UK's Arm-based Isambard 2 supercomputer powers off for good
WEB10 hours ago · The UK's Isambard 2, one of the early Arm-based supercomputers, has officially retired after just a few years of operation. It is superseded by the more powerful Isambard 3 and Isambard-AI, just as British supercomputing enters an uncertain period for funding. Isambard 2 ended service at 9am on September 30, but …
California governor vetoes controversial AI safety bill
WEB1 day ago · California Governor Gavin Newsom has vetoed a controversial AI bill, tho don't assume it was necessarily a final win for the tech industry. On Sunday, Newsom (D) returned California Senate Bill 1047 to the legislature unsigned, explaining in an accompanying statement [PDF] that the bill doesn't take the right approach to ensuring or requiring AI safety.
SpaceX Falcon 9 grounded again over second-stage mishap
WEB2 days ago · Richard Speed. Mon 30 Sep 2024 // 17:30 UTC. SpaceX has grounded the Falcon 9 once more, following the launch of the Crew-9 mission, due to an issue with the second stage deorbit burn. Despite the successful blast off of the Crew Dragon and subsequent touch down of the Falcon 9 first-stage booster, the second stage did not perform as expected.
Oracle could control Arm chipmaker Ampere in 2027 • The Register
WEB5 days ago · Oracle could choose to take control of Ampere Computing, the Arm processor designer it has backed and uses in its cloud. A proxy statement [PDF] filed on Wednesday reveals that Oracle held 29 percent stake in Ampere as of May 31, 2024, and has the option to gain majority control over the chip house in 2027. "The total carrying value of our investments in Ampere, after accounting for losses ...
Critical Linux bug is CUPS-based remote-code execution hole
WEB6 days ago · Thu 26 Sep 2024 // 17:34 UTC. Final update After days of anticipation, what was billed as one or more critical unauthenticated remote-code execution vulnerabilities in all Linux systems was today finally revealed. In short, if you're running the Unix printing system CUPS, with cups-browsed present and enabled, you may be vulnerable to attacks ...
US Army using AI to bolster lousy recruiting numbers
WEB6 days ago · Plagued by recruiting shortfalls, the US Army is turning to AI to help it sift through the chaff for fresh recruits. Speaking at a webinar hosted by the Association of the United States Army, Major General Johnny Davis, Commanding General of US Army Recruiting Command, shared a tool, dubbed "Recruit 360," that the Army has been testing for the past couple of months in five unnamed cities.
NASA, IBM want you to fine-tune their new AI climate model
WEBWed 25 Sep 2024 // 07:25 UTC. Researchers at IBM and NASA this week released an open source AI climate model designed to accurately predict weather patterns while consuming fewer compute resources compared to traditional physics-based simulations. Developed as part of a collaboration between IBM and NASA with help from the US Department of ...
You paid the ransom, and now the decryptor doesn't work
WEBSep 11, 2024 · After paying the ransom in exchange for a decryptor to restore the encrypted files, the decryptor did not work. The Register did not talk to the victim organization in this case – its executives declined to be interviewed about their experience – so we don't know the specifics including sector, ransom demand, what files were locked up, etc.
Intuitive Machines awarded $4.82B for lunar relay services
WEBSep 18, 2024 · Intuitive Machines has bagged a contract worth up to $4.82 billion to support NASA's lunar relay systems. NASA noted the project has a base period of five years, beginning on Tuesday, October 1, 2024. There is an option to extend it through September 30, 2034, if required. Even considering the prodigious delays suffered by NASA's Artemis ...
Amazon CEO wants his staff back in the office full time
WEBSep 16, 2024 · The COVID-19 work-from-home era is over, Amazon CEO Andy Jassy has told staff in a Monday memo, signaling his desire for staff to return to working in an office five days a week. The chief exec said the hybrid model of working partially at home and the rest in the office, which has been running for the past 15 months at the internet superpower ...