Amazon explains absence of familiar features in 'PostgreSQL compatible' Aurora DSQL Compatibility is a work in progress, but the shift is worth it, tech exec argues
How Chinese insiders are stealing data scooped up by President Xi's national surveillance system Feature 'It's a double-edged sword,' security researchers tell The Reg
Euro cloud body heads off to Microsoft's HQ to check it's keeping promises Exclusive Wine-tasting seems to be an essential part of an EU-friendly Azure Local
Kyndryl's consulting business may be less than it seems Special report Insiders say it's largely a matter of labeling
WhatsApp finally fixes View Once flaw that allowed theft of supposedly vanishing pics And it only took four months, tut Security10 Dec 2024 | 3
TikTok appeals to have Trump – or Supreme Court – decide its fate later Wants to defer shutdown order that takes effect a day before the presidential inauguration Legal10 Dec 2024 | 7
Alibaba exec trashes his own staff and customers, quickly apologizes 'I am carefree, I like to joke,' says guy who fines workers if they glance at phones during meetings Offbeat10 Dec 2024 | 5
South Korean web giant Naver creates its own Linux distro 'Navix' follows OpenELA rules, comes with ten years support, and is already used in production at scale OSes10 Dec 2024 | 2
Police arrest suspect in murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO, with grainy pics the only tech involved McDonald's worker called it in, cops swooped, found 'gun, suppressor, manifesto' Security10 Dec 2024 | 20
Neuraspace adds a second telescope to track objects in orbit Starlink satellites might annoy astronomers, but at least they're easy to spot Science09 Dec 2024 |
Reddit rolls out AI-powered 'Answers' search feature, redditors don't rejoice Many users unhappy with current state of search, want to know why this got priority AI + ML09 Dec 2024 | 10
China's Salt Typhoon recorded top American officials' calls, says White House No word yet on who was snooped on. Any bets? CSO09 Dec 2024 | 12
Microsoft rolls out Recall for Intel, AMD-based Copilot+ PCs More Windows Insiders get to see if the snapshotter is fixed AI + ML09 Dec 2024 | 19
Mysterious outbreak with high fatality rate in the DRC could imperil tech supply chains Is the industry ready to be tested if the unidentified deadly pathogen spreads beyond rural Kwango Province? Science09 Dec 2024 | 16
Crooks stole AWS credentials from misconfigured sites then kept them in open S3 bucket Exclusive ShinyHunters-linked heist thought to have been ongoing since March Research09 Dec 2024 | 2
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Microsoft: Another Chinese cyberspy crew targeting US critical orgs 'as of yesterday' ICYMI Redmond threat intel maven talks explains this persistent pain to The Reg
China strikes back with Nvidia antitrust probe as US tightens tech chokehold Updated Beijing cites GPU giant's Mellanox merger conditions from four years ago Systems09 Dec 2024 | 4
OpenWrt orders router firmware updates after supply chain attack scare A couple of bugs lead to a potentially bad time CSO09 Dec 2024 | 9
Windows 11 24H2 strikes again – Outlook might not start with Google Workspace Sync running Meanwhile, 365 Enterprise users have a date for new Outlook rollout OSes09 Dec 2024 | 21
Microsoft dangles $10K for hackers to hijack LLM email service Outsmart an AI, win a little Christmas cash CSO09 Dec 2024 | 11
Mr Intel leaving Intel is not a great sign... for Intel Opinion Pat Gelsinger has unexpectedly quit. Gore dump follows Systems09 Dec 2024 | 36
Raspberry Pi 500 and monitor arrive in time for Christmas Hands On Faster, whiter, a tad more expensive – and a little baffling Personal Tech09 Dec 2024 | 120
Panic at the Cisco tech, thanks to ancient IOS syntax helper that outsmarted itself Who, Me? Misplaced shortcut led to communication breakdown Networks09 Dec 2024 | 56
India launches two ESA sun-spotters that will fly in incredibly precise formation Proba-3's Occulter will blot out the sun to create eclipse-like effect Coronagraph can observe Science09 Dec 2024 | 7
We can't make this stuff up: Palantir, Anduril form fellowship for AI adventures Meanwhile, Sauron secures funding. Really AI + ML09 Dec 2024 | 37
Blue Yonder ransomware termites claim credit Infosec in brief Also: Mystery US firm compromised by Chinese hackers for months; Safe links that aren't; Polish spy boss arrested, and more Security09 Dec 2024 | 3
China launches AI that writes politically correct docs for bureaucrats Asia In Brief PLUS: Politician thought Korea's martial law declaration was a deepfake; Apple finds a billion for Indonesia; China worries about open source intel; and more AI + ML09 Dec 2024 | 6
Kyndryl's consulting business may be less than it seems Special report Insiders say it's largely a matter of labeling CxO08 Dec 2024 | 19
How Chinese insiders are stealing data scooped up by President Xi's national surveillance system Feature 'It's a double-edged sword,' security researchers tell The Reg Public Sector08 Dec 2024 | 38
You're so bad at recycling, this biz built an AI to handle it for you Maybe start getting better at sorting your trash before these ML garbage bots gain sentience? Bootnotes08 Dec 2024 | 41
British boffins build diamond battery capable of working for a millennium or five Video Carbon-14 decay could be coming to an implant in you Science08 Dec 2024 | 42
AWS enhances Q Developer: Test and review code, upgrade to modern .NET, migrate mainframe applications
After ditching .NET Foundation, Avalonia UI project will add more paid-only features to sustain funding
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Microsoft teases Copilot Vision, the AI sidekick that judges your tabs Edge-exclusive tool promises 'second set of eyes' for browsing Personal Tech07 Dec 2024 | 38
Euro cloud body heads off to Microsoft's HQ to check it's keeping promises Exclusive Wine-tasting seems to be an essential part of an EU-friendly Azure Local PaaS + IaaS07 Dec 2024 | 13
Elon Musk tops US political donor list with $270M+ for Team Trump Plus, xAI scores another $6B to fuel Tesla tycoon's war on OpenAI Public Sector07 Dec 2024 | 87
Micropatchers share 1-instruction fix for NTLM hash leak flaw in Windows 7+ Updated Microsoft's OS sure loves throwing your creds at remote systems Patches06 Dec 2024 | 13
Facing sale or ban, TikTok tossed under national security bus by appeals court Video slinger looks to Supremes for salvation, though anything could happen under Trump Personal Tech06 Dec 2024 | 41
Boeing busted by employee over plans to surveil workers, quickly reverses course Crashing stock, plummeting reputation, but yeah, of course, let's focus on office usage On-Prem06 Dec 2024 | 51
OpenAI to charge $200 per month for ChatGPT Pro How much AI does one subscriber need? AI + ML06 Dec 2024 | 36
Salt Typhoon forces FCC's hand on making telcos secure their networks Proposal pushes stricter infosec safeguards after Chinese state baddies expose vulns Security06 Dec 2024 | 3
AI and analytics converge in new generation Amazon SageMaker re:Invent Calling everything SageMaker is confusing – but a new name would have been worse says AWS AI + ML06 Dec 2024 |
Vega-C finally launches ESA's next Sentinel satellite Return to flight almost two years since the previous endeavor failed Science06 Dec 2024 | 7
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Intel aims to reinvent itself as foundry focus sharpens amid leadership shake-up Interim chief David Zinsner claims core strategy intact, will stay the course to contract manufacturer Systems06 Dec 2024 | 11
Badass Russian techie outsmarts FSB, flees Putinland all while being tracked with spyware Threatened with life in prison, Kyiv charity worker gives middle finger to state spies Security06 Dec 2024 | 56
Europe's largest local authority settles on ERP budget 5x original estimate Schools taken out of scope, but £108M plan still dwarfs initial £20M Public Sector06 Dec 2024 | 43
Veteran Microsoft engineer shares some enterprise support tips How to tell a customer they're an idiot without telling them they're an idiot OSes06 Dec 2024 | 44
NASA finds Orion heatshield cracks won't cook Artemis II crew Lunar flights therefore set for seven-month delay and change re-entry approach, but redesign not needed
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PoC exploit chains Mitel MiCollab 0-day, auth-bypass bug to access sensitive files updated Still unpatched 100+ days later, watchTowr says
Huawei handed 2,596,148,429,267,413, 814,265,248,164,610,048 IPv6 addresses That's 2.56 decillion of them, destined for use in CDNs and the cloud – and APNIC needed 83 decillion more to handle the request
Solana blockchain's popular web3.js npm package backdoored to steal keys, funds Damage likely limited to those running bots with private PKI access
Day after nuclear power vow, Meta announces largest-ever datacenter powered by fossil fuels Louisiana facility's three natural gas turbine plants to churn out 2,262 MW
Why AI builds best on private clouds AI projects under pressure to show real value in the tightest of timeframes might be worth keeping on-premises
An easy route to AI-enhanced productivity How the integration of Google Gemini across Google Workspace turbo charges existing apps with AI power
Altman to Musk: Don't go full supervillain – that's so un-American OpenAI chief says he doesn't think Elon will unleash political powers to zap AI competition AI + ML05 Dec 2024 | 47
Canada commits $1.4B to sovereign compute infrastructure as it joins the AI arms race Project includes hundreds of millions of loonies for a national supercomputing facility AI + ML05 Dec 2024 | 11
Windows 11 24H2 rolls out to more devices – with a growing list of known issues Compatibility holds persist as gamers face black screens Software05 Dec 2024 | 68
FreeBSD 14.2 wants to woo Docker fans, but still struggles with Wi-Fi Another buzzword box ticked: OCI-compliant containers OSes05 Dec 2024 | 21
We can't make this stuff up: Palantir, Anduril form fellowship for AI adventures Meanwhile, Sauron secures funding. Really
How Chinese insiders are stealing data scooped up by President Xi's national surveillance system Feature 'It's a double-edged sword,' security researchers tell The Reg
Raspberry Pi 500 and monitor arrive in time for Christmas Hands On Faster, whiter, a tad more expensive – and a little baffling
China's Salt Typhoon recorded top American officials' calls, says White House No word yet on who was snooped on. Any bets?
British boffins build diamond battery capable of working for a millennium or five Video Carbon-14 decay could be coming to an implant in you
Panic at the Cisco tech, thanks to ancient IOS syntax helper that outsmarted itself Who, Me? Misplaced shortcut led to communication breakdown
Kyndryl's consulting business may be less than it seems Special report Insiders say it's largely a matter of labeling
Mr Intel leaving Intel is not a great sign... for Intel Opinion Pat Gelsinger has unexpectedly quit. Gore dump follows
OpenWrt orders router firmware updates after supply chain attack scare A couple of bugs lead to a potentially bad time
China launches AI that writes politically correct docs for bureaucrats Asia In Brief PLUS: Politician thought Korea's martial law declaration was a deepfake; Apple finds a billion for Indonesia; China worries about open source intel; and more
Arianespace's Vega C delayed after gantry throws a tantrum Euro rocket stuck on the ground for another day Science05 Dec 2024 | 17
Wish there was a benchmark for ML safety? Allow us to AILuminate you... Very much a 1.0 – but it's a solid start AI + ML05 Dec 2024 | 8
British hospitals hit by cyberattacks still battling to get systems back online Updated Children's hospital and cardiac unit say criminals broke in via shared 'digital gateway service' Cyber-crime05 Dec 2024 | 21
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BT Group confirms attackers tried to break into Conferencing division Sensitive data allegedly stolen from US subsidiary following Black Basta post Cyber-crime05 Dec 2024 | 7
Wubuntu: The lovechild of Windows and Linux nobody asked for A third-party Kubuntu remix with a severe identity crisis OSes05 Dec 2024 | 83
Ransomware hangover, Putin grudge blamed for vodka maker's bankruptcy Stoli Group on the rocks in the US Security05 Dec 2024 | 35
Google DeepMind touts AI model for 'better' global weather forecasting Bases predictions on historical data, instead of solving physics equations AI + ML05 Dec 2024 | 39
Temporary printable tattoos could be the future of EEGs Boffins' big brainwave of using custom skullcaps to capture, er, more brainwaves Science05 Dec 2024 | 25
Beijing wants Chinese outfits to seek alternatives to US silicon And American components may be in short supply as Middle Kingdom bans rare earth exports Public Sector05 Dec 2024 | 22
Chinese clouds target small and medium enterprises in APAC in search of growth Canalys Forums APAC Smaller buyers see deep discounts and suddenly worry less about regulatory issues Off-Prem05 Dec 2024 |
Broadcom makes U-turn on plan to serve top 2,000 VMware customers itself Canalys Forums APAC Now wants to work with 500 and lean more on partners to defend against migrations – which Dell says are on the cards Virtualization05 Dec 2024 | 24
Why SDS block storage belongs in the datacenter Learn what analysts think makes StorPool SDS block storage a winning proposition Webinar
NATO tests aquatic drones to protect cables, coastlines Floating the idea of a robot navy Networks05 Dec 2024 | 10
T-Mobile US CSO: Spies jumped from one telco to another in a way 'I've not seen in my career' Interview Security chief talks to El Reg as Feds urge everyone to use encrypted chat CSO05 Dec 2024 | 54
Fission impossible? Meta wants up to 4GW of American atomic power for AI Facebook titan targets early 2030s for reactor deployment Off-Prem04 Dec 2024 | 25