disney, Hulu, and Max streaming bundle is on the way

Illustration by Nick Barclay / The Verge There’s a new streaming bundle coming to town. Disney and Warner Bros. Discovery

 

Here are the best Apple Watch deals right now

The Apple Watch Series 9 doesn’t shake things up too much, but it does pack a handful of iterative updates.

 

Beijing: With Huawei curbs, US pushes ‘decoupling’

Huawei Technologies is at the center of yet another skirmish in the Sino-American tech war. The United States revoked some

 

Undersea cables are high-priority targets – it’s high time these global pathways were made more resilient

It’s ‘essential to national security’ ex-Navy intel officer tells us Interview As undersea cables carry increasing amounts of data, they

 

Walmart shopper data will soon feed targeted ads on Disney Plus and Hulu

Image: Nick Barclay / The Verge Advertisers can now use Walmart’s shopping data to target Disney’s streaming portfolio, which includes

 

OpenAI’s new Model Spec reveals more about how it wants AI to behave

The document gives users deeper insight into the company’s AI models. You have until May 22 to review and submit

 

Ascension healthcare takes systems offline after cyberattack

​Ascension, one of the largest private healthcare systems in the United States, has taken some of its systems offline to investigate

 

DeepMind adds a diffusion engine to latest protein-folding software

Major under-the-hood changes let AlphaFold handle protein-DNA complexes and more.Ars Technica – All contentRead More

 

New BIG-IP Next Central Manager bugs allow device takeover

F5 has fixed two high-severity BIG-IP Next Central Manager vulnerabilities, which can be exploited to gain admin control and create

 

LockBit gang claimed responsibility for the attack on City of Wichita

The LockBit ransomware group has added the City of Wichita to its Tor leak site and threatened to publish stolen

 

You can save 15 percent on an LG C3, now as low as $847

The LG C3 is still one of the best gaming OLEDs you can buy in 2024. | Image: LG With

 

Stack Overflow suspends user for editing posts in OpenAI protest

A recent partnership announcement between OpenAI and Stack Overflow has some members concerned that their data is being used without

 

The best indoor TV antenna of 2024: Expert tested

These are the best antennas I’ve tested that give you a cheap and easy way to watch free live TV.Latest

 

Why the iPad Mini is still the best iPad for me in 2024 (and not the Air or Pro)

The new 2024 iPad Pro and Air are forces to be reckoned with. But the iPad Mini has become my

 

Release Candidate of iOS 17.5 & iPadOS 17.5 Available for Testing

Apple has issued release candidate builds for iOS 17.5, iPadOS 17.5, watchOS 10.5, tvOS 17.5, and visionOS 1.2. MacOS Sonoma

 

Inside Microsoft’s Xbox turmoil

Microsoft launched a fiery Xbox controller on the same day it announced gaming layoffs. | Image: Microsoft Just hours after

 

Get an iRobot Braava Jet m6 robot mop for $299 with this limited-time deal

The Braava Jet m6 is iRobot’s tried-and-true robot mop. Popular for its effective mopping and reliability, buyers can take advantage

 

The Xbox app on Windows is getting even more handheld-friendly

Photo by Tom Warren / The Verge Microsoft introduced a compact mode for its Xbox app on Windows last year,

 

IntelBroker Hacker Claims Breach of Top Cybersecurity Firm, Selling Access

By Waqas The norotious IntelBroker hackers claims to have breached a leading cybersecurity company (revenue: $1.8 billion). The hacker is

 

G.M. to Retire the Chevy Malibu to Make More EVs

The gasoline-powered Malibu was the last affordable sedan sold by Chevrolet, the General Motors brand, in the United States.NYT >

 

Sonos’ new S2 app simplifies audio control, but there’s a catch – or two

The audio giant’s web-based platform unifies user experience across all devices, but what about hardware compatibility and future upgrades?Latest newsRead

 

How to Fix the Apple Watch Squiggly Line Screen

Apple Watch users may occasionally see a black screen with a squiggly line that looks like a charging cable and

 

America will make at least quarter of advanced chips in 2032, compared to China’s 2%

Projecting much, US semiconductor industry? By 2032 America is projected to produce 28 percent of the world’s most advanced processors

 

Best Buy Introduces First Discounts on M4 iPad Pro for Members

Best Buy has the first discounts we’ve tracked on the brand new M4 iPad Pro, available exclusive to My Best

 

The best Android phones to buy in 2024: Expert tested and reviewed

We’ve tested every major Android phone released over the last year and handpicked your best options from Google, Samsung, OnePlus,

 

People sure are pressed about Apple’s crushing iPad commercial

Sometimes, this is me. | Screenshot: Apple Credit where it’s due: the commercial for the new iPad Pro is impeccable.

 

Token Security Raises $7 Million Seed Funding for Machine-First Identity Security

Tel Aviv-based firm emerged from stealth with $7 million seed funding led by TLV Partners with participation from SNR and

 

New TunnelVision technique can bypass the VPN encapsulation

TunnelVision is a new VPN bypass technique that enables threat actors to spy on users’ traffic bypassing the VPN encapsulation.

 

Is this mystery chatbot really GPT-4.5 in disguise? Here’s how to see for yourself

People are using the ‘im-a-good-gpt2-chatbot’ for some impressive tasks – and you can, too. Here’s how.Latest newsRead More

 

2024 iPad Pro: Best New Features

Apple finally refreshed the iPad Pro, and the new feature set was worth the wait. From new OLED display technology

 

Kendrick Lamar vs. Drake Beef Crashed the Genius Website

The furious exchange of diss tracks and the rush to interpret each song briefly overwhelmed Genius, where users can annotate

 

mlcsec/SharpGraphView: Microsoft Graph API post-exploitation toolkit

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Apple’s hardware blitz in the M4 iPad Pro is missing the software magic to make it sing

Cupertino’s challenge will be aligning breakthrough hardware, like the AI-powered M4 chip, with cutting-edge software.Latest newsRead More

 

Marvel is bringing a mixed reality edition of What If…? to the Vision Pro

Who watches the watcher watching The Watcher watching them? | Image: Marvel / Disney The Vision Pro is about to

 

One of the most premium Chromebooks I’ve tested is cheaper than you’d think

HP’s Chromebook Plus x360 is a speedy 2-in-1 with a comfy keyboard and a whole suite of work-ready functionality.Latest newsRead

 

The judge in Epic v. Apple thinks Apple’s being shady about buttons and links

Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge Epic Games and Apple are in court for evidentiary hearings for the next couple

 

SpiNNcloud Systems unveils Arm-based ‘neuromorphic supercomputer’

Brain-inspired chip folks set to show off hardware at ISC next week SpiNNcloud Systems says it is making commercially available

 

FYI… Renewable energy sources behind 30% of the world’s electricity in 2023

It ain’t all sunshine and windmills – and guess who’s in the lead? China Thirty percent of the world’s electricity

 

Google DeepMind’s new AI can model DNA, RNA, and ‘all life’s molecules’

Illustration: The Verge Google DeepMind is introducing an improved version of its AI model that predicts not just the structure

 

Top FBI Official Urges Agents to Use Warrantless Wiretaps on US Soil

An internal email from FBI deputy director Paul Abbate, obtained by WIRED, tells employees to search for “US persons” in

 

The best TV deals of May 2024

These are the best deals on TVs and TV accessories from brands like Samsung, Sony, Hisense, and LG.Latest newsRead More

 

How AI helped scientists find an alphabet in sperm whale sounds

With assistance from machine learning, MIT researchers discover the language of sperm whales is much more complex than previously believed.Latest

 

Grab an iPad (9th Gen) for just $250 after Apple’s latest release

New iPads just hit the market yesterday, but you can grab the 2021 iPad (9th Gen) for $80 off.Latest newsRead

 

Nothing preposterous about our Foreign Legion story

As Asia Times has noted in updated versions of a Stephen Bryen article that appears on our home page, France

 

The best robot mops for 2024: Expert tested and reviewed

I tested the best robot mops from iRobot, Dreame, and more, so you can finally ditch the mop and bucket

 

12 iPhone apps that I can’t live without (and why you need them, too)

There are nearly two million apps available on the App Store, but these are the 12 most useful, and I’m

 

The best robot vacuums for 2024: Expert tested and reviewed

I’ve tested nearly every popular robot vacuum on the market from brands like Roomba, Dreame, Shark, and more. These are

 

Peacock is turning The Office into a franchise with a new spinoff series

Newer shows like Abbott Elementary have proven that there’s still interest in mockumentary-style TV more than a decade after The

 

You can get a $100 gift card when you preorder Google’s Pixel 8A

Say Aloe to my little friend. | Photo: Vjeran Pavic / The Verge Apple and Sonos aren’t the only companies

 

FTX Customers Poised to Recover All Funds Lost in Collapse

Bankruptcy lawyers for FTX said customers of the cryptocurrency exchange were set to get all their money back, plus interest.NYT