Tech Brew Ride Home Mon. 07/21 – Massive SharePoint Zero-Day
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Jul 21, 2025 A critical zero-day vulnerability in SharePoint has surfaced, affecting users globally, while Microsoft scrambles to patch it. Apple is gearing up for the launch of a foldable iPhone, stepping into a competitive arena ruled by Samsung. TSMC has hit a historic $1 trillion market cap amid the AI boom. In an interesting shift, the AI industry is moving towards hiring experts for data labeling instead of relying on lower-cost labor. Plus, OpenAI's latest model just snagged gold at the International Math Olympiad, hinting at significant advancements in AI reasoning.
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Urgent SharePoint Patch Needed
- Install Microsoft's patch immediately to mitigate the SharePoint zero-day RCE vulnerability actively exploited worldwide.
- Also monitor for additional patches, as attackers can maintain access through backdoors even post-updates.
Apple Foldable iPhone Strategy
- Apple's first foldable iPhone will resemble Samsung's Galaxy Z Fold without groundbreaking innovation.
- Yet, Apple's marketing and loyal user base could quickly dominate the niche foldables market.
NVIDIA Embraces RISC-V CPUs
- NVIDIA's CUDA platform now supports RISC-V architecture, positioning RISC-V as a future rival to x86 and ARM.
- This may drive heterogeneous AI compute platforms combining RISC-V CPUs and NVIDIA GPUs in data centers.