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In May, multiple government agencies – including the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport, and Tourism; the Cabinet Secretariat; and Narita Airport – were hacked through the software-as-a-service platform. A Fujitsu spokesperson at the time confirmed to ZDNet’s Campbell Kwan that there was “unauthorized access to ProjectWEB, a collaboration and project management software, used for Japanese-based projects.” They suspended use of the tool and informed all impacted customers. After an investigation, Fujitsu said on Thursday that it appointed a CISO in October and put in place “measures to prevent reoccurrence… under a new information security management and operation framework....

A couple of years ago I tried out the Galaxy Tab S7 Plus and it was great for getting work done on the go, syncing to other Samsung gear, and serving as an extremely capable Android tablet. The only thing I did not like about that tablet was the under-display fingerprint sensor that was awkward to use in most situations. I enjoy using Samsung DeX with the tablet, especially now with the full second screen support for VMware....

The car manufacturing giant said the project would be pushed through dealerships, which will spearhead the move in local communities, particularly in “underserved, rural and urban areas where EV charging access is often limited.” The “Dealer Community Charging Program” will see General Motors install Ultium charging stations at workplaces, multi-unit dwellings, sports and entertainment venues, college and universities and more. The chargers will be available to all electric vehicles – including those not sold by General Motors....

Right now, you can get a 12-month subscription to the new Playstation Plus Essential plan for $59.99 as part of our Deal Days promotion. There’s no coupon needed; just sign up by July 14 and you can be gaming in style that same day. If you’re new to Playstation, you should know that you’re only playing the system on training wheels without some kind of PS Plus subscription. The gaming giant has recently restructured its membership plans, but this is the first and most popular tier....

Everyone will get a 1/64 scale diecast collectible toy Lamborghini, so your $35 will be well-spent no matter what. But the excitement comes from the chance you get for every purchase to win a bigger Lambo. In addition to the collectibles, 2,500 winners will receive a 1/24 scale remote-control Lamborghini, 250 purchasers will get rideable battery-powered models for kids, four lucky people will win a pre-owned Lamborghini Gallardos worth over $100,000....

The portable power station works for more than just camping, especially if you’re in an area that’s prone to power outages. Charge your phone, tablet, laptop, and more for multiple charges. Your phone, as an example, can be charged up to 16 different times on a single charge, and a drone battery up to 20. Otherwise, it can handle up to 18 hours from the charge if you’re trying to keep your mini-fridge cool....

But researching online programs can be overwhelming, so knowing what to expect before enrolling will allow you to focus on making the best choice. This page will guide you through online computer engineering degrees, from course difficulty to expenses. What is a computer engineering degree? Online computer engineering courses teach students to combine electrical engineering with computer science. The degree integrates hardware and software and builds critical thinking skills. As an online computer engineering major, you can expect to learn advanced mathematics; computer science; and software, hardware, and electrical engineering....

The report sent GlobalFoundries shares up 6% in late trading. CEO Thomas Caulfield remarked the year just ended “was an outstanding year for GF, during which we drove an acceleration of our business plan by capitalizing on the demand for pervasive semiconductor solutions and the vital role we play in the semiconductor supply chain.” Added Caulfield, “Our revenue grew 36% year-over-year, and we made significant progress towards our long-term financial profit model....

That’s the verdict of researchers at Google Project Zero (GPZ), which has so far counted 18 zero-day bugs in 2022 affecting Microsoft Windows, Apple iOS and WebKit, Google’s Chromium and Pixel, and Atlassian’s Confluence server. GPZ only collects data about zero-day (0-day) flaws – or bugs exploited by attackers before a patch is available – in major software products, so the figure doesn’t encompass all software 0-days. SEE: Don’t let your cloud cybersecurity choices leave the door open for hackers Also, according to GPZ, there have only been four truly unique 0-days this year and that’s because attackers can just tweak exploits to bypass superficial patches....

After over 15 years with Ubuntu as the base for Google’s internal devices, the company switched to Debian to avoid major OS upgrades every two years and spread the upgrade workload out over time. Google announced it had completed the move in 2018 as ZDNet reported at the time. Margarita Manterola, a Google engineer, explained it was moving from Goobuntu, the Google build of Ubuntu, to gLinux, a rolling release based on Debian Testing, which is the beta for the next stable version of Debian....

Google Cloud Security vice president Sunil Potti said Siemplify is a leader in the security orchestration, automation and response (SOAR) field. Their platform will be integrated into Google Cloud’s security team “to help companies better manage their threat response.” “In a time when cyberattacks are rapidly growing in both frequency and sophistication, there’s never been a better time to bring these two companies together. We both share the belief that security analysts need to be able to solve more incidents with greater complexity while requiring less effort and less specialized knowledge....

After January, Google’s offices will determine when to end the remote work option based on local conditions. Employees will get at least 30 days’ notice before they are expected to return to their office. In an email sent to Google employees on Tuesday, Google CEO Sundar Pichai said a large number of offices globally are already open for business. “We are welcoming back tens of thousands of Googlers on a voluntary basis,” he said....

Launched last year for Capital One cardholders, virtual cards create unique numbers for online transactions. The feature is designed to protect you from fraud by withholding your real card number from merchants. If the merchant suffers a data breach, the virtual card number can be replaced, and you won’t have to replace your physical card. Apple has the same type of feature for the Apple Card. Also: What are virtual credit card numbers and how do they work?...

The result? Many of us have seen 404 errors when trying to get to some of our favorite web pages, such as Spotify, Facebook, and ZDNet. Indeed, according to DownDectector, there appears to be more major sites having problems than not. According to internet managers on the Outages mailing list, the specific problem seems to be with the GCP load balancers. These, working with Google’s Cloud Delivery Network (CDN), provide high availability web servers....

The tech giant is working on LaMDA and other models to improve Search, Google Assistant, and other tools. But now they’re asking for outside help. “We need people to experience the technology and provide feedback,” Pichai said. That’s why Google is opening up the AI Test Kitchen for others to explore AI technologies and capabilities under development. The app is “meant to give you a sense of what it might be like to have LaMDA in your hands,” Pichai said....

“These laws vary by country and region, and require the removal of content on a very wide range of issues – from hate speech to adult content and obscenity, to medical misinformation, to privacy and intellectual property violations,” Google vice president of trust and safety David Graff wrote. “While content removal and local representative laws are often associated with repressive regimes, they are increasingly not limited to such nations.” Leading the way on the number of requests was Russia, India, South Korea, and Turkey, with Pakistan, Brazil, the US, Australia, Vietnam, and Indonesia closing out the top ten....

Visual Inspection AI is designed for various industries and uses cases, such as automotive, semiconductor production, and electronics manufacturing. Manufacturers have for years used AutoML Google’s general-purpose AI product for quality control, but Visual Inspection AI is more accurate and efficient. Based on pilots run by several Google Cloud customers, Visual Inspection AI can build accurate models with up to 300 times fewer human-labelled images than general-purpose ML platforms. It also improved accuracy in production trials by up to 10X compared with general-purpose ML approaches....

Known as LaMDA, an acronym for “language models for dialogue applications,” the program, which can produce human-sounding text, might have attracted very little public attention. Also: The best AI chatbots: ChatGPT and other fun alternatives to try However, shortly after LaMDA’s publication, former Google engineer Blake Lemoine caused controversy by releasing a document in which he urged Google to consider that LaMDA might be “sentient.” Google denied the likelihood of sentience, and Lemoine was put on paid administrative leave, and then let go from the company....

The days of relying on Qualcomm are over and Google now has more control of its mobile hardware platform. Google has attached the Tensor name to its machine learning projects for quite a while. In 2015, it open sourced its TensorFlow ML project, and a couple of years later used the name Tensor Processing Unit for the hardware it created to run AI workloads. Now that Google is doing its own phone hardware, the Tensor name has been applied to its new system-on-chip....

In a blog post, Jen Fitzpatrick, senior vice president of Google Core Systems & Experiences, said the changes would be rolling out in the coming weeks. Following the overturning of the landmark Roe v. Wade ruling, which enshrined the right to legal abortion in the United States, there are fears that data collected through search histories, medical tracking apps, and GPS location data, among other technologies, could be used in prosecutions....