Chicago Cubs agree to 1-year, $9 million deal with veteran reliever Héctor Neris – Boston Herald

The Chicago Cubs needed to find reinforcements for the bullpen. Acquiring a reliever with a consistent track record was particularly important — and something they finally addressed Saturday. The Cubs and veteran reliever Héctor Neris have agreed to a one-year, $9 million deal that includes a $9 million team option for 2025, a source told…

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Ex-Google engineer charged with stealing AI trade secrets while working with Chinese companies – Boston Herald

By ERIC TUCKER (Associated Press) WASHINGTON (AP) — A former software engineer at Google has been charged with stealing artificial intelligence trade secrets from the company while secretly working with two companies based in China, the Justice Department said Wednesday. Linwei Ding, a Chinese national, was arrested in Newark, California, on four counts of federal…

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VMware sandbox escape bugs are so critical, patches are released for end-of-life products

Getty Images VMware is urging customers to patch critical vulnerabilities that make it possible for hackers to break out of sandbox and hypervisor protections in all versions, including out-of-support ones, of VMware ESXi, Workstation, Fusion, and Cloud Foundation products. A constellation of four vulnerabilities—two carrying severity ratings of 9.3 out of a possible 10—are serious…

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Ex-Google engineer charged with stealing AI trade secrets while working with Chinese companies – Boston Herald

By ERIC TUCKER (Associated Press) WASHINGTON (AP) — A former software engineer at Google has been charged with stealing artificial intelligence trade secrets from the company while secretly working with two companies based in China, the Justice Department said Wednesday. Linwei Ding, a Chinese national, was arrested in Newark, California, on four counts of federal…

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Ex-Google engineer charged with stealing AI trade secrets while working with Chinese companies – Boston Herald

By ERIC TUCKER (Associated Press) WASHINGTON (AP) — A former software engineer at Google has been charged with stealing artificial intelligence trade secrets from the company while secretly working with two companies based in China, the Justice Department said Wednesday. Linwei Ding, a Chinese national, was arrested in Newark, California, on four counts of federal…

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Microsoft accused of selling AI tool that spews violent, sexual images to kids

Microsoft’s AI text-to-image generator Copilot Designer appears to be heavily filtering outputs after a Microsoft engineer, Shane Jones, warned that Microsoft has ignored warnings that the tool randomly creates violent and sexual imagery, CNBC reported. Jones told CNBC that he repeatedly warned Microsoft of the alarming content he was seeing while volunteering in red-teaming efforts…

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Los líderes indígenas de Brasil piden apoyo al presidente Pedro Sánchez para proteger sus tierras y el medio ambiente

Los indígenas de Brasil son una pequeña minoría extremadamente bien organizada y con un peso político muy por encima de su peso demográfico. El presidente español, Pedro Sánchez, ha visitado este miércoles el Memorial de los Pueblos Indígenas, en Brasilia, para escuchar de primera mano los anhelos y demandas de este colectivo que supone menos…

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Ex-Google engineer charged with stealing AI trade secrets while working with Chinese companies – Boston Herald

By ERIC TUCKER (Associated Press) WASHINGTON (AP) — A former software engineer at Google has been charged with stealing artificial intelligence trade secrets from the company while secretly working with two companies based in China, the Justice Department said Wednesday. Linwei Ding, a Chinese national, was arrested in Newark, California, on four counts of federal…

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