Content: Follow Up, Security, AI, New Tech, Other Tech News & Goodbye Tech
Welcome to todays ‘What’s New’ in tech. A roundup of key subjects you should probably know about listed below for your ease of access. If you think we’ve missed a story please email us on queries@ringingtreeit.co.uk and we’ll endeavour to add it.
Sometimes the News releases updates to stories we’ve shared.
This section will appear when we spot them so you can keep appraised.
“Europe’s largest local authority canceled expected savings baked into financial plans“
4 Minute Read
“Minister issues denial – it’s just an upgrade to the ‘web-management system’“
“Researchers find it’s possible to downgrade authentication checks, and shabby token refresh policies“
“Windows giant tells Cisco Talos it isn’t fixing them“
“Pretending you’re a server won’t stop the hardware police“
3 Minute Read
“Names, addresses, Social Security numbers, more all out there“
“US politicians and Israeli officials among the top targets for the IRGC’s cyber unit“
“A fix is coming, but data analytics giant Palantir says it’s ditching Android devices altogether because Google’s response to the vulnerability has been troubling.“
4 Minute Read
“A website linked to National Public Data’s massive breach was storing passwords for its back end database in a file that anyone could’ve accessed.“
“Here’s how to get started with the open source tool Continue“
“And as Anthropic boss reckons there’s ‘a good chance … we’ll be able to get models that are better than most humans at most things’“
“A week after falsely claiming Kamala Harris’ campaign used AI to inflate crowd sizes, Trump is now posting AI-generated photos of Taylor Swift fans endorsing him.“
“We’re all going to learn how comfortable we are in the AI photo era — and it’s going to happen real fast.“
3 Minute Read
“A background-checking company has confirmed it suffered a data breach, months after hackers started advertising stolen files with billions of lines of personal information.“
“The AI-upgraded drones are coming to Ikea’s Perryville, Maryland, warehouse soon.“
4 Minute Read
“System will generate copyrighted characters in violent scenes, and misleading pictures of celebrities and politicians“
5 Minute Read
“High on a mountain, in Chile’s bone dry Atacama desert the European Space Observatory (ESO) is currently building the world’s largest optical telescope.“
“AI’s thirst for power is only making things worse“
3 Minute Read
“Distributed database biz doesn’t like bigger customers using the free version of its software“
“Controversial payment systems set for another lease of life“
“Eric Schmidt blamed WFH and work-life balance policies for Google’s stumbles in AI race“
“It’s time to turn off Snap Tap or Snappy Tappy.“
3 Minute Read
“The social media platform said a Brazilian Supreme Court judge, Alexandre de Moraes, threatened its legal representative in Brazil with arrest if it did not comply with his “censorship orders”.“
5 Minute Read
“As he slipped the key card into the reader on his hotel room door and tried the handle – to no avail – he realised what he had done.“
3 Minute Read
“DroneUp is shutting down Walmart drone deliveries in Arizona, Utah, and Florida.“
“The FAT32 size limit is moving from 32GB to 2TB in the latest Windows 11 builds.“
