Microsoft fixes under-attack privilege-escalation holes in Hyper-V Patch Tuesday Plus: Excel hell, angst for Adobe fans, and life's too Snort for Cisco
The bell tolls for TikTok as lifelines to avoid January 19 US ban vanish Comment SCOTUS unlikely to save it, no time to find a buyer. Hi, Xiaohongshu!
Price-fixing-as-a-service: The claim against healthcare cost-cruncher MultiPlan Interview Attorney Jennifer Scullion on allegations of algorithmic suppression of competition
IT job market is still shrinking but not as quickly as last year Half the number of roles axed, and yes – you can keep blaming AI CxO15 Jan 2025 |
Even modest makeup can thwart facial recognition You may not need to go full Juggalo for the sake of privacy AI + ML15 Jan 2025 | 1
Nvidia plots Quantum Day at GTC 2025 – for tech it called a distant dream Don't believe the hype? GPU maker jumps on the bandwagon anyway HPC15 Jan 2025 |
Windows Patch Tuesday hits snag with Citrix software, workarounds published Microsoft starts 2025 as it hopefully doesn't mean to go on Patches15 Jan 2025 | 4
'Savvy' shortcuts produce near-instant speech-to-speech translation of 36 languages Babel Fish like ML model emerges after training on 4.5 million hours of multilingual spoken audio AI + ML15 Jan 2025 | 6
AI frenzy continues as Macquarie commits up to $5B for Applied Digital datacenters Bubble? What bubble? On-Prem15 Jan 2025 | 6
Crypto klepto North Korea stole $659M over just 5 heists last year US, Japan, South Korea vow to intensify counter efforts Cyber-crime15 Jan 2025 | 2
Megan, AI recruiting agent, is on the job, giving bosses fewer reasons to hire in HR Interview She doesn't feel pity, remorse, or fear, but she'll craft a polite email message as she turns you down AI + ML15 Jan 2025 | 29
Enterprises in for a shock when they realize power and cooling demands of AI Energy consumption set to become a key performance indicator by 2027 On-Prem15 Jan 2025 | 10
Shove your office mandates, people still prefer working from home Threat to quit still preferred to commuting on packed public transport On-Prem15 Jan 2025 | 49
Four plead guilty in US government tech procurement fraud case Scheme involving bribes, bid rigging and insider info may have cost US taxpayers $1.3M Public Sector15 Jan 2025 | 3
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Sonos CEO steps down after smart speaker app upgrade hit bum note ICYMI Board appoints interim leader to stay in tune with its turnaround song, both execs hear sweet sound of cash landing in the bank
SpaceX launches 2 lunar landers on path to the Moon Blue Ghost's first time, and second time lucky for Japanese company ispace? Science15 Jan 2025 | 9
British tribunal claim aims to take a bite out of Apple over App Store fees Collective Proceedings Order seeks £1.5B from iGiant Applications15 Jan 2025 | 6
UK businesses eye AI as the cheaper, non-whining alternative to actual staff Rising costs blamed, although any excuse to do more with less AI + ML15 Jan 2025 | 86
Foundation model for tabular data slashes training from hours to seconds Good ol' spreadsheet data could benefit from 'revolutionary' approach to ML inferences Databases15 Jan 2025 | 8
Microsoft’s latest on-prem Azure is for apps you don’t want in the cloud, but will manage from it Azure Local is about hybrid management, not hybrid resource pools, and is catching up with virtual rivals On-Prem15 Jan 2025 | 4
Boeing going backwards as production’s slowing and woes keep flowing No such problems at Airbus, which cruised at a high level and shipped almost two planes a day last year Offbeat15 Jan 2025 | 62
Intel Capital next into the chip giant's trebuchet, to be shot as far over the wall as possible This'll be good for you, don't you worry, CFO tells venture fund while pulling back the sling CxO15 Jan 2025 | 6
SEC sues Elon Musk for allegedly screwing investors out of $150M before Twitter takeover Plus: SpaceX rocket re-entries spark airline delays Bootnotes15 Jan 2025 | 45
Microsoft fixes under-attack privilege-escalation holes in Hyper-V Patch Tuesday Plus: Excel hell, angst for Adobe fans, and life's too Snort for Cisco Patches15 Jan 2025 | 1
The bell tolls for TikTok as lifelines to avoid January 19 US ban vanish Comment SCOTUS unlikely to save it, no time to find a buyer. Hi, Xiaohongshu! Personal Tech14 Jan 2025 | 54
Allstate accused of quietly paying app makers for driver data Insurance giant sued by Texas for using surveillance without consent to jack up premiums, deny coverage Personal Tech14 Jan 2025 | 20
FBI wipes Chinese PlugX malware from thousands of Windows PCs in America Hey, Xi: Zài jiàn! Cyber-crime14 Jan 2025 | 19
Biden opens federal land to power-hungry AI datacenters Watt's the problem? Not enough energy to win the arms race? The Future of the Datacenter - 2025 and Beyond14 Jan 2025 | 6
Price-fixing-as-a-service: The claim against healthcare cost-cruncher MultiPlan Interview Attorney Jennifer Scullion on allegations of algorithmic suppression of competition Software14 Jan 2025 | 10
With AI boom in full force, 2024 datacenter deals reach $57B record Fewer giant contracts, but many more smaller ones, in bit barn feeding frenzy Systems14 Jan 2025 | 2
Oracle open source overlord calls it quits, leaves with big ol' pile of shares 38-year veteran Edward Screven led technology and architecture decisions since Sun merger Databases14 Jan 2025 | 1
Microsoft, PC makers cut prices of Copilot+ gear in Europe, analyst stats confirm Double-digit reduction only served to 'stimulate some interest' AI + ML14 Jan 2025 | 46
Brit watchdog probes Google's search, ads empire Third front opened amid continued scrutiny from US, Euro regulators Personal Tech14 Jan 2025 | 4
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Intel, AMD engineers rush to save Linux 6.13 after dodgy Microsoft code change 'Let's not do this again please'... days before release date OSes14 Jan 2025 | 35
Snyk appears to deploy 'malicious' packages targeting Cursor for unknown reason Updated Packages removed, vendor said to have apologized to AI code editor as onlookers say it could have been a test Security14 Jan 2025 | 1
Tim cooking up the dough as his Apple pay rises 18% to $74.6M He could buy 49,766 and a half MacBook Pros with that Personal Tech14 Jan 2025 | 43
JetBrains Rider will get remote Windows development, mixed mode .NET and C++ debugging and improved SQL Server support
It's not just Big Tech: The UK's Online Safety Act applies across the board Analysis That niche forum running for 20 years – get ready, there's work to do Security14 Jan 2025 | 121
Absolute Linux has reached the end – where to next? Analysis Linux distros that don't exist, but we wish did OSes14 Jan 2025 | 42
UK floats ransomware payout ban for public sector Stronger proposals may also see private sector applying for a payment 'license' Cyber-crime14 Jan 2025 | 22
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Europe hopes Trump trumps Biden's plan for US to play AI gatekeeper Export controls would limit shipments of GPUs to large swaths of EU AI + ML14 Jan 2025 | 73
Hulk smash Musk and Zuck! Actor Mark Ruffalo and non-billionaire pals back network tech underpinning Bluesky Free Our Feeds solicits funds to foster AT Protocol that powers decentralized social media Bootnotes14 Jan 2025 | 59
Intel’s datacenter architecture boss and Xeon lead jumps to Qualcomm Sailesh Kottapalli sees ‘a once-in-a-career opportunity’ at the house of Snapdragon – maybe server CPUs or AI silicon? Systems14 Jan 2025 | 1
WordPress drama latest: Leader Matt Mullenweg exiles five contributors WordPress.org accounts cancelled, dissidents told to fork off Applications14 Jan 2025 | 27
Miscreants 'mass exploited' Fortinet firewalls, 'highly probable' zero-day used Updated Ransomware 'not off the table,' Arctic Wolf threat hunter tells El Reg
In AI agent push, Microsoft re-orgs to create 'CoreAI – Platform and Tools' team Nad lad says 30 years of change happening in 3 years ... we're certainly feeling the compression of time
Cryptojacking, backdoors abound as fiends abuse Aviatrix Controller bug This is what happens when you publish PoCs immediately, hm?
CoreWeave drops £1bn in UK datacenters – but don't expect the latest Nvidia magic just yet Rent-a-GPU outfit's latest datacenters are packed to the brim with H200s
Microsoft sues 'foreign-based' cyber-crooks, seizes sites used to abuse AI Scumbags stole API keys, then started a hacking-as-a-service biz, it is claimed
A rethink of parental leave policy IT workers and programmers set to benefit as Sandvik implements HR reboot
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
Azure, Microsoft 365 MFA outage locks out users across regions It's fixed, mostly, after Europeans had a manic Monday Security13 Jan 2025 | 9
NATO's newest member comes out swinging following latest Baltic Sea cable attack 'Sweden has changed,' PM warns as trio of warships join defense efforts Networks13 Jan 2025 | 48
Pastor's divine 'dream' crypto scheme indicted by Uncle Sam Plus: Man who tossed Bitcoin drive worth millions barred from digging in dump Offbeat13 Jan 2025 | 27
Nvidia snaps back at Biden's 'innovation-killing' AI chip export restrictions 'New rule threatens to squander America's hard-won technological advantage' says GPU supremo Systems13 Jan 2025 | 23
Intel, AMD engineers rush to save Linux 6.13 after dodgy Microsoft code change 'Let's not do this again please'... days before release date
Miscreants 'mass exploited' Fortinet firewalls, 'highly probable' zero-day used Updated Ransomware 'not off the table,' Arctic Wolf threat hunter tells El Reg
WordPress drama latest: Leader Matt Mullenweg exiles five contributors WordPress.org accounts cancelled, dissidents told to fork off
It's not just Big Tech: The UK's Online Safety Act applies across the board Analysis That niche forum running for 20 years – get ready, there's work to do
Absolute Linux has reached the end – where to next? Analysis Linux distros that don't exist, but we wish did
Shove your office mandates, people still prefer working from home Threat to quit still preferred to commuting on packed public transport
Snyk appears to deploy 'malicious' packages targeting Cursor for unknown reason Updated Packages removed, vendor said to have apologized to AI code editor as onlookers say it could have been a test
Oracle open source overlord calls it quits, leaves with big ol' pile of shares 38-year veteran Edward Screven led technology and architecture decisions since Sun merger
Ransomware crew abuses AWS native encryption, sets data-destruct timer for 7 days 'Codefinger' crims on the hunt for compromised keys Research13 Jan 2025 | 4
Tesla recalls 239,382 vehicles over rearview camera problems Software snafu can fry computer components for owners of Musk's electric buggies Personal Tech13 Jan 2025 | 73
UK unveils plans to mainline AI into the veins of the nation Government adopts all 50 venture capitalist recommendations but leaves datacenter energy puzzle unsolved AI + ML13 Jan 2025 | 100
Blue Origin gives up on New Glenn lift-off, 2 hours into launch window Updated Vehicle subsystem concerns blamed for scrub Science13 Jan 2025 | 34
Pornhub lockdown and fact-free Zuckbots – welcome to 2025 Opinion Think you're good at spotting trends? Try these on for size Networks13 Jan 2025 | 121
Nominet probes network intrusion linked to Ivanti zero-day exploit Unauthorized activity detected, but no backdoors found Security13 Jan 2025 | 6
UK prepared to throw planning rules out the window for massive datacenters Nationally Significant Infrastructure Project designation could tear down more restrictions On-Prem13 Jan 2025 | 81
Life lesson: Don't delete millions of accounts on the same day you go to the dentist Who, Me? Or ignore documentation that warns you are about to do something dangerous Databases13 Jan 2025 | 56
Euro-cloud Anexia moves 12,000 VMs off VMware to homebrew KVM platform Exclusive Faced with huge license cost increase, provider and customers were both happy to make migration a mission Virtualization13 Jan 2025 | 35
Europe coughs up €400 to punter after breaking its own GDPR data protection rules Infosec in brief PLUS: Data broker leak reveals extent of info trading; Hot new ransomware gang might be all AI, no bark; and more Security13 Jan 2025 | 14
Linus Torvalds offers to build guitar effects pedal for kernel developer ‘I'm a software person with a soldering iron’, he warns alongside release of Linux 6.13-rc7 Personal Tech13 Jan 2025 | 61
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Microsoft tests 45% M365 price hikes in Asia-Pacific to see how much you enjoy AI Won’t say if other nations will be hit, but will ‘listen, learn, and improve’ as buyers react – so far with anger SaaS13 Jan 2025 | 123
TSMC revenue booms and you don’t need AI to figure out why Asia In Brief PLUS: China plans unified APIs; Singapore lets Police run scam victims’ bank accounts; Fujitsu now too cool for aircon Systems12 Jan 2025 | 6
That subdued CES has us wondering what 2025 will look like, tech-wise Kettle El Reg vultures circle the Consumer Electronics Show Personal Tech12 Jan 2025 | 16