Prisoners build websites, self-esteem, and skills • The Register
WEB9 hours ago · Thu 25 Apr 2024 // 11:00 UTC. Teaching prisoners how to design and program websites turns out to improve their sense of self-worth and provides them with digital literacy skills that help them stay out of prison. Boffins at MIT CSAIL and University of Massachusetts Lowell report that their Brave Behind Bars program, a …
Mandiant: Orgs are sniffing out cybercrims faster than ever
WEB2 days ago · Tue 23 Apr 2024 // 13:05 UTC. The average time taken by global organizations to detect cyberattacks has dropped to its lowest-ever level of ten days, Mandiant revealed today. The cyber shop says the downward trend continues from last year's 16 days and should be seen as "a big victory for the good guys," but a deeper look into the underlying ...
CIOs and biz buyers views AI PCs with some caution • The Register
WEB2 days ago · In fact, device spending is forecast to grow just 3.6 percent year on year in 2024. Ranjit Atwal, Gartner research director focused on the impact of Gen on AI PCs, told The Register today: "If PC vendors insist on charging a premium for AI PCs without demonstrable benefits, then business will buy no-AI PCs or those with lower specs.
US Chamber of Commerce to sue FTC for ban on noncompetes
WEB1 day ago · In the final rule [PDF] the FTC determined that noncompetes and their enforcement were "an unfair method of competition," making them a violation of Section 5 of the FTC Act. Section 5 [PDF] prohibits "unfair or deceptive acts or practices in or affecting commerce.". The move to abolish the clauses has its critics, unsurprisingly among the nation's employers.
Microsoft to make recommendations in Windows 11 • The Register
WEBApr 15, 2024 · Microsoft is to try out "recommendations" – ads for apps in the Microsoft Store – in the Windows 11 Start Menu, but only for a small set of US Beta Channel Windows Insiders at first. The Windows behemoth is known for running ads in its flagship operating system. In 2022, the company released a build that displayed ads in File Explorer ...
Google location tracking deal could be derailed by politics
WEBTue 16 Apr 2024 // 10:45 UTC. Google's plan to pay $62 million to settle allegations that it tracked people even when their Location History setting was switched off may have to be renegotiated based on several objections. These include an objection to the proposal on the grounds that there was a lack of payment to those affected, allegations ...
Authors Guild begs OpenAI, Alphabet, Meta for fair pay • The …
WEBJul 18, 2023 · AI in brief More than 8,000 writers have signed an open letter penned by the US Authors Guild urging leaders from six top AI companies to obtain consent and compensate them for training models on their copyrighted work. More than 8,000 writers have signed an open letter penned by the US Authors Guild urging leaders from six top AI companies to obtain
Keeping one step ahead of cyber security threats • The Register
WEBMar 1, 2024 · Webinar Dealing with cyber security incidents is an expensive business. Each data breach costs an estimated $4.35 million on average and it's not as if the volume of cyber attacks is falling - last year, they rose by 38 percent according to Google Cloud.
NVD slowdown leaves thousands of vulns without analysis data
WEBMar 22, 2024 · But soon, infoseccers began to take note of a problem. Just weeks after the NVD update, Josh Bressers, VP of Security at software security outfit Anchore, published a post noting that since "February 15, 2024, NIST has almost completely stopped updating NVD ." "Thousands of CVE IDs" had been published "without any …
New Privacy Shield agreement is almost there – report
WEBFeb 3, 2022 · Are we nearly there yet?
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