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US lawmakers introduce bill to update ancient export control IT systems

4 months 2 weeks ago
Last year's attempt failed, but increased concern over the state of the BIS might make the second time the charm

The US government agency in charge of keeping advanced technology out of the hands of America's enemies desperately needs an IT modernization to accomplish its mission. So a group of elected officials is trying (again) to get the funds it needs to do so. …

Brandon Vigliarolo

Microsoft Releases Lightweight Office Taskbar Apps for Windows 11

4 months 2 weeks ago
An anonymous reader shares a report: Microsoft is starting to roll out lightweight taskbar apps for Microsoft 365 users on Windows 11. These taskbar apps will automatically launch at startup and provide quick access to contacts, file search, and calendar straight from the Windows taskbar. The Microsoft 365 companion apps, as Microsoft calls them, are starting to roll out to business users of Microsoft 365 this month. The People companion provides a browsable org chart, as well as the ability to look up anyone in your company. You can also quickly start a Teams message or call with a contact, or email them directly.

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GSA inks another $1 OneGov vendor deal, this time with Anthropic

4 months 2 weeks ago
Deal could give legislative and judicial agencies access to AI that hallucinated legal citations in a court filing

Anthropic has become the latest company to benefit from the US government's frenetic AI adoption pace, inking a deal to get its software into the hands of federal agencies at a deep discount.…

Brandon Vigliarolo

Microsoft is Trying To Poach Meta AI Talent and Offering Multimillion-Dollar Pay Packages

4 months 2 weeks ago
Microsoft has compiled a spreadsheet of Meta AI employees by name, location and position as part of an aggressive recruiting push to sustain its AI-driven march toward a $4 trillion market valuation, according to internal documents viewed by Business Insider. The company created a "critical AI talent" designation enabling top offers within 24 hours and mandated matching Meta's compensation packages, which OpenAI CEO Sam Altman says reach $100 million signing bonuses and recently hit $250 million total packages. Microsoft AI under Mustafa Suleyman and CoreAI under ex-Meta engineering boss Jay Parikh have deployed special recruiting teams making multimillion-dollar offers with multimillion-dollar on-hire bonuses, while the company maintains flat headcount after cutting thousands of employees this year.

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Oh, great.Three notorious cybercrime gangs appear to be collaborating

4 months 2 weeks ago
Scattered Spider, ShinyHunters, and Lapsus$ spent the weekend bragging to each other on a Telegram channel

Prolific cybercrime collectives Scattered Spider, ShinyHunters, and Lapsus$ appear to be working together to break into businesses' networks, steal their data, and force an extortion payment.…

Jessica Lyons