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Spam blocklist SORBS closed by its owner, Proofpoint

Spammers will probably bid to buy it, so community is trying to find a better home for decades-old service Exclusive  The Spam and Open Relay Blocking System (SORBS) – a longstanding source of info on known sources of spam widely used to create blocklists – has been shuttered by its owner, cyber security software vendor Proofpoint.…

Fri Jun 7, 2024 09:32
Samsung union stages its first ever strike – very politely

Members stop work – on a day many take off, anyway – in pursuit of better conditions Around 28,000 Samsung workers upset over wages may have walked out in protest today, but probably used their holiday allowance to do so. Rampant industrial militancy, this is not.…

Fri Jun 7, 2024 07:35
Lenovo loses its Infrastructure Solutions Group boss

The long and largely unsuccessful effort to turn IBM's x86 server business into consistent profit continues Lenovo has announced the departure of Kirk Skaugen, the head of its Infrastructure Solutions Group (ISG) – the enterprise tech arm of the Chinese hardware giant.…

Fri Jun 7, 2024 05:54
POC exploit code published for 9.8-rated Apache HugeGraph RCE flaw

You upgraded when this was fixed in April, right? Right?? If you haven't yet upgraded to version 1.3.0 of Apache HugeGraph, now's a good time because at least two proof-of-concept exploits for a CVSS 9.8-rated remote command execution bug in the open-source graph database have been made public.…

Fri Jun 7, 2024 04:24
OpenAI to buy electricity from CEO Sam Altman's nuclear fusion side hustle

Knowing your supplier is always good – and super lab's auditors promise to check for conflicts of interest OpenAI is reportedly in talks with Helion to get access to the startup's not-yet-possible nuclear fusion-driven electricity generators.…

Fri Jun 7, 2024 00:56
Memphis to host 'Gigafactory of Compute' thanks to xAI and Elon Musk's billions

City known for blues, BBQ, and now possibly the 'world's largest supercomputer' xAI plans to build the "world's largest supercomputer" in Memphis, Tennessee according to the city's local government.…

Fri Jun 7, 2024 00:45

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