Ransomware has evolved from simple digital extortion into a structured, profit-driven criminal enterprise. Over time, it has led to the development of a complex ecosystem where stolen data is not only leveraged for ransom, but also sold to the highest bidder. This trend first gained traction in 2020 when the Pinchy Spider group, better known…
Shannen HeadleyWest Midlands BBC The school will be shut on Wednesday and Thursday, said a letter to staff and parents A secondary school in Cheshire has been shut to deep clean the building after high levels of pupil sickness. Congleton High School told parents and staff it contacted the UK Health Security Agency and infection…
Juliette Parkin,in Brightonand Hsin-Yi Lo,South East Family handout Ellame Ford-Dunn was found dead in the grounds of Worthing Hospital in March 2022 An NHS trust has been fined £200,000 for failing to provide “safe care and treatment” for a 16-year-old girl who died on hospital grounds after fleeing her ward. Ellame Ford-Dunn, from Upper Beeding,…
A series of events are to be held at Wolverhampton’s libraries in a bid to bring communities together during the colder months. The Winter Warmth and Wellness sessions will take place at venues across the city between 4 December and 27 January. Councillor Bhupinder Ghakal, of City of Wolverhampton Council, said they would give people…
Modern AI applications demand fast, cost-effective responses from large language models, especially when handling long documents or extended conversations. However, LLM inference can become prohibitively slow and expensive as context length increases, with latency growing exponentially and costs mounting with each interaction. LLM inference requires recalculating attention mechanisms for the previous tokens when generating each…
This post was written with Lokesha Thimmegowda, Muppirala Venkata Krishna Kumar, and Maraka Vishwadev of CBRE. CBRE is the world’s largest commercial real estate services and investment firm. The company serves clients in more than 100 countries and offers services ranging from capital markets and leasing advisory to investment management, project management and facilities management….
This post was written with Martyna Shallenberg and Brode Mccrady from Myriad Genetics. Healthcare organizations face challenges in processing and managing high volumes of complex medical documentation while maintaining quality in patient care. These organizations need solutions to process documents effectively to meet growing demands. Myriad Genetics, a provider of genetic testing and precision medicine solutions…
Fighting for a free internet requires collective action. And the Tor Project is proud to be in the company of many likeminded organizations that work to maintain and restore access to trustworthy information for millions of people globally. Tune into the State of the Onion: Community Day livestream to hear directly from other members of…
5. Finding new life in Japan’s hot springs While studying microbes in the hot springs of Japan, Dr. Syun-ichi Urayama’s team discovered unusual viruses. Using AlphaFold to predict their protein structures, the team confirmed they belonged to a widespread, previously unknown family of life, revealing a new branch of molecular evolution. These five stories from…
Available for over a year Like so many people at a similar time of life, the poet Paul Farley is facing up to the fact that he might need hearing aids. His wife has been asking him to turn down the volume on the telly for years, and has given up shouting downstairs for him…
