The Justice Department said Thursday it has successfully seized and dismantled access to a series of routers that Russian military hackers had used to target the U.S. and other governments.
Why it matters: The latest botnet takedown adds to a growing list of operations the DOJ has undertaken to dismantle the web infrastructure hackers rely on in their attacks.
Cybersecurity companies and investors are betting 2024 will finally be the year workplaces embrace browsers that come with enterprise-grade security baked in.
Why it matters: Ever since remote work took hold of corporate America in 2020, employees have become more reliant on their own devices for work — making it more difficult for IT teams to manage what applications, websites and files workers download.
Forget Travis and Taylor at the Super Bowl. Even AI covers of Beyoncé's country music singles released Sunday are going viral.
The intrigue: Covers of "Texas Hold 'Em" and "16 Carriages" were made to sound like singer-songwriter Miley Cyrus performed them, and they amassed a collective 1.2 million views, per a Miley Cyrus fansite's post on X.
OpenAI on Thursday announced Sora, its first tool that can turn a text prompt into a video of up to one minute in length. However, OpenAI said Sora is still in the research stage and is not yet being added to any of the company's products.
The big picture: Others, including Meta, Google and Runway, have announced or released their own text-to-video engines.
AI is driving massive demand for edge computing infrastructure, as industrial and commercial users need to process more data locally to take advantage of AI's capabilities.
Why it matters: The shift follows years of big tech companies pushing organizations to migrate data to cloud computing services in remote data centers.