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Natočit dobrou komedii je dost těžké. Natočit dobrou komedii, která umí být zároveň znepokojivá, není o nic lehčí. Snímek Ovce žerou první režiséra Jana Musila Přejmenovaného míchá komickou absurditu, komediální vzorce o loserech a prvky zneklidňujícího psychothrilleru. Což je prakticky vše, co si ...

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) warned of a massive increase in losses from social media scams since 2020, exceeding $2.1 billion in 2025. [...]

An attacker pushed a malicious version of the popular elementary-data package Python Package Index (PyPI) to steal sensitive developer data and cryptocurrency wallets. [...]

Po 17 letech od spuštění vznikla datovka s číslem 5 000 000. • Celkem už lidé a organizace poslali 1,6 miliardy datových zpráv. • Stávající adresa mojedatovaschranka.cz letos skončí.

The ShinyHunters extortion group stole the personal information of 5.5 million individuals after breaching the systems of home security giant ADT earlier this month, according to data breach notification service Have I Been Pwned. [...]

It looks very much as if Apple’s former designer Jony Ive will compete against the company his friend Steve Jobs created as he works with OpenAI on a device that seems to be some form of competitor for the iPhone.

In a post on X, TF International Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo claims OpenAI is working with Qualcomm and MediaTek to build SoCs for smartphones. These chips will be built to deliver faster AI performance. Kuo claims the plan is to achieve mass production by 2028 with the hardware specifications for these devices set to be finalized by early 2027. 

You could argue that as well as working with Apple’s former design lead, OpenAI is also taking a leaf out of the company’s processor playbook with this strategy. That’s because just as Apple works with TSMC on chip design, OpenAI intends to work with Qualcomm and MediaTek, which may help it achieve competitive processors far more quickly than it would take if building these things from scratch.

Apple faces a new competitor

What’s interesting about this is the release schedule as it suggests mass production of the new device may commence as soon as 2028, one year after the iPhone’s twentieth anniversary. We know that Apple will not sit on its iPhone laurels in the coming years and already expect the company to introduce a new folding device as well as a potential new high-end device.

We also think that Apple will be shipping devices with very fast, very power-efficient 1.4nm processors by the time the purported OpenAI product appears. It’s open to question if OpenAI’s new partnership will be able to develop AI processors for smartphones that compare to those Apple will have available by then, given its advantages in the space today, but neither company can afford to be complacent in this arena.

Why is it so important? 

Because of the nature of AI. 

It’s all about AI agents

While today’s leading AI services tend to rely on cloud-based models, tomorrow’s services will be far more independent and far more likely to run securely on edge devices.

AI agents, for example, may call on server-based intelligence to accomplish some tasks, but there will be an increasing tendency to maintain data privacy within the transaction. Agents will call on servers to provide only the computational assistance they require, handling other tasks natively on device. This will be agentic edge intelligence, which is what I anticipate Apple will discuss at WWDC 2026 in a couple of months.

Kuo says AI agents will replace apps on devices, and that’s going to require both on-device edge intelligence and cloud AI integration. To deliver that, OpenAI will need to emulate Apple’s famed ‘whole widget’ approach by controlling both hardware and software.

The analyst predicts that part of the go-to-market plan for the new Apple competitor involves subscriptions and development of a third-party AI agent ecosystem. It’s a model in which you don’t purchase apps but do invest in utility. This will also likely be part of Apple’s message to developers in the coming years — though rather than leaning into OpenAI, it will draw on some of the on-device AI models it is building with help from Google Gemini.

What comes next?

Apple is no stranger to existential struggle. The story of its resurrection after the return of Steve Jobs is legendary, but the company has faced its share of other threats since then. Who else recalls the great smartphone design wars, the entire netbook category, or Windows Mobile, for example?

Apple’s new challenge is just the latest chapter in its book, and the most likely outcome I can imagine sees OpenAI grabbing most of its market share from Android, rather than iOS — particularly as Android device manufacturers search for excuses to offer devices at higher price points in the face of stiff component costs and Apple’s aggressive move into the mid-range market. It is also fair to think that component costs may yet delay elements of OpenAI’s plan, particularly as Apple seems to be paying top dollar to secure supply.

All in all, we are entering interesting times as Apple’s newly promoted CEO, John Ternus, takes command — and his insight and experience in hardware development and design seems even more well-timed in the face of the news from OpenAI.

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On Thursday, April 30 at 2:00 PM ET, BleepingComputer will host a live webinar with threat intelligence company Flare and threat intelligence researcher Tammy Harper, exploring how security teams can identify early warning signs of attacks before they escalate into incidents. [...]

Checkmarx has disclosed that its ongoing investigation tied to the supply chain security incident has revealed that a cybercriminal group published data related to the company on the dark web. "Based on current evidence, we believe this data originated from Checkmarx's GitHub repository, and that access to that repository was facilitated through the initial supply chain attack of March 23, 2026,Ravie Lakshmananhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/[email protected]

Medical device giant Medtronic disclosed last week that hackers breached its network and accessed data in "certain corporate IT systems." [...]

Technologie ShadeCut umožňuje solárním panelům napodobit střešní tašky • Mikroskopické struktury vytvářejí požadované barvy a zachovávají výkon • Systém usnadní integraci fotovoltaických prvků na chráněné historické budovy

Most information security best practices are built on a single, comfortable assumption: that the "root" gate is locked and only the administrator holds the key. We assume that unless we explicitly hand over credentials, the core of the system is off-limits.

Everything is dumb again. This week feels broken in a very familiar way. Old tricks are back. New tools are doing shady crap. Supply chains got hit. Fake help desks worked. Weird research showed how easy some attacks still are. Most of it feels like stuff we should have fixed years ago. Bad extensions. Stolen creds. Remote tools are getting abused. Malware hides in places people trust. Same Ravie Lakshmananhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/[email protected]

Space Force awards 11 firms prototype deals to build orbital interceptors

The United States Space Force (USSF) has awarded eleven companies contracts to develop space-based interceptors for President Trump's Golden Dome program, in agreements worth up to $3.2 billion.…

​22-year-old Evan Tangeman of Newport Beach, California, was sentenced to 70 months in prison for laundering funds stolen in a massive $230 million cryptocurrency heist. [...]

Three seconds of audio is all it takes to clone a voice for fraud. Adaptive Security shows how deepfake calls trick employees into sending real money—and why most defenses don't catch them. [...]

V Paříži a na Polymarketu bylo horko. Za poslední měsíc dvakrát. Znáte Polymarket? Je to na blockchainu založená platforma, která umožňuje uživatelům sázet na výsledek reálných událostí z oblasti politiky, sportu, vědy nebo popkultury. Nebo také na počasí. A přesně to udělal zatím neznámý sázkař ...

Greg Kroah-Hartman začal používat AI asistenta pojmenovaného gkh_clanker_t1000. V commitech se objevuje "Assisted-by: gkh_clanker_t1000". Na social.kernel.org publikoval jeho fotografii. Jedná se o Framework Desktop s AMD Ryzen AI Max a lokální LLM.

Cybersecurity professionals were the most overlooked workers in IT when it came to pay rises in 2025, according to new figures from recruiter Harvey Nash. The trend was especially stark in the UK, where 77 percent of all security staff saw no salary increase, although the pattern was observed globally too with 71 percent of infoseccers experiencing wage stagnation. For context, 45 percent of all tech workers received pay rises across the 53 countries surveyed, and even DevOps - the most generously rewarded discipline - only reached 56 percent. More than half of those working in adjacent disciplines, including infrastructure, AI/ML, and product management, received wage increases. The pay squeeze is taking a toll: security professionals now rank in the bottom three for overall workplace satisfaction alongside QA testers and infrastructure bods - despite cybersecurity being in the top-three most in-demand positions across the tech industry. Ankur Anand, CIO at Harvey Nash, the IT recruitment biz which gathered the latest data, told The Register that security salaries are stagnating because successful teams are breeding complacency at the board level. "Cybersecurity has become a victim of its own effectiveness," he said. "When teams do their job well, the absence of incidents leads to complacency at senior levels.  "At the same time, AI is expanding the threat surface and increasing the volume, speed, and complexity of what security teams have to deal with. When you layer that onto constant pressure, legacy technology, and highly distributed working models, you end up with a workforce carrying huge responsibility with limited recognition. That combination is a powerful driver of burnout and attrition." That boardroom complacency sits awkwardly alongside warnings from security authorities. The UK's National Cyber Security Centre reported a 50 percent rise in its most severe attack category less than a year ago, and data from Check Point, Fortinet, and a January World Economic Forum report all point in the same direction: threats are mounting. The salary data also comes during a period of instability in the cybersecurity job market, with full-time job opportunities starting to plummet due to global economics and technological innovations, like AI, erasing entry-level positions.  Cybersecurity, like many other industries, is now in an employer-controlled job market – a far cry from the skills-gap panic of recent years. The mood is visible in why people are staying put: 56 percent cite genuine job satisfaction, but 24 percent admit they're simply not confident they'd find anything better right now.  Anand concluded: "The data should be a wake-up call. We're asking cybersecurity teams to stand on the front line of business risk, yet too often we're not matching that responsibility with the reward, progression, and operating environment that keeps people in the profession. "When pay lags the market, workload keeps rising, and the role is seen as a blocker rather than an enabler, it's no surprise that attrition starts to look like the path of least resistance. "If organizations want to reduce exposure and respond faster when incidents happen, they need to treat cyber talent as a strategic capability: valued, visible, and supported by leadership. The organizations that get this right won't just retain their best people – they'll build trust with customers, regulators, and their own boards." ®