The Register

1. America's War on Drugs and Crime will be AI powered, says Homeland Security boss

   Or at least it might well be if these trial programs work out, with some civil lib oversight etc etc etc

   RSAC AI is a double-edged sword in that the government can see ways in which the tech can protect and also be used to attack Americans, says US Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas.…

2. Watch out for rogue DHCP servers decloaking your VPN connections

   Avoid traffic-redirecting snoops who have TunnelVision

   A newly discovered vulnerability undermines countless VPN clients in that their traffic can be quietly routed away from their encrypted tunnels and intercepted by snoops on the network.…

3. IBM says these back-office, network edge Power 10 servers would be sweet for – yes, you guessed it – AI

   Short on cores, big on threads and matrix math

   Not to be left out of the AI infrastructure game, on Tuesday IBM unveiled a pair of tiny Power 10 servers designed to preprocess data at the network edge.…

4. CISA's early-warning system helped critical orgs close 852 ransomware holes

   In the first year alone, that's saved us all a lot of money and woe

   Interview As ransomware gangs step up their attacks against healthcare, schools, and other US critical infrastructure, CISA is ramping up a program to help these organizations fix flaws exploited by extortionists in the first place.…

5. Apple unveils M4 chip with neural engine capable of 38 TOPS, and some other kit

   Oh, right – there's new iPad Pro and Air models, a pencil and some other stuff

   Apple held its anticipated iPad event today, and the most attention-grabbing news wasn't the new device models or the refreshed iPad Air lineup - it was the unveiling of Apple's homegrown M4 chip with a surprisingly powerful neural processing unit (NPU). …