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Microsoft is rebuilding its security business around AI, and cutting hundreds
Microsoft is the biggest seller of cybersecurity software on the planet. Now it is tearing that business up and rebuilding it around AI. The overhaul means more AI security tools, fewer traditional products, and merged engineering teams. It has already cost several hundred jobs, The Information reported. The driver is fear, and money. Companies are […]
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Period tracker Stardust shares users’ health data with analytics firm, says Mozilla research
How a former DeepMind researcher raised at a $300M pre-seed valuation before launching a product
The UK won’t restrict VPNs after all, and its own research is why
The UK looked set to crack down on VPNs as it tightens the rules for children online. Instead it has backed off, and its own research is the reason why. Online Safety Minister Kanishka Narayan put it plainly on the BBC. “We decided not to limit VPNs,” he said. A VPN hides a user’s real […]
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Oak raised $60M to give every user, machine, and AI agent one identity system
Most companies still cannot say who, or what, has access to their systems at any given moment. Oak, an Israeli startup, has raised $60M to fix that, and it is betting AI agents make the problem urgent. The company came out of stealth with the seed round, it said. Its aim is an “identity operating […]
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Microsoft’s record Patch Tuesday, and it says AI found the bugs
Microsoft has never shipped a bigger security update. Its July Patch Tuesday fixed a record haul of flaws, and the company says AI is why the count keeps climbing. The scale is hard to ignore. By Microsoft’s own count, the update patched 622 vulnerabilities. That more than tripled June’s tally, which had set a record […]
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Oracle leads the race to build Japan a secret, air-gapped cloud
Oracle is leading the race to build Japan an air-gapped cloud, sealed off from the internet. Washington wants it to counter Chinese hacking. Before the US shares more of its secrets with Japan, it wants Japan to lock them down. Oracle is now the front-runner to build the vault. Larry Ellison’s company has pulled ahead […]
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OpenAI built an AI super-hacker to break its own models, then locked it away
OpenAI has trained an elite hacker, then locked it in a cage. Its whole job is to break OpenAI’s own AI. The company says it is too dangerous to let anyone else near it. The model is called GPT-Red, and OpenAI detailed it this week. It is an automated red-teamer: software that hunts for ways […]
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Here’s the Truth About Whether Meta’s NameTag Face Recognition Tech ‘Exists’
Here’s the Truth About Whether Meta’s NameTag Face Recognition Tech ‘Exists’ Read More »