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1 week ago | 
techrepublic.com | Aminu Abdullahi |eSecurity Planet |CIO Insight
Apple has rolled out emergency updates to patch two serious security flaws that were actively being exploited in highly targeted attacks on iPhones and other Apple devices. The fixes, released on April 16 as part of iOS 18.4.1 and macOS Sequoia 15.4.1, address zero-day vulnerabilities.
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1 week ago | 
techrepublic.com | Aminu Abdullahi |eSecurity Planet |CIO Insight
Security researchers and developers are raising alarms over “slopsquatting,” a new form of supply chain attack that leverages AI-generated misinformation commonly known as hallucinations. As developers increasingly rely on coding tools like GitHub Copilot, ChatGPT, and DeepSeek, attackers are exploiting AI’s tendency to invent software packages, tricking users into downloading malicious content. What is slopsquatting?
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1 week ago | 
eweek.com | Aminu Abdullahi |eSecurity Planet |CIO Insight
Las Vegas is about to get a lot more magical thanks to AI. This summer, “The Wizard of Oz” will return to the screen, but not just any screen. The iconic 1939 film is being transformed into a fully immersive experience at the Sphere, the massive, high-tech entertainment venue that has already wowed audiences with its jaw-dropping visuals. But here’s the twist: This isn’t just a simple remaster.
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1 week ago | 
techrepublic.com | Aminu Abdullahi |eSecurity Planet |CIO Insight
At a time when tech giants are racing to build the most powerful AI models on the planet, Microsoft is choosing a different lane — one that’s a little slower but potentially smarter. Mustafa Suleyman, Microsoft’s CEO of AI, says the company isn’t in a rush to lead the frontier of AI development; instead, it’s intentionally choosing to lag a few months behind leaders like OpenAI. That might sound like a setback, but Suleyman says it’s a strategic move that could give Microsoft an edge.
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1 week ago | 
eweek.com | Aminu Abdullahi |eSecurity Planet |CIO Insight
An AI coding tool called Cursor has done what most startups only dream of — attracting more than one million users without any marketing budget, driven purely by word of mouth. Cursor, developed by a small 60-person startup called Anysphere, is rapidly becoming one of the most widely discussed tools in software development. Designed to streamline the coding process, Cursor functions as a superpowered sidekick.
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1 week ago | 
techrepublic.com | Aminu Abdullahi |eSecurity Planet |CIO Insight
In the high-stakes race for AI dominance, Google’s DeepMind division is tightening its grip on talent, forcing some employees to sit out of the industry for up to a year if they leave. According to multiple reports and former employees, DeepMind, Google’s AI research lab, is using aggressive noncompete clauses to block staff, especially those working on key projects like the Gemini AI model, from joining rivals like OpenAI or Microsoft for months after quitting.
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3 weeks ago | 
techrepublic.com | Aminu Abdullahi |eSecurity Planet |CIO Insight
Rumor has it that iOS 19 may drop support for iPhone XR, XS, and XS Max — raising questions ahead of Apple’s big WWDC 2025 announcements. Image: Aminu Abdullahi/TechRepublicApple is gearing up to announce iOS 19 at WWDC 2025, but not all iPhones may get the update. A new rumor suggests that Apple could be dropping support for three models from 2018 — the iPhone XR, iPhone XS, and iPhone XS Max.
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3 weeks ago | 
techrepublic.com | Aminu Abdullahi |eSecurity Planet |CIO Insight
OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT, has just completed the largest private tech funding round in history — raising $40 billion at a $300 billion valuation. The deal, led by Japan’s SoftBank with backing from Microsoft and other investors, solidifies OpenAI as one of the world’s most valuable private companies, trailing only SpaceX and rivaling TikTok’s parent company, ByteDance. A historic deal in tech fundingThe scale of this funding round is unprecedented.
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3 weeks ago | 
esecurityplanet.com | Aminu Abdullahi |eSecurity Planet |CIO Insight
In a troubling security breach, a hacker exposed the personal data of over 270,000 Samsung customers in Germany, freely dumping it on the internet. The hack, attributed to a cybercriminal operating under the alias “GHNA,” occurred when the attacker accessed a system used by Samsung’s German customer service. According to cybersecurity firm Hudson Rock, the hack was made possible by a set of stolen credentials compromised in 2021.
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3 weeks ago | 
eweek.com | Aminu Abdullahi |eSecurity Planet |CIO Insight
Elon Musk’s own AI chatbot, Grok, is turning the tables on its creator — openly calling him a “top misinformation spreader.” Grok’s responses have raised questions about AI autonomy and sparked what Grok itself described as a “big debate on AI freedom vs.
