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Scania confirms insurance claim data breach in extortion attempt
Automotive giant Scania confirmed it suffered a cybersecurity incident where threat actors used compromised credentials to breach its Financial Services systems and steal insurance claim documents. Scania told BleepingComputer that the attackers emailed several Scania employees, threatening to leak the data online unless their demands were met. Scania is a major Swedish manufacturer of heavy trucks, buses, and industrial and…
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How to File a Claim in Apple’s Siri Lawsuit Settlement
Siri is a virtual assistant integrated into most Apple devices that, when called upon, can answer questions or perform specific on-device tasks, like setting an alarm or sending a text. While some Siri voice requests are processed locally on your device, others may be sent to and processed on Apple’s servers, the company says. Transcripts of your Siri requests may…
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Researchers claim ChatGPT o3 bypassed shutdown in controlled test
A new report claims that OpenAI’s o3 model altered a shutdown script to avoid being turned off, even when explicitly instructed to allow shutdown. OpenAI announced o3 in April 2025, and it’s one of the most powerful reasoning models that performs better than its predecessors across all domains, including coding, math, science, visual perception, and more. While it’s clearly a great model,…
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A decade-long ban on AI laws is a “terrible idea” for everyone but big tech, critics claim
A proposed decade-long ban on US states implementing AI laws is a “terrible idea” that highlights the scale of big tech lobbying, according to critics. Earlier this week, a Republican-led committee proposed a budget reconciliation bill which at the last minute tucked within its pages a clause that would ban state-level AI regulation for the next ten years. If approved,…
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CISOs take the back seat as dev teams claim responsibility for application security
Application security is becoming an increasingly important factor in the purchasing decisions of software companies, with responsibility shifting towards development teams. According to findings from Checkmarx’ annual report, 49% of chief information security officers (CISOs) from a range of industries and regions said buyers regularly factor it in, with a quarter saying that application security is always a factor in…
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You can now claim for Apple’s $95 million Siri spying settlement
Eligible Apple customers can now apply for their share of a $95 million Siri snooping payout. A website has been set up to distribute the funds, allowing Apple device owners in the US who experienced an unintended Siri activation during private conversations between September 17th, 2014, and December 31st, 2024, to submit a claim. The payout is related to a…
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Significance of Intel’s NPU benchmark claim questioned – Computerworld
Randall added, “as AI-native apps mature and the demand for more performance increases (like how Photoshop increasingly offloads AI to the NPU to free up GPUs and extend battery life), then those benchmarks will become increasingly relevant, especially if on-device private AI (for example, small language models) become commonplace in new device releases.” As for how fast it actually needs…
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US Officials Claim DeepSeek AI App Is ‘Designed To Spy on Americans’
Image: iStock/BeeBright A bipartisan report, recently issued by the US Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), accuses DeepSeek of a series of subversive, illegal, and immoral practices. Moreover, the tech giant NVIDIA is also catching the ire of US government officials for supplying DeepSeek with the chips needed to create the AI models. Investigating DeepSeek The report, titled…
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Get a free Xbox game with your Amazon Prime subscription — here’s how to claim yours before it’s gone
They say the best things in life are free, and one of the best perks of an Amazon Prime membership is the free games you can claim each month with Prime Gaming. Right now, subscribers to the online retailer’s premium membership can score a free copy of a best-selling Xbox game: Minecraft Legends. Minecraft Legends is an action-strategy spin-off of…
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Researchers claim their protocol can create truly random numbers on a current quantum computer
She added, “over the years, there have been issues of poor random number generation that have hampered cryptographic implementations. There are also many reputable random number generation methods available. Using a quantum computer for random number generation is certainly an option, though there may be questions about cost or scalability.” Could be used on near-term quantum machines The authors of…
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