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Microsoft’s latest DirectStorage 1.2 improves PC game load times Microsoft has released version 1.2 of its DirectStorage SDK, allowing developers to use the same code on both NVMe solid state drives and legacy hard drives. The update also includes support for buffered mode on HDDs to mask long seek times and improved GPU decompression of…

3CX Phone System Targeted by N.K. Hackers in Supply Chain North Korean threat actors have demonstrated a new level of sophistication in a supply chain attack targeting 3CX. The attack began with a malicious version of a fintech company’s discontinued software, which was downloaded by a 3CX employee and used to steal their credentials. The…

Leaked footage of Humane’s new wearable AI assistant Humane, a startup by ex-Apple employees, has launched a new device that acts as a personal assistant and can be worn as a wearable. It features a projected display, AI-powered features, and doesn’t require a smartphone to pair with it. During the demonstration, the device was used…

Cisco and VMware release security updates to patch critical flaws Cisco and VMware Cisco and VMware have released security updates to address critical security flaws in their products that could be exploited by malicious actors to execute arbitrary code on affected systems. The most severe of the vulnerabilities is a command injection flaw in Cisco…

AI Giants to Pay for Stack Overflow Training Data Large AI developers such as OpenAI, Google, and Meta are about to face increased costs for developing their projects. Stack Overflow and Reddit are both introducing fees for AI developers who use their data for training machine learning algorithms. The News/Media Alliance is also calling for…

Lazarus Group Adds Linux Malware to Arsenal in Ongoing Operation Dream Job The Lazarus Group, a North Korea-aligned state-sponsored actor, has launched a new campaign targeting Linux users as part of their long-running Operation Dream Job. The attack involves distributing a malicious ZIP file containing a Linux backdoor via spear-phishing or direct messages on LinkedIn.…

Critical Flaws Found in Alibaba Cloud’s PostgreSQL Databases Two critical flaws were identified in Alibaba Cloud’s ApsaraDB RDS for PostgreSQL and AnalyticDB for PostgreSQL that could have allowed attackers to gain unauthorized access to customer databases. These issues were reported in December 2022 and mitigated by April 12, 2023, though there is no evidence to…

Make-it-3D: An Artificial Intelligence (AI) Framework For Generating Make-It-3D is a two-stage AI framework for generating high-quality 3D content from a single image. The first stage involves improving the neural radiance field (NeRF) with a diffusion prior and reference-view supervision. The second stage focuses on texture enhancement while preserving geometry from the first stage. The…

AI Is Making Workers Wary of Their Bosses Pew Research Center released a report that shows how workers feel about AI in the workplace. 68% of those surveyed expect AI to have a major impact on job holders in the next 20 years, yet only 28% think AI will affect them personally. 47% believe AI…

Google’s AI push will combine Brain and DeepMind into one team Alphabet and Google are merging DeepMind and Google’s Brain team to form Google DeepMind. DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis will be the new CEO and Jeff Dean from Google’s Research and Health team will be the Chief Scientist. This merger is meant to accelerate the…