Watchdog fails to stop big vendor lock-in, say UK cloud market's smaller players
Global giants shouldn't be allowed to make 'committed spend' public sector deals and make discounts we cannot match
Glitchy taxi tech blew cover on steamy dispatch dalliance
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When 'pickup' means more than just a ride
101 fun things to do with a locked Kindle e-reader
FOSDEM 2025
Jailbreak it, or even gut it and turn its screen into a low-power portable display with a Modos e-ink controller
UK must give more to ESA to get benefits of space industry boom, says Brian Cox
Physicist and media darling argues partnership with NASA too prone to political whim
Kernel saunters – How Apple rearranged its XNU kernel with exclaves
iPhone giant compartmentalizes OS for the sake of security
Research08 Mar 2025 | 6
Surprise! People don't want AI deciding who gets a kidney transplant and who dies or endures years of misery
Researchers find AI isn't ready to help with moral decision making
AI + ML08 Mar 2025 | 29
Stuff a Pi-hole in your router because your browser is about to betray you
Mozilla sells ads, Google limits blocking them – it's time for stricter measures
Software08 Mar 2025 | 73
Developer sabotaged ex-employer with kill switch activated when he was let go
IsDavisLuEnabledInActiveDirectory? Not any more. IsDavisLuGuilty? Yes. IsDavisLuFacingJail? Also yes
Bootnotes08 Mar 2025 | 36
Athena Moon lander officially FOADs – falls over and dies – in crater
Second time unlucky for Intuitive Machines, but hey, at least we got 250MB of data from it
Science07 Mar 2025 | 23
Crypto takes a dip as Trump signs Bitcoin Reserve order
Comment With no allowance to sell and little room to buy, and markets on the slide, it's UB40 time: Red, red, whine
Personal Tech07 Mar 2025 | 81
Axiom Space and Red Hat to take edge computing into orbit
To boldly go where HPE and Raspberry Pi have been for a while
Edge + IoT07 Mar 2025 | 3
Uncle Sam charges alleged Garantex admins after crypto-exchange web seizures
$96B in transactions, some even labeled 'dirty funds,' since 2019, say prosecutors
Ransomware in Focus07 Mar 2025 | 4
Quad goals: Meta proposes QLC SSDs as a new storage tier in datacenters
Trying to find a middle ground between spinning rust and performant TLC
Storage07 Mar 2025 | 6
Essential FOSS tools to make macOS suck less
Friday FOSS fest Moved from Windows or Linux? Smooth some of the rough edges
Software07 Mar 2025 | 27
Oracle outage hits US Federal health records systems
Big Red pushes restart button after users locked out of apps across Veterans Affairs hospitals, other govt departments
Databases07 Mar 2025 | 10
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Xen Project delivers solid hypervisor update and keeps working on RISC-V port
ICYMI While we’re talking open source V12N, meet SEAPATH: A new hypervisor for electricity grids backed by Red Hat
Alleged cyber scalpers Swiftly cuffed over $635K Taylor ticket heist
I knew you were trouble, Queens DA might have said
Cyber-crime07 Mar 2025 | 4
Cheap 'n' simple sign trickery will bamboozle self-driving cars, fresh research claims
Now that's sticker shock
Software07 Mar 2025 | 53
HPE revenue outlook feels the thump of Trump tariffs
Thousands brace for layoffs as shares slide 20%
On-Prem07 Mar 2025 | 11
Microsoft tells abandoned Publisher fans to just use Word and hope for the best
PDFs and Powerpoint also lie in wait as 2026 looms
Applications07 Mar 2025 | 109
Eutelsat in talks with Euro leaders as they mull Starlink replacement in Ukraine
Increasingly shaky relationship with the States has Europe considering options
Networks07 Mar 2025 | 118
Troubled French outsourcer Atos finds pot of gold at the end of UK state bank Rainbow
Updated Difficulties unpicking 25 years of technical entanglement secure £474.4M without competition
On-Prem07 Mar 2025 | 23
Glitchy taxi tech blew cover on steamy dispatch dalliance
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Software07 Mar 2025 | 69
RANSOMWARE FOCUS
Like whitebox servers, rent-a-crew crime 'affiliates' have commoditized ransomware
Interview Which is why taking down chiefs and infra behind big name brand operations isn't working
International cops seize ransomware crooks' favorite Russian crypto exchange
Domains Did US Secret Service not get the memo, or?
Toronto Zoo ransomware crooks snatch decades of visitor data
Crime Akira really wasn't horsing around with this one
Up to $75M needed to fix up rural hospital cybersecurity as ransomware gangs keep scratching at the door
CSO Attacks strike, facilities go bust, patients die. But it's preventable
Cruel Qilin gang boasts of cyberattacks on cancer clinic, Ob-Gyn facility
Crime 'No regrets' crew continues extorting victims, leaking highly sensitive data
Do you DARE? Europe bets once again on RISC-V for supercomputing sovereignty
€240M found for three-year sprint to develop three chiplets for HPC, AI
HPC07 Mar 2025 | 31
SpaceX's 'Days Since Starship Exploded' counter made it to 48. It's back to zero again now
'Energetic event' did for Flight 8 after a few minutes. Super Heavy Booster recovered again, so there's that
Science07 Mar 2025 | 79
Broadcom has won. 70 percent of large VMware customers bought its biggest bundle
Now working with seven hyperscalers for custom AI silicon. Not working on acquiring bits of Intel
Virtualization07 Mar 2025 | 16
Moonshot goes sideways as Intuitive Machines' second lunar lander seemingly falls over
Space is hard. Hopefully not so hard the three rovers on this spaceship are lost
Science07 Mar 2025 | 30
The Badbox botnet is back, powered by up to a million backdoored Androids
Best not to buy cheap hardware and use third-party app stores if you want to stay clear of this vast ad fraud effort
Cyber-crime07 Mar 2025 | 7
Google teases AI Mode for search, giving Gemini total control over your results
It's just an opt-in Labs curio for now, but so were those ever-present Overviews
Personal Tech06 Mar 2025 | 28
Uncle Sam mulls policing social media of all would-be citizens
President ordered immigration officials to ramp up vetting of foreigners 'to the maximum degree'
Public Sector06 Mar 2025 | 61
JetZero teams up with Delta to drag aviation into the future
Startup needs tips on fitting its flying surfboard into existing infrastructure
Personal Tech06 Mar 2025 | 15
Visual Studio Code or Copilot? Update continues focus on Microsoft AI, some Linux users suffer crashes
Java productivity report shows rapid growth in developer use of AI
Godot 4.4 released: open source game engine adds Jolt physics, .NET 8 and more
React Native survey shows rocky path for new architecture
How prevention is better than cure
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Google Chrome Enterprise to get better warning labels that you're using a company profile
Interface and branding changes arrive to more clearly separate users' work and play lives
Software06 Mar 2025 | 4
Ex-Googler Schmidt warns US: Try an AI 'Manhattan Project' and get MAIM'd
ANALYSIS That's Mutual Assured AI Malfunction in the race for superintelligence
AI + ML06 Mar 2025 | 30
Still can't get to your Outlook mailbox? You aren't alone
No 'zero days without incident' sign for Microsoft thanks ongoing problems
SaaS06 Mar 2025 | 28
Microsoft: So what if it costs 4X as much to run Windows Server in AWS, Alibaba, and Google?
BTW That's competition, that's protecting our IP, Redmond's lawyers tell UK monopoly cops
More Voyager instruments shut down to eke out power supplies
Veteran probes close in on the half century
Science06 Mar 2025 | 54
Watchdog fails to stop big vendor lock-in, say UK cloud market's smaller players
Global giants shouldn't be allowed to make 'committed spend' public sector deals and make discounts we cannot match
PaaS + IaaS06 Mar 2025 | 7
Oh Brother. Printer giant denies dirty toner tricks as users cry foul
Updated You were supposed to destroy the Sith, not join them!
Personal Tech06 Mar 2025 | 133
101 fun things to do with a locked Kindle e-reader
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Personal Tech06 Mar 2025 | 67
UK must give more to ESA to get benefits of space industry boom, says Brian Cox
Physicist and media darling argues partnership with NASA too prone to political whim
Science06 Mar 2025 | 75
Microsoft goes native with Copilot. Again
This time we mean it for the Windows chatbot
AI + ML06 Mar 2025 | 42
Closing the digital divide with 5G FWA
How wireless can replace fiber for fast, cost-effective broadband deployments
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Satnav systems built for Earth used by Blue Ghost lander as it approached the Moon
No, your car can't navigate in space. But perhaps colonies can find their way without dedicated lunar GPS
Science06 Mar 2025 | 38
Cybereason CEO leaves after months of boardroom blowups
Complaint alleges 13 funding proposals foundered amid battle for control
Security06 Mar 2025 | 2
Feds name and charge alleged Silk Typhoon spies behind years of China-on-US attacks
Xi's freelance infosec warriors apparently paid up to $75K to crack a single American inbox
Cyber-crime06 Mar 2025 | 5
Intel wins something: Judge tosses out shareholder lawsuit over foundry losses
If you find Chipzilla's financial figures hard to parse, don't worry, it stumped these folks, too
On-Prem06 Mar 2025 | 1
Ex-NSA grandee says Trump's staff cuts will 'devastate' America's national security
Video Would 'destroy a pipeline of top talent essential for hunting' Chinese spies in US networks, Congress told
Public Sector05 Mar 2025 | 54
It begins: Pentagon to give AI agents a role in decision making, ops planning
Updated Former allies, take note. This is a WOPR
AI + ML05 Mar 2025 | 36
Run DeepSeek R1 on an Apple M3 Ultra Mac Studio? Sure, it'll just cost you $9,499-plus
Desktop family gets chip boost as MacBook Air bags an M4 upgrade, more memory, price cut
Personal Tech05 Mar 2025 | 17
China's Silk Typhoon, tied to US Treasury break-in, now hammers IT and govt targets
Updated They're good at zero-day exploits, too
Public Sector05 Mar 2025 | 17
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Brits end probe into Microsoft's $13B bankrolling of OpenAI
Redmond doesn't have total control over GPT maker so we lack authority, say monopoly cops
AI + ML05 Mar 2025 | 6
Trump says US should kill CHIPS Act, use the cash to cut debt
Updated Lemme guess ... he'll fix it all with tariffs? We sat through the entire speech so you don't have to
Systems05 Mar 2025 | 156
iOS users left refreshing in vain as Microsoft Outlook woes drag on
Native mail app? More like no mail app
Applications05 Mar 2025 | 17
Apple drags UK government to court over 'backdoor' order
Updated A first-of-its-kind legal challenge set to be heard this month, per reports
Security05 Mar 2025 | 114
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Kernel saunters – How Apple rearranged its XNU kernel with exclaves
iPhone giant compartmentalizes OS for the sake of security
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'Cybertruck ownership comes with ... interesting fan mail'
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Offbeat05 Mar 2025 | 148
Microsoft teases sales agent automation for M365 and Dynamics 365
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AI + ML05 Mar 2025 | 3
Controllers getting no response from Lunar Trailblazer orbiter or Odin asteroid mining probe
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Leeds United kick card swipers into Row Z after 5-day cyberattack
English football club offers apologies after fans' card details stolen from online retail store
Cyber-crime05 Mar 2025 | 6
Worry not. China's on the line saying AGI still a long way off
Instead of Turing Test, subject models to this Survival Game to assess intelligence, scientist tells The Reg
AI + ML05 Mar 2025 | 42
Raspberry Pi launches CM4 variant that laughs in the face of frostbite
Hat and scarf no longer needed for diminutive computer
Personal Tech05 Mar 2025 | 26
Maybe cancel that ChatGPT therapy session – doesn't respond well to tales of trauma
Great, we've taken away computers' ability to be accurate and given them anxiety
AI + ML05 Mar 2025 | 37
Scotland now home to Europe's biggest battery as windy storage site fires up
400MWh now, and 600MWh by next year? Crivens, that's a fat batt!
Science05 Mar 2025 | 193
Cybercrims now licking stamps and sending extortion demands in snail mail
Updated First crooks gave up encrypting data, and just stole it – now they don't even bother pilfering info. Sheesh!
Bootnotes05 Mar 2025 | 17
As Alibaba launches server-grade RISC-V CPU, Beijing throws its weight behind ISA
A major policy directive strongly suggesting use of the royalty-free architecture is apparently imminent
Systems05 Mar 2025 | 15
Ransomware thugs threaten Tata Technologies with leak if demands not met
Hunters International ready to off-shore 1.4 TB of info allegedly swiped from Indian giant
Ransomware in Focus05 Mar 2025 | 4
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Please fasten your seatbelts. A third of US air traffic control systems are 'unsustainable'
And the FAA's modernization efforts are going so badly they won't exit turbulence any time soon
Public Sector05 Mar 2025 | 123
Hey, remember iPads? Those fondleslabs? Apple still does
Air to ship with M3 while base model gets the A16
Personal Tech04 Mar 2025 | 12
Free Software Foundation rides to defend AGPLv3 against Neo4j license add-ons
FOSS bods file amicus brief in hope of preserving core GNU tenet of freedom forever
Software04 Mar 2025 | 23
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