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Microsoft has reached an agreement allowing Xbox Cloud Gaming to stream Grand Theft Auto VI when it launches, but the streaming will not be exclusive and will not include PCs, according to a later clarification from the company. This coincides with the introduction of a pay-as-you-go option and monthly limits on streaming hours for some Game Pass plans.
Researchers from VUSec and Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna have disclosed a Branch Target Reuse attack that exploits remnants of processor predictions after memory reuse in JIT engines, enabling them to extract the root password hash from Linux within 3 to 5 minutes in tests on Intel processors.
Anthropic has entered into the largest deal in Akamai’s history, worth $11.6 billion, to secure cloud infrastructure services, with the potential to increase the commitment to approximately $20 billion. The deal includes a potential right for Anthropic to purchase up to 5% of Akamai’s shares, while Akamai is betting on growing demand for central processing units to run artificial intelligence workloads.