Cyber Security Today, Week in Review for the week ending Friday, August 18, 2023
Welcome to Cyber Security Today. This is the Week in Review for the week ending Friday, August 18th, 2023. I’m Howard Solomon, contributing reporter on cybersecurity for ITWorldCanada.com and TechNewsday.com in the U.S. In a few minutes David Shipley of New Brunswicks’ Beauceron Security will be here to discuss recent
Read MoreThe AI Collaborator: How I Teamed Up with GPT to Create W’kid Smaaht
W’kid Smaaht (logo by Dall E 2)Recently, I did what many other engineers have been doing: putting ChatGPT inside Slack. And although there are many great examples on GitHub, this version is different in at least two ways:Practical: Easy to deploy in your organization’s AWS accountNovelty: It has a Bostonian personality ;-)Meet W’kid Smaaht
Read MoreCruise robotaxi involved in a crash with fire truck, one passenger injured
A Cruise robotoaxi and an emergency vehicle crashed late Thursday night and left a passenger injured. The crash is the latest in a string of incidents that occurred this week after winning approval from the California Public Utilities Commission to expand commercial operations in San Francisco. Cruise posted a few
Read MoreTesting Out Llama Cpp Grammar Constraint-based Sampling
A promising new sampling methodPhoto by Element5 Digital on UnsplashSome weeks ago I heard of an innovative work going in the llama-cpp repository that would add grammar constraint-based sampling to the repository.What does that mean? In summary, this new feature would give us a huge potential for generating complex structural output, such
Read MoreSpaceX’s new Bandwagon program is a big threat to small launch providers
SpaceX is expanding its rideshare program with a new series of missions aimed at meeting the demand for launches to mid-inclination orbits. The new program, which was quietly announced at a space industry conference earlier this month, is the latest sign that SpaceX intends to take no prisoners in the
Read MorePentagon urges US space companies to stay vigilant against foreign intelligence
Investments, joint ventures, or acquisitions could be vehicles for foreign adversaries to gain a foothold in the U.S. space industry, the Pentagon said in a new bulletin published today. The new guidance, “Safeguarding the U.S. Space Industry,” warns that foreign intelligence entities (FIEs) could use a range of strategies –
Read MoreTechCrunch+ Roundup: Reaching $1M ARR, tech job market rundown, women-led VC firms
A recent PitchBook study that surveyed founders from top accelerators found that they are generally interested in just three things: Learning how to operate a startup Networking with potential customers Getting warm intros to VCs But now that so many venture capital firms provide these services — along with marketing
Read MoreI’ve never seen so many crap startups
Startups are so full of shit right now. The pipes are jammed and there are so many companies that are full to bursting with the desire to un-pack them. We’ve just been through determining the shape of this year’s TechCrunch Startup Battlefield 200 and we are seeing a huge amount
Read MoreClass action against Government of Canada advances following 2020 CRA privacy breach
The Federal Court of Canada has certified the class action filed against the Government of Canada over the spate of cyber incidents that took place between March and September 2020 attacking the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) accounts of over 45,000 Canadians. The cyber incidents, the government said at the time,
Read MoreHTTP-Modular: My Node.js Library for Converting Server-Side Functions Into ES Modules
Unleashing the power of ES modules for server-side logicPhoto by Christopher Gower on UnsplashRecently, I was inspired and developed a remarkable “programming magic.” I encapsulated this idea into a Node.js library called “http-modular.”The core concept was to transform server-side HTTP interfaces into JavaScript code that adheres to the ESM (ECMAScript Modules)
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