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CISA Flags 2-Year-Old Oracle WebLogic Vulnerability as Actively Exploited

CISA Flags 2-Year-Old Oracle WebLogic Vulnerability as Actively Exploited

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A patch that should have retired an Oracle WebLogic vulnerability two years ago is now the reason CISA is sounding an emergency alarm. After confirming active exploitation of a previously patched vulnerability, CVE-2024-21182, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has added it to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. By making this designation, CISA has signaled that the vulnerability has moved from a potential risk to an active threat requiring immediate attention. According to Oracle, the vulnerability affects Oracle WebLogic servers running on two specific versions and allows any unauthenticated attacker to gain remote access through exposed T3 and IIOP protocols. Upon successfully exploiting this vulnerability, attackers can gain full access to all data accessible through the server. Although Oracle issued a patch for it in July 2024, several systems remain unpatched, creating an entry point for the recently observed exploitation of this flaw. CISA’s KEV listing places it among high-priority threats with urgent remediation requirements for all federal agencies, and as a broader call for the private sector to patch their vulnerable, unpatched servers. Unpacking the WebLogic …

Under investor pressure, Oracle may slash 30,000 jobs to bankroll AI infrastructure: Report | Technology News

Under investor pressure, Oracle may slash 30,000 jobs to bankroll AI infrastructure: Report | Technology News

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3 min readNew DelhiFeb 2, 2026 12:22 PM IST Oracle is facing increasing scrutiny from investors over how it plans to finance its AI infrastructure build-out, with one report suggesting that the cloud provider might consider mass layoffs as cost-cutting measures to support its data centre ambitions. One of the options on the table for the Larry Ellison-led company is a headcount reduction of between 20,000 and 30,000 to free up $8 billion to $10 billion in cash flow, according to a note by investment banking firm TD Cowen published last week. The note further estimated that Oracle might sell off assets such as health tech platform Cerner that was acquired by the company for $28.3 billion in 2022. While Oracle has not confirmed that it is conducting layoffs, it would not be the first tech giant to slash jobs in response to the mounting pressure to invest in AI. Big US firms such as Amazon, UPS, and Dow have announced an estimated total of 52,000 job cuts with experts noting that companies “appear eager …

Oracle Said to Buy Billion of Nvidia Chips for OpenAI’s US Data Center

Oracle Said to Buy $40 Billion of Nvidia Chips for OpenAI’s US Data Center

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Oracle will spend around $40 billion on Nvidia’s higher-performance chips to power OpenAI’s new U.S. data center, the Financial Times reported on Friday. The data center, situated in Abilene, Texas, is part of the U.S. Stargate Project, led by top AI firms in the country, to boost America’s heft in the artificial intelligence industry amid heating global competition. The cloud service provider will purchase around 400,000 of Nvidia’s most powerful GB200 chips and lease the computing power to OpenAI, the report said, citing several people familiar with the matter. OpenAI and Oracle did not immediately respond to Reuters’ requests for comment, while an Nvidia spokesperson declined to comment. The data center is expected to be fully operational by mid-next year, and Oracle has agreed to lease the site for 15 years, the report said. JPMorgan has provided a bulk of the debt financing across two loans totaling $9.6 billion, while the site’s owners, Crusoe and U.S. investment firm Blue Owl Capital, have invested around $5 billion in cash, the FT report added. The data center …

Oracle and Microsoft are reportedly in talks to take over TikTok

Oracle and Microsoft are reportedly in talks to take over TikTok

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Oracle and a group of investors that includes Microsoft are in talks to take over TikTok’s global operations, reports NPR. The deal, which the White House is reportedly negotiating, would see ByteDance keeping a minority stake in TikTok while “the app’s algorithm, data collection and software updates will be overseen by Oracle.” Oracle’s server network already provides the bulk of TikTok’s backbone, and under the deal, the company would “effectively monitor and provide oversight with what is going on with TikTok,” according to one of NPR’s anonymous sources, who added that the agreement’s goal is to “minimize Chinese ownership.” Microsoft’s reported involvement isn’t clear beyond that it is “engaged in the talks.” The company was also in the mix with Oracle and Walmart in a 2020 bid to take over TikTok that Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates had called “a poison[ed] chalice.” Walmart reportedly isn’t involved this time around “after balking at the estimated price” of the app. News of the talks comes after President Trump issued an executive order giving TikTok and others a 75-day …

US Announces AI Project to Provide 0 Billion for Infrastructure

US Announces AI Project to Provide $500 Billion for Infrastructure

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A joint venture called The Stargate Project will contribute $500 billion over four years to generative AI infrastructure in the U.S., representatives of SoftBank, OpenAI, and Oracle announced in partnership with President Donald Trump on Jan. 21. The joint venture will support infrastructure, including data centers, contributing to what OpenAI calls a “computing system.” “This infrastructure will secure American leadership in AI, create hundreds of thousands of American jobs, and generate massive economic benefit for the entire world,” OpenAI wrote in a Jan. 21 post on X (formerly Twitter). “This project will not only support the re-industrialization of the United States but also provide a strategic capability to protect the national security of America and its allies.” “It’s big money and high-quality people,” Trump said at a White House press conference, according to the Associated Press. At least one location confirmed in Texas OpenAI will initially contribute $100 billion to the project, with the other $400 billion coming at an undisclosed pace over the next four years. OpenAI said building a data center associated with …

Trump to announce up to 0 billion in AI infrastructure investment: Report

Trump to announce up to $500 billion in AI infrastructure investment: Report

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President Donald Trump is due to announce private sector investment of up to $500 billion to fund artificial intelligence infrastructure on Tuesday, two sources told Reuters. US President Donald Trump waves as he arrives at the inaugural parade inside Capitol One Arena in Washington, DC.(AFP) OpenAI, SoftBank and Oracle plan a Texas-based joint venture called Stargate, and have committed $100 billion initially and then up to $500 billion into Stargate over the next four years, the sources said. Trump will make an announcement about infrastructure at the White House at 4 p.m. EST (2100 GMT), Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said Tuesday morning on “Fox & Friends.” CBS first reported the details of the expected announcement. SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son, OpenAI’s Sam Altman and Oracle’s Larry Ellison are due at the White House on Tuesday, according to the CBS report. Oracle and SoftBank did not immediately respond to requests for comment. As a candidate in 2016, Trump promised to push a $1 trillion infrastructure bill through Congress but did not. He talked about the topic as …

Linux Foundation Announces Initiative to Support Chromium

Linux Foundation Announces Initiative to Support Chromium

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The Linux Foundation announced on Thursday a fund to support and organize open projects to build Chromium-based browsers. The Supporters of Chromium-Based Browsers now accepts new members. “With the launch of the Supporters of Chromium-Based Browsers, we are taking another step forward in empowering the open source community,” said Jim Zemlin, executive director of the Linux Foundation, in a press release. “This project will provide much-needed funding and development support for open development of projects within the Chromium ecosystem.” Many browsers, including Arc, Microsoft Edge, and Opera, use Google’s Chromium as their underlying infrastructure. Interested potential partners can apply with the Linux Foundation. What’s hot at TechRepublic What is the Supporters of Chromium-Based Browsers group? The purpose of the Supporters of Chromium-Based Browsers group is to “provide a neutral space where industry leaders, academia, developers, and the broader open source community can work together to support projects within the Chromium ecosystem,” the Linux Foundation wrote. As such, the group will “remove barriers to innovation, expand adoption, and ensure that projects within the Chromium ecosystem receive …

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NVIDIA Blackwell GPUs Sold Out: Demand Surges, What’s Next?

NVIDIA Blackwell GPUs Sold Out: Demand Surges, What’s Next?

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Nvidia continues to ride the AI wave as the company sees unprecedented demand for its latest Blackwell GPU next-generation processors. The supply for the next 12 months is sold out, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang told Morgan Stanley analysts during an investors’ meeting. A similar situation occurred with Hopper GPUs several quarters ago, Morgan Stanley Analyst Joe Moore pointed out. Nvidia’s traditional customers are driving the overwhelming demand for Blackwell GPUs, including major tech giants such as AWS, Google, Meta, Microsoft, Oracle, and CoreWeave. Every Blackwell GPU that Nvidia and its manufacturing partner TSMC can produce over the next four quarters has already been purchased by these companies. The overly high demand appears to solidify the continued growth of Nvidia’s already formidable footprint in the AI processor market, even with competition from rivals such as AMD, Intel, and various smaller cloud-service providers. “Our view continues to be that Nvidia is likely to gain share of AI processors in 2025, as the biggest users of custom silicon are seeing very steep ramps with Nvidia solutions next year,” …