DHS says it needs $100M worth of counter-drone tech to protect America Our drones are OK, but those other drones? The US Department of Homeland Security has revealed plans to spend more than $100 million on systems designed to take out hostile drones.  … #theregister #IT

Homeland Security to buy $100M in counter-drone tech

: Our drones are OK, but those other drones?

Not in my browser! Vivaldi capo doubles down on generative AI ban Web browsing belongs to the people, not the bots Jon von Tetzchner, CEO of Norway-based browser maker Vivaldi, believes the tech industry's efforts to automate web browsing using generative AI models have gone too far.… #theregister #IT

Vivaldi browser capo doubles down on generative AI ban

: Web browsing belongs to the people, not the bots

FBI, Dutch cops seize fake ID marketplace that sold identity docs for $9 $6.4M VerifTools marketplace offline The FBI and Dutch police today said that they seized two domains and a blog tied to VerifTools, an international criminal marketplace that sold identity documents for as little as $9.… #theregister #IT

FBI, Dutch cops seize fake ID marketplace, servers

: $6.4M VerifTools marketplace offline

How does China keep stealing our stuff, wonders DoD group responsible for keeping foreign agents out 'The homeland is no longer secure,' says Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency leader The Pentagon outfit responsible for preventing foriegn agents from infiltrating defense agencies says the US isn't doing a very good job of preventing state secrets from falling into Chinese … #theregister #IT

China steals too much US defense tech, says DCSA

: 'The homeland is no longer secure,' says Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency leader

Dialing Earth: Skylo set to leapfrog T-Mobile and offer voice calls via satellite Only a few Android phones will be able to support the service Users of Google Pixel and Samsung Galaxy phones could soon find themselves able to make voice calls via a satellite connection, if Skylo Technologies can get all its ducks in a row.… #theregister #IT

Skylo set to offer voice calls via satellite connection

: Only a few Android phones will be able to support the service

Whisper it: FFmpeg 8 can now subtitle your videos on the fly Media multitool taps Vulkan for GPU encoding, adds VVC support, and dusts off some ancient formats FFmpeg 8.0 brings GPU-accelerated video encoding via Vulkan – and can now subtitle your videos automatically using integrated speech recognition.… #theregister #IT

FFmpeg 8 can subtitle your videos on the fly with Whisper

: Media multitool taps Vulkan for GPU encoding, adds VVC support, and dusts off some ancient formats

AmiBrowser brings 21st century web to 20th century Amigas Also, not one but two new models of the classic 1200 The new native 68K AmigaOS web browser leans on the machines' underlying emulation system to offer modern facilities on a retro OS.… #theregister #IT

AmiBrowser brings 21st century web to 20th century Amigas

: Also, not one but two new models of the classic 1200

'It isn't designed to solve privacy concerns,' Grafana CTO says of Bring Your Own Cloud Think BYOC will solve all your sovereignty and privacy worries? You might be missing the point INTERVIEW  Bring Your Own Cloud (BYOC) is a concept gaining traction as companies seek ways to resolve sovereignty and privacy issues, but its implementation can vary widely depending on interpretation.… #theregister #IT

Grafana CTO Tom Wilkie talks limits of Bring Your Own Cloud

INTERVIEW: Think BYOC will solve all your sovereignty and privacy worries? You might be missing the point

Google and Zed push protocol to pry AI agents out of VS Code's clutches Because not every bot wants to live inside Microsoft's walled garden Google and code editor company Zed Industries have introduced the Agent Client Protocol (ACP) as a standard way for AI agents to integrate with an IDE, with the idea that this will prevent developers getting locked into VS Code.… #theregister #IT

Google, Zed fight VS Code lock-in with Agent Client Protocol

: Because not every bot wants to live inside Microsoft's walled garden

SK Telecom walloped with $97M fine after schoolkid security blunders let attackers run riot Regulator points to lack of 'basic access controls' between internet-facing systems, internal network South Korea's privacy watchdog has slapped SK Telecom with a record ₩134.5 billion ($97 million) fine after finding that the mobile giant left its network wide open to hackers through a catalog of … #theregister #IT

SK Telecom walloped with $97M fine after schoolkid security

: Regulator points to lack of 'basic access controls' between internet-facing systems, internal network