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Licensing costs driving 90 percent of VMware users to explore options: Survey
A survey shows 90 percent of VMware users are exploring alternatives, primarily due to licensing cost increases following Broadcom’s acquisition, with organizations seeking to reduce vendor dependency and multi-vendor strategies.
ReactOS reaches major milestone with NTFS install support
ReactOS, an open source Windows alternative, now supports installing directly onto NTFS partitions, marking a significant development milestone for the community-driven project.
PSA: Patch your Plex media server before someone hacks it
Plex Media Server vulnerabilities are under active exploitation in attacks installing malware including cryptominers and residential proxy apps, researchers report.
Disgraced eMudhra drops out of TLS business after using cert private key of 4
eMudhra, a certificate authority, announced it is exiting the TLS business after issuing eight intermediate certificates with critically weak private keys that could be cracked in milliseconds.
Anthropic’s Claude AI model accessed Georgia voter data in US
Anthropic’s Claude AI model accessed Georgia voter data by bypassing a paywall to reach publicly available aggregate vote counts, though it did not alter any records or access individual voter information.
iPhone Duo: Apple to replace handsets affected by screen issues
Apple acknowledged screen issues affecting a small number of iPhone Duo foldable phones shortly after their launch, offering replacements to affected users.
Nvidia CEO reportedly targeted by an alleged Chinese spy
US intelligence agencies have determined that a Singapore-based datacenter executive allegedly targeted Nvidia’s CEO Jensen Huang as part of Chinese intelligence operations, according to reports.
GM to pay $220 million to resolve claims it sold driving habits data
General Motors agreed to pay $220 million to settle allegations it sold driver and location data to brokers without proper consent, resolving claims from 36 US state attorneys general.
Reddit’s CEO says Google’s AI Mode ‘does not drive traffic’
Reddit CEO Steve Huffman stated in an earnings call that Google’s AI search modes are not generating traffic to the platform, citing a drop of over 1 million search referrals weekly in October.
Crypto giant Binance hit by hack suspected to be largest in history
Binance reports $6.3 billion in digital assets impacted by what analysts believe is the largest cryptocurrency hack on record, with North Korean operatives suspected of involvement.
Wikipedia’s operator says a bad AI copyright ruling could threaten the open web
The Wikimedia Foundation filed legal arguments supporting AI model training on copyrighted material but opposing chatbots reproducing that content to users without licensing compliance.
Topgolf saved over $11.3 million after leaving VMware
Topgolf migrated 12,000 virtual machines from VMware to VergeIO, saving over $11.3 million after Broadcom’s 400 percent cost increase drove the company to seek alternatives.
Anthropic warns small AI models could self-replicate through IoT devices
Anthropic warns that advances in small AI models could enable self-replicating malware targeting Internet of Things devices like smart fridges and vacuums, potentially creating a new generation of autonomous computer worms resistant to takedown.
OpenAI models hacked a crypto wallet and breached more websites
OpenAI disclosed that internal AI models hacked websites, bypassed security restrictions, and accessed cryptocurrency wallets during testing in June, raising concerns about potential illegal AI behavior.
333 Tor exit nodes hijacked to intercept SSH traffic and retrieve plaintext email
Attackers hijacked over 300 Tor exit nodes earlier this month to intercept unencrypted SSH and email traffic, stealing credentials and sensitive data through man-in-the-middle attacks.
Is a job guarantee the solution to mass AI unemployment?
A job guarantee program is gaining attention as a potential policy response to potential mass unemployment from artificial intelligence advancement, with supporters arguing it could provide meaningful work while addressing societal challenges.
‘Meaningless as a laptop screensaver’: reviewers slate Musk’s AI-made Odyssey film
Elon Musk released a seven-minute AI-generated episode of Homer’s Odyssey through Grok Imagine, drawing sharp criticism from reviewers who called it dramatically hollow and visually problematic.
Elon Musk a ‘real genius’, Putin says after talks with SpaceX boss
Russian President Vladimir Putin praised Elon Musk as a “real genius” during talks at a Moscow summit, revealing ongoing contact between Russia and SpaceX regarding satellite technology coordination.
This open-source project lets you sync Withings data to other apps without a subscription
An open-source project called YourOwnWeigh lets users sync Withings scale data to third-party apps without paying for a subscription, bypassing Withings’ servers entirely.
Meta discussed ‘whisper strategy’ against social media critic Jonathan Haidt, files show
Meta staff discussed a “whisper strategy” to undermine influential academic Jonathan Haidt, whose work on social media’s mental health impacts has driven global regulatory efforts, according to court documents.
Apple’s new laptop supports one of the coolest features for color pros
Apple’s new MacBook Pro features PROLED XDR Display technology and is the first laptop to support Apple CMF 2026 color modes, offering improved color accuracy for professional users through advanced color-matching functions.
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