Top ransomware group BlackSuit has dark web extortion sites seized and shut down

Numerous law enforcement agencies banded together to disrupt BlackSuit The ransomware operators had multiple websites seized No arrests had been made Notorious ransomware operator BlackSuit has had its infrastructure disrupted by a major law enforcement campaign. As part of the action, BlackSuit’s main website, accessed through The Onion Router (TOR), was defaced and left with…

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Trucking’s uneasy relationship with new tech

Sam Gruet Technology Reporter Getty Images Digital trucking apps look to minimise trucks without cargo When Jared first started out in trucking more than two decades ago, he didn’t anticipate he’d be on tour with a country music star, hauling guitars, amps, and other pieces of on-stage equipment. “It just happened, right place, right time,”…

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OpenAI and UK sign deal to use AI in public services

OpenAI, the firm behind ChatGPT, has signed a deal to use artificial intelligence (AI) to increase productivity in the UK’s public services, the government has announced. The agreement signed by the firm and the science department could give OpenAI access to government data and see its software used in education, defence, security, and the justice…

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AMD’s 96-core Threadripper 9995WX just crushed every CPU benchmark and even embarrassed its EPYC big brother!

AMD Threadripper 9995WX tops PassMark with 174,825 points in multithreaded performance testing With 96 cores and 192 threads, it crushes benchmarks meant for server-grade processors The Threadripper 9995WX even outperforms AMD’s EPYC 9755 by more than 5% in tests The AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 9995WX has emerged as the fastest CPU in PassMark’s multithreaded performance…

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