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Step aside OpenAI’s Sora, Google’s Genie can generate video games from prompts

Researchers at Google DeepMind have introduced “Genie,” an artificial intelligence model capable of generating playable 2D platformer video games from various prompts. Genie represents a significant advancement in AI-powered content creation in the research phase. Unlike previous models focused solely on world generation, Genie allows users to interact with the created environments. This is achieved […]

Microsoft updates Azure for Operators Suite

Microsoft presented updates to its Azure for Operators suite of cloud-based solutions at the Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2024. These updates focus on enhancing telecommunications operators’ (telcos) capabilities in network efficiency, security, and management. Azure Operator Nexus has seen increased adoption and now incorporates AI features, enabling operators to manage workloads on-premises or on Azure, […]

WordPress Plugin Alert – Critical SQLi Vulnerability Threatens 200K+ Websites

A critical security flaw has been disclosed in a popular WordPress plugin called Ultimate Member that has more than 200,000 active installations. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2024-1071, carries a CVSS score of 9.8 out of a maximum of 10. Security researcher Christiaan Swiers has been credited with discovering and reporting the flaw. In an advisory published last […]

As Broadcom sells its EUC Division, frustration mounts for many

The  dismantling of VMware by Broadcom continued today when the company announced it was selling its End-User Computing (EUC) Division to Menlo Park, Calif.-based KKR, a global investment firm, in a deal estimated to be worth US$4 billion. The purchase by KKR includes Horizon, a desktop and application virtualization platform and Workspace One, a unified […]

Sidebar: The powerful Digital Safety Commission

The Online Harm Act’s proposed Digital Safety Commission — whose members would be full-time government employees with renewable terms of up to five years — would have extensive powers. It would be able to summon and enforce the appearance of persons, and compel them to give oral or written evidence under oath and to produce any […]