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- Data breach hitting PowerSchool looks very, very badby Dan Goodin on 23. Januar 2025 at 12:30
Schools are now notifying families their data has been stolen.
- Researchers say new attack could take down the European power gridby Dan Goodin on 23. Januar 2025 at 12:00
Power grid in Central Europe uses unencrypted radio signals to add and shed loads.
- The Internet is (once again) awash with IoT botnets delivering record DDoSesby Dan Goodin on 22. Januar 2025 at 15:10
Bigger, badder DDoSes are flooding the Internet. Dismal IoT security is largely to blame.
- Cutting-edge Chinese “reasoning” model rivals OpenAI o1—and it’s free to downloadby Benj Edwards on 21. Januar 2025 at 18:28
DeepSeek R1 is free to run locally and modify, and it matches OpenAI’s o1 in several benchmarks.
- Home Microsoft 365 plans use Copilot AI features as pretext for a price hikeby Andrew Cunningham on 16. Januar 2025 at 19:49
“Classic” plans without AI or price increases are only for current subscribers.
- Microsoft patches Windows to eliminate Secure Boot bypass threatby Dan Goodin on 16. Januar 2025 at 13:24
File that neutered Secure Boot passed Microsoft’s internal review process.
- US splits world into three tiers for AI chip accessby Benj Edwards on 13. Januar 2025 at 16:18
While close US allies get unrestricted AI chip access, the rest of the world has numerical limits.