The big three cloud providers, Amazon, Microsoft and Google currently make up 67% of the market

The market reached an estimated value of $283 billion during the past twelve months. Synergy’s “cloud infrastructure” definition includes IaaS, PaaS, and hosted private cloud services. Compared to APAC countries, the US market grew by 20 percent in Q1. Cloud spending will double in size over the next four years nonetheless. Featured on TechSpot

May 6, 2024 · 1 min · 54 words · Brittany Brown

Warren Buffett compares AI dangers to nuclear weapons, again, says tech will be great for scammers

Generative AI has been used to scam people for a while now. The president later said that he wanted tobanAI voice impersonations. “I practically would have sent money to myself over in some crazy country,” he said. “We let the genie out of the bottle when we developed nuclear weapons,” he said. “That genie’s been doing some terrible things lately. The power of the genie scares the hell out of me....

May 6, 2024 · 1 min · 128 words · Jennifer Nguyen

DOJ alleges Google destroyed hundreds of thousands of chats as antitrust case winds down

As the landmark antitrust trial over Google’s search engine monopoly winds down, this revelation could prove pivotal. Judge Amit Mehta expressed incredulity, not mincing words when addressing Google’s attorneys. He stated his surprise that a major tech company would deliberately destroy records like that. The Justice Department has been forthright in its approach. Essentially, the government wants the court to assume the worst about those undisclosed conversations. But DOJ lawyer Kenneth Dintzer pushed back hard....

May 5, 2024 · 1 min · 112 words · Matthew Rojas

Google cracks down on nude deepfakes, no more ads for AI porn generators

About time In a nutshell:Google is cracking down on the seedy world of computer-generated pornography. Apple also joined the fight, expelling apps from its store that were essentially deepfake porn factories. Some developers shamelessly promoted these apps with Instagram ads using taglines like “undress any girl for free.” Featured on TechSpot

May 5, 2024 · 1 min · 51 words · Stacy Wood

How to Remove User Login Password on Windows 10/11

Windows 10 and 11 require a login password for security and prevent unauthorized access to your user account. This article explores various methods toremove the user login passwordin Windows 10 and 11. If you ever want to restore password protection, simply follow the steps again and recheck the option. This method is effective for local accounts but does not work for Microsoft accounts.

May 4, 2024 · 1 min · 63 words · Kyle Torres

OpenAI's Sora AI shapes Washed Out's newest music video

Every scene and character was generated using OpenAI’s text-to-video service, Sora. However, time and budgetary limitations prevented the pair from executing their vision for Greene’s upcoming release. Fortunately for Trillo, he was one of a handful of creative professionals granted early access to OpenAI’sSoraservice. Once generated, Trillo sifted through more than 700 Sora-generated clips to assemble the final product. OpenAIintroducedSora’s new text-to-video capabilities earlier this year. Additionally, it can utilize existing video or still images to create longer videos or fill in missing frames....

May 4, 2024 · 1 min · 113 words · Diane Price

Samsung taps AI to design first 3nm mobile processor with Synopsys

Synopsys claims its Fusion Compiler software alone saved Samsung’s team weeks of arduous manual labor. The results are noteworthy. That’s not too shabby for a silicon brain designed by, well, artificial brains. With this Synopsys-assisted SoC, Samsung finally enters the realm of high-performance GAAFET silicon for premium mobile devices. Neither company is divulging details on the specific 3nm technology this AI-architected mobile chip utilizes. Featured on TechSpot

May 4, 2024 · 1 min · 67 words · Tyler Brooks

Courts sentence scammer to 6 years for operating a billion-dollar Cisco counterfeiting ring

A year later, Aksoy signed a plea deal to receive a reduced sentence. Aksoy operated 19 online companies under the umbrella corporation Pro connection Entities. Some of his customers included the US Army, Navy, and Air Force. He also sold gear to other government agencies, schools, hospitals, and private enterprises. The quality of the fraudulent gear was substandard, suffering poor performance and complete failures after installation. The devices started life as Cisco rejects....

May 3, 2024 · 1 min · 143 words · Marco Murphy

Cybercrime doesn't pay: REvil hacker receives 13-year prison sentence and $16 million fine

At one point, those renting the malware complained that REvil wasstealingtheir ransoms. Featured on TechSpot

May 3, 2024 · 1 min · 15 words · Michael Smith

DARPA's Manta Ray drone for underwater military operations aces initial tests

Now, the military contractor has announced that the UUV has passed its first in-water test. The test was deemed successful. Featured on TechSpot

May 3, 2024 · 1 min · 23 words · Paige Pierce MD

ESRB listing points to Switch version of Nintendo World Championships

The firstNintendo World Championshipswas a nationwide competition hosted in 1990. Ultimately, winners were recognized across three age categories. Nintendo revived the competition in2015and again in2017, but neither had the same appeal as the original. Featured on TechSpot

May 3, 2024 · 1 min · 37 words · Eric Williams

Samsung mocks Apple after iPhone alarm failures causes disruption

Apple says it is aware of the issue and is working on a fix. Samsung UK was quick to jump onto the reports. The post includes a message that reads: “Samsung users woke up on time today.” There was the advert deridingten yearsof iPhones from 2017, which included a reference to the still-controversial notch. Google also got in on the act with a series ofiPhone-mockingads last year. Featured on TechSpot

May 3, 2024 · 1 min · 70 words · Melinda Hunter

Amazon S3 bucket with placeholder-like name leads to $1,300 in charges

As later confirmed by AWS support, S3 charges customers for both legit and unauthorized incoming requests. The developer tried to test this potential security and privacy nightmare by opening his bucket to public writes. Featured on TechSpot

May 2, 2024 · 1 min · 37 words · Ashley Smith