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OpenAI has rolled out an upgraded version of its GPT-4 Turbo large language model to ChatGPT’s paid versions. The company announced the update in a late Thursday post on X. “Our new GPT-4 Turbo is now available to paid ChatGPT users,” OpenAI …
Palo Alto Networks discloses critical vulnerability in its firewall operating system
Palo Alto Networks Inc. today disclosed a vulnerability in its Pan-OS firewall operating system that is being actively targeted by hackers. The exploit, which is tracked as CVE-2024-3400, has received the highest possible score in the CVSS threat severity evaluation system. It’s …
Zscaler acquires microsegmentation startup Airgap Networks
Zscaler Inc. today announced that it has acquired Airgap Networks Inc., a startup with a software platform designed to improve the security of enterprise networks. The deal’s financial terms were not disclosed. Santa Clara, California-based Airgap previously raised more than $18 million …
Amazon CEO Andy Jassy spotlights AI growth, space opportunities in latest shareholder letter
Amazon.com Inc. Chief Executive Andy Jassy today published his latest annual letter to shareholders, continuing a practice that was started by company founder Jeff Bezos nearly three decades ago. Jassy took over the task of writing the memo after becoming CEO in …
Apple warns users in 92 countries about mercenary spyware attacks
Apple Inc. has notified iPhone users in 92 countries that their devices were likely targeted by mercenary spyware. The company alerted the affected individuals via email and iMessage on Wednesday afternoon. “Apple detected that you are being targeted by a 2 that …
Google to spend $1B on enhancing subsea internet infrastructure in the Pacific
Google LLC today announced a $1 billion initiative to build new subsea internet cables in the Pacific and extend the region’s existing networking infrastructure. The first goal of the project is to build a new transpacific network link called Proa. According to …
Meta details five-nanometer MTIA chip for accelerating AI inference workloads
Meta Platforms Inc. today detailed a new iteration of its MTIA artificial intelligence chip that can run some workloads up to seven times faster than its predecessor. The first version of the MTIA, or Meta Training and Inference Accelerator, made its debut …
Wiz acquires cloud cybersecurity startup Gem Security for reported $350M
Well-funded cybersecurity provider Wiz Inc. has bought Gem Security Inc., the developer of a platform for protecting cloud environments from hacking. The companies didn’t disclose the acquisition price in their announcement of the deal today. Fortune reported that the transaction values Gem …
Data security startup Cyera reels in $300M more at $1.4B valuation
Cyera Ltd., a startup that helps organizations find and secure sensitive data in their cloud environments, has closed a $300 million funding round. The company’s announcement of the Series C raise today comes about two weeks after reports first emerged that it’s …
Intel challenges Nvidia with new Gaudi 3 AI chip as AMD expands processor lineup
Intel Corp. today debuted a new artificial intelligence chip, the Gaudi 3, that it promises will provide up to four times the performance of the company’s previous-generation silicon. The chipmaker detailed the product at its annual Intel Vision 2024 conference, where it …