Konni hackers target blockchain engineers with AI-built malware

The North Korean hacker group Konni (Opal Sleet, TA406) is using AI-generated PowerShell malware to target developers and engineers in the blockchain sector.

Heroic former PC Gamer writer creates a script to banish all the AI features from Google Chrome

Wes has been covering games and hardware for more than 10 years, first at tech sites like The Wirecutter and Tested before joining the PC Gamer team in 2014. Wes plays a little bit of everything, but ...

This Script Removes the AI Features From Chrome, Edge, and Firefox

Tech companies are getting increasingly pushy with their large language models—prominent buttons for these AI features coat ...
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Solving Windows 11 PowerShell Execution Policy Error

Struggling with PowerShell Execution Policy Error on Windows 11? Discover step-by-step solutions to resolve it safely and ...
How-To Geek on MSN

I automated Linux backups with a simple bash script and cron (and it’s better than a GUI)

Skip one-click backup apps. This rsync script gives you full control over what gets saved and when, plus logs and a few hard-won lessons.
The Hill

GOP blocks measure to reverse RFK move on HHS transparency, public comments

Senate Republicans voted Thursday to block a resolution sponsored by Sen. Angus King (I-Maine) to require the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to make its rulemaking open to public ...
Reuters

Shell mergers chief Greg Gut quit after CEO blocked BP bid, FT says

Report says Shell CEO, CFO opposed BP bid Gut confirms he left Shell in September Shell in June ruled out BP bid, said it was bound by UK rules Shell on Tuesday says it has 'nothing to add' on matter ...
Upstream

Shell charters rig in hunt for elusive sweet spot on Namibia block

Shell has secured a rig to again drill offshore Namibia as it rekindles the hunt for an elusive hydrocarbon sweet spot in its Orange basin block. Earlier this year, the supermajor said that none of ...
TechSpot

This PowerShell script promises to remove every AI feature from Windows

Editor's take: Microsoft is doubling down on its plan to turn Windows 11 into an "agentic AI" platform, and in the process seems determined to strip away the last bits of user agency left in the OS.
Wired

OpenAI, Anthropic, and Block Are Teaming Up to Make AI Agents Play Nice

OpenAI, Anthropic, and Block have cofounded a new open source organization—the Agentic AI Foundation—to promote standards for artificial intelligence agents. The three companies are also transferring ...
Reuters

PetroSA approves Shell as majority partner in block offshore South Africa, document shows

CAPE TOWN, Dec 8 (Reuters) - South Africa's legacy national oil company, PetroSA, has approved a deal to give Shell Offshore a 60% stake in its Block 2C, off the country's west coast, a document seen ...
Crude Oil Prices

Shell Wins Path Into South Africa’s Block 2C as PetroSA Approves Farm In

South Africa’s state-owned PetroSA has approved a landmark farm-in deal that would give Shell Offshore a 60% operating stake in Block 2C, strengthening the oil major’s position in the increasingly ...