AI arms dealer Nvidia laments the many billions lost to US-China trade war
China would be a $50 billion a year market for Nvidia if Uncle Sam would let us sell competitive products, says Jensen Huang
Nvidia's top brass urged Washington to approve the sale of Blackwell accelerators to China during the GPU giant's Q2 earnings call on Wednesday.…
Silver State Goes Dark as Cyberattack Knocks Nevada Websites Offline
Nevada has been crippled by a cyberattack that began on August 24, taking down state websites, intermittently disabling phone lines, and forcing offices like the DMV to close. The Register reports: The Office of Governor Joseph Lombardo announced the attack via social media on Monday, saying that a "network security incident" took hold in the early hours of August 24. Official state websites remain unavailable, and Lombardo's office warned that phone lines will be intermittently down, although emergency services lines remain operational. State offices are also closed until further notice, including Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) buildings. The state said any missed appointments will be honored on a walk-in basis.
"The Office of the Governor and Governor's Technology Office (GTO) are working continuously with state, local, tribal, and federal partners to restore services safely," the announcement read. "GTO is using temporary routing and operational workarounds to maintain public access where it is feasible. Additionally, GTO is validating systems before returning them to normal operation and sharing updates as needed." Local media outlets are reporting that, further to the original announcement, state offices will remain closed on Tuesday after officials previously expected them to reopen. The state's new cybersecurity office says there is currently no evidence to suggest that any Nevadans' personal information was compromised during the attack.
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Christine McGuinness joins OnlyFans spin-off site to host tell-all series about her life as a mum and TV star
The model and TV personality, 37, who quit E4's Celebs Go Dating earlier this year to go home to her kids, revealed she has launched a mini-series on the website Subs, from OnlyFans.
Thailand's underbelly exposed: Yes it's beautiful and families flock there - but there's a side no one talks about, writes LOLA MENDEZ... until now
Ever since the HBO series The White Lotus filmed in Thailand aired, there's been an even steadier flow of 'losers back home' who travel to Thailand specifically for sex tourism.
Now Labour MP joins the calls for Starmer to sack Lord Hermer - and accuses top legal adviser of 'trying to take control of the Government's agenda'
Graham Stringer is the first MP within the party to publicly come out against Attorney General Lord Hermer, accusing him of putting international treaties above democracy.
Homes priced too high take over twice as long to sell as 'for sale' signs continue to increase
Home sellers risk waiting months to sell their home if they price their property too highly, Zoopla has warned.
Posh family living in glamorous London neighourhood advertise for £55,000-a-year chauffeur - with prior experience of driving a Rolls-Royce
The successful applicant will be required to drive the luxury car just three miles a day from their home in Chelsea to their Mayfair office. It will be a Monday to Friday occupation with occasional weekend shifts.
Grimsby 2-2 Man United (Grimsby win 12-11 on pens): Where do Ruben Amorim's dismal side go from here after humiliating Carabao Cup exit?
CHRIS WHEELER AT BLUNDELL PARK: They poured scorn on Manchester United from the stands and baited them with inflatable haddocks.
Defense Department Reportedly Relies On Utility Written by Russian Dev
A widely used Node.js utility called fast-glob, relied on by thousands of projectsâ"including over 30 U.S. Department of Defense systems -- is maintained solely by a Russian developer linked to Yandex. While there's no evidence of malicious activity, cybersecurity experts warn that the lack of oversight in such critical open-source projects leaves them vulnerable to potential exploitation by state-backed actors. The Register reports: US cybersecurity firm Hunted Labs reported the revelations on Wednesday. The utility in question is fast-glob, which is used to find files and folders that match specific patterns. Its maintainer goes by the handle "mrmlnc", and the Github profile associated with that handle identifies its owner as a Yandex developer named Denis Malinochkin living in a suburb of Moscow. A website associated with that handle also identifies its owner as the same person, as Hunted Labs pointed out.
Hunted Labs told us that it didn't speak to Malinochkin prior to publication of its report today, and that it found no ties between him and any threat actor. According to Hunted Labs, fast-glob is downloaded more than 79 million times a week and is currently used by more than 5,000 public projects in addition to the DoD systems and Node.js container images that include it. That's not to mention private projects that might use it, meaning that the actual number of at-risk projects could be far greater.
While fast-glob has no known CVEs, the utility has deep access to systems that use it, potentially giving Russia a number of attack vectors to exploit. Fast-glob could attack filesystems directly to expose and steal info, launch a DoS or glob-injection attack, include a kill switch to stop downstream software from functioning properly, or inject additional malware, a list Hunted Labs said is hardly exhaustive. [...] Hunted Labs cofounder Haden Smith told The Register that the ties are cause for concern. "Every piece of code written by Russians isn't automatically suspect, but popular packages with no external oversight are ripe for the taking by state or state-backed actors looking to further their aims," Smith told us in an email. "As a whole, the open source community should be paying more attention to this risk and mitigating it." [...]
Hunted Labs said that the simplest solution for the thousands of projects using fast-glob would be for Malinochkin to add additional maintainers and enhance project oversight, as the only other alternative would be for anyone using it to find a suitable replacement. "Open source software doesn't need a CVE to be dangerous," Hunted Labs said of the matter. "It only needs access, obscurity, and complacency," something we've noted before is an ongoing problem for open source projects. This serves as another powerful reminder that knowing who writes your code is just as critical as understanding what the code does," Hunted Labs concluded.
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Cate Blanchett turns heads in plunging black gown as she joins supermodel Heidi Klum and her daughter Leni at star-studded opening ceremony of the Venice Film Festival
A-lister Cate effortlessly turned heads as she arrived on the red carpet in a black sleeveless dress with a plunging neckline.
'King of Bollywood', 59, shows off incredible 'Kris Jenner style facelift' as fans mistake him for his son
Shah Rukh, better known as 'King Khan' to his legions of fans, appeared to be aging backwards at a press event in India's financial capital - Mumbai - last week.
Trump's brand new CDC director spectacularly ousted for unknown reason sparking mass exodus at the embattled agency
Susan Monarez, the director for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, is being forced out of her job.
Meghan Markle's tights problem: The 'inauthentic' accessory at the centre of her latest royal row - and how it fuelled her rift with Kate Middleton
Yesterday, it emerged that the Duchess of Sussex , who now resides in Montecito after quitting her role as a working royal in 2020, felt that wearing the accessory was 'little bit inauthentic'.
US stocks do something they have never done before... but world's biggest company rattles Wall Street
Stock market hits unprecedented milestone as Wall Street watches for recession signals.
Liam Gallagher's 'Downton Abbey-style' Cotswolds mansion with VERY famous neighbours goes on sale for £6million - after Oasis frontman rented the property ahead of band's reunion tour for a whopping £19K-a-month
The spectacular Grade II-listed property near Stroud in Gloucestershire, which has undergone extensive renovations, boasts 11-bedrooms, 10-bathrooms, a gym, sauna and even a meditation room.
Laura Woods opens up about suffering heartbreaking miscarriage and reveals how she turns to her baby Leo for comfort - after fiance Adam Collard's tearful SAS admission
The sports presenter, 37, welcomed her first child with her Love Island star fiancé Collard, 29, in January.
Robin Westman named as Minneapolis Catholic school shooter as chilling videos plotting attack are revealed
The shooter who opened fire in the church of a Minneapolis Catholic School, killing two children, has been identified as Robin Westman, 23.
4chan and Kiwi Farms Sue the UK Over Its Age Verification Law
An anonymous reader quotes a report from 404 Media: 4chan and Kiwi Farms sued the United Kingdom's Office of Communications (Ofcom) over its age verification law in U.S. federal court Wednesday, fulfilling a promise it announced on August 23. In the lawsuit, 4chan and Kiwi Farms claim that threats and fines they have received from Ofcom "constitute foreign judgments that would restrict speech under U.S. law." Both entities say in the lawsuit that they are wholly based in the U.S. and that they do not have any operations in the United Kingdom and are therefore not subject to local laws. Ofcom's attempts to fine and block 4chan and Kiwi Farms, and the lawsuit against Ofcom, highlight the messiness involved with trying to restrict access to specific websites or to force companies to comply with age verification laws.
The lawsuit calls Ofcom an "industry-funded global censorship bureau." "Ofcom's ambitions are to regulate Internet communications for the entire world, regardless of where these websites are based or whether they have any connection to the UK," the lawsuit states. "On its website, Ofcom states that 'over 100,000 online services are likely to be in scope of the Online Safety Act -- from the largest social media platforms to the smallest community forum.'" [...] Ofcom began investigating 4chan over alleged violations of the Online Safety Act in June. On August 13, it announced a provisional decision and stated that 4chan had "contravened its duties" and then began to charge the site a penalty of [roughly $26,000] a day. Kiwi Farms has also been threatened with fines, the lawsuit states. "American citizens do not surrender our constitutional rights just because Ofcom sends us an e-mail. In the face of these foreign demands, our clients have bravely chosen to assert their constitutional rights," said Preston Byrne, one of the lawyers representing 4chan and Kiwi Farms.
"We are aware of the lawsuit," an Ofcom spokesperson told 404 Media. "Under the Online Safety Act, any service that has links with the UK now has duties to protect UK users, no matter where in the world it is based. The Act does not, however, require them to protect users based anywhere else in the world."
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Oasis show descends into chaos as footage emerges of a brawl breaking out at reunion gig in Toronto
Footage has emerged showing a brawl breaking out during an Oasis gig in Toronto over the weekend.
Grimsby vs Manchester United - Carabao Cup: Live score, team news and updates as Red Devils crash OUT after incredible 26-penalty shootout which Ruben Amorim refused to watch
Follow Daily Mail Sport's live blog for the latest score, team news and updates as Manchester United take on Grimsby Town in the second round of the Carabao Cup at Blundell Park.