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Microsoft is threatening legal action for disclosing exploits

Microsoft is threatening legal action for disclosing exploits

Microsoft is facing criticism for its handling of zero-day exploits. Someone going by the name Nightmare Eclipse has been publicly feuding with the company, posting proof-of-concept exploit code. Some of their posts suggest that they're a disgruntled former employee. But what caught cyber security researcher Kevin Beaumont's eye was how Microsoft has responded. Microsoft suggests it plans to bring a criminal case against Nightmare Eclipse for failing to follow "proper coordination" in disclosing vulnerabilities. They also disabled Nightmare Eclipse's GitHub, GitLab, and Microsoft Security Response Center accounts disabled. As Beaumont point … Read the full story at The Verge.

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Scoop: First Windows PCs powered by Nvidia chips to debut next week

The company best known for powering the AI boom is coming for the PC: Nvidia is expected next week to debut the first Windows computers that use its chips as the main processor, sources confirm to Axios. Why it matters: Microsoft's first AI PC push stumbled, but Nvidia's arrival gives it a second chance, this time with the world's hottest chipmaker attached. Driving the news: Nvidia and Microsoft will unveil their joint work and the first computers running the chips at two key industry conferences — the Computex trade show in Taiwan and Microsoft's Build developer conference in San Francisco. Nvidia-powered PCs are expected both from Microsoft's homegrown Surface brand as well as other computer makers, including Dell, sources confirmed. Microsoft is also expected to debut software that makes it easier for people to have AI agents do work locally on their Windows computer. A Microsoft representative declined to comment. Dell declined to comment. Nvidia did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Catch-up quick: Nvidia, which got its start making PC graphics chips, has been working on entering the PC processor business for years now, though only recently has it become clear that the debut was imminent. "A new era of PC," Nvidia teased in a Friday post on X, pointing to coordinates that match a location in Taiwan. Meanwhile. Windows head Pavan Davuluri engaged in his own vagueposting. "Something new is coming for developers," he said on X. "And no, it's not a new OS version. See you at Build next week!" The big picture: The move comes as Microsoft is trying to reposition Windows to take advantage of the massive momentum behind AI. Microsoft's first effort at an AI PC, the Copilot+ PC, was marred by a series of setbacks, including a lengthy delay and security concerns over its signature feature, Recall. However, the move toward agents that can automatically perform tasks on local PCs has provided what it sees as a fresh opening. The company has been embracing

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Ex-DeepMind researchers raised $50M to build AI that figures out which scientific questions are worth asking

London-based AI lab Inherent emerged from stealth on Wednesday with a $50 million seed round co-led by Index Ventures and Radical Ventures. Nvidia’s venture arm NVentures also participated, alongside Ex/Ante, Metaplanet, Macroscopic Ventures, and Mythos Ventures. It is among Europe’s largest AI stealth-to-launch rounds in 2026. The founding team comes from DeepMind, Microsoft, and Reka […] This story continues at The Next Web

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Microsoft threatened a security researcher with criminal prosecution. The cybersecurity community is furious.

Microsoft threatened a security researcher with criminal prosecution. The cybersecurity community is furious.

Microsoft published a blog post on Wednesday criticising a security researcher known as “Nightmare Eclipse” for publicly disclosing a series of unpatched vulnerabilities in Windows Defender and BitLocker. The company then invoked its Digital Crimes Unit, which handles criminal referrals and law enforcement coordination. The cybersecurity community responded with outrage. The bugs, named BlueHammer, RedSun, […] This story continues at The Next Web

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HeartFocus Link adds AI cardiac imaging to any hospital ultrasound machine with a tablet and an HDMI cable

HeartFocus, the AI-powered cardiac imaging software developed by French medtech company DESKi, has launched HeartFocus Link, a product that connects a tablet to any cart-based ultrasound system through a simple HDMI setup. The tablet runs HeartFocus’s AI guidance software alongside the live ultrasound image, delivering real-time probe positioning instructions to help clinicians and trainees capture diagnostic-quality cardiac […] This story continues at The Next Web

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Tech companies desperately want to film you doing chores

This week, an AI training startup called Shift said it would clean New Yorkers' homes for free. It has plans to expand into other cities as well, including London, and looking around my flat, I get the appeal. But there's a catch. There's always a catch. In exchange for the cleaning, Shift wants footage of its cleaners at work: scrubbing dishes, wiping counters, dusting tables, mopping floors. It wants everything. Video of all the boring domestic labor we'd happily outsource if we could - and that robotics companies are racing to teach machines to do so they can sell us something to do it for us. That's harder than it sounds. Unlike cha … Read the full story at The Verge.

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