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Data Centers Can Delay, Not Dodge, the Power Crunch

Efficiency gains and flexible workloads may create near-term capacity for AI, but utilities will need proof that those reductions can be delivered when the grid needs them.

Beyond self-healing – the path to trusted autonomous networks (Reader Forum)

Autonomous networks must move beyond self-healing to coordinate decisions across RAN, transport, core and cloud, argues Droma’s Payal Kindiger, with trust, governance and verified service outcomes key to granting AI…

Meta Ordered to Pay New Mexico $25 Billion for Deceiving Users About Privacy on Facebook

The $25 billion award far exceeds a $5 billion fine the Federal Trade Commission levied against Facebook in 2019.

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Leading European Financial Services Organizations Embrace Open Models to Build Proprietary Intelligence

At GTC Berlin, banks, payment companies and financial data providers are showing what production-scale intelligence looks like — built on NVIDIA accelerated computing, powered by open weight models and running on their own infrastructure.

NVIDIA Cosmos Opens New Tools to Train, Evaluate and Deploy World Models

To help developers rapidly build world models, which help physical AI systems understand and simulate the real world, NVIDIA has expanded the Cosmos platform with new training tools, simulation checkpoints and Cosmos Data Factory…

How Companies Are Using NVIDIA DSX to Break the Power Bottleneck

Companies around the world are building on the NVIDIA DSX AI Factory Platform to plan, simulate and run the grid and the AI factory as one system, from the substation to the rack.

NVIDIA Transforms European Retail, From Digital Discovery to Physical Operations

European retailers are using open models and physical intelligence across use cases — from a commerce platform cutting inference costs by 90% to to a fulfillment center where collaboration of different robotic fleets is simulated inside a…

China-Linked Hackers Use ARTEX AI Agents in ConnectWise Supply Chain Attack

Microsoft on Wednesday disclosed that a China state-aligned actor dubbed Storm-0940 was behind the recent supply chain compromise of the ConnectWise Cloud Backup application.

Digicel and Vodafone activate first shared tower in Papua New Guinea

Papua New Guinean telco Digicel PNG announced on Tuesday it has successfully activated its network service on a Vodafone PNG tower under a tower and infrastructure sharing agreement signed by both telcos last month.

Turkcell tests ISAC tech that lets 6G networks track human movement

Turkcell revealed on Wednesday it has successfully field-tested integrated sensing and communication (ISAC) technology – a feature planned for 6G networks that enables mobile networks to detect and track human movement and density in…

TNM working with Meta to fight WhatsApp fraud spree in Malawi

Telekom Networks Malawi (TNM) said on Wednesday that it has received reports from customers that their WhatsApp accounts have been hacked by fraudsters, and is working with Meta to resolve the issue.

To help world gorge on GPUs, Nvidia brings cash bucket to fatten wafer-thin supply chain

Signs Samsung to build substrates, bolsters spend with other players

Japan's Onamae Desktop Cloud hacked, up to 27,000 servers affected

Hackers compromised the infrastructure of Onamae Desktop Cloud, a popular provider of VPS services in Japan, and installed malware on up to 26,739 customers' servers.

Lazarus hackers use post-quantum cryptography for malware delivery

North Korean hackers are using a post-quantum cryptographic mechanism to secure malicious payload delivery in new operations that combine old and new malware.

Reach new heights of laziness by burning tokens to let an AI tap your smartphone screen for you

Nothing will ruin your faith in humanity like an AI that operates your smartphone slowly, struggles with basic tasks, and can charge you for it

IT/OT convergence exposes skills gap. Cisco responds with new OT security certification

Cisco announced a new operational technology security certification designed to help network and security professionals develop the skills needed to secure industrial environments as IT and OT systems become more connected.

Grid ‘runs on coal-age data’, warns Open Climate Fix

Open Climate Fix says opening priority energy datasets could cut consumer bills, as a coalition of energy and data innovators urges ministers to act on the clean power mission

Critical GitLab Flaw (CVSS 10.0) Could Allow Unauthenticated RCE Across 12 Years of Releases

GitLab released fixes on October 21 for a flaw that lets an attacker run code on a self-managed server without logging in, and it affects every version of the software going back to 7.0, released in 2014.

Nvidia cuts AI factory deployment from six months to 14 days as Huang urges Europe to build its own AI

At GTC Berlin, Jensen Huang unveiled a containerised AI factory design, set out AI-RAN pilots with BT, Deutsche Telekom and Elisa, and told Europe to produce AI rather than just consume it.

CISA: Hackers chain Plex flaws in Plex2Shell attacks to breach servers

The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) is warning that attackers are actively exploiting four vulnerabilities in Plex Media Server.

Where will it all go? Examining AI’s infrastructure challenge

While AI is busy transforming industries worldwide, it’s also producing a lot of waste in its wake. Linda Li, chief strategy officer at Re-Teck, assesses the situation.

Market Pulse Report: Intelligent RAN

As mobile networks evolve toward 5G-Advanced and 6G, the Radio Access Network is undergoing a profound transformation. The Intelligent RAN paradigm marks a pivotal shift from traditional, hardware-centric architectures to…

6G ubiquity means service on demand, not broadband everywhere

Panelists favor integration over a single 6G architecture In sum – what we know: What does ubiquitous connectivity actually mean? That was the focus of a panel at the recent…

LiteLLM Compromised in Supply Chain Attack Delivering Credential Stealer and Backdoor

The popular LiteLLM Python package has been compromised as part of a software supply chain attack that delivered a credential stealer and a backdoor, according to reports from SafeDep, Socket, StepSecurity, and Upwind.