Bain launches datacenter biz for Euros worried about climate change and Trump
Data sovereignty fears fuel pitch to hyperscalers
Chinese snoops tried to break into US city utilities, says Talos
Intrusions began weeks before Trimble patched the Cityworks hole
AROS turns any PC into an Amiga with USB-bootable distro
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Offbeat24 May 2025 |
Forgotten Turing treasure trove rescued from attic goes under the hammer
Computing pioneer's personal papers expected to fetch tens of thousands
Offbeat24 May 2025 |
Microsoft stitches transactional databases to Fabric analytics system
SQL Server and Cosmos DB added to data lake platform as lure for building AI features into transactional systems
Databases23 May 2025 | 1
Ransomware scum leaked Nova Scotia Power customers' info
Bank accounts, personal details all hoovered up in the attack
Cyber-crime23 May 2025 | 3
Glitch hits kill switch on app web hosting, citing 'bad actors' and worse architecture
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PaaS + IaaS23 May 2025 | 3
CISA says SaaS providers in firing line after Commvault zero-day Azure attack
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Security23 May 2025 |
Microsoft dumps AI into Notepad as 'Copilot all the things' mania takes hold in Redmond
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AI + ML23 May 2025 | 54
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Software23 May 2025 | 21
Datacenter biz wants to turn heat and carbon waste into biomass for sale
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FAA gives SpaceX the nod for Starship Flight 9 but doubles the danger zone
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Science23 May 2025 | 13
Nvidia ain't done with x86 as it taps Intel Xeons to babysit GPUs
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Systems23 May 2025 | 1
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Lenovo thought it could surf geopolitics, until Trump's sudden tariff changes
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One of Britain's largest health trusts says 'no ta' to Palantir-run data platform – for now
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Databases23 May 2025 | 5
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Offbeat23 May 2025 | 13
BT managers' union mulls options after 'derisory or non-existent pay rise
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Networks23 May 2025 | 6
User unboxed a PC so badly it 'broke' and only a nail file could fix it
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Personal Tech23 May 2025 | 82
Stargate to land its first offshore datacenters in the United Arab Emirates
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AI + ML23 May 2025 | 24
Rideshare companies in India are asking for tips before the trip
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Public Sector23 May 2025 | 20
Suspected creeps behind DanaBot malware that hit 300K+ computers revealed
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Cyber-crime23 May 2025 | 1
Ivanti makes dedicated fans of Chinese spies who just can't resist attacking its buggy kit
If it ain't broke?
CSO23 May 2025 | 1
US Navy sailor charged in horrific child sextortion case
Blackmailed teen allegedly scared into carving his handle onto her arm
Cyber-crime23 May 2025 | 15
Feds finger Russian 'behind Qakbot malware' that hit 700K computers
Agents thought they shut this all down in 2023, but the duck quacked again
Cyber-crime22 May 2025 | 2
Anthropic Claude 4 models a little more willing than before to blackmail some users
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AI + ML22 May 2025 | 17
Space Force tech mission threatened by staff and funding black hole
Budget slashing has 'outsized impact' on us, says commander who fears branch not ready for orbital war
Public Sector22 May 2025 | 11
Torvalds' typing taste test touches tactile tragedy
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Chinese snoops tried to break into US city utilities, says Talos
Intrusions began weeks before Trimble patched the Cityworks hole
Cyber-crime22 May 2025 | 2
Bain launches datacenter biz for Euros worried about climate change and Trump
Data sovereignty fears fuel pitch to hyperscalers
Systems22 May 2025 | 8
SAP users grapple with 50% premium for industry-standard service levels
Vendor's AI-infused pitch at Sapphire marred by backlash over support costs
Databases22 May 2025 | 4
Shadow AI in the enterprise: Managing risk without slowing progress
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Irish privacy watchdog OKs Meta to train AI on EU folks' posts
Case in Germany could derail Zuck's plans, noyb tells El Reg fight isn't over
AI + ML22 May 2025 | 22
Russia expected to pass experimental law that tracks foreigners in Moscow via smartphones
4-year trial is second major initiative this year that clamps down on 'illegal immigrants'
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Neptune OS is Debian made easy but, boy, does it need some housekeeping
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OSes22 May 2025 | 26
Signal shuts the blinds on Microsoft Recall with the power of DRM
Chat app blocks Windows' screenshot-happy feature from peeking at private convos
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AI can't replace freelance coders yet, but that day is coming
Claude passed 80% of tasks assigned in a recent study
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'Close to impossible' for Europe to escape clutches of US hyperscalers
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AROS turns any PC into an Amiga with USB-bootable distro
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OSes22 May 2025 | 45
Scottish council admits ransomware crooks stole school data
Parents and teachers have personal info, ID documents leaked online, but exam season mostly unaffected
Cyber-crime22 May 2025 | 34
VMware price hikes? Between 800 and 1,500%, claim Euro customers
Report slates end of perpetual licenses, death of monthly pay-as-you-go model, and 'punitive' changes by Broadcom
PaaS + IaaS22 May 2025 | 54
Europe is Russian to sanction Putin's pals over 'hybrid' threats
Names spies, web hosts, GPS jammers, fishing (not phishing) biz
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China finds a previously unknown microbe on its space station
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Science22 May 2025 | 17
Apartment living to get worse in 5 years as 6 GHz Wi-Fi nears ‘exhaustion’
Cable Labs predicts two percent packet loss and 10ms latency in some buildings unless more spectrum freed
Networks22 May 2025 | 111
Google's AI vision clouded by business model hallucinations
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AI + ML21 May 2025 | 14
Wyden warns telcos still leave Senate in the dark after Trump DOJ snooping scandal
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Public Sector21 May 2025 | 13
US teen to plead guilty to extortion attack against PowerSchool
The 19-year-old and a partner first tried to extort an unnamed telco, but failed
Cyber-crime21 May 2025 | 1
Microsoft-backed AI out-forecasts hurricane experts without crunching the physics
LLM trained on decades of weather data claimed to be faster, and cheaper
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Sergey Brin promises next generation of Glassholes will be much less conspicuous
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