AI
OPINION #### Microsoft's moolah mountain is more massive than ever. It just doesn't want the people who built itFlash the cash, flush the cache #
Amazon sends chills through its workforce with mixed message memo about AI useA lot of software engineers feel bleak about the future of the profession
Backbone of a beast – charting Nvidia's rise to networking titanHow a $6.9B bet on Mellanox made Nvidia bigger than Cisco, and the world's most valuable company to boot
Domestic droid gone amok? Don't worry, you're coveredInsurance firms look to insulate domestic humanoid robot owners against the inevitable chaos they will bring
Google's search revenue Ferrari hits an AI-powered speed bumpJust wait 'til we add more AI and this thing'll really fly
Infosec
Security #### Russians are posing as Signal support to launch phishing attacksPLUS: US takes down Iranian propaganda sites; Marketing company asks 'Why Do We Have Your Information?' And more! #
Security #### Microsoft patches failed to fix on-prem SharePoint, which is now under zero-day attackPLUS: China upgrades smartphone surveillance tools; Ring eases anti-snooping stance; and more #
Black Hat and DEF CON #### DEF CON Franklin project enlists hackers to harden critical infrastructureVoting village reports have been so successful, says Jeff Moss, that the whole of DEF CON will now be included #
Security #### EQT buys majority share in Swiss cybersecurity biz AcronisWent at equivalent of $3.5B+ valuation for entire firm, though portion sold not specified #
Malware Month #### Ten years since the first corp ransomware, Mikko Hyppönen sees no end in sightOn the plus side, infosec's a good bet for a long, stable career
FOSS
AlpineBSD announced – an AI-free FOSS OSCombining the NetBSD kernel with the Alpine Linux userland
Ubuntu 27.04 may bring a preview of the long-awaited Core DesktopCanonical has a long way to catch up, but it knows who it's chasing
Systemd adds support for RustWhat's even better than Rust in the Linux kernel? Rust in systemd!
FreeBSD founder ports Omarchy to FreeBSD in ten days, ten releasesDaemonarchy is unaffiliated with the Linux original, built with AI help, and could complicate FreeBSD's debate over AI contributions
SparkyOS: Lightweight general-purpose Arch, on a pendriveInteresting new project from the minds behind SparkyLinux
Red Hat helps teach about tech writingBut learns tough lessons about AI in the process
source & further reading
theregister.com — original article
From Expertise to Intelligence: NISCO Deploys World's First Swarm-Intelligence Steel Model at Scale
Crim spent $7K+ on AI services in extortion attacks, then left evidence for all to see
Topcoat enables Rust to render server-side web apps