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- South Korean chip startup FuriosaAI is expanding into European datacenters with its RNGD accelerators at Equinix's Lisbon facilities.
- Enterprise AI adoption is facing security challenges, with a majority reporting incidents or vulnerabilities.
- Researchers are using quantum computers and AI to tackle fusion fuel issues, with institutions like the DOE and IBM simulating molten salts for tritium production.
- Software engineers can earn high salaries at fast-growing companies, though AI's impact on the tech business is complex.
- Microsoft is restructuring its commercial and Xbox teams, acknowledging rapid global changes and the need to avoid complacency.
- Phishing attacks involving Russians posing as Signal support are occurring, alongside US takedowns of Iranian propaganda sites.
- Microsoft's patches for on-prem SharePoint failed, leaving it vulnerable to zero-day attacks, amid other security updates.
- DEF CON's Franklin project is engaging hackers to strengthen critical infrastructure, with the event now fully incorporating these efforts.
- EQT has acquired a majority stake in Acronis, valuing the cybersecurity company at over $3.5 billion.
- Despite a decade of corporate ransomware, there's no end in sight, but cybersecurity remains a stable career option.
- Collabora's CODE 26.04 release enhances FOSS office suites with Markdown support and AI integration, though AI is off by default.
- GIMP 0.54 has been revived as a Flatpak for retro-computing enthusiasts, using Motif instead of GTK.
- Bcachefs has left experimental status with a performance-focused release, incorporating more Rust but facing AI-related issues.
- France's push for digital sovereignty struggles to move users away from Microsoft products, as shown by Nextcloud rollouts.
- CentOS evolved from a biochemist's hobby into a default enterprise OS after community efforts post-Red Hat's shift.
- Netflix engineer open-sourced Project Headroom, an app designed to significantly reduce AI-related costs.