Also: ChatGPT’s intelligence is zero, but it’s a revolution in usefulness, says AI expert In an interview with ZDNET, Rosedale remarked that the present capabilities of AI, such as large language models like GPT-4 and image generation technologies, resemble “alien intelligence” that can perform superhuman tasks but lacks human-like reasoning. Despite the awe-inspiring potential, Rosedale highlighted that current AI models are limited by their ability to read and write to memory at the same time – resulting in “zombie AIs” that cannot listen and reason like humans....

Or, at least, claiming to. An app here, an algorithm there, and what used to be impossible now seems merely usual. Some problems, though, can’t be fixed with the wave of an iPhone and the appropriate software. Please look at the quandary of Chick-fil-A. This highly popular fast-food chain has managed to find all sorts of clever ways to expand its business, while still keeping it closed on a Sunday....

In fact, every gigabyte you add above that base price adds costs in the region of $0.40. This might not seem like much, but how many gigabytes are you wasting on junk like downloads, cat videos, and files that should be archived to storage? I’ve had my MacBook Pro a few months, and I’ve been simultaneously amazed and horrified how quickly space can fill up on the system. But there’s a tool that will allow you to claw back that wasted space....

Microsoft has refreshed over 1,800 emoji in its Windows and Microsoft 365 products, such as Office and Teams. It’s redesigned the emoji using Microsoft’s Fluent Design scheme and has opted to animate a majority of them in 3D rather than 2D. Among them is the paper clip emoji, and Microsoft has allowed its designers to cast Clippy for the role. SEE: Best Microsoft certification 2021: Top technical exams “We had to use this opportunity to make a change that only we could truly make – so long flat, standard paperclip, and hello Clippy!...

“We’ve sort of said, we’ve got enough non-material workloads now to say, we know how it works, we know our risks, and control frameworks are good; let’s start moving the important ones,” Andrew Cresp, CIO of Bendigo and Adelaide Bank, told ZDNet. Cresp said some of those “important” workloads that would be moved include the bank’s New Payments Platform as well as its lending and card capabilities. “We are focusing now on the workloads at Bendigo where our customers will have interactions with them,” he said....

According to a survey of 700 industry experts on security issues in the cloud industry carried out by the Cloud Security Alliance, a not-for-profit that promotes best practices for cloud computing, insufficient identity, credential, access and key management for privileged accounts is a top concern around cloud cybersecurity. The shift towards remote and hybrid working has changed how businesses and employees operate, no longer accessing office applications and productivity suites installed on their PCs at the office, but rather accessing the tools they need through software-as-a-service and cloud-based productivity suites – from any device, no matter where they are....

The TV represents a middle ground between the open PC platform that yields many titles on the popular streaming services and mobile. Smartphones offer the largest potential market for games, but service providers must contend with small screens, touchscreen controls, and app store restrictions that major providers have circumvented by targeting the browser. TVs may represent a much smaller market for games than smartphones. But while there are significant differences between the PC and console gaming worlds, the two are more similar in that they both feature large screens and longer play sessions....

Both companies have argued that if they were to pull their services, they would be hurting Russian citizens who are trying to access information from outside of the country, but said they condemn Russia’s unprovoked invasion of Ukraine. Cloudflare CEO Matthew Prince wrote in a blog post acknowledging that the company has received “several calls to terminate” all of its services inside Russia, including by government. “Our conclusion … is that Russia needs more internet access, not less,” he said....

There are several goals with Cockroach Serverless. The first is providing a lower entry point, where customers do not have to commit to any minimum number of nodes or clusters. For developers, making life simpler by eliminating the need to capacity plan and provision nodes. Specifically, CockroachDB Serverless will autoscale, and the company claims that clusters can be spun up or down in under 10 milliseconds. Beyond autoscaling, the service will have automated failover as the data is replicated across three AZs – for now within the same region....

The company admitted in an August 13 letter that on May 6, the ransomware group “acquired certain records” stored in their systems. “The affected records contained certain personal information, such as name, contact information, date of birth, government-issued ID (such as Social Security, military ID, tax ID and driver’s license numbers) and health-related information (including health insurance information). Not all of this information was affected for each impacted individual,” the letter said....

One misconception about this field is that it is inaccessible. In reality, most people can master computer science with determination. However, certain skills and interests will likely fit better with this major. Want to learn more about the characteristics and skills that might make a computer science degree a good fit for you? Read on for that, and to explore other considerations for computer science degrees. Computer science as a degree: What is it?...

In a letter obtained by RTÉ, Health Service Executive interim chief information officer Fran Thompson said the costs associated with the ransomware attack include $14.2 million for ICT infrastructure, $6.1 million to pay for outside cybersecurity assistance, $17.1 million for vendor support and $9.4 million for Office 365. The letter was sent to Aontú party leader Peadar Tóibín, and Thompson noted that they are projecting the end cost to be more than $100 million....

When it starts to affect the quality of service delivered to the customers, it becomes an issue, as most service provides have service level agreements with the consumers that often have penalties built in. As I continue my research in these areas, and after talking to multiple clients, I have come to the realization that most enterprises are not set up to handle IT-related incidents or crises in real time....

You only need to look at the chaos caused by a ransomware attack launched against Colonial Pipeline this year – leading to panic buying and fuel shortages across part of the US – to see what real-world disruption cyber incidents can trigger, and their consequences can go far beyond the damage one company has to repair. It was only last month that the Port of Houston fended off a cyberattack and there is no reason to believe cyberattacks on operational technology (OT) won’t continue – or, perhaps, become more common....

Black Friday 2020 has been and gone, but now we’ve entered Cyber Monday, you can expect a range of tablet deals to appear. From Samsung Galaxy tablets to Apple iPads, over the course of the shopping event – no longer just a one-day shopping spree, and now closer to a week-long promotion – US retailers will be competing for business by offering decent discounts on these mobile devices. Tablets can be suitable for a variety of purposes; from checking your email on the road to saving and sharing presentations, reading, accessing mobile apps, streaming content, and more....

According to research by cybersecurity company Trend Micro, just half of IT decision makers believe that the board understands cyber risks. Of the 5,321 IT leaders surveyed, 90% said that the C-suite aren’t focused on cybersecurity because they have other priorities, such as digital transformation or improving productivity. As a result, they see cybersecurity as a barrier to reaching their preferred goals. However, there’s also a significant minority of board members who actively aren’t trying to learn about cybersecurity....

Crowdstrike’s 2022 Global Threat Report details how the cyber-threat landscape has evolved during the past year. One of those developments is the rise of new countries engaging in offensive cyber operations, including Turkey and Colombia. In accordance with Crowdstrike’s naming conventions, attacks by Turkish-linked groups are detailed as attacks by ‘Wolf’ while attacks by Colombian operations have been Dubbed ‘Ocelot’ – in a similar way to how cybersecurity researchers name Russian government-backed activity ‘Bear’ or Chinese hacking groups ‘Panda’....

This year’s Dell XPS 15 and 17 will receive an all-new 13th Gen Intel Core processor and upgrades to their graphics card. With a 13th Gen Intel processor and Nvidia GeForce RTX 40 Series graphics cards, the new Dell XPS 15 and 17 will deliver AI-powered graphics, an immersive gaming experience, and super-fast content creation workflows, according to Nvidia. Also: The best laptops for every type of person and budget The Dell XPS 15 will offer Nvidia RTX 4050, 4060, or 4070....

The airline actually made a profit in the third quarter. Its employees are getting vaccinated without (exactly) being told to. It believes business travel will fully return in 2022. It’s not a good time, then, to be annoying the living daylights out of your customers. Especially some of your most loyal, uplifted customers who travel regularly. You know, the rich and business sorts. Yet here’s Delta becoming something of a joke, of the slightly bitter kind....

DevOps is an important career choice in itself. A recent glance at the Dice technology jobs listing shows more than 7,000 open positions for DevOps engineers and specialists. Companies are seeking such individuals who can drive “automation and containerization strategies,” as well as “collaborate with product owners, developers, cloud engineers, DevOps engineers and operations to plan, design, test and deliver pipelines and infrastructure using Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery (CI/CD) model.” Also: Tech jobs are changing....