A fake version of the popular 7-zip download is secretly hijacking home computers and using them to route criminal internet traffic, in a campaign that researchers say has been running undetected for ...

As quantum computers continue to advance, identifying problems they can solve faster than the world’s best conventional computers is becoming increasingly important – but it turns out that a key task ...

To use MSG.exe to send a message to a network computer, you need the name or IP address of the target computer. Also, the destination computers should be connected to the same local network. Add ...

The Department of Justice was dealt a setback in the bid to revive the case against former FBI Director James Comey after a federal judge blocked them from using evidence belonging to his former ...

Scientists have taken another major step toward creating stable quantum computers. Using a specialized quantum computer chip (an essential component of a quantum computer) as a kind of tiny laboratory ...

In 2024, Microsoft introduced small language models (SLMs) to customers, starting with the release of Phi (opens in new tab) models on Microsoft Foundry (opens in new tab), as well as deploying Phi ...

Microsoft today announced Fara-7B, its first agentic small language model (SLM) designed for computer use. “Unlike traditional chat models that generate text-based responses, Computer Use Agent (CUA) ...

While computer-use models are still too slow and unreliable, browser agents are already becoming production-ready, even in critical sectors such as healthcare and insurance. In January 2025, OpenAI ...

Hackers are using AI agents to outsmart old logins. It’s time to ditch passwords and move to phishing-proof credentials like passkeys. For years, organizations have relied on passwords and ...

ClickFix attacks have evolved to feature videos that guide victims through the self-infection process, a timer to pressure targets into taking risky actions, and automatic detection of the operating ...

Analogue computers that rapidly solve a key type of equation used in training artificial intelligence models could offer a potential solution to the growing energy consumption in data centres caused ...