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Intuit told to stop promoting “free” software unless everyone can actually use them
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has issued an Opinion and Final Order, finding TurboTax maker Intuit guilty of engaging in “deceptive advertising” practices, The Commission upheld the opinion of Chief Administrative Law Judge (ALJ), D. Michael Chappell, asserting that Intuit’s tax software and services had been marketed in a misleading…
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AWS Marketplace will now allow third-party services to be sold, which is fantastic news for customers
In a strategic move to help it continue dominating the cloud business landscape, Amazon Web Services (AWS) has expanded its Marketplace to now include third-party professional services. A company announcement confirmed Marketplace sellers, along with independent software vendors (ISVs), consulting partners and channel partners, can now sell third-party services. This…
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Subway reportedly hit by LockBit ransomware – but is it half-baked speculation?
Subway has allegedly suffered a data breach at the hands of none other than the notorious LockBit ransomware gang. According to The Register, the ransomware-as-a-service provider added the sandwich makers to its data leak site earlier this week after one of its affiliates made away with gigabytes of sensitive data.…
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Microsoft goes atomic — World’s most valuable company just hired a director of nuclear development acceleration to help power its very own AI revolution
It’s well-known that data centers consume a staggering amount of energy, with about 1-1.5% of all global electricity usage thought to be dedicated to their operation. Tech companies have largely focused on powering these through renewable and sustainable energy sources in an effort to boost their green credentials and address…
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Video of ridiculously powerful 64-core AMD EPYC workstation laptop emerges — but that pales in comparison to the dual socket, 512-core powerhouse its Chinese maker is working on
If you’ve ever cursed your laptop for being too slow when tackling an important or intensive task, then imagine what it would be like to work on a beast like the REV-9, the world’s first laptop equipped with a 64-core AMD EPYC CPU and an RTX 4080 desktop graphics card.…
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Dangerous TA866 malware returns with devious new phishing campaign
After a nine month hiatus, the infamous TA866 threat actor is back, a new report from cybersecurity researchers Proofpoint has claimed, having recently observed a large phishing campaign targeting people in North America. As per its report, Proofpoint says TA866 sent “several thousand emails” with subjects such as “Project achievements”,…
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