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Air Security: Not Serious

A top level security probe is under way after a 12-year-old boy walked on to a plane unchecked with no documents at the height of the terror scare. The boy boarded a plane at Gatwick on Monday despite airport security being on red-alert. Want more data points that support the idea that – mechanical…
Lesson Not Learned

The director of the Canadian Security Intelligence Service said Tuesday that the spy agency avoids racial profiling because it is “fundamentally stupid” and does not knowingly use information gleaned under torture offshore because the practice is “morally repugnant.” James Judd told a gathering of Canadian judges on Tuesday that he is “acutely aware” of complaints…
The New Collection / Production Management

In my embargoed contribution to a pending book on reform, I argue that going the networked/wiki-ed/blogged route is both a nice way to cut out a lot of the overhead associated with the intel process. As it works now it is very hierarchical, with gatekeepers at every turn and operating at a pace that makes tortoises look…
Let the Flailing Begin

So controversial is the forthcoming National Intelligence Estimate on Iraq, say officials and observers, that even the terms of reference are likely to be the subject of intense, but highly secret, discussion and debate. Somewhere in a conference room in Northern Virginia, roughly two-dozen seniors and their backups are sitting around a table and bickering…
Here Comes the Judge

The plot has also revealed the indispensability of good counterterrorism intelligence. A defense against terrorists, as against other enemies of the nation, must be multilayered to have a reasonable chance of being effective. One of the outer defenses is intelligence, designed to detect plots in advance so that they can be thwarted. One of the…
As they bloody well should

The [UK] Government is discussing with airport operators plans to introduce a screening system that allows security staff to focus on those passengers who pose the greatest risk. The passenger-profiling technique involves selecting people who are behaving suspiciously, have an unusual travel pattern or, most controversially, have a certain ethnic or religious background. The system…
No connection . . .

. . . execpt for the tactic. Incredible: The FBI said Monday it had no information to indicate that the three Texas men arrested in Michigan with about 1,000 cell phones in their van had any direct connection to known terrorist groups. Also, a prosecutor in a separate Ohio case said he can¹t prove a…
I don’t buy it

This is what passes for CT analysis at Time. Acceptance that this is less an AQ issue than it is a terrorism issue is a nice change of pace from the class that loves to poo-poo any disrupted plot that doesn’t reveal the perps had wallets full of AQ business cards. Note however the quick…
The Difference Between LE and DI

As a friend from one of the Commonwealth nations points out, “Nice job by the domestic intelligence service,” which is his subtle but well-meaning dig at both our FBI and larger intelligence apparatus. Domestic tip-off; foreign intelligence supplement; and allied intel cooperation all operationalized for the door-kickers inside of a year. Were this a US…
Clarity, Quick Hits & A Suggestion

As I alluded to earlier, it is a little hard to accurately assess things if you’re not prepared to use accurate if un-PC language. US and UK media might have an aversion to mentioning the Muslim connection, but the Italian media apparently does not. Ethnic and religious descriptions are hardly immaterial in situations like this,…
More Terror Plot Short Takes

Bloody day job . . . Surveillance, electronic or otherwise, works: By late 2005, the probe had expanded to involve several hundred investigators on three continents. They kept dozens of suspects under close surveillance for months, even as some of the plotters traveled between Britain and Pakistan to raise money, find recruits and refine their…
Go Big Blue

As a guy who knows a thing or two about warning systems, I watched again with dismay the misuse and abuse of the homeland security advisory system today. Granted, it isn’t really a “warning” system per se, but the general concept is the same: give people a quick way to assess the threat. The problem…
Curious

This by Evan Kohlmann on the CT Blog yesterday 8/9: Participants on key Arabic-language Al-Qaida chat forums on the Internet have announced their intent to launch collective cyberterrorist attacks tomorrow, August 10, aimed at interrupting or denying service to other pro-Israeli websites–namely the “Internet Haganah” cyberterror watchdog site run by Aaron Weisburd. […] . .…
UK Airline Terror Plot

What a day to sleep in. Some quick hits before I descend into the seventh level of teleconference hell: In the words of Secretary Chertoff this latest plot is “suggestive” of al-Qaida because it is essentially a dusting off of the plans for Operation Bojinka; funded by al-Qaida and put together by two guys whose…
Everything you thought you knew . . .

. . . about everything covered in the MSM – especially war – is suspect. Some of you didn’t need confirmation, but since I have a nice side-bar going with former info ops colleagues a post seemed appropriate. Army of Analysts Experts people, Army of Experts . . .

Briefs

Threat Actors Abuse Cloudflare Tunnel for Persistent Access, Data Theft

Threat actors have been exploiting the open source tool Cloudflared to establish persistent access to compromised systems and steal information covertly, according to cybersecurity firm GuidePoint Security. Cloudflared, a command-line client for Cloudflare Tunnel, enables proxying traffic between Cloudflare and the user’s origin. Attackers can use it to create outbound connections over HTTPS, providing direct…
In Other News: Cybersecurity Funding Rebounds, Cloud Threats, BeyondTrust Vulnerability

SecurityWeek’s weekly roundup highlights notable developments: Nozomi Networks reports OT malware surge, Schneider Electric launches Managed Security Services. DataTribe’s report shows 47% early-stage deal rise, while Microsoft focuses on sports event cybersecurity. Mitiga warns of AWS SSM agent as a remote trojan. US alerts on extremist use of Flipper Zero tool. Vectra details Azure AD…
A Cyberattack Has Disrupted Hospitals and Health Care in Five States

A cyberattack has targeted hospital computer systems across several states, leading to the closure of some emergency rooms and the diversion of ambulances. The attack, described as a “data security incident,” occurred at facilities operated by Prospect Medical Holdings, which has hospitals and clinics in California, Texas, Connecticut, Rhode Island, and Pennsylvania. The company took…
Differences between robotics and Artificial Intelligence

Robotics and Artificial Intelligence are two terms that are often confused and sometimes not distinguished, but they actually refer to different technologies. Artificial intelligence is a discipline that focuses on enabling machines to develop the same intellectual capabilities as humans. Robotics, on the other hand, is the science of designing and building physical robots to…
Meta launches suite of generative AI music tools rivaling Google’s MusicLM

Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, launched a suite of generative artificial intelligence (AI) models on Aug. 2 called AudioCraft for music creation from various inputs, according to a blog post. Included in the suite of generative AI tools are MusicGen and AudioGen, which operate off of text-based inputs to create new audio, along…
Curve Finance’s $62M exploit exposes larger issues for DeFi ecosystem

Hackers stole around $62 million from Curve Finance on Sunday, causing a ripple effect throughout the crypto sector and raising questions about the strength of the decentralized finance ecosystem. Curve is one of the largest decentralized exchanges (DEX) in the crypto market today, with about $1.67 billion in total value locked (TVL), according to data…
As Artificial Intelligence Accelerates, Cybercrime Innovates

Cybercrime might be the world’s fastest-growing entrepreneurial venture. Over the past decade, no enterprise — licit or other — has flourished quite as ably. If cybercrime were endowed a nation and granted a gross domestic product (GDP), it would rank as the world’s third largest economy, behind only the United States and China. This is no…
Niger coup: Thousands march to support junta

Thousands of people in Niger’s capital, Niamey, have participated in a peaceful protest in support of the recent military coup in the country. The protesters condemned West African nations that have imposed sanctions on Niger and called for the departure of foreign troops, including those from the US and France, which have military bases in…
Giorgia Meloni: Italian PM sues Placebo frontman for defamation

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni is reportedly suing Placebo singer Brian Molko for defamation after he referred to her as a fascist and a racist during a performance at the Sonic Park festival in Turin. Videos of the event show Molko making the comments from the stage, which led to an investigation by prosecutors in…
Stabbing ‘rampage’ injures at least 12 in South Korea

At least 12 people have been injured in a violent attack near the South Korean capital, Seoul. The suspect drove his car into pedestrians and then proceeded to stab several others in a busy shopping center. The incident occurred during rush hour in the town of Seongnam. The motivation behind the attack remains unclear, and…
Travis King: North Korea confirms custody of US soldier

North Korea has confirmed that it is holding Travis King, a 23-year-old US soldier who crossed the border from South Korea on July 18. The confirmation comes in response to requests for information from the UN Command, which polices the Demilitarised Zone (DMZ) between the two Koreas. The UN Command had sought information using its…
These Are the Top Five Cloud Security Risks, Qualys Says

Qualys, a cloud security specialist, has identified the top five cloud security risks based on its analysis of its own platform and third-party data. These risks include misconfigurations, external-facing vulnerabilities, weaponized vulnerabilities, malware within a cloud environment, and remediation lag. Misconfigurations remain a significant concern, often stemming from misunderstanding or misusing the shared responsibility model…
Dozens of RCE Vulnerabilities Impact Milesight Industrial Router

Cisco’s Talos security researchers have discovered dozens of vulnerabilities in the Milesight UR32L industrial router that could be exploited to execute arbitrary code or commands. The most severe vulnerability, CVE-2023-23902, is a buffer overflow issue in the router’s HTTP server login functionality that could lead to remote code execution. Of the 69 Common Vulnerabilities and…
670 ICS Vulnerabilities Disclosed by CISA in First Half of 2023: Analysis

The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) revealed that 670 vulnerabilities affecting industrial control systems (ICS) and operational technology (OT) products were disclosed in the first half of 2023. The analysis was conducted by industrial asset and network monitoring company SynSaber in collaboration with the ICS Advisory Project. The report highlights that while the…
Jericho Security Raises $3 Million for Awareness Training Powered by Generative AI

Jericho Security, a New York-based startup, has raised $3 million in a pre-seed funding round led by Era, a global investment firm. Other participants in the funding round include Alcove, Alumni Venture Group, Contrary, FoundersXFund, Lux Capital, MetaLabs, Textbook, Thorntree, and angel investors. The startup, founded in 2023, aims to address the emerging threats posed…
How MIT’s Liquid Neural Networks can solve AI problems from robotics to self-driving cars

In the current artificial intelligence (AI) landscape, the buzz around large language models (LLMs) has led to a race toward creating increasingly larger neural networks. However, not every application can support the computational and memory demands of very large deep learning models. The constraints of these environments have led to some interesting research directions. Liquid neural…
UK calls artificial intelligence a “chronic risk” to its national security

Artificial intelligence (AI) has been officially classed as a security threat to the UK for the first time following the publication of the National Risk Register (NRR) 2023. The extensive document details the various threats that could have a significant impact on the UK’s safety, security, or critical systems at a national level. The latest…
Worldcoin cryptocurrency project suspended in Kenya

The new cryptocurrency and digital identity project, Worldcoin, is facing a rough start in Kenya, with the government halting all local activity associated with it. Kenya’s minister of internal security took to Facebook on Aug. 2 to announce that the country has suspended the activities of Worldcoin until relevant public agencies had certified the absence…
The AI rules that US policymakers are considering, explained

AI is getting seriously good. And the federal government is finally getting serious about AI. The White House announced a suite of artificial intelligence policies in May. More recently, they brokered a number of voluntary safety commitments from leading AI companies in July. That included commitments to both internal and third-party testing of AI products to…
Artificial intelligence flies XQ-58A Valkyrie drone

Artificial intelligence software successfully flew an XQ-58A Valkyrie drone, the Air Force Research Laboratory announced Aug. 2. The U.S. lab led the three-hour sortie on July 25 with test units at the Eglin Test and Training Complex in Florida. The flight followed two years of work and a partnership with Skyborg Vanguard, a team made…
Lake Victoria boat accident kills at least 20 in Uganda; several missing

At least 20 people have died and five are missing after an overloaded boat capsized in the waters of Lake Victoria in Uganda. The boat was carrying charcoal, fresh foods, and fish when it capsized due to overloading and bad weather. Nine passengers were rescued, and efforts to locate the missing individuals are underway. Lake…
Niger power blackouts blamed on coup sanctions

Major cities in Niger are experiencing rolling blackouts following the recent coup in the country, which has led to Nigeria cutting electricity supplies to its northern neighbor. The power shortages are affecting cities such as Niamey, Maradi, and Zinder, with residents experiencing intermittent power for about an hour at a time before it is switched…
Ukraine war: Drones target Odesa grain stores near Romania border

A Russian drone strike has targeted Ukrainian port facilities in Izmail on the River Danube, damaging a grain warehouse and an elevator used for loading grain. Approximately 40,000 tonnes of grain destined for various countries, including African nations, China, and Israel, were damaged in the attack. Russia began targeting Ukraine’s ports after abandoning a UN…
Brazil police raids leave at least 43 people dead

Police raids targeting drug gangs in three Brazilian states have resulted in at least 43 deaths. In Rio de Janeiro, a shootout in the Complexo da Penha area led to the deaths of at least 10 people. In São Paulo state, 14 people died in clashes during a five-day police raid known as Operation Shield.…
Google AMP Abused in Phishing Attacks Aimed at Enterprise Users

Threat actors have been exploiting Google Accelerated Mobile Pages (AMP) in phishing campaigns as a new tactic to evade detection, according to cybersecurity firm Cofense. Google AMP is an open source HTML framework designed to improve mobile page performance. Attackers have been abusing a Google AMP feature that allows newly created pages to be hosted…
Firefox 116 Patches High-Severity Vulnerabilities

Mozilla has released Firefox 116, Firefox ESR 115.1, and Firefox ESR 102.14, which include patches for multiple high-severity vulnerabilities. The update addresses a total of 14 CVEs (Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures), with nine of them rated as high severity. Some of the vulnerabilities include cross-origin restrictions bypass, use of an incorrect value during WASM compilation,…
Cyble Raises $24 Million for AI-Powered Threat Intelligence Platform

Cybersecurity firm Cyble has successfully raised $24 million in a Series B funding round, bringing its total funding to over $38 million. Co-led by Blackbird Ventures and King River Capital, the funding will be used to bolster the Atlanta-based company’s AI-powered security solutions and support its global expansion. Cyble specializes in gathering intelligence from various…
New hVNC macOS Malware Advertised on Hacker Forum

Israeli cybersecurity company Guardz has issued a warning about a new form of Hidden Virtual Network Computing (hVNC) malware specifically targeting macOS devices. This malware, being advertised on a prominent cybercrime forum, allows threat actors to gain control of remote systems without the user’s knowledge. The malware is offered at a price of $60,000 and…
Google’s Jigsaw was trying to fight toxic speech with AI. Then the AI started talking

Human abuse was hard enough. In 2017, a team at Google released Perspective API, an AI-based tool designed to help flag the toxic speech that pushes people out of online spaces, pushes them to violence, or worse. Platforms like YouTube and Facebook were already building their own AI classifiers to battle all sorts of hate speech,…
Voyager and Airbus will operate Starlab private space station via ‘transatlantic joint venture’

Voyager Space and Airbus Defence and Space are expanding their existing relationship via a new joint venture focused on the design, build and operation of the Starlab commercial space station. The two companies announced that they would be partnering on Voyager’s Starlab space station in January, saying that Airbus would provide “technical design support and expertise,”…
Nvidia AI Image Generator Fits on a Floppy Disk and Takes 4 Minutes to Train

In the rapidly evolving landscape of AI art creation tools, Nvidia researchers have introduced an innovative new text-to-image personalization method called Perfusion. But it’s not a million-dollar super heavyweight model like its competitors. With a size of just 100KB and a 4-minute training time, Perfusion allows significant creative flexibility in portraying personalized concepts while maintaining…
New DeepMind AI model can control robotic actions it was never trained to do

Google DeepMind has a new AI model that can direct robotic tasks it was never trained to perform. Named RT-2, the model learns from web and robotics data. It then turns this information into simple instructions for machines. In tests, the model was asked to take actions never seen in the robotic data, such as placing oranges…
Meta’s AI music generator could be the new synthesizer — or just muzak

Meta released a new open-source AI code called AudioCraft, which lets users create music and sounds entirely through generative AI. It consists of three AI models, all tackling different areas of sound generation. MusicGen takes text inputs to generate music. This model was trained on “20,000 hours of music owned by Meta or licensed specifically…
AI reduces data breach lifecycles and costs

The cybersecurity tools you implement can make a difference in the financial future of your business. According to the 2023 IBM Cost of a Data Breach report, organizations using security AI and automation incurred fewer data breach costs compared to businesses not using AI-based cybersecurity tools. The report found that the more an organization uses the…
Micron Just Changed the Game in Artificial-Intelligence Memory

Micron just unveiled specs for its new high-bandwidth memory for AI, which appears to one-up the fastest HBM on the market. Leading memory producer Micron Technology and its peers are in one of the worst memory downturns in history, but the hope is that memory-hungry artificial-intelligence (AI) applications will help the industry dig itself out. Micron…
Nasa Voyager 2: Space agency accidentally loses contact with pioneering space probe

Nasa has “inadvertently” lost contact with Voyager 2, its pioneering spacecraft. The space agency said that it had sent a series of planned commands to the probe on 21 July. But those moves left Voyager 2 pointing in the wrong direction: its antenna is now pointing two degrees away from Earth, and so it has…
Artificial intelligence threats in identity management

The 2023 Identity Security Threat Landscape Report from CyberArk identified some valuable insights. 2,300 security professionals surveyed responded with some sobering figures: 68% are concerned about insider threats from employee layoffs and churn 99% expect some type of identity compromise driven by financial cutbacks, geopolitical factors, cloud applications and hybrid work environments 74% are concerned…
July Crypto Hack Spree Threatens Recovery of DeFi Sector

Crypto hacks and exploiters had a ball in July with around 50 attacks resulting in hundreds of millions in losses. An equally bumper August for cyber criminals could hamper any recovery for the decentralized finance (DeFi) sector. According to blockchain security firm PeckShield, there were more than 48 major hacks in July, leading to around…
Cybercriminals train AI chatbots for phishing, malware attacks

In the wake of WormGPT, a ChatGPT clone trained on malware-focused data, a new generative artificial intelligence hacking tool called FraudGPT has emerged, and at least another one is under development that is allegedly based on Google’s AI experiment, Bard. Both AI-powered bots are the work of the same individual, who appears to be deep…
Sweden rules out sweeping changes to free speech law amid Quran burnings

Sweden’s government has stated that it has no plans to make significant changes to its freedom of speech laws. However, it will explore measures that would allow police to intervene and prevent the burning of holy books in public if there is a clear threat to national security. The recent incidents of Quran burning in…
Voyager 2: Nasa loses contact with probe after sending wrong command

NASA has lost contact with its Voyager 2 probe after sending it the wrong command, causing the spacecraft to tilt its antenna away from Earth. The probe, which has been exploring the universe since 1977, is currently more than 12.3 billion miles away from Earth in interstellar space. NASA hopes that communication will resume when…
Xi Jinping replaces leaders of China’s elite nuclear force

China has replaced two leaders of its elite unit managing its nuclear arsenal, leading to speculation of a purge. General Li Yuchao and his deputy, who headed the People’s Liberation Army’s (PLA) Rocket Force unit, had been “disappeared” for months. The replacements, former deputy navy chief Wang Houbin and party central committee member Xu Xisheng,…
Niger coup: France to evacuate citizens after embassy attack

Following the recent coup in Niger, anti-French sentiment has led to attacks on the French embassy and protests outside the embassy in Niamey. As a result, France has decided to evacuate its citizens from Niger. Germany and Italy are also organizing flights for their nationals to leave the country. The coup has caused demonstrations against…
Ransomware Attacks on Industrial Organizations Doubled in Past Year: Report

Data from industrial cybersecurity firm Dragos shows that the number of ransomware attacks targeting industrial organizations and infrastructure has doubled since the second quarter of 2022. In the second quarter of 2023, Dragos observed 253 ransomware incidents, an 18% increase from the previous quarter. The surge in attacks has been attributed to ransomware revenue plunging…
Silk Security Emerges from Stealth With $12.5 Million Seed Funding

Silk Security, a New York-based startup, has raised $12.5 million in a seed funding round led by Insight Partners and Hetz Ventures. The company aims to break down the silos between security and development with its integrated “find and fix” platform. Silk consolidates alerts from various detection systems, performs automatic triaging based on threats, and…
SpecterOps Updates BloodHound Active Directory Mapping Tool

BloodHound, developed by SpecterOps, is a graph-based map of Active Directory (AD) relationships used by external pentesters and internal users to discover potential lateral movement attack paths. Active Directory is a highly prized target for attackers due to its ubiquity and complexity. BloodHound helps find AD misconfigurations that could be exploited by attackers. SpecterOps has…
Socket Scores $20M as Investors Bet on Software Supply Chain Security Startups

Socket, a startup focused on software supply chain security, has raised $20 million in a recent funding round led by Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) and Abstract Ventures. The company, founded by open source developer Feross Aboukhadijeh, uses “content-based analysis” to detect suspicious activity and behavior in software dependencies. Its technology aims to prevent compromised packages from…
The Robots We Were Afraid of Are Already Here

Digit drew a crowd, even here, in a convention center full of robot aficionados. A humanoid warehouse worker, Digit walked upright on goatlike legs and grabbed bins off a shelf with muscular arms made from aerospace-grade aluminum. It then placed the boxes on an assembly line and walked back to the shelf to search for more.…
Cryptography may offer a solution to the massive AI-labeling problem

The White House wants big AI companies to disclose when content has been created using artificial intelligence, and very soon the EU will require some tech platforms to label their AI-generated images, audio, and video with “prominent markings” disclosing their synthetic origins. There’s a big problem, though: identifying material that was created by artificial intelligence is…
The Rise of Artificial Intelligence and its Potential Impact

Artificial intelligence (AI) is a creation of humans, designed to enhance the capabilities of robots, computers, and other specialized machines. While some have reservations about this man-made intelligence, it is important to recognize the possibilities it offers in our increasingly complex world. One intriguing aspect of AI is its ability to communicate with humans. These simulated…
Companies double down on AI in June-quarter analyst calls

It’s a high bar, but companies reporting second-quarter earnings in recent weeks have talked up artificial intelligence even more than in the previous quarter. S&P 500 companies that led in discussion of AI during quarterly conference calls with analysts earlier this year have outdone themselves in their latest quarterly calls. Following Intel’s report late on Thursday, executives…
Curve Finance pools exploited by over $47M due to reentrancy vulnerability

Several stable pools on Curve Finance using Vyper were exploited on July 30, with losses reaching over $47 million. According to Vyper, its 0.2.15, 0.2.16 and 0.3.0 versions are vulnerable to malfunctioning reentrancy locks. “The investigation is ongoing but any project relying on these versions should immediately reach out to us,” Vyper wrote on X.…
CISA Analyzes Malware Used in Barracuda ESG Attacks

The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has published analysis reports on three malware families used in an attack that exploited a recent remote command injection vulnerability (CVE-2023-2868) in Barracuda Email Security Gateway (ESG). The vulnerability was a zero-day and affected versions 5.1.3.001 to 9.2.0.006 of the appliance. A Chinese state-sponsored cyberespionage group, UNC4841,…
Second Ivanti EPMM Zero-Day Vulnerability Exploited in Targeted Attacks

Ivanti, a software company, has issued a warning to its customers about a second zero-day vulnerability in its Endpoint Manager Mobile (EPMM) product. The first zero-day, CVE-2023-35078, was exploited in a cyberattack targeting Norwegian government ministries. The newly discovered vulnerability, CVE-2023-35081, allows an authenticated attacker with administrator privileges to remotely write arbitrary files to the…
Reddit Taps Fredrick ‘Flee’ Lee for CISO Job

Reddit has appointed a new Chief Information Security Officer (CISO), Flee Lee, to oversee its privacy and security functions. Lee brings over 20 years of experience in global information security and privacy efforts, previously holding leadership positions at companies like Gusto and Square. As Reddit prepares for an IPO after raising substantial funding, Lee’s expertise…
Apple Lists APIs That Developers Can Only Use for Good Reason

Apple is taking steps to boost user privacy by requiring app developers to declare the reasons for using certain APIs that could potentially be misused for data collection through fingerprinting. The targeted APIs include those used for accessing file timestamps, system boot time, available disk space, active keyboards, and user defaults. Developers will need to…
Situation in Niger is ‘cause for serious concern’, says Kremlin

Russia has said the situation in Niger is cause for serious concern on Monday. The country’s president was ousted in a coup that was condemned largely internationally, except by Wagner mercenary boss Yevgeny Prigozhin, who has extensive interests in Africa. Russian spokesperson Dmitry Peskov called for all sides in Niger to show restraint and return…
Pakistan holds funerals as death toll from rally bombing rises to 54

The death toll from a suicide bombing that targeted an election rally in Pakistan has risen to 54. The election rally was for a pro-Taliban Muslim leader. The government has promised to hunt down those behind the attack. No one immediately claimed responsibility for the attack that occurred on Sunday, which also wounded almost 200…
Intel CEO: ‘We’re going to build AI into every platform we build’

Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger was very bullish on AI during the company’s Q2 2023 earnings call — telling investors that Intel plans to “build AI into every product that we build.” Later this year, Intel will ship Meteor Lake, its first consumer chip with a built-in neural processor for machine learning tasks. (AMD recently did the…
The US government is taking a serious step toward space-based nuclear propulsion

Four years from now, if all goes well, a nuclear-powered rocket engine will launch into space for the first time. The rocket itself will be conventional, but the payload boosted into orbit will be a different matter. NASA announced Wednesday that it is partnering with the US Department of Defense to launch a nuclear-powered rocket engine…