AWS S3 turns 20 and reaches ‘hundreds of exabytes’
…We know AWS buys custom hardware, but assuming the company sticks to standard form factor we therefore believe S3 uses about 276 million hard drives. * In the post, Stormacq ranked S3’s…
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Amazon sued [PDF] Perplexity last November, arguing that the AI company deliberately disguised its automated browser to make it look like a customer using Chrome. In doing so, the biz argues, Perplexity is violating Amazon's rules prohibiting automated data gathering and is creating a security risk by relying on user credentials. At the time, Amazon accused Perplexity of ignoring its cease-and-desist demands and putting customers at risk by requiring them to expose their login details to a browser with documented security vulnerabilities. "When customers who use the Comet AI agent cannot trust
Perplexity Comet hurtling toward Amazon banMozilla calls out Microsoft over Copilot push in Windows
…use automatic installs, physical hardware, and default settings to force behaviors," Griffin said in the blog post. We need not detail years of previous examples (Windows 11 hardware reqs, forced OS upgrades…
Ubuntu beta arrives with GNOME 50, sans Google Drive support
…We gave the new version a quick spin in VirtualBox, and aside from automatically updating the installation program, it looks pretty much ready. Depending on which version you might be upgrading from…
Raspberry Pi leans into semiconductors as sales climb
…Raspberry Pis are moving out of garages and workshops into elevators, moving walkways, industrial control and automation, digital signage, smart buildings, and energy management. "The firm is graduating from maker culture and…
Don't open that WhatsApp message, Microsoft warns
…Once again, the baddies use real tools like AnyDesk - not custom malware - to hide in plain sight. However, none of the final payloads are signed, and this should be another indication to…
Nvidia wraps its NemoClaw around OpenClaw for security
…At its GTC conference in San Jose, CA, on Monday, the company unveiled NemoClaw, a set of software tools meant to help corporate customers use the OpenClaw platform. "Claws are autonomous agents…
Cheap Chinese models are overtaking Anthropic
…The company has built its brand around safety, and has won over many corporate customers and consumers as a result. But it has alienated the current US administration and its effort to…
Gartner suggests Friday afternoon Copilot ban
…Copilot producing output that is toxic because while it may be factually correct it is culturally unacceptable either in the workplace or among customers. Xu recommended mitigating Copilot’s tendency to produce…
Google Chrome lacks browser fingerprinting defenses
…Literally Agents hooked into GitHub can steal creds – but Anthropic, Google, and Microsoft haven't warned users Customers revolt as GitHub Copilot 'fixes' rate limits Anthropic's Project Glasswing CVE tally is…
Discord pushes back age verification debut to 2H'26
…It's still going to use an automated system, and around 90 percent of users should never notice a change. The system will work out their age based on account signals, including…