Termite ransomware breaches linked to ClickFix CastleRAT attacks

Ransomware threat actors tracked as Velvet Tempest are using the ClickFix technique and legitimate Windows utilities to deploy the DonutLoader malware and the CastleRAT backdoor.
IEEE

A Fair and Trustworthy Remuneration Framework for AI Model Training Using DLT

Abstract: Currently, artificial intelligence (AI) models – particularly those of, but not limited to, Large Language Models – are trained over large amounts of data. Training often happens with little ...
WinBuzzer

Databricks KARL Agent Tackles All Enterprise Search Types via RL

Databricks has released KARL, an RL-trained RAG agent that it says handles all six enterprise search categories at 33% lower cost than frontier models.
InfoWorld

Python is slipping in popularity – Tiobe

Python still holds the top ranking in the monthly Tiobe index of programming language popularity, leading by more than 10 percentage points over second-place C. But Python’s popularity actually has ...
Center for American Progress

10 Policy Recommendations To Address Cellphone Use in Schools

10 Policy Recommendations To Address Cellphone Use in Schools As school leaders raise concerns about student cellphone use in schools, policymakers can look to domestic and international examples to ...
The New York Times

Students Are Skipping the Hardest Part of Growing Up

Mr. Shirky, a vice provost at New York University, has been helping faculty members and students adapt to digital tools since 2015. Back in 2023, when ChatGPT was still new, a professor friend had a ...
Finextra

ECB paves the way for the use of DLT-based assets as eligible collateral

ECB paves the way for the use of DLT-based assets as eligible collateral The Eurosystem will accept marketable assets issued in CSDs using DLT-based services as eligible collateral for Eurosystem ...
CNN

Video shows cow using a brush to scratch its back in first described case of tool use in cattle

How does a cow scratch an itch on its back? An Austrian cow named Veronika has a solution that could change how we view livestock. For the past decade, Veronika has been observed by her owner ...
NPR

The risks of AI in schools outweigh the benefits, report says

The risks of using generative artificial intelligence to educate children and teens currently overshadow the benefits, according to a new study by the Brookings Institution's Center for Universal ...
GitHub

Databricks notebook default credentials are not derived as expected

When executed in a Databricks Notebook, dlt uses the notebook context for configuration if not explicitly provided. My interpretation of this is that it will use the hostname and HTTP path of the ...
OECD

Using digital resources for learning

Standards and guidelines for development co-operation with concrete examples of their implementation ...