US bank places trust in ransomware crew that promised to delete its data

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Nvidia's Vera CPU features 88 custom cores, 176 threads, 1.5 TB RAM, and 1.8 TB/s NVLink connectivity for datacenters.
Enterprise cloud infrastructure revenue exceeds $143 billion per quarter with accelerating growth.
Security news includes phishing attacks posing as Signal support, Microsoft SharePoint zero-day exploitation, and a ransomware anniversary with no end in sight.
Open source updates: GNOME offers taskbar without extensions, Debian releases final x86-32 version, and Cinnamon 6.8 adds Wayland support.
Vulnerabilities in Joomla extensions (iCagenda, Balbooa) are being actively exploited with perfect CVSS scores.
DEF CON's Franklin project enlists hackers to harden critical infrastructure, and voting village reports succeed.
EQT acquires a majority stake in cybersecurity firm Acronis at a valuation of over $3.5 billion.

UK requires datacenters to pay refundable fees for grid connection requests to deter frivolous applications.
New storage-inspired high-bandwidth flash memory could enable GPUs with multiple TB capacity, though not without challenges.
Open source project ShieldFont uses poisoned fonts to protect text from AI scrapers.

High-bandwidth flash memory technology could enable GPUs with multiple TB capacity, combining SSD-like capacities with HBM-like speeds.
ShieldFont, an open source project, poisons fonts to fool AI scrapers and protect text content.
For the first time, the majority of corporate IT workloads are now off-premises, according to a survey.

OpenAI launches 'Presence' consulting service to deploy AI agents, suggesting margins lie in implementation as models commoditize.
A Windows stealer malware targets over 300 apps and uses an AI profiler to maximize profits for criminals.
Chinese open-source AI models are now competitive globally, challenging assumptions about superiority.

AMD launches Helios rack-scale AI system, outperforming Nvidia's Vera Rubin on paper.
Model Context Protocol undergoes major overhaul, dropping sessions and stateful features.
Tesla spends $1 billion on chips and robots, with Optimus and Robotaxis as key bets.

New storage-inspired memory tech could enable GPUs with multiple TB of capacity, combining SSD-like capacities with HBM-like speeds.
An open source project called ShieldFont poisons fonts to fool AI scrapers and protect copy.
For the first time, the majority of corporate IT workloads are now off-premises, according to a survey.

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