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Meta’s AI copyright win comes with a warning about fair use
Meta won a major legal ruling in an AI copyright lawsuit brought by 13 authors alleging that the company illegally trained its AI systems on their work without permission. On Wednesday, Judge Vince Chhabria ruled in Meta’s favor, saying it is “entitled to summary judgment on its fair use defense to the claim that copying these plaintiffs’ books for use…
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US issues cyber threat warning amid Middle East tensions
The US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is warning of an increased cyber risk following the US’ intervention in the conflict between Israel and Iran. Both hacktivists and Iranian government-affiliated actors are routinely targeting poorly-secured US networks and internet-connected devices for disruptive cyber attacks, it said. “The ongoing Iran conflict is causing a heightened threat environment in the United States,”…
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‘Developers will need to adapt’: Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella joins Google’s Sundar Pichai in revealing the scale of AI-generated code at the tech giants – and it’s a stark warning for software developers
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella says up to 30% of the tech giant’s code was written by AI, prompting more questions over the impact of the technology on software development. Speaking during a fireside chat with Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg at LlamaCon last month, Nadella revealed that anywhere between 20% to 30% of code was “written by software” – essentially meaning…
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What the Dashboard Warning Lights Mean in Your Car
What it means: When a tire that’s getting power from the engine loses grip, the traction control system (TCS) activates and this light flashes. This usually happens because the car has detected that one wheel is spinning significantly faster than the others, so it limits power and uses the brakes to maintain grip. This improves overall traction and prevents dangerous…
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CISA issues warning in wake of Oracle cloud credentials leak
CISA has issued a warning over the risk of data breaches following a security incident affecting legacy Oracle cloud environments, urging enterprises to shore up defences. In an advisory published Wednesday 16th April, the security agency said the incident “presents a potential risk to organizations and individuals” despite unconfirmed reports on the scale of the breach. CISA specifically highlighted risks…
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10 Warning Signs That Someone Incompetent (or Unethical) Is Flipping a House
If you’re in the market for a new home, there’s a pretty good chance you’ve toured a few “flipped” houses—properties that were recently purchased, quickly renovated, and just as quickly put back on the market. Even amid the current real estate crunch, house flipping remains a popular business model: In the first quarter of 2024, 67,817 houses were flipped, which…
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Warning issued over ‘fast flux’ techniques used to obscure malicious signals on compromised networks
Organizations are at risk of falling prey to a common network vulnerability that allows threat actors to evade detection and spread malware with impunity, law enforcement agencies have warned. ‘Fast flux’ is a domain-based technique used to hide communications sent by malware to its command and control (C2) infrastructure – the malicious servers that send out updates and new directions…
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Security experts issue warning over the rise of ‘gray bot’ AI web scrapers
Security firm Barracuda has called for organizations to factor AI bots that scrape data from public websites into their security strategies, labelling them not as good or bad bots, but “gray bots”. Defining these three categories of bot, senior principal software engineer for application security engineering at Barracuda Rahul Gupta said: “There are good bots – such as search engine…
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FBI issues warning over free online file converters that infect your PC with malware
Regardless of how tech savvy you may be, chances are you’ve likely turned to a free online file converter for help with quickly changing a file from one type to another. However, you may want to think twice before doing so, as the FBI is now warning that hackers are using these free tools to spread dangerous malware to vulnerable…
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CISA issues warning over Medusa ransomware after 300 victims from critical sectors impacted
CISA has issued an alert over ongoing activity linked to the Medusa ransomware as a service (RaaS) group, warning it has impacted hundreds of critical organizations. The agency issued a joint advisory alongside the FBI and the Multi-State Information Sharing and Analysis Center (MS-ISAC), stating that as of February 2025 Medusa developers and affiliates had hit over 300 victims in…
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