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DURHAM, N.C., July 23, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — The International Society of Automation (ISA), the leading professional association for automation, announces the release of a white paper outlining recommendations to raise the bar for safety and security in automation and control systems. ISA published the white paper in collaboration with the ISASecure® Cybersecurity Certification Program and the ISA Global Cybersecurity Alliance (ISAGCA). The paper advocates for designing and certifying commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) components to meet, at a minimum, security level 2 (SL2) as defined in the ISA/IEC 62443 series of standards, the world’s leading consensus-based standards for cybersecurity of control systems.…
Tuesday was not a good day for shareholders of Selctor Biosciences, a US biopharmaceutical company focused on the discovery, development and commercialization of cancer drugs.Sector shares were down 18% by early afternoon.The company previously announced positive results from the CLOVER WaM pivotal study evaluating iopofosine I 131, a first-in-class targeted radiation therapy candidate, for the treatment of patients with relapsed/refractory Waldenström macroglobulinemia (WM) who have received at least two lines of therapy, including a Bruton’s tyrosine kinase inhibitor (BTKi). This article is available to registered users only. To continue reading, please sign up for free. Your free trial will give…
Bandai Namco announced late last year that it was partnering with XR studio Atlus V (Gloom Eyes, BATTLESCAR) to release a Mobile Suit Gundam game for the Quest, due for release this fall, and now we have a clearer picture of what to expect, as the studio has revealed a new story trailer for the “full-length” VR anime. Atlas V has unveiled a trailer for Mobile Suit Gundam: Silver Phantom, featuring some behind-the-scenes information. “Argent Cale is an unofficial mercenary organization that does not belong to either the Earth Federation or Zeon. You are the protagonist. Carry out assassination orders.…
Google co-founder Sergey Brin made a windfall of $366 million in 2021 after selling off his entire Tesla stake. Now he’s using some of that money to back a startup researching mental health treatments using psychedelic drugs extracted from African bushes. The Financial Times reported, citing people briefed on the discussions, that Brin’s nonprofit Catalyst4 will contribute $15 million to a $25 million funding round for biotech startup Soneira. The company is reportedly launching clinical trials to examine whether ibogaine, a hallucinogen found in the root of the African iboga shrub, can be used to treat traumatic brain injury (TBI),…
Blueprint Solutions, a mortgage technology company that provides income verification tools for the mortgage industry, said this week that it is incorporating Fannie Mae’s income calculator into two of its major software products. The company said the move will give its customers more efficient access to Fannie Mae’s tools. Blueprint offers two versions of its mortgage income analysis software, IncomeXpert and IncomeXpert PLUS. Both versions will be integrated, a company spokesman said. “Customers who use IncomeXpert or IncomeXpert PLUS will now have additional options when determining borrower qualifying income,” the company explained.[U]”Users can now access Fannie Mae’s income calculator results…
Samsung’s Galaxy AI is mostly familiar to us now, with features like AI-powered live translation and writing assistance. One of Galaxy AI’s more novel features is “Sketch to Image,” which lets you insert realistic AI-generated objects into your photos by sketching on top of an existing photo. It’s a fun enough gimmick, but the novelty wears off after you’ve had to repeatedly put AI-generated hats on people. But then I remembered that the sketch-to-image feature was now there, so I fired up Samsung Gallery on my old Galaxy Z Flip 6 and had a little fun choosing a particularly funny…
Redazione RHC: 23 July 2024 13:19We often talk about cyber security and the importance of a complete cyber program, but today we will focus on analyzing another key point in the profession of a cyber security professional – “stress”.Many aspiring cybersecurity professionals dream of establishing themselves in the industry and one day assuming a leadership position as the CISO of a large corporation. But before you look to advance in your career and take on more responsibility, you should be aware of all the less-discussed pitfalls that plague the industry.Working in the cybersecurity industry carries significant stress and the risk…
(© Oleksii – Stock.adobe.com) Mass layoffs and data breaches have seemed to dominate the news headlines in recent months. Now, a surprising new study suggests that these two trends may be more closely linked than we ever imagined. Researchers at Binghamton University, working with international partners, have uncovered a potential cybersecurity time bomb lurking in companies’ decisions to downsize. Their findings paint a grim reality: companies that announce layoffs may be unwittingly increasing their risk of falling victim to a devastating cyberattack. The study, presented at the Asia-Pacific Conference on Information Systems in Vietnam, comes at a critical time: in…
The day after generative AI modeling startup Cohere made headlines saying it had raised $500 million in new funding at a $5.5 billion valuation, the company is laying off about 20 employees. The cuts, which represent about 5% of the company’s 400-person workforce, are the latest sign of the challenges the tech industry faces as it plunges into generative AI, and they seem to be both bullish and warning signs. In a letter to employees on Tuesday seen by Fortune, Cohere CEO Aidan Gomez said the layoffs were “necessary to ensure we have the right talent to keep our company…
Hamilton Lane, a private credit manager with over $900 million in assets under management, has invested in cryptocurrencies by offering a tokenized private credit fund on Solana. This particular move is part of a shift in which mainstream traditional financial sector institutions are gradually opening up to the democratization of the digital asset trading space. Tokenization of the SCOPE Fund on Solana Hamilton Lane Management Company reported that it has gained the ability to issue a private credit fund linked to the Solana Network as a way to adopt blockchain-based DLT. The company will link this to a credit management…