If you can't use AI then it's bye bye, Accenture tells staff Consultancy says machine learning advice is making bank ai-pocalypse  AI is proving to be a gold mine for mega tech consultancy Accenture, but if staff can't use it, then it's time to pack up their desks.… #theregister #IT

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ai-pocalypse: Consultancy says machine learning advice is making bank

Federal agencies DOGE questions about what cost-cutting team is doing Oversight efforts have been rebuffed, says Democratic report, 'putting Americans' personal data at risk' A trio of federal executive agencies targeted by DOGE cost-cutters either don't know or won't say what the group is doing inside their operations, according to a Senate investigation that concludes DOGE is acting without le… #theregister #IT

Senate report accuses DOGE of flouting law, oversight

: Oversight efforts have been rebuffed, says Democratic report, 'putting Americans' personal data at risk'

NASA and Sierra Space clip Dream Chaser's ISS wings Aptly named spacecraft might never make it to the orbital outpost after all NASA and Sierra Space have modified the Commercial Resupply Services-2 contract, which originally called for the Dream Chaser spaceplane to be used to supply the International Space Station (ISS).… #theregister #IT

NASA and Sierra Space update Dream Chaser contract

: Aptly named spacecraft might never make it to the orbital outpost after all

Renewables blow past nuclear when it comes to cheap datacenter juice Study finds microgrids with wind, solar, and batteries can be built years sooner and at lower cost than SMRs Renewable energy sources could power datacenters at a lower cost than relying on nuclear generation from small modular reactors (SMRs), claims a recently revealed study.… #theregister #IT

Wind and solar will power datacenters more cheaply than SMRs

: Study finds microgrids with wind, solar, and batteries can be built years sooner and at lower cost than SMRs

Microsoft spots fresh XCSSET malware strain hiding in Apple dev projects Upgraded nasty slips into Xcode builds, steals crypto, and disables macOS defenses The long-running XCSSET malware strain has evolved again, with Microsoft warning of a new macOS variant that expands its bag of tricks while continuing to target developers.… #theregister #IT

Microsoft spots XCSSET strain hiding in Apple dev projects

: Upgraded nasty slips into Xcode builds, steals crypto, and disables macOS defenses

Salesforce facing multiple lawsuits after Salesloft breach CRM giant denies security shortcomings as claims allege stolen data used for ID theft Salesforce is facing a wave of lawsuits in the wake of a cyberattack that exposed customer data.… #theregister #IT

Salesforce faces class action after Salesloft breach

Updated: CRM giant denies security shortcomings as claims allege stolen data used for ID theft

Google fuses SQL, Python, and Spark in Colab Enterprise push Move comes as Snowflake and Databricks chase the same all-in-one analytics dream Google is promising a single notebook environment for machine learning and data analytics, integrating SQL, Python, and Apache Spark in one place.… #theregister #IT

Google fuses SQL, Python, and Spark in Colab Enterprise push

: Move comes as Snowflake and Databricks chase the same all-in-one analytics dream

‘An attacker's playground:’ Crims exploit GoAnywhere perfect-10 bug Researchers say tens of thousands of instances remain publicly reachable Security researchers have confirmed that threat actors have exploited the maximum-severity vulnerability affecting Fortra's GoAnywhere managed file transfer (MFT), and chastised the vendor for a lack of transparency.… #theregister #IT

Exploits using GoAnywhere perfect-10 bug confirmed

: Researchers say tens of thousands of instances remain publicly reachable

LockBit's new variant is 'most dangerous yet,' hitting Windows, Linux and VMware ESXi Operation Cronos didn’t kill LockBit – it just came back meaner Trend Micro has sounded the alarm over the new LockBit 5.0 ransomware strain, which it warns is "significantly more dangerous" than past versions due to its newfound ability to simultaneously target Windows, Linux, and VMware ESXi environ… #theregister #IT

LockBit

: Operation Cronos didn’t kill LockBit – it just came back meaner

Software CEO tells Catholic uni panel AI won't take out jobs, but it could take out brains As exorcist convention decries AI's potential for 'necromancy' The CEO of a software testing company told a panel at Catholic University of America that AI will not create mass unemployment – though it could make people more stupid.… #theregister #IT

Software CEO tells Catholic uni panel AI won

: As exorcist convention decries AI's potential for 'necromancy'