UK CMA says public sector will be in cloud services probe after all
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Oracle Java police start knocking on Fortune 200's doors for first time
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We need a volunteer to literally crawl over broken glass to fix this network
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Microsoft cancels universal Recall release in favor of Windows Insider preview
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OSes14 Jun 2024 | 9
Pakistan punishes tax dodgers with new measures to ensure telcos cut off their mobile phones
Already doxxed and ordered disconnection for half a million of its own citizens suspected of not paying their share
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Japan's space agency helps to target advertising with satellite photos of crops
Some would say ads for cabbage are futile – can pics from space at least make them timely?
Software14 Jun 2024 | 3
Microsoft bigwig says the Feds catching Chinese spies in Exchange Online is the cloud working as intended
'It's not our job to find the culprits – That's what we're paying you for' lawmaker scolds Brad Smith
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US Space Force wanted $77M to reinforce GPS – and Congress shot it down
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Public Sector13 Jun 2024 | 9
Wells Fargo fires employees accused of faking keyboard activity to pretend to work
Homer Simpson was ahead of his time
CxO13 Jun 2024 | 35
Let's kick off our summer with a pwn-me-by-Wi-Fi bug in Microsoft Windows
Patch Tuesday Redmond splats dozens of bugs as does Adobe while Arm drivers and PHP under active attack
Oracle Ads have had it: $2B operation shuts down after dwindling to $300M
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Personal Tech13 Jun 2024 | 11
World's first RISC-V laptop with Ubuntu preloaded touts AI smarts and octa-core chip
Might be more of a paper tiger given it runs at 2 GHz and has just 2 TOPS
Personal Tech13 Jun 2024 | 11
Google datacenters in Nevada to go full steam ahead with geothermal energy
Part of Mountain View's aim for carbon-free power by 2030
On-Prem13 Jun 2024 | 3
X marks the spot where Twitter's severance math doesn't add up
Surely an everything app includes a working currency converter?
Off-Prem13 Jun 2024 | 26
Ukrainian cops collar Kyiv programmer believed to be Conti, LockBit linchpin
28-year-old accused of major ransomware attacks across Europe
Cyber-crime13 Jun 2024 | 11
Startup Diraq taps GlobalFoundries to forge silicon-based quantum chips
Vows to have a 'commercially relevant' system within five years
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China miffed over electric vehicle tariff tiff with EU
Trade body bemoans move as 'notably unfair' but no countermeasures yet
Personal Tech13 Jun 2024 | 7
Google's Privacy Sandbox more like a privacy mirage, campaigners claim
Updated Chocolate Factory accused of misleading Chrome browser users
Security13 Jun 2024 | 6
US senators propose guardrails for government AI purchases and operations
Bill proposes appointment of chief AI officers, privacy safeguards, and lots of testing
Public Sector13 Jun 2024 | 2
NASA hits wrong button, broadcasts ISS emergency training by mistake
Simulation stimulates social media panic
Bootnotes13 Jun 2024 | 15
UK Labour Party promises end to datacenter planning 'barriers'
With a strong lead going into general election, opposition claims it will 'supercharge' tech sector
On-Prem13 Jun 2024 | 35
Student's flimsy bin bags blamed for latest NHS data breach
Confidential patient information found by member of the public
Security13 Jun 2024 | 43
Version 256 of systemd boasts '42% less Unix philosophy'
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The origin of 3D Pipes, Windows' best screensaver
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Personal Tech13 Jun 2024 | 47
Microsoft declares .NET MAUI extension for VS Code production-ready – but devs will take some convincing
After ten years of Swift, Apple promises AI-powered tooling and another push toward cross-platform
Developers are daunted by security tasks, finds Docker survey, and want better tools
Official OpeniAI .NET library now in beta, will replace Azure OpenAI library and transition may be painful
Dr Ed Stone, former director of JPL, Voyager project scientist, dies at 88
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Science13 Jun 2024 | 17
Preventing another chip shortage on G7 summit agenda
Group will also look into protecting subsea communications infrastructure
Public Sector13 Jun 2024 | 1
ASUS quietly built supercomputers, datacenters and an LLM. Now it's quietly selling them all together
The plan is a slow build – not a breakout into enterprise tech
Off-Prem13 Jun 2024 |
Japan forces Apple and Google to allow third-party app stores and payments
DMA-like law passes in pursuit of a more innovative and open smartphone market
Public Sector13 Jun 2024 | 8
Time to zero in on Zero Trust?
Recently discovered vulnerabilities in VPN services should push ASEAN organizations to rethink their perimeter security approach
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VMware revenue plunges $600M, but Broadcom assures investors growth plan is on track
Costs cut deeply, with more to come, and forward bookings surge
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SK hynix shimmies towards AI silicon by driving merger of South Korean Nvidia challengers
Sapeon and Rebellions think they can do better together
Systems13 Jun 2024 |
Crooks crack customer info at tracking device vendor Tile, issue 'extortion' demands
Who tracks the trackers?
Cyber-crime13 Jun 2024 | 5
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Digital Realty CTO weighs in on AI's insatiable thirst for power
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Uber ex-CSO Joe Sullivan: We need security leaders running to work, not giving up
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We all grab a mic and discuss Nvidia, Intel, AMD, strange squid, and a certain CEO's ego
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Group founder reveals all to The Reg
Akira: Perhaps the next big thing in ransomware, says Tidal threat intelligence chief
Scott Small tells us gang's 'intent and capability' should get the attention of CSOs
Google borrows from Android to make ChromeOS better
'Large portions' of droid tech stack going into laptop OS plumbing
OSes12 Jun 2024 | 5
Waymo issues software fix after driverless taxi hits telephone pole
NHTSA already probing robo-car biz over crashes with 'clearly visible objects'
AI + ML12 Jun 2024 | 25
Ransomware crew may have exploited Windows make-me-admin bug as a zero-day
Symantec suggests Black Basta crew beat Microsoft to the patch
Patches12 Jun 2024 | 2
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AI + ML12 Jun 2024 | 8
Four more US states pile on Apple as DoJ turns up antitrust heat
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Personal Tech12 Jun 2024 | 5
Rivals and legal action cast shadows over Windows on Arm market
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Italian premier taps Pope Francis to warn G7 of AI disaster if ethics ignored
Holy smokes, don't screw this up
Bootnotes12 Jun 2024 | 4
SAP customers may struggle to escape ECC before support shutters if they don't start now
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China's FortiGate attacks more extensive than first thought
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Microsoft sued by ParTec in Texas over AI supercomputer patents
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Tesla's Autopilot false advertising tussle with California DMV must go to trial
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Microsoft extends Azure into Oracle cloud to satisfy OpenAI
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UAE minister says US fears over Middle East becoming an AI proxy for China are valid
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Beijing wants more outfits like Temu teeming around the world
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Elon Musk ends OpenAI lawsuit without explaining why
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Brazil recruits OpenAI in brave bid to slash court battle costs
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Gates-backed nuclear plant breaks ground without guarantee it'll have fuel
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IBM dream to gobble up HashiCorp challenged in court
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