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Mistral releases its largest model and pitches cyber defence that nobody can switch off
The French AI company has put the weights of Mistral Large 4, a model with a trillion parameters, online and presents it as Europe's answer to Chinese open models.
3 sources · TechCrunch, Heise, WiredGemini 4 Carbon shines on security tests, but a broad rollout is still some way off
Two weeks after Argon, Google is already presenting a stronger successor, which will first go only to selected cyber defenders.
3 sources · Ars Technica, The Register, HeiseAI search earns Google less and sends fewer readers onward, while Reddit moves to require a login
Google admits that AI Mode queries bring in less advertising revenue, and Reddit is seeing its traffic from Google fall by more than a million visits a week.
5 sources · Ars Technica, The Register, Heise +Apple
Apple finally puts the Mac within finger reach: OLED MacBook Pro starts at 2,899 dollars
The long-awaited model with a touchscreen, Dynamic Island and glowing logo is available to order, but it carries a hefty premium and still runs on M5 chips.
5 sources · 9to5Mac, Ars Technica, Heise +Pressure from Asia: Taiwan gets lower App Store rates as South Korea hands Apple a fine
Within two days Apple had to give ground to regulators in two Asian countries over the commission it charges developers.
4 sources · 9to5Mac, MacRumors, The Korea TimesProgramming languages
Attackers pair PHP2Shell with a Linux flaw and break into internal networks through firewalls
Researchers describe how 25 servers were taken over, including at organisations linked to the US government.
3 sources · The Register, Unite.AI, Help Net SecurityRust gets a place in systemd, and the creator of Tokio wants to bring the language to everyday web apps
New components of the Linux init system may now be written in Rust, while the Topcoat framework puts Rust to work for server-side web applications.
4 sources · The Register, Phoronix, LinuxiacOther tech
Belgian tax authority takes MyMinfin offline after a cyberattack, some filing deadlines move to 16 November
The Federal Public Service Finance says the attack was stopped within hours and there are no signs that data was stolen, but restoring services will take time.
3 sources · VRT NWS, The Register, ITdailyBinance loses billions, probably through an engineer's laptop, and halts all transactions
The world's largest crypto exchange puts the haul at 6.3 billion dollars and says it has already frozen roughly half of it.
3 sources · VRT NWS, TechCrunch, La Libre