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Fortinet Announces Formation of Veterans Program Advisory Council to Narrow the Cybersecurity Skills Gap With Military Veteran Talent
SUNNYVALE, Calif. – Sep 27, 2023 — John Maddison, EVP of Product Strategy and CMO at Fortinet “Military veterans can be vital…
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“Unprecedented” youth climate trial demands action from 32 European governments
Enlarge / Firefighters tackle a wildfire at Vale de Abelha village in Macao, Portugal, on August 16, 2017. The largest…
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PlayStation CEO Jim Ryan stepping down in March
Sony Interactive Entertainment CEO and president Jim Ryan is retiring from his position leading the PlayStation business, Sony announced Wednesday.…
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Regulators close investigation into Blue Origin’s New Shepard anomaly | TechCrunch
The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration has closed the investigation into a mishap that occurred last September during a launch of…
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Radiant Logic Announces Expanded Identity Analytics and Data Management Platform Capabilities
Novato, California, September 27, 2023 – Radiant Logic, the Identity Data Fabric company, today announces the completed integration of Brainwave GRC…
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NASA astronaut Frank Rubio is home after a year in space
Enlarge / NASA astronaut Frank Rubio smiles and waves moments after arriving back on Earth to wrap up more than…
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Counter-Strike 2 is now available, replacing CS:GO
Valve officially released Counter-Strike 2, its sequel/free upgrade to Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, on Wednesday. The game was previously only available…
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Artifact takes on X and Threads with new Posts feature | TechCrunch
Artifact, a platform built by Instagram’s co-founders, is launching the ability for users to make posts. Up until now, the…
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Microsoft Adds Passkeys to Windows 11
In a major update to its Windows 11 operating system this week, Microsoft has integrated Passkeys alongside Windows Hello, its…
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Backdoored firmware lets China state hackers control routers with “magic packets”
Getty Images Hackers backed by the Chinese government are planting malware into routers that provides long-lasting and undetectable backdoor access…
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The trippy animated sci-fi series Scavengers Reign crash lands onto Max this October
Titmouse, the LA-based animation studio behind Metalocalypse and The Venture Bros., shared a new trailer for their upcoming sci-fi adventure…
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Meta Connect 2023: Everything you need to know about Quest 3 VR, smart glasses | TechCrunch
Meta’s annual Connect conference started today, and this means lots of new hardware and perhaps a Metaverse sighting. Are you…
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Threat Data Feeds and Threat Intelligence Are Not the Same Thing
In cybersecurity, “threat data feeds” and “threat intelligence” are often used interchangeably. They are, however, quite different. To make matters…
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Spotify tests using AI to automatically clone and translate podcast voices
On Monday, Spotify rolled out a limited pilot program that uses AI to automatically translate podcasts into various languages, using…
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A new Devil May Cry anime is coming to Netflix
Netflix unveiled the announcement trailer for Devil May Cry, a new animated adaptation of the popular Capcom hack and slash…
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Sam Altman backs Slope’s $30M round to digitize, scale B2B payments | TechCrunch
Slope, a business-to-business payments platform for enterprise companies, closed on a venture round of $30 million to expand its business.…
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Hackers Trick Outlook into Showing Fake AV Scans
Threat actors are employing an existing technique of zero-point font obfuscation in a new way to fool Microsoft Outlook users…
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We try out the first legal level 3 automated driving system in the US
Enlarge / The front panel of a Drive Pilot-equipped EQS conceals its lidar and other sensors. Mercedes-Benz LOS ANGELES—Mercedes-Benz has…
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One Piece’s music world-building sets the tone for season 2 and beyond
When composers Sonya Belousova and Giona Ostinelli boarded the ship of Netflix’s One Piece, producers immediately issued them a playlist…
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Elon Musk’s X removes general option to report misleading info about politics | TechCrunch
X (formerly Twitter) appears to have removed an option that allowed users in a handful of markets to directly report…
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Will Government Secure Open Source or Muck It Up?
Can open source software be regulated? Should it be regulated? And if so, will it lead to enhanced security? In…
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EVgo knows that DC fast charging is still rough, so it’s fixing more stations
Enlarge / If my dad had been able to show me the intricate dance between smartphone app, car, cable, and…
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Resourcify, a platform to digitize waste management, raises €14M | TechCrunch
Resourcify, a waste management and recycling platform, today announced that it raised €14 million ~($14.94 million) in a Series A…
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HD Moore’s Discovery Journey
For as long as he can remember it, HD Moore has loved discovering unexplored connections between devices. Even as a…
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In depression treatment trials, placebo effect is growing stronger
Enlarge / A decent placebo setup for transcranial magnetic stimulation is difficult to distinguish from actual treatment. Placebos have occupied…
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QED and Partech back South African payment orchestration platform Revio in $5.2M seed | TechCrunch
The payment landscape in Africa is still fragmented, with several payment operators providing different payment options to customers as well…
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Maine Department of Labor to Announce the Launch of University of Maine at Augusta Cybersecurity and IT Registered Apprenticeship Program
HOUSTON, Sept. 25, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — On September 28th from 1-3pm ET, the Maine Department of Labor (MDOL) and its Commissioner, Laura Fortman, will announce the…
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FCC details plan to restore the net neutrality rules repealed by Ajit Pai
Enlarge / Federal Communication Commission Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel, then a commissioner, rallies against repeal of net neutrality rules in December…
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New research: Vast majority of VC-backed UK startups do *nothing* on climate emissions | TechCrunch
Some 76% of the top 500 VC-backed UK startups have done nothing to either measure or offset their carbon emissions,…
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Delinea Secret Server Introduces MFA Enforcement at Depth to Meet Cyber Insurance Requirements
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 26, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — Delinea, a leading provider of solutions that seamlessly extend Privileged Access Management (PAM), today announced an…
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Anti-viral drug backfires: COVID drug linked to viral mutations that spread
Enlarge / A worker handles a bottle of Merck & Co. and Ridgeback Biotherapeutics LPs molnupiravir antiviral medication in a warehouse…
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Sources: Palo Alto Networks in advanced talks to buy Talon and Dig in a $1B security sweep | TechCrunch
Palo Alto Networks’ stock price has been on the rise on the back of strong earnings and growing demand for…
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Researchers Uncover RaaS Affiliate Distributing Multiple Ransomware Strains
A new threat group is leveraging a relatively large network of malicious servers to distribute and manage multiple ransomware families…
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Scientists just opened the lid to NASA’s asteroid sample canister
Enlarge / The lid is open on the OSIRIS-REx sample return canister, revealing a tantalizing ring of dust outside the…
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What is Amazon’s [redacted] ‘Project Nessie’ algorithm? | TechCrunch
The FTC’s lawsuit against Amazon alleging anti-competitive practices is largely full of things we already knew in a general sense:…
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Suspicious New Ransomware Group Claims Sony Hack
A new threat actor is offering files purportedly stolen from Sony on the Dark Web, but debate is ongoing as…
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Google quietly corrects previously submitted disclosure for critical webp 0-day
Enlarge / Malware Detected Warning Screen with abstract binary code 3d digital concept Getty Images Google has quietly resubmitted a…
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The writers strike is over: here’s how AI negotiations shook out | TechCrunch
After almost five months, the Writers Guild of America (WGA) has reached an agreement with Hollywood studios to end the…
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Cyemptive Technologies Expands Operations in the Middle East and the Americas
SNOHOMISH, Wash. (September 26, 2023) — Cyemptive Technologies, an award-winning provider of preemptive cybersecurity solutions for business and government, today announced…
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Archaeologists: Roman soldiers used this built-in fridge to keep their wine cool
Enlarge / Archaeologists excavating a Roman legionary fortress found a ceramic “wine fridge.” Roman soldiers occupying what is now northern…
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Rick and Morty snuck a Zelda: Breath of the Wild reference into its trailer
Apparently, Hyrule might exist in the Rick and Morty multiverse. On Monday, Adult Swim released a trailer for the much-anticipated…
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Atlassian CTO: We were late moving to the cloud, on the ball with AI | TechCrunch
“I’m responsible for all of engineering at Atlassian,” Rajeev Rajan said in our interview onstage at TechCrunch Disrupt last week.…
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Research From IANS and Artico Search Reveals Cybersecurity Budgets Increased Just 6% for 2022-2023 Cycle
Boston, MA – September 26, 2023 – Today, IANS Research and Artico Search released their 2023 Security Budget Benchmark Report, an annual research study…
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This week’s dead Google products: Google Podcasts, basic Gmail, and more!
Enlarge / Google is looking pretty dilapidated these days. Aurich Lawson Google kills product View more stories Google is killing…
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How rain works in Starfield (and lots of other games)
Starfield players realized this week that their characters have rain clouds that follow them around planets, à la The Truman…
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Talkdesk conducts third round of layoffs in less than 14 months | TechCrunch
Talkdesk, a company once valued at $10 billion that sells software to help large corporations improve customer service, has laid…
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Catalyte Leverages Google Career Certificates to Expand Cybersecurity Apprenticeship Opportunities
BALTIMORE, Sept. 26, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ — Catalyte is partnering to use Google’s Cybersecurity Certificate to prepare apprentices for a new career in the high-growth…
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macOS 14 Sonoma: The Ars Technica review
I was preparing to write an intro calling macOS Sonoma—version 14.0 of Apple’s desktop operating system, for those of you…
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Lenny Kravitz wore his ridiculously huge scarf in debut TikTok
It’s officially fall. How do I know this? Well, it’s time for the meme of Lenny Kravitz in an enormous,…
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YouTube relaxes advertiser-friendly guidelines around controversial topics, like abortion, abuse and eating disorders | TechCrunch
YouTube today announced an update to its advertiser-friendly guidelines that relaxes some of its rules around controversial issues, including sexual…
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