IBM unveiled the architecture details for the upcoming IBM Telum® II Processor and IBM Spyre™ Accelerator at Hot Chips 2024.
IBM unveils new processors to accelerate AI on next-gen IBM Z Mainframes.
Category: Computers & Programming
Developers can soon offer in‑app NFC transactions using the Secure Element
Starting with iOS 18.1, developers will be able to offer NFC contactless transactions using the Secure Element from within their own apps on iPhone, separate from Apple Pay and Apple Wallet.
IBM introduces new generative AI assistant for cybersecurity threat detection and response.
IBM announced today the addition of generative AI capabilities to its managed Threat Detection and Response Services.
Here’s what’s new in Apple’s macOS Sonoma upgrade.
macOS Sonoma is now available as a free software update, providing a wide range of new features for the Mac that enhance productivity and entertainment. With macOS Sonoma, desktop widgets offer a fresh way to customize the Mac and increase efficiency, while impressive new screen savers, significant improvements to video conferencing and Safari, and enhanced…
IT Help Desk technician arrested for espionage and charged with transferring classified materials to a foreign government.
A U.S. government contractor was arrested on Aug. 24 based on espionage charges in a complaint unsealed today. Abraham Teklu Lemma, 50, a naturalized U.S. citizen of Ethiopian descent, of Silver Spring, Maryland, is charged with delivering national defense information to aid a foreign government, conspiracy to deliver national defense information to aid a foreign…
Multiple foreign nationals charged in connection with Trickbot malware and Conti ransomware conspiracies.
Three indictments in three different federal jurisdictions have been unsealed charging multiple Russian cybercrime actors involved in the Trickbot malware and Conti ransomware schemes. Trickbot was a suite of malware tools that aimed to steal money and make it easier to install ransomware. Hospitals, schools, and businesses were among the millions of Trickbot victims who…
Researchers unveil new cipher system that could prevent cache side-channel attacks.
A team of researchers has made progress in computer security by creating a new and effective cipher for cache randomization. This cipher, developed by Assistant Professor Rei Ueno from the Research Institute of Electrical Communication at Tohoku University, helps prevent cache side-channel attacks, providing better security and faster performance.
Pixar, Adobe, Apple, Autodesk, and NVIDIA form Alliance for OpenUSD (Pixar’s high-performance 3D scene description technology).
Pixar, Adobe, Apple, Autodesk, and NVIDIA, along with the Joint Development Foundation (JDF), an affiliate of the Linux Foundation, have announced the Alliance for OpenUSD (AOUSD) to promote the standardization, development, evolution, and growth of Pixar’s Universal Scene Description technology.
Unity launches new AI marketplace and two new AI platforms to help programmers accelerate AI-driven game development.
Unity has launched an AI marketplace in the Unity Asset Store to help developers accelerate AI-driven game development and gameplay enhancements. Alongside the launch of Unity’s new AI platforms, Unity Sentis and Unity Muse, developers now have access to an ever-growing selection of AI tools.
Justice Department rolls out new National Security Cyber Section, aka NatSec Cyber.
The Justice Department today announced the creation of the new National Security Cyber Section – aka NatSec Cyber – within its National Security Division. The newly established litigating section has secured congressional approval and comes in response to the core findings in Deputy Attorney General Lisa O. Monaco’s Comprehensive Cyber Review in July of 2022.
