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NITDA and Stakeholders Renew Push to Accelerate Nigeria’s Digital Transformation

The National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) has reaffirmed its commitment to accelerating Nigeria’s digital transformation through stronger public-private partnerships, collaboration with academia and sustainable…

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Ericsson CEO champions his silicon over Nvidia chips in RAN

Per Narvinger, Ericsson's new CEO, describes Ericsson's ASICs as an 'extraordinary asset' when asked about interest in Nvidia's GPUs.

VAST and Hyperfusion target faster deployment of sovereign AI inference

Haider Aziz of VAST Data discusses how modular infrastructure could address power and capacity constraints, support local data control and…

Ex-OpenAI Engineer Detained in Spy Device Case as Saudi Royal Contacts Emerge

A U.S. court on Monday granted the U.S. government's request to detain a former OpenAI engineer accused of planting a recording device in an executive conference room at the company's San Francisco office to allegedly steal sensitive…

Spain-Based Startups Advance Regional Innovation With Barcelona Supercomputing Center

The Barcelona Supercomputing Center (BSC)’s AI Factory Accelerator Programme, now in full operation following a pilot initiative, gives startups access to sovereign compute, technical support and training to support innovation across…

Hackers Use New ROMULUS ClickFix Platform to Deliver LegionLoader and Other Malware

Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a ClickFix delivery platform called ROMULUS that's being used to distribute malware such as Legion Loader.

Digicel Trinidad and Tobago adds satellite to managed services portfolio

Digicel Trinidad and Tobago announced on Friday its business unit has launched satellite connectivity solutions that offer businesses a secure, resilient backup connectivity option to strengthen business continuity and operational…

Beeline Uzbekistan owner Veon buys rival Perfectum for US$207m

Global digital operator Veon – which owns Beeline Uzbekistan – said on Monday it has struck a deal to buy rival telco Rubicon Wireless, which operates under the “Perfectum” brand, for US$207 million.

Meta’s new enterprise contract says if its AI makes a mistake, it will legally be the customer’s fault

In Meta commercial terms changes slated to kick in on October 30, the company will shift the liability for any mistakes made by its AI models to its enterprise customers.

CIOs admit they are being forced to upgrade enterprise IT

The deep integration within the organisation makes it increasingly difficult for IT departments to select alternative enterprise IT systems, says survey

More partnerships aim to boost African’s digital payments ecosystem

Digital payments and remittances are becoming increasingly central to Africa’s economic growth and inspiring a number of significant recent partnerships, including one involving dLocal and Western Union and another involving Mastercard and…

Nikkei discloses third data breach in a month, 1.8M records exposed

Nikkei Inc. disclosed a new data breach, the third in about a month, that exposed 1.83 million personal information records.

TP-Link taps Keytronic to bring broadband router assembly to the US

Amid efforts to obtain an FCC exemption on new Wi-Fi 8 routers, TP-Link has signed a letter of intent with Keytronic to assemble those devices in the US starting next year. Keytronic recently exited manufacturing operations in China.

Grocery giant Ahold Delhaize confirms cyberattack forced US and European systems offline

Amazon makes vague commitment to unproven nuclear tech to power Indiana datacenters

Partner X-energy has not built a single working reactor yet

Hackers hijack AOMEI update servers to secretly spread malware

Hackers reportedly compromised AOMEI's servers to distribute malware through a built-in promotional feature in its backup software, briefly tampering with configuration files before restoring them to their original state to hide the…

Germany Wants to Lead the World in Industrial AI: How NVIDIA Will Help

In the cavernous hall of Kraftwerk, a former power station in Berlin, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz and NVIDIA founder and CEO Jensen Huang sat down to discuss Germany’s AI roadmap, and in particular, the industrial applications of AI.

Bullhorn takes staffing platform offline to contain cyberattack

Staffing software company Bullhorn has disabled access to its platform to contain a cyberattack that caused a system-wide outage.

US broadcaster group outs 'major progress' toward affordable ATSC 3.0 converters

Pearl TV, a group led by major US broadcasters, said it's seeing progress toward affordable ATSC 3.0 converter boxes as the industry preps for the transition to the next-gen, IP-based broadcast signaling standard. #pressrelease

Straight Talk adds features to 5G unlimited plans

Straight Talk, a Verizon-owned MVNO, said it is adding features across its Silver, Gold and Platinum unlimited plans, including more hotspot data, for no added cost.

Security patches need patches now that attackers have AI

Terra finds sharp rise in GitHub security fixes reported broken within 90 days

Siemens Software Center Vulnerability Exploited in ClickFix Malware Attacks

Attackers paired a genuine, signed copy of Siemens Software Center with malicious DLLs to infect Windows PCs via ClickFix lures.

NVIDIA Runs Record Simulation of Fault-Tolerant Quantum Computing at Jülich Supercomputing Centre

NVIDIA today announced a record-breaking quantum computing simulation on JUPITER, Europe’s first exascale supercomputer, allowing researchers to fully explore and validate magic state cultivation — a leading approach to fault-tolerant…

Hackers Exploit Plex2Shell Flaws to Install Crypto Miners and Linux Proxy Backdoor

Threat actors have begun to exploit a chain of vulnerabilities in Plex Media Server to deploy cryptocurrency miners and reverse proxy software, a day after a proof-of-concept (PoC) went public.