MOST POPULAR AI - AI and ML AI is becoming a bargain hunter's market, with a few luxury models on topInference is become a commodity except for frontier models - AI and ML South Korean chip startup FuriosaAI invades European datacentersRNGD accelerators land in Equinix's Lisbon DCs - AI and ML Enterprise AI still smarting from leaping before lookingMajority report AI-related security incidents or vulnerabilities - Science Boffins bet on quantum computers, AI supers to solve fusion fuel dilemmaDepartment of Energy, Cleveland Clinic, and IBM simulate a soup of molten salts and techno babble in pursuit of tritium - AI and ML Software engineers can still rake in big bucks by working for fast-growing companiesAI's impact on tech business is complicated Infosec - Security Russians are posing as Signal support to launch phishing attacksPLUS: US takes down Iranian propaganda sites; Marketing company asks 'Why Do We Have Your Information?' And more! - Security Microsoft patches failed to fix on-prem SharePoint, which is now under zero-day attackPLUS: China upgrades smartphone surveillance tools; Ring eases anti-snooping stance; and more - Black Hat and DEF CON DEF CON Franklin project enlists hackers to harden critical infrastructureVoting village reports have been so successful, says Jeff Moss, that the whole of DEF CON will now be included - Security EQT buys majority share in Swiss cybersecurity biz AcronisWent at equivalent of $3.5B+ valuation for entire firm, though portion sold not specified - Malware Month Ten years since the first corp ransomware, Mikko Hyppönen sees no end in sightOn the plus side, infosec's a good bet for a long, stable career FOSS - Collabora releases CODE 26.04 as rivalry between FOSS cloudy office suites heats upNow with Markdown support and smarter formula error handling – plus integrated AI, though it's off by default - Blast from