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Leak suggests US government is fibbing over FEMA security failings

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Plus, PAN under attack, IT whistleblowers get a payout, and China kills online scammers

Infosec in brief  On August 29, the US Federal Emergency Management Agency fired its CISO, CIO, and 22 other staff for incompetence but insisted it wasn't in response to an online attack. New material suggests FEMA's claim may be false.…

Iain Thomson

AI: The ultimate slacker's dream come true

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Microsoft's Copilot is helping workers perfect the ancient art of doing sweet f all

Opinion  It has been less than three years since ChatGPT lit the fuse of the current explosion of AI everywhere. AI years move even faster than internet years, so there's been time not only for the forcible injection of AI into the workplace courtesy of Microsoft, but the first scientific studies of the effect. Productivity may not have gone up, but anxiety, confusion and annoyance most certainly have.…

Rupert Goodwins