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Two European researchers have made an alarming discovery about the technology underpinning the security of Wi-Fi networks that they say renders every major operating system vulnerable to eavesdropping. Mathy Vanhoef and Frank Piessens of Belgian university KU Leuven revealed an exploit Monday that enables …
Facebook debuts new video datasets for training neural networks
Facebook Inc. unveiled its latest contribution to the artificial intelligence ecosystem at the GitHub Universe conference on Thursday. Researchers from the social network have put together two datasets designed to help with creation of machine learning models that process video content. Typically, the …
As the world grows more automated, Google pledges $1B for job training
In an apparent nod to concerns about how automation will affect the job market, Google LLC on Thursday announced a far-reaching training program designed to prepare workers for the changes to come. The crux of the initiative is a pledge to donate $1 …
SecurityScorecard raises $27.5M to benchmark companies’ cybersecurity
When it comes to cybersecurity, companies have more to worry about than attacks against their infrastructure and employees. There’s also the risk of hackers indirectly obtaining sensitive data by compromising third parties such as suppliers, a threat SecurityScorecard Inc. is tackling. The …
Unlikely allies Amazon and Microsoft unveil Gluon to ease machine learning projects
Amazon Web Services Inc. and Microsoft Corp., the two top players in the fiercely competitive cloud infrastructure market, make for unlikely allies. But recent history shows even the oldest industry rivalries can be set aside to pursue common interests. Today, the two …
Sysdig upgrades its container monitoring platform to hunt for security threats
Like the other aspects of managing containerized applications, breach prevention often requires a much different approach than in a traditional software environment. San Francisco’s Sysdig Inc. today unveiled a new product aimed at enabling companies to handle the task more efficiently. Aptly named Sysdig …
Cloud Foundry gets new software container toolkit codeveloped by Google
Cloud Foundry, the popular open-source application platform favored by enterprises, got a major upgrade today. The industry body responsible for maintaining the software today introduced a new component designed to help its many corporate users adopt containers, which allow applications to run …
Alibaba launches $15B global research initiative to explore emerging tech
Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. founder Jack Ma (pictured) has a new plan for gaining an edge over Western rivals in the technology arms race. Today, the Chinese e-commerce giant announced the launch of an internal program that is set to see more than $15 …
ShiftLeft’s new cybersecurity platform customizes itself for every workload
Thanks to sophisticated development tools and practices that have emerged in recent years, application teams are producing code faster than ever. The downside is that the shorter release cycles become, the less time is left to check for potential security flaws. ShiftLeft Inc. …
Nvidia’s new Pegasus chip targets tomorrow’s fully autonomous vehicles
There is still a way to go before self-driving vehicles can achieve true autonomy as defined by the U.S. Department of Transportation’s five-level automobile classification system. But according to Nvidia Corp., the processors needed to support the capability is already here. Jensen Huang (pictured), …