Dane Stuckey, the former CISO of analytics firm Palantir, has joined OpenAI as its newest CISO, serving alongside OpenAI head of security Matt Knight. Stuckey announced the move in a post on X Tuesday evening. “Security is germane to OpenAI’s mission,” he said. “It is critical we meet the highest standards for compliance, trust, and … Read more
What you need to know Comcast’s home internet and cable networks experienced massive outages across the United States around 1 pm PT / 4pm ET on October 15. Down Detector showed a spike in user complaints at the time, though they seem to be dying down. We reached out to Comcast for comment; they responded … Read more
Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority TL;DR Gemini will no longer force all images it generates to be square. Instead of cropping down pics, Gemini can generate new imagery to expand the canvas. Users can also resize Gemini’s output, allowing the subject to take up less of the frame. Gemini is Google’s attempt at bringing powerful, … Read more
The Register’s Jessica Lyons reports: Apple wants to shorten SSL/TLS security certificates’ lifespans, down from 398 days now to just 45 days by 2027, and sysadmins have some very strong feelings about this “nightmarish” plan. As one of the hundreds that took to Reddit to lament the proposal said: “This will suck. My least favorite … Read more
As for actual speeds in 2024, Starlink’s website says “users typically experience download speeds between 25 and 220Mbps, with a majority of users experiencing speeds over 100Mbps. Upload speeds are typically between 5 and 20Mbps. Latency ranges between 25 and 60 ms on land, and 100+ ms in certain remote locations.” Changing satellite elevation angles … Read more
Google today announced a new Google Shopping experience that has been updated to take advantage of artificial intelligence. Google Shopping has been rebuilt from the ground up with AI, pairing 45 billion product listings with Google Gemini AI models to provide a more personalized shopping experience. The overhauled Google Shopping feature uses AI to show … Read more
Vast Space has unveiled its proposed design for a facility that it says can replace the International Space Station (ISS), which will be decommissioned in 2031 after more than three decades years in near-Earth orbit. According to a video (below) released by California-based Vast Space this week, Haven-2 would — just like the current ISS … Read more
Key Takeaways To view all user accounts on Windows 11, go to Settings > Accounts > Other Users. View family accounts at Settings > Accounts > Family. To retrieve the account list using a command-line method, open Command Prompt, type the “net user” command, and press Enter. To view more details about user accounts, in … Read more
Europa is slightly smaller than Earth’s own moon and is one of the most fascinating and mysterious objects in the solar system. One of Jupiter’s four Galilean moons, Europa’s crust is a largely crater-free shell of ice, somewhere between tens and more than a hundred kilometers thick. Crisscrossed with streaks and fractures, and formed by … Read more
Join our daily and weekly newsletters for the latest updates and exclusive content on industry-leading AI coverage. Learn More Enterprises are bullish on agentic applications that can understand user instructions and intent to perform different tasks in digital environments. It’s the next wave in the age of generative AI, but many organizations still struggle with … Read more