angry tapir shared this news from Computerworld: An open-source chip project is out to break the dominance of proprietary chips offered by Intel, AMD, and ARM… A startup called SiFive is the first to make a business out of the…
'Weaponized' Twitter Bots Spread Info From French Campaign Hack
“The French media and public have been warned not to spread details about a hacking attack on presidential candidate Emmanuel Macron,” writes Slashdot reader schwit1, with the election commission threatening criminal charges. But meanwhile, “the leaked documents have since spread…
Facebook Closes Its Oculus VR Studio
puddingebola writes: Facebook has closed Oculus VR Studio. The studio was a maker of original VR films, but now will only assist other studios. This makes it official, as the studio had been shuttered since the departure of Palmer Luckey….
Debian 8.8 Released
prisoninmate quotes Softpedia: The Debian Project announced today Debian GNU/Linux 8.8, the most advanced stable version of the Jessie series, which brings corrections for numerous packages and various security flaws discovered and patched since the release of the Debian GNU/Linux…
Swarm AI Spectacularly Fails To Predict Kentucky Derby Winners A Second Time
Thursday TechRepublic described the big prediction: In May 2016, a relatively unknown startup called Unanimous A.I. made big headlines when its AI-based platform used collective intelligence to create a prediction for the Kentucky Derby superfecta — the top four horses,…
Researchers Disclose Intel AMT Flaw Research
Security firm Embedi releases further details on the Intel AMT flaw, revealing how it can be exploited and how potentially dangerous it can be.