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2024-10-10 09:41:07

Advania UK gobbles up IT services rival CCS Media
Acquisition signals consolidation in the market Exclusive The consolidation of the British tech services market is continuing with Advania UK's acquisition of CCS Media.…
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2024-10-04 00:09:04

AI’s energy appetite too big for Texas grid, regulators warn
Datacenters coming online in the next 15 months will need to supply at least some of their own power As the saying goes, everything is bigger in Texas, but as datacenter footprints explode amid the AI boom, regulators fear even the Lone Star state's utilities won't be able to keep up for much longer.…
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2024-10-03 17:57:06

It's true, social media moderators do go after conservatives
Because that's the group most likely to share misinformation online Since Elon Musk bought Twitter nearly two years ago – a $44 billion acquisition he tried to pull out of – the mogul has driven a narrative that moderation of the microblogging website disproportionately targeted conservatives, libertarians, and Trump …
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2024-10-01 18:41:07

Uncle Sam loans $1.5B to reignite Michigan's Palisades nuclear plant by 2025
Up and atom 'em! The Biden administration has announced plans to reignite a shuttered Michigan nuclear power plant with a $1.5 billion loan that, combined with other nuclear announcements yesterday, suggests the US federal government is right now all in on nuclear energy.…
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2024-09-30 09:01:08

Extracting vendor promises won't fix cybersecurity. Extracting teeth might
One branch of tech has learned to work together to solve the near-impossible. Now it's our turn Opinion To say cybersecurity is mostly very good is like saying Boeing's Starliner parts mostly work – true, but you're still going to be sleeping in the office. Moreover, it's questionable whether either are getting any better.…
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2024-09-20 06:33:06

A huge week for satnav as both China and Europe make generational launches
Upgrades on the way for both, with deep-ocean services and programmable sats on the way Two of the world's satellite positioning service constellations reached important milestones this week, after the European Space Agency and China's Satellite Navigation Office each launched its own pair of satellites.…
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2024-09-16 10:49:04

The future of software? Imagine a bot, stamping on a human face – forever
Automation is driving the next wave of commoditization, threatening to replace skilled workers Part 1 As we have said before, the software industry has a decades-long history of cost-cutting, commoditization, and a successful sales model of "pile 'em high, sell 'em cheap." This has worrying consequences if yo…
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2024-09-11 14:25:03

SpaceX blasts being stuck in bureaucratic orbit as Starship approval slips
Toys launched from pram as Musk's rocketeers stamp feet over paperwork Faced with months of waiting for approval for the next Starship launch, SpaceX has gone on the offensive regarding the red tape surrounding the process and the ongoing environmental assessment.…
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2024-09-05 10:09:07

The fingerpointing starts as cyber incident at London transport body continues
Network admins take a ride on the Fright Bus The Transport for London (TfL) "cyber incident" is heading into its third day amid claims that a popular appliance might have been the gateway for criminals to gain access to the organization's network.…
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2024-09-04 09:17:04

The amber glow of bork illuminates Brighton Station
The train on platform 4 is destined for networking hell BORK!BORK!BORK! Strange things are afoot at Brighton Station as football fans keen to make the journey to London to see their team take on England's finest instead found themselves destined for Addr = 67 (43h).…
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2024-08-29 23:17:05

Broadcom has brought VMware down to earth and that’s welcome
But users aren’t optimistic it will land softly VMware Explore I’ve attended VMware’s annual conference every year since 2007 and this year the event had a very different flavor.…
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2024-08-23 00:33:03

Gamers who think Ryzen 9000s are slow are testing it wrong, says AMD
Those using Windows 11, version 24H2, should see better speed AMD has responded to community concerns about underwhelming gaming performance of its Ryzen 9000 Series desktop processors by attributing disappointing results recorded by independent testers to the vagaries of their system and software setups.…
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2024-08-22 16:49:07

Halliburton probes 'issue' that has impacted company systems
Business operations and global networks reportedly disrupted amid claims of cyberattack American oil giant Halliburton is investigating an "issue," reportedly a cyberattack, that has disrupted some business operations and global networks.…
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2024-07-30 19:49:03

Can't get Minecraft, MongoDB Cloud, others to work today? Blame that Azure outage
Shut the Front Door! If you've had or are having problems using websites and apps today, it might well be due to the Microsoft Azure outage.…
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2024-07-30 19:33:02

Meta to cough up $1.4B to end fight over 'unlawful' facial recognition of friends
Everything's bigger in Texas – even the settlement deals Meta will pay a record $1.4 billion to settle a lawsuit with Texas, which accused the Facebook giant of breaking privacy laws by performing facial recognition on people's photos without their consent.…
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2024-07-30 19:09:03

Delta Air Lines dials up Microsoft's legal nemesis over CrowdStrike losses
Oh, Boies, here we go again Delta Air Lines lost hundreds of millions of dollars due to the CrowdStrike outage earlier this month – and it has hired a high-powered law firm to claw some of those lost funds back, potentially from the Falcon maker and Microsoft itself.…
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2024-07-30 18:09:02

Qualcomm goes budget with Snapdragon 4s Gen 2 5G chipset
Latest silicon aims to bring Gigabit connectivity to sub-$100 handsets Qualcomm has been pushing high-end smartphone platforms recently, but its latest release targets the budget segment, aiming to deliver Gigabit 5G connectivity to sub-$100 handsets.…
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2024-07-30 17:17:02

Zuck dreams of personalized AI assistants for all – just like email
A model finetuned on your social media profile? What could possibly go wrong? SIGGRAPH Big public AI models like ChatGPT, Gemini, and Copilot have become near ubiquitous over the past few years – but Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg is banking that before long, everyone will have at least one, if not more, personalized AI assistants to c…
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2024-07-30 16:41:04

TSMC confirms it'll dig into Dresden for chip giant's first fab on Euro soil
Partnership with NXP, Infineon, and Bosch finally gets under way TSMC and partners will break ground in Dresden, Germany, to start building the Taiwanese chip maker's first European fab.…
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2024-07-30 15:25:02

Rising costs biggest issue for datacenter operators as demand grows
Not to mention the skills gap, AI skepticism, and the unrelenting quest for power Datacenter operators face multiple challenges such as power and cooling requirements, while staffing issues persist and many are not tracking the right sustainability metrics. On the plus side, they can count on strong and growing demand for d…
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2024-07-30 14:41:03

'LockBit of phishing' EvilProxy used in more than a million attacks every month
Leaves a trail of ransomware infections, data theft, business email compromise in its wake Insight The developers of EvilProxy – a phishing kit dubbed the "LockBit of phishing" – have produced guides on using legitimate Cloudflare services to disguise malicious traffic. This adds to the ever-growing ars…
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2024-07-30 14:17:03

Microsoft's Azure Portal takes a worldwide tumble
Ready to talk it up to investors today, Microsoft? Breaking Microsoft's cloud services are having a bad day as users worldwide have reported difficulty connecting to Azure.…
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2024-07-30 13:09:02

W3C says Google's cookie climbdown 'undermines' a lot of work
While some celebrate, the World Wide Web Consortium Technical Architecture Group is not happy The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) has published a blog criticizing Google's climbdown over the deprecation of third-party cookies, declaring that the move "undermines a lot of the work we've done together."…
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2024-07-30 12:33:02

How deliciously binary: AI has yet to pay off – or is transforming business
Calculating ROI of neural networks turns out to be rather complicated Feature The tech industry's enthusiasm for artificial intelligence software – a conveniently amorphous term – has yet to generate much of an economic windfall.…
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2024-07-30 11:25:02

Ransomware gangs are loving this dumb but deadly make-me-admin ESXi vulnerability
Get those patches applied – all the big dogs are abusing it Do you have your VMware ESXi hypervisor joined to Active Directory? Well, the latest news from Microsoft serves as a reminder that you might not want to do that given the recently patched vulnerability that has security experts deeply concerned.…
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2024-07-30 10:41:03

Europe launches 'AI Factories' initiative in hopes of competing globally
Yes, you've heard the term 'AI Factories' before but Europe has its own spin Europe's supercomputing body has officially added a new pillar to its strategy – to develop and operate AI Factories to drive "a more competitive and innovative" European AI ecosystem.…
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2024-07-30 09:41:04

Latest update for 'extremely fast' compression algorithm LZ4 sprints past old versions
New release does something you might have thought it already did The new version of the high-speed compression algorithm LZ4 gets a big speed boost – nearly an order of magnitude.…
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2024-07-30 08:41:03

Revamped UK cybersecurity bill couldn't come soon enough, but details are patchy
Long overdue updates including expanded mandatory security incident reporting seem like a step forward, however they end up looking Analysis The introduction of fresh UK cybersecurity legislation, though delayed, is timely.…
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2024-07-30 07:25:02

Automation needed to fight army of AI content harvesters stalking the web
Just when you think you've ban-hammered one, it pops up with another name Analysis This month Anthropic's ClaudeBot – a web content crawler that scrapes data from pages for training AI models – visited tech advice site iFixit.com about a million times over a 24-hour period.…
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2024-07-30 07:09:02

South Korea creates $445 bailout fund after payment glitch trips up e-commerce giant
Founder forbidden to leave the country, promises to make things right for out-of-pocket vendors The South Korean government on Monday created a ₩560 billion ($445 million) rescue package to bail out merchants who used two major e-commerce marketplaces that have failed to pass on payments for seve…
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2024-07-30 06:33:02

Proofpoint phishing palaver plagues millions with 'perfectly spoofed' emails from IBM, Nike, Disney, others
They DKIM here, they DKIM there A huge phishing campaign exploited a security blind-spot in Proofpoint's email filtering systems to send an average of three million "perfectly spoofed" messages a day purporting to be from Disney, IBM, Nike, Best Buy, and Coca-Cola – all of which are P…
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2024-07-30 05:49:02

Desktop hypervisors are not dead: Oracle preps major VirtualBox update
Solaris support persists and support for Armed Macs improves Oracle last week debuted a beta for a major update to its VirtualBox desktop hypervisor.…
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2024-07-30 02:33:02

Malaysia is working on an internet 'kill switch', says minister
Follows requirement for social media and messaging platforms to get a license Legislation for an internet "kill switch" will reach Malaysia’s Parliament in October, according to the country's minister for Law and Institutional Reform.…
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2024-07-30 00:49:02

Apple Intelligence beta lands in iOS 18.1, macOS 15.1 previews
At last, the world-changing innovation of ML emojis can be yours to enjoy Apple Intelligence, Cupertino's promised suite of generative AI services, has debuted in beta versions of iOS 18.1, iPadOS 18.1, and macOS Sequoia 15.1.…
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2024-07-30 00:09:03

Apple agrees to terms with US store union for first time
Funny what threatening to walk off the job and shutter a retail store can do Apple is on the verge of entering its first-ever agreement with a stateside retail employee union, caving to demands from store workers who threatened to walk off the job in May. …
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2024-07-29 23:09:02

US senators say car makers sold people's driving habits, location data for pennies
Khaan! Khaaaaaan! Two US senators have urged the FTC to probe and potentially prosecute three automakers that allegedly unlawfully sold motorists' personal data for pennies.…
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2024-07-29 21:09:02

Meta's AI safety system defeated by the space bar
'Ignore previous instructions' thwarts Prompt-Guard model if you just add some good ol' ASCII code 32 Meta's machine-learning model for detecting prompt injection attacks – special prompts to make neural networks behave inappropriately – is itself vulnerable to, you guessed it, prompt injection attacks.…
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2024-07-29 20:25:03

US border cops really must get a warrant in NY before searching phones, devices
Do we really want to bother SCOTUS with this, friends? Surely they're way too busy right now to take a look US border agents must obtain a warrant, in New York at least, to search anyone's phone and other electronic device when traveling in or out of the country, another federal judge has ruled.…
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2024-07-29 17:57:02

Tesla asks customers to stop being wet blankets about chargers
Trick appears to speed powering up but could cause damage to cables Tesla has asked owners to stop wrapping wet towels around handles to speed up the recharging process, warning that this can damage its Supercharger stalls.…
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https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2024/07/29/tesla_harging_wet_rag/

2024-07-29 16:57:04

EU regulator reportedly set to give the nod to HPE-Juniper deal
Aruba, Aruba! Some network pros worry it will lead to less choice The European Commission is set to deliver unconditional approval for HPE's proposed $14 billion purchase of Juniper Networks, according to reports.…
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2024-07-29 16:09:03

Microsoft finds a new way to irritate Windows 11 users – a backup pop-up
Ads in the Start Menu not annoying enough for you? Hold my beer Microsoft is always on the lookout for new and exciting ways to annoy Windows users. Its latest wheeze is a full-screen pop-up in Windows 11 to urge the non-initiated to back up their files.…
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2024-07-29 15:25:02

NASA gives Falcon 9 thumbs-up to launch Crew-9
1. Undock, bring Butch and Suni home on Starliner, 2. Launch Crew-9, 3. Do the handover, 4. Bring Crew-8 home NASA will be launching a crew atop a Falcon 9 in the coming weeks as the SpaceX workhorse returned to flight with three Starlink launches over the weekend.…
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2024-07-29 14:49:02

French internet cables cut in act of sabotage that caused outages across country
Axe attack comes just days after arsonists target rail network Fiber optic internet cables across France have been cut in an apparent act of sabotage, resulting in outages across the country.…
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2024-07-29 13:49:02

Intruders at HealthEquity rifled through storage, stole 4.3M people's data
No mention of malware or ransomware – somewhat of a rarity these days HealthEquity, a US fintech firm for the healthcare sector, admits that a "data security event" it discovered at the end of June hit the data of a substantial 4.3 million individuals. Stolen details include addresses, telephone numbers…
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https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2024/07/29/healthequity_says_data_breach_affects/

2024-07-29 13:09:02

Google apologizes for breaking password manager for millions of Windows users with iffy Chrome update
Happy Sysadmin Day Google celebrated Sysadmin Day last week by apologizing for breaking its password manager for millions of Windows users – just as many Windows admins were still hard at work mitigating the impact of the faulty CrowdStrike update.…
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2024-07-29 12:25:03

The port of the Windows 95 Start Menu was not all it seemed
Fnding your code on the cutting room floor decades after the event Ever thought you'd committed an elegant bit of code, only to find that somebody else decided to drop it because "that's the way we've always done things"? If so, you aren't alone. It happens to Microsoft engineers too.…
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2024-07-29 11:41:03

Inquiry reveals UK government misled MPs over Post Office IT scandal
Former business minister Vince Cable testifies, highlighting misinformation and oversight failures Officials at the government department responsible for the Post Office sent out misleading information to MPs about court cases relating to the Horizon IT system, an inquiry into one of the UK's greatest miscarriage of ju…
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2024-07-29 10:41:03

Linux Mint 22 'Wilma' still the Bedrock choice for moving off Windows
Outsmarting Ubuntu's midlife crisis and dodging Flintstone-sized bugs Linux Mint 22 "Wilma" debuted late last week and holds on to the crown as the most sensible choice if you're looking to move across from Windows.…
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https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2024/07/29/linus_mint_22_wilma/

2024-07-29 09:41:04

Logitech Zone 305 is light on the ears and wallet, maybe a bit too light on quality?
A headset for workers who want to stride around the room bellowing Review Logitech has released a lightweight headset aimed squarely at business users. While there are Bluetooth and connectivity options aplenty, the quality of the materials matches the headset's low price.…
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2024-07-29 08:41:03

Silicon, stars, and sulfur make Apollo's unlikely legacy
Neil stepped on a rock. We're surfing an interstellar wave 9,000 light years long. Go us Opinion Fifty-five years after Neil Armstrong's one small step, and the future it promised has not come to pass. Nobody has gone back to the Moon since the end of the Apollo program, let alone out to Mars. As for Clarke and Kubrick's oh-so-plausible…
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2024-07-29 07:33:02

Never put off until tomorrow what someone could erase today
When even tape can't save you, procrastination is a problem Who, Me? Greetings once again, gentle reader, and welcome to another instalment of Who, Me? in which Reg readers like yourselves soften the start of the work week with reminders that we all sometimes make mistakes.…
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2024-07-29 06:33:02

Microsoft admits 8.5 million CrowdStruck machines estimate was lowballed
Promises to discourage use of kernel drivers – so they don't crash the world again Microsoft has admitted that its estimate of 8.5 million machines crashed by CrowdStrike's faulty software update was almost certainly too low, and vowed to reduce infosec vendors' reliance on the kernel drivers at the heart…
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2024-07-29 05:33:02

China ponders creating a national 'cyberspace ID'
Because clearly it's better for Beijing to know who you are than for every ISP and social service to keep its own records Beijing may soon issue "cyberspace IDs" to its citizens, after floating a proposal for the scheme last Friday.…
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2024-07-29 04:41:03

US claims TikTok shipped personal data to China – very personal data
Not even Oracle could stop it, claims DoJ The US Department of Justice has alleged that TikTok shipped personal information to China and allowed profiling of the short video app's users based on their attitudes to some ticklish topics.…
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https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2024/07/29/doj_tiktok_filing_china_data/

2024-07-29 03:33:03

Group of 91 nations agree to continue not taxing cross-border data movement – for now
Promote free use of government data, privacy, canning spam, and more Five years of trade negotiations reached a milestone last Friday with 91 nations agreeing on new norms for e-commerce – among them extension of a moratorium on taxation of cross-border electronic transmission…
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2024-07-29 02:01:05

Secure Boot useless on hundreds of PCs from major vendors after key leak
Plus: More stalkerware exposure; a $16M TracFone fine; Ransomware victims don't use MFA, and more Infosec in brief Protecting computers' BIOS and the boot process is essential for modern security – but knowing it's important isn't the same as actually taking steps to do it.…
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https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2024/07/29/infosec_roundup/

2024-07-29 00:57:08

Open source AI helped China catch up to the world, researchers reckon
Plus: Grab drops cab merger, Kakao founder goes to the clink, Alibaba denies Jack Ma cronyism, and more APAC in brief Chinese researchers have told The New York Times that open source software has helped them to accelerate AI development.…
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2024-07-27 13:33:05

The secret to better weather forecasts may be a dash of AI
Google adds machine learning to climate models for 'faster forecasts' Climate and weather modeling has long been a staple of high-performance computing, but as meteorologists look to improve the speed and resolution of forecasts, machine learning is increasingly finding its way into the mix.…
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https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2024/07/27/google_ai_weather/

2024-07-26 22:01:09

No, really, please ban Chinese DJI drones from America's skies, senators asked
Previous outlawing attempt flew off, will this one stick the landing? US senators have been asked again to consider banning the use of drones made by Chinese manufacturer DJI in American airspace after a previous attempt to outlaw the machines was dropped.…
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https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2024/07/26/us_senate_dji_drone/

2024-07-26 21:17:05

Kamala Harris' $7M support from LinkedIn founder comes with a request: Fire Lina Khan
FTC boss must be doing something right if folks will pay to get her binned LinkedIn cofounder Reid Hoffman was quick to express support for Kamala Harris' bid for the US presidency this year after incumbent Joe Biden stepped aside, and now the reason has become clear: He's hoping she'll fire FTC boss and B…
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2024-07-26 20:33:12

Video game actors strike because they fear an attack of the AI clones
You wouldn't download a performer Actors are back on strike for an entirely unsurprising reason: Studios aren't willing to give video game actors enough protection from artificial intelligence. …
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2024-07-26 19:33:02

iPhone kicked out of China’s top 5 smartphone brands as domestic market bounces back
Chinese brands ascendant in the country’s phone market, but Apple’s exile might only be temporary For the first time in a while, the top five smartphone vendors in China are all native, with Apple's position falling to sixth place.…
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2024-07-26 18:41:09

CrowdStrike meets Murphy's Law: Anything that can go wrong will
And boy, did last Friday's Windows fiasco ever prove that yet again Opinion CrowdStrike's recent Windows debacle will surely earn a prominent place in the annals of epic tech failures. On July 19, the cybersecurity giant accomplished what legions of hackers could only dream of – bringing millions of Windows systems world…
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2024-07-26 17:41:06

SpaceX Falcon 9 set for comeback after upper-stage failure
Cracked line blamed for leak SpaceX aims to resume launching the Falcon 9 rocket tomorrow after the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) agreed to let the company return to flight operations.…
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2024-07-26 16:33:06

Intel nabs Micron exec to oversee foundry business ambitions
Memory veteran to help Gelsinger and co with longstanding internal/external contract manufacturing plans Intel is set to hire an executive from memory chipmaker Micron to head its foundry biz as the company pursues its strategy of turning its former internal manufacturing operations into a money-spinning concern.…
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2024-07-26 15:41:05

Happy Sysadmin Day, the Bitlocker keys are in a bowl on top of the fridge
Vote below for the best way to celebrate our underappreciated heroes Seven days after CrowdStrike's bad update took down Windows-based computers around the world, System Administrator Appreciation Day has arrived. And what lovely gifts did your employer spoil you with today? Shares in the company? A brand new Cybertruck? A…
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2024-07-26 14:33:02

Boeing Starliner crew get their ISS sleepover extended
Bosses regret talking up mission duration as Capsule's lifetime extended to 90 days The crew of the Boeing Starliner will spend the summer aboard the International Space Station (ISS) as NASA and Boeing refused to set a return date for the craft.…
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2024-07-26 13:41:11

Progress discloses second critical flaw in Telerik Report Server in as many months
These are the kinds of bugs APTs thrive on, just ask the Feds Progress Software's latest security advisory warns customers about the second critical vulnerability targeting its Telerik Report Server in as many months.…
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2024-07-26 12:57:06

'A moose hit me' and other ways people damage their gizmos
The wild world of wrecking our tech Have you ever bitten your phone, or thrown it in anger? How about broken it in a collision with a moose? These are just some of the ways in which people have damaged their digital devices, according to a survey.…
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2024-07-26 11:41:06

Google DeepMind's latest models kinda sorta take silver at Math Olympiad
Sure, it took three days to do what teenaged brainiacs do in nine hours – but who's counting? Researchers at Google DeepMind claim they've developed a pair of AI models capable of taking home a silver medal in the International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO) – although not within the allotted time limit.…
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2024-07-26 10:41:06

UK.gov to chuck up to £5B to gang of back office software vendors
Framework deal set to run until 2029 as central govt transitions to new ERP SaaS model The UK government has gone to market shopping for back office software in a tender which could be worth up to £5 billion ($6.4 billion).…
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2024-07-26 09:41:05

Shuttle Columbia's near-miss: Why we should always expect the unexpected in space
The eventful launch of STS-93 and the Chandra X-Ray Observatory Twenty-five years ago, Space Shuttle Columbia launched the Chandra X-ray observatory and nearly ended in catastrophe. As the then-ascent flight director John Shannon observed: "Yikes. We don't need another one of those."…
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2024-07-26 07:33:06

Customer bricked a phone – and threatened to brick techie's face with it
There's a difference between a warranty and insurance. In this story the latter could fight back On Call Friday is the day the working week goes to die for most people – unless, like many a Reg reader, they're on call to provide tech support at all hours. Which is why we use this day to celebrate those hardy souls with a fresh instal…
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2024-07-26 06:41:08

Study shock! AI hinders productivity and makes working worse
Management drank the Kool Aid but staff can't cope with new demands Bosses expect artificial intelligence software to improve productivity, but workers say the tool does the opposite, according to a survey by find-a-workplace research org the Upwork Research Institute, a limb of talent-finding platform Upwork.…
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2024-07-26 06:01:06

UK and India sign broad tech collaboration pact
Pick a hot market – AI, quantum, chips, 6G – and the pair have a plan to work on it together The UK and India agreed on Wednesday to a broad "Technology Security Initiative" that will see the two nations collaborate in ways it's hoped will unlock investment.…
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2024-07-26 05:25:05

Omnissa, VMware's old end-user biz, emerges with promise of 'AI-infused autonomous workspace'
We think this means easier-to-administer virtual desktops with extra shiny Omnissa, the newly independent business created by Broadcom's spinoff of VMWare's end-user compute arm, has proclaimed it will become a source of "AI-infused autonomous workspaces".…
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2024-07-26 03:01:09

North Korean chap charged for attacks on US hospitals, NASA – and even China
Microsoft, Mandiant, weigh in with info about methods used by Andariel gang alleged to have made many, many, heists The US Department of Justice on Thursday charged a North Korean national over a series of ransomware attacks on stateside hospitals and healthcare providers, US defense companies, NASA, and ev…
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2024-07-26 01:41:04

Malware crew Stargazers Goblin used 3,000 GitHub accounts to make bank
May even have targeted other malware gangs, and infosec researchers Infosec researchers have discovered a network of over three thousand malicious GitHub accounts used to spread malware, targeting groups including gamers, malware researchers, and even other threat actors who themselves seek to spread malware.…
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2024-07-26 00:41:05

CrowdStrike update blunder may cost world billions – and insurance ain't covering it all
We offer this formula instead: RND(100.0)*(10^9) The cost of CrowdStrike's apocalyptic Falcon update that brought down millions of Windows computers last week may be in the billions of dollars, and insurance isn't covering most of that.…
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2024-07-25 23:17:03

Sam Altman wants a US-led freedom coalition to fight authoritarian AI
Team America AI Police? Sam Altman has called for a US-led coalition of nations to ensure AI remains a vehicle for freedom and democracy, and not a tool for authoritarians to keep themselves in power and dominate others. …
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2024-07-25 22:41:06

Beware of fake CrowdStrike domains pumping out Lumma infostealing malware
PSA: Only accept updates via official channels ... ironically enough CrowdStrike is the latest lure being used to trick Windows users into downloading and running the notorious Lumma infostealing malware, according to the security shop's threat intel team, which spotted the scam just days after the Falcon sensor…
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2024-07-25 20:33:05

OpenAI unveils AI search engine SearchGPT – not that you're allowed to use it yet
Launching in Beta is so 2014. We're in the pre-Beta limited sign-up era now After months of speculation, shy and retiring OpenAI has showed the world a glimpse of its very own web search engine powered by AI.…
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2024-07-25 19:57:09

FYI: Data from deleted GitHub repos may not actually be deleted
And the forking Microsoft-owned code warehouse doesn't see this as much of a problem Researchers at Truffle Security have found, or arguably rediscovered, that data from deleted GitHub repositories (public or private) and from deleted copies (forks) of repositories isn't necessarily deleted.…
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2024-07-25 19:09:03

NASA sends 4K video from a flying plane to the ISS using lasers
900 Mbps from Earth to orbit, and I still can't get reliable Wi-Fi in my backyard Jealous of the fact that the International Space Station has better internet than you do? Well, here's one more benchmark to envy: NASA has successfully streamed 4K video from an in-flight aircraft to the ISS and back again.…
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2024-07-25 18:09:05

Oracle's Java pricing brews bitter taste, subscribers spill over to OpenJDK
Following licensing changes, 86% of users head for the door. Coincidence? Only 14 percent of Oracle Java subscribers plan to stay on Big Red's runtime environment, according to a study following the introduction of an employee-based subscription model.…
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2024-07-25 17:25:07

Uncle Sam accuses telco IT pro of decade-long spying campaign for China
Beijing has a long history of recruiting US residents to carry out various espionage activities The US is looking to prosecute a Chinese immigrant over claims he has been drip-feeding information of interest to Beijing since at least 2012.…
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2024-07-25 16:41:05

Microsoft adds generative search to its Bing engine
Looks a lot like Google's AI Overviews, hopefully without some of the early unfortunate summaries Microsoft is adding generative search to Bing despite the search engine's market share showing no increase after prior AI tech additions.…
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2024-07-25 15:41:06

Apple Maps escapes orchard into web browser wilds
Chrome and Edge on Windows can now join the fun Apple has introduced its mapping technology to devices outside its ecosystem with a web version that works in Chrome and Edge on Windows PCs.…
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2024-07-25 14:33:06

STMicroelectronics sees sharp decline in Q2 earnings amid weak auto sector demand
NXP Semiconductors and Texas Instruments also hit by slowdown Euro chipmaker STMicroelectronics saw revenue and net income slump in Q2 of this year, blaming low demand in the automotive sector while orders elsewhere failed to meet expectations, in a hint that the semiconductor industry is still in a …
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2024-07-25 13:49:07

You should probably fix this 5-year-old critical Docker vuln fairly sharpish
For some unknown reason, initial patch was omitted from later versions Docker is warning users to rev their Docker Engine into patch mode after it realized a near-maximum severity vulnerability had been sticking around for five years.…
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2024-07-25 13:09:04

Adobe exec likened hidden cloud subscription fees to 'heroin', says FTC
Read the unredacted complaint against Photoshop giant and its software plans Adobe's controversial billing practices and punitive fees for those terminating their subscriptions early follow from the software titan's addiction to revenue, the FTC has said.…
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2024-07-25 12:09:03

Kaspersky says Uncle Sam snubbed proposal to open up its code for third-party review
Those national security threat claims? 'No evidence,' VP tells The Reg Exclusive Despite the Feds' determination to ban Kaspersky's security software in the US, the Russian business is moving forward with another proposal to open up its data and products to third-party review – and prove to Uncle Sam that…
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2024-07-25 11:41:06

AI models face collapse if they overdose on their own output
Recursive training leads to nonsense, study finds Researchers have found that the buildup of AI-generated content on the web is set to "collapse" machine learning models unless the industry can mitigate the risks.…
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2024-07-25 10:33:05

X.org lone ranger rides to rescue multi-monitor refresh rates
X11 isn't dead while people still keep working on it It isn't quite XKCD 2347, but it's close. At least one developer is still working away on the X.org codebase with an effort to improve variable refresh rate support in several different OSes.…
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2024-07-25 09:41:06

Datacenters guzzled more than a fifth of Ireland's electricity in 2023
Bit barns binge on Emerald Isle power Datacenters consumed more than a fifth of Ireland's electricity supply during 2023, according to the latest figures from the republic's Central Statistics Office (CSO). The news comes amid growing concerns over the expanding energy demands of the bit barn industry.…
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2024-07-25 08:33:04

OpenBSD enthusiast cooks up guide for the technically timid
If you want a simple step-by-step, this is the best we've seen French BSD enthusiast Joel Carnat has written a how-to guide on setting up a laptop with OpenBSD for general use. It's worth a go for the Unix-curious.…
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2024-07-25 07:33:05

Patch management still seemingly abysmal because no one wants the job
Are your security and ops teams fighting to pass the buck? Comment Patching: The bane of every IT professional's existence. It's a thankless, laborious job that no one wants to do, goes unappreciated when it interrupts work, and yet it's more critical than ever in this modern threat landscape.…
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2024-07-25 06:41:07

You're not hallucinating: generative AI is helping IBM's mainframes grow
Big Blue brings in more cash and profit than predicted Generative AI's powers extend to helping the ancient concept of a proprietary enterprise OS and hardware stack to thrive, if IBM's Q2 2024 results are any guide.…
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2024-07-25 05:09:03

India ditches its 'Google Tax' after US waved a big stick
Stakeholders found it an 'ambiguous' compliance burden and the world has moved on - or tried to who retained her position despite her Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) losing its outright majority and forming a coalition after recent elections which led to the formation of a coalition government. A new budget that reflected the coalit…
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2024-07-25 04:33:09

ServiceNow president leaves after policy breach related to public sector boss hire
But the books look good, because of real AI ServiceNow has parted ways with president and chief operating officer Chirantan "CJ" Desai after an internal investigation found he had violated company policy when hiring the former CIO of the US Army as the workflow vendor's public sector boss.…
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