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US Travel Firm CWT Paid $4.5 Million in Bitcoin to Get Computer System Back from Hackers
US travel management company CWT paid $4.5 million to hackers who stole sensitive corporate files. CWT has a global clientele and is the fifth-largest US travel company. The firm boasts an estimate of $1.5 billion in annual revenue and claims that it represents more than a third of companies on the S&P 500 U.S stock index.
US National Lab Computer Scientists Deploy Artificial Intelligence (AI) to Thwart Illegal Crypto Mining
Los Alamos National Laboratory has created an artificial intelligence (AI) system capable of identifying malicious codes that mine cryptos such as Bitcoin.
PIGEON: Predicting Your Location with Images
PIGEON and PIGEOTTO are groundbreaking AI models in image geolocalization, predicting locations from images with remarkable accuracy. PIGEON excels with Street View data, while PIGEOTTO thrives on diverse global imagery, both significantly reducing median distance errors in geolocalization.
Japan Boosts AI Sovereignty with Cutting-Edge ABCI 3.0 Supercomputer
Japan's AIST integrates NVIDIA H200 GPUs into ABCI 3.0 to enhance AI sovereignty and research capabilities.
NVIDIA's Supercomputers Propel Quantum Computing Breakthrough
NVIDIA's GPUs play a crucial role in groundbreaking quantum computing research, focusing on quantum annealing and optimization problems.
New Computer Achieves 50% Higher Recall with LangSmith Integration
New Computer enhances memory retrieval, achieving 50% higher recall and 40% higher precision using LangSmith's advanced systems.
Microsoft's Florence-2: Bridging the Gap Between LLMs and Large Vision Models
Microsoft's Florence-2 is a foundational image model capable of performing diverse computer vision tasks, inspired by the advancements in large language models (LLMs).
IBM Research Advances in Automation and Information Processing
IBM Research continues to lead in computer science, focusing on breakthroughs in automation, information processing, and computation.
Foxconn Partners with NVIDIA to Develop Taiwan's Fastest AI Supercomputer
Foxconn teams up with NVIDIA to build Taiwan's fastest AI supercomputer, leveraging NVIDIA's Blackwell architecture to enhance AI research and smart city innovations.
Denmark Unveils Gefion: A Sovereign AI Supercomputer for Scientific Innovation
Denmark launches Gefion, its first sovereign AI supercomputer, aiming to advance quantum computing, clean energy, and biotechnology through local innovation and global collaboration.
Claude 3.5 Sonnet: Enhancing AI with Computer Interaction Capabilities
Anthropic's Claude 3.5 Sonnet advances AI by emulating human computer interactions, unlocking new applications. This development marks a significant breakthrough in AI progress, according to Anthropic.
NVIDIA Powers World's Largest AI Supercomputer with Spectrum-X Networking
NVIDIA and xAI have collaborated to build the world's largest AI supercomputer, Colossus, utilizing NVIDIA's Spectrum-X Ethernet networking to achieve superior AI model training performance.
NVIDIA Powers Majority of World's Supercomputers, Driving Scientific Advancements
NVIDIA technology now accelerates 384 of the world's top supercomputers, enabling breakthroughs in climate forecasting, drug discovery, and quantum simulation, according to the latest TOP500 list.
FBI Arrests 2 Hackers for Ransomware and “Crypto-Jacking” Scams, 5 Chinese Suspects Still at Large
The DoJ and the FBI seized two criminals connected to a cybercrime targeting over 100 companies in the US and abroad with ransomware, crypto jacking and more.
Quantinuum Secures $300 Million in Landmark Quantum Computing Funding Round
Quantinuum secures a significant $300M equity fundraise at a $5B valuation, led by JPMorgan Chase, Mitsui, Amgen, and Honeywell, marking a major stride in the quantum computing sector and boosting development of fault-tolerant quantum computers.
Internet Computer (ICP): Everything You Need to Know
After Internet Computer ICP tokens were listed on a number of leading cryptocurrency exchanges, its price even exceeded the maximum of $750, briefly surpassing Ripple, Dogecoin, and Cardano, and reached fourth place.
Meta to Build World's Fastest Supercomputer for Metaverse, Mark Zuckerberg Confirms
Meta is reported to be building the world's fastest artificial intelligence supercomputer as part of the plans to build a virtual metaverse.
Stay Alert to Crypto Wallets Protection from Quantum Computer Attack
Nowadays, the application of digital signature to access financial accounts could be risky to be attacked by quantum computer hacking, especially for the crypto wallets, experts remind the public to stay alert.
Australian Federal Agency Ex-Employee Evades Prison Despite Illegally Mining Ether and Monero on Supercomputers
A former employee of an Australian federal agency avoided prison despite mining cryptocurrency on government supercomputers.
Internet Computer to Integrate with Bitcoin and Ethereum by the End of 2022
Internet Computer has launched a roadmap for 2022, saying it will roll out the integration of Bitcoin and Ethereum by the end of 2022.
Google DeepMind: Subtle Adversarial Image Manipulation Influences Both AI Model and Human Perception
Recent DeepMind research reveals that subtle adversarial image manipulations, originally designed to deceive AI models, also subtly influence human perception. This discovery underscores similarities and distinctions in human and machine vision, emphasizing the need for further research in AI safety and security.
DFINITY Unveils $20 Million ICP Asia Alliance to Propel Web3 Adoption
DFINITY Foundation launches the ICP Asia Alliance and a $20 million fund on September 28, 2023, to accelerate Web3 and AI adoption in Asia. The alliance aspires to unite diverse stakeholders, foster innovation, and catalyze the growth of the Internet Computer blockchain across the region, underlined by the establishment of multiple ICP.Hubs and strategic partnerships.
Hackers Demand $1 Million in Bitcoin Ransom After Hacking Computer Systems of Insurance Firm
Israeli’s largest insurance company fell victim to hackers this week and must pay huge amounts of funds in cryptocurrency to regain access to its data.
Silk Road Programmer Pleads Guilty for Covering Up His Darknet Involvement to FBI and IRS
Silk Road computer programmer Michael R. Weigand pleaded guilty for providing false statements regarding his involvement with the darknet marketplace.
Indian Engineering Students Develop Blockchain-based Smart Voting System
Three Computer Engineering Students have created a Blockchain-based Voting System which will allows casting of votes online, instead of the manual means of standing in a poll.
Russian Man Charged For Offering $1 Million in Bitcoin to United States Employee to Install Malware in Company’s Network
Russian citizen arrested and charged for trying to recruit an employee to plant malware on a company’s computer network in Nevada, US.
How Do Hackers Use Excel Files to Compromise Your Computers?
We do not recommend users to open excel (especially excel files among other office format files) from an unknown source. Hacker can gain full control of your computer, including the access of all files, screenshots, your web camera and all information typed by your keyboard!
LinkedIn Ranks Blockchain as a Top Skill for 2020
The skills that are in demand follow programming and computer science as key elements, however, sales and marketing in the industry will also follow suit, to advertise and push awareness for the new developing tech shown alongside Blockchain on the in-demand list according to the job and professional networking site LinkedIn.
Bill Gates Foundation’s COVID-19 Vaccine is a Satanic Plot says Oscar-Winner
Microsoft’s recent patent for a human powered crypto mining system based on sensors that convert physical or mental activity into computer power has generated a lot of interest and captured the imagination of the public, but perhaps some are looking a little too closely.
Is YouTube Sensation PewDiePie a Tron and BitTorrent Shill?
PewDiePie has often had to turn to sponsors for income since the adpocalyspe on YouTube. Notable sponsors include GFuel energy drink and Origin computer products. This year, PewDiePie announced a new sponsorship with Tron and BitTorrent that has attracted the attention and suspicion of the crypto world.
Bitcoin Halving Reduces Mining Rewards for Third Time in Brief History
The most anticipated event for cryptocurrency has come to pass. Bitcoin’s third Halving took place reducing the block rewards from 12.5 to 6.25 BTC per new block for the third time in its history. The first block mined for 6.25-bitcoin was mined and relayed by the fourth largest mining pool by total computer power, Antpool.
Visa Applies for Blockchain-Based Digital Currency Patent to Potentially Remove Physical Currency
Visa has filed a patent application to create a blockchain-based digital currency on a centralized computer, according to a publication by the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). The patent was originally filed in November 2019, and was described as “Digital Fiat Currency.” The US dollar was mentioned as one of the fiat currencies to be used potentially, although the patent could also apply to other central bank digital currencies including the pound, yen, and the euro.