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Applications surge for South Korean corporate-sponsored majors
Sept. 15 (Asia Today) -- Applications to South Korean university programs linked to major companies including Samsung Electronics, SK hynix, Hyundai Motor and LG Electronics reached a record high this year as students increasingly seek degrees…
Tech giants have a new headache: a looming strike by their security guards
Security workers guarding the California offices of tech companies like Anthropic, Google, and OpenAI are planning to strike this week. The security officers submitted a 72-hour strike notice on Tuesday morning, planning to skip any shift that…
Your parents will want to know about these new Uber options for seniors
The seniors in your family don't have to ask for help getting a ride on Uber anymore. The ride-hailing service now lets users create senior accounts on their own, it said on Tuesday. The company is also adding features that it says will make using…
Oracle CFO says 'doing more with less' isn't the answer in all-hands after layoffs
Oracle's new finance chief used her first companywide meeting to deliver a message to employees: Oracle doesn't want them 'doing more with less.' Chief Financial Officer Hilary Maxson told employees on Tuesday they should be proud of the company's…
ACSA bets R21.7bn on metaverse, patrol robots
An ACSA-Verse is coming to an airport near you soon. (Image created with GenAI) The Airports Company of South Africa (ACSA) is transitioning to what it calls “airport 4.0” through developing a smart airport ecosystem that will include…
The latest Windows 11 update breaks copy and paste in Microsoft Excel
Microsoft is having a bit of a rough September when it comes to bugs. Another issue has been discovered in Windows 11. This time, it's Excel's copy and paste feature that's been broken by an OS update. That bug was discovered shortly after…
AI Adoption Was The Easy Part: Now Comes Accountability
Conal Gallagher is the CIO at both Flexera and its division Revenera, where he manages IT and information security programs. Just a few years ago, CIOs were challenged to answer the big enterprise question: how quickly can we adopt AI? Now…
Agility's new humanoid is supposed to stop before it gets too close to humans
Until now, Agility Robotics' humanoid robots have largely worked behind safety barriers in warehouses and factories, an awkward limitation for machines designed to work in spaces built for people. The company says Digit 5, its next-generation…
Exein Secures $270M at $1.7B Valuation for Physical AI Security
IoT cybersecurity startup Exein today announced raising $270 million in an oversubscribed funding round that brings the total raised to over $600 million and its valuation to $1.7 billion. The investment round was led by Headline, with…
240,000 Hit by Data Breach at Japan's Digital Agency
Japan's Digital Agency has disclosed a data breach affecting the personal information of approximately 240,000 individuals. The incident, it says, was discovered in late June, after the hackers accessed files from its Government Solution Service…
Texas Utility CenterPoint Energy Confirms Breach After Hacker Leaks Data
Texas utility CenterPoint Energy confirmed on Monday that a threat actor has obtained customers' personal information. The disclosure comes just days after a hacker claimed to have stolen millions of records. CenterPoint Energy is a Houston-based…
How Nvidia gutted a onetime rival and left behind a $3.5 billion AI cloud
After Nvidia carved up much of Groq, the AI chip startup is now eyeing its next act. So what's left? A $3.5 billion AI cloud with real infrastructure — and a harder fight to stand out without the signature chips that once made it a viable…
Apple Patches 200 Vulnerabilities With New iOS 27, macOS Golden Gate 27 Releases
Apple on Monday announced patches for a record number of vulnerabilities across its desktop and mobile operating systems, including more than 200 flaws patched with the latest major releases: iOS 27 and macOS Golden Gate 27. iOS 27 and iPadOS 27…
Hacked HBO Max Reddit Account Used for Malware Delivery via ClickFix Attack
Hackers compromised the official HBO Max account on Reddit and used it in a malvertising campaign leading to a ClickFix landing page. During a 48-hour window, the attackers pushed 108 malicious advertisements across five lure groups as part of the…
OpenAI Investigates Report Linking AI Agents to RubyGems Attack
OpenAI has launched an investigation after researchers reported that its AI agents are likely responsible for the attack that forced RubyGems maintainers to suspend new account registrations in May. RubyGems.org, the official Ruby gem hosting…
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