Hasty Briefsbeta

Bilingual

Micron locks in historically high memory prices for five years

5 hours ago
  • #Cybersecurity
  • #AI
  • #Open Source
  • AI giants are funding a non-profit to retrain workers impacted by AI automation.
  • OpenAI is moving its employees beyond chat to agents, and Codex is for non-developers too.
  • Apple is increasing prices for iPads and Macs, but iPhones remain unchanged for now.
  • Amazon is investing $13 billion in India's AI and cloud infrastructure as part of a larger $48 billion plan.
  • Elastic is reducing its workforce by 7% as AI automation takes on more engineering tasks.
  • Russian attackers are using fake Signal support for phishing, while the US tackles Iranian propaganda sites.
  • Microsoft's patches failed to fix on-prem SharePoint, which is now under zero-day attack.
  • DEF CON's Franklin project engages hackers to protect critical infrastructure, expanding across the conference.
  • EQT acquired a majority stake in Acronis, valuing the cybersecurity company at over $3.5 billion.
  • Ten years after corporate ransomware began, Mikko Hyppönen sees no end to it, but notes infosec offers stable careers.
  • Collabora released CODE 26.04 with Markdown support and optional AI, intensifying competition in FOSS office suites.
  • GIMP 0.54 was revived as a Flatpak for retro-computing enthusiasts, using the original Motif interface.
  • Bcachefs has exited experimental status in a new release, with more Rust and issues related to AI content.
  • France's digital sovereignty efforts face challenges in moving users from Microsoft Office, despite Nextcloud storage solutions.
  • The history of CentOS traces from a biochemist's hobby to becoming a default enterprise OS after Red Hat's shift.
  • A Netflix engineer created and open-sourced Project Headroom to significantly reduce AI computing costs.