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Law enforcement shuts down VPN service used by two dozen ransomware gangs

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An international coalition of law enforcement agencies announced Thursday that they took down a popular virtual private network service used by cybercriminals and arrested its administrator.  The FBI said in an alert that First VPN was so popular that “at least” 25 ransomware gangs used the service to hide their malicious activity. Cybercriminals also relied […]

Google I/O showed how the path for AI-driven science is shifting

Just this week, Pushmeet Kohli, Google Cloud’s chief scientist, published a piece in a special AI and science issue of the journal Daedalus, writing: “We are moving toward AI that doesn’t just facilitate science but begins to do science.” With autonomous AI scientists on the horizon, it’s harder to justify massive efforts to develop super-specialized […]

Samsung’s memory chip employees negotiated $340,000 bonuses this year

Details have emerged about a tentative deal struck between Samsung and semiconductor employees who had threatened to strike. The deal reportedly makes some workers eligible for average annual bonuses of $340,000. The proposed 18-day strike had hinged on Samsung’s bonus cap for employees in the semiconductor division, and followed a substantial rise in the possible […]

How Elon Musk will increase his power through the SpaceX IPO

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Elon Musk has incredible sway over the companies he leads. And while he already calls himself “TechnoKing” at Tesla, he is a real ruler over SpaceX, wielding an unprecedented level of control over one of the most valuable companies in the world.  Musk’s monarchical grip on SpaceX was finally laid bare in the company’s IPO […]

Microsoft is letting Office users remove an annoying Copilot button

Microsoft is rolling out Office app updates next week that allow users to disable a floating Copilot button. The button appeared in Word, Excel, and PowerPoint in recent weeks, and floats above the bottom right-hand section of spreadsheets or documents. It has angered many Excel users in particular, because it obstructs cells and you can’t […]

Senior citizen FD rates up to 8.3% this month: Know offers | Personal Finance

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Senior citizens can earn up to 8.25 per cent on fixed deposits (FDs) in late May, with small finance banks offering higher returns than large state-owned and private lenders.   Data compiled by Stable Money shows that while most major public sector banks are offering senior citizen FD rates between 6.75 per cent […]