OS/2 expert channeled a higher power to dispel digital doom vortex On Call 'He sat in a chair, rubbed his temple, and began to recite syntax as if performing magic'
Now Dell salespeople must be onsite five days a week Return-to-office mandate reaches inevitable conclusion
UK government's bank data sharing plan slammed as 'financial snoopers' charter' Access to account info needed to tackle benefit fraud, latest bill claims
BOFH: AI consultant rapidly transitioned to new role as automotive surface consultant Episode 18 Now he has a bunch of free time too – in hospital
Feds charge 3 Iranians with 'hack-and-leak' of Trump 2024 campaign Snoops allegedly camped out in inboxes well into September Cyber-crime27 Sep 2024 | 2
Hands up who hasn't made an offer to buy some part of Intel Comment Now Arm reportedly approached, rebuffed by Chipzilla. Who's next? MOS Technology? Systems27 Sep 2024 | 4
Recall the Recall recall? Microsoft thinks it can make that Windows feature palatable AI screengrab service to be opt-in, features encryption, biometrics, enclaves, more OSes27 Sep 2024 | 25
Cockroach Labs CEO: Diverse database models are essential as app demands surge Interview Licensing mixes also needed lest vendors give too much away Databases27 Sep 2024 |
OpenAI reportedly considering for-profit plans, but what would that be good for? Opinion Even investors might not get much out of it AI + ML27 Sep 2024 | 13
Ransomware gang using stolen Microsoft Entra ID creds to bust into the cloud Defenders beware: Data theft, extortion, and backdoors on Storm-0501's agenda Research27 Sep 2024 | 4
Musk's Starlink rockets to 4 million subscribers Satellite broadband mega-constellation passes mega-milestone Networks27 Sep 2024 | 22
IBM and Oracle to support 280,000 users after winning mega ERP govt tech contract Pair of industry giants set to take on £711M upgrade supporting four UK departments Public Sector27 Sep 2024 | 20
Intel thinks it's got a final microcode fix for recalcitrant Raptor Lake processors FYI Root cause identified, but it's taken the better part of a year
Bring the joy of train delays home with your very own departure board Working from home, but missing the voice of Elinor Hamilton telling you all services are canceled? Bootnotes27 Sep 2024 | 50
Fedora 41 beta arrives, neck-and-neck with Ubuntu – but with a different focus Text Edit emerges, plus tinted terminal title bar when it's time to tread tactfully OSes27 Sep 2024 | 21
BOFH: AI consultant rapidly transitioned to new role as automotive surface consultant Episode 18 Now he has a bunch of free time too – in hospital BOFH27 Sep 2024 | 32
OS/2 expert channeled a higher power to dispel digital doom vortex On Call 'He sat in a chair, rubbed his temple, and began to recite syntax as if performing magic' OSes27 Sep 2024 | 121
Data harvesting superapp admits it struggled to wield data – until it built an LLM Engineers at Grab don't need to ask each other questions any more AI + ML27 Sep 2024 | 7
Starlink-branded hardware reportedly found amid wreckage of downed Russian drone Space broadband on weapons is not something Elon Musk condones Networks27 Sep 2024 | 60
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Oracle owns nearly a third of Arm chip house Ampere, could take control in 2027 TIL Appears to be prioritizing GPUs, not manycore CPUs
India flips the switch on three homebrew supercomputers Rudra machines use local designs for server, interconnect, and cooling – but seemingly not a planned 96-core Arm CPU HPC27 Sep 2024 | 1
Japanese orgs now paying salaries direct into e-wallets Starting at SoftBank, using its own PayPay service Software27 Sep 2024 | 7
Now Dell salespeople must be onsite five days a week Return-to-office mandate reaches inevitable conclusion CxO26 Sep 2024 | 47
FTC sues five AI outfits – and one case in particular raises questions From allegations of lying about capabilities to fake reviews. Plus: Biden AI robocaller finally fined $6M AI + ML26 Sep 2024 | 11
Starfish Space to tackle orbital junk for NASA with SSPICY Otter Is this a debris inspection mission or an Ubuntu release? Science26 Sep 2024 | 3
Patch now: Critical Nvidia bug allows container escape, complete host takeover 33% of cloud environments using the toolkit impacted, we're told Patches26 Sep 2024 | 7
Tor Project wags Tails to mark privacy project merger Onion Amnesia: Steaming up your digital disguise Software26 Sep 2024 | 2
HPE patches three critical security holes in Aruba PAPI More 9.8 bugs? Ay, papi! Patches26 Sep 2024 | 1
Short sellers rejoice on report of Supermicro DoJ probe Comment Alleged inquiry comes amid claims server maker cooked its books Systems26 Sep 2024 |
Samsung fined just $8K for exposing chip fab workers to X-ray radiation Nothing says 'oops' like a penalty that won’t even dent the electronics giant’s coffee budget Offbeat26 Sep 2024 | 15
That doomsday critical Linux bug: It's CUPS. May lead to remote hijacking of devices Final update No patches yet, can be mitigated, requires user interaction Security26 Sep 2024 | 101
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Blackstone invests £10B to build Europe's 'biggest AI datacenter' in UK Construction slated to begin next year at site of failed BritishVolt plant Systems26 Sep 2024 | 15
SK hynix begins mass production of 36 GB 12-layer HBM3E Should be Jensen Huang's hands in less than 60 days Storage26 Sep 2024 | 2
Victims lose $70K to one single wallet-draining app on Google's Play Store Attackers got 10K people to download 'trusted' web3 brand cheat before Mountain View intervened Cyber-crime26 Sep 2024 | 21
OpenAI in throes of executive exodus as three walk at once Looks like it's going to be the Sam Altman show from now on AI + ML26 Sep 2024 | 23
SAP support auto-renewal gotcha: Do nothing now, pay for another year Updated Single digit price hikes suspected for UK and Europe and double digit mooted for everywhere else Databases26 Sep 2024 | 10
NASA's Astrobees need a new buzz – any ideas for the space-dwelling bots? Hey Reg readers, what would you do with Honey, Queen, and Bumble? Science26 Sep 2024 | 22
Public Wi-Fi operator investigating cyberattack at UK's busiest train stations Updated See it, say it… not sorted just yet as network access remains offline Cyber-crime26 Sep 2024 | 59
CrowdStrike's Blue Screen blunder: Could eBPF have saved the day? Interview Grafana Labs CTO looks at the options Software26 Sep 2024 | 10
UK government's bank data sharing plan slammed as 'financial snoopers' charter' Access to account info needed to tackle benefit fraud, latest bill claims Security26 Sep 2024 | 116
Memory-maker Micron predicts new wave of server consolidation AI boosted revenue last year, demand for more RAM in devices to help in 2025 Systems26 Sep 2024 | 1
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Apple quietly removed 60 more VPNs from Russian app store, researchers claim iThing-maker is Putin Kremlin repression ahead of privacy, rights orgs argue Software26 Sep 2024 | 25
Infosys scores deal to write code for EV-maker Polestar HQ in Sweden, made in China, programmed in Bengaluru, but with a traditional offshoring marque Software26 Sep 2024 | 44
India extends IT hardware import license scheme that enraged Big Tech And hints at revised rules to come later this year Systems26 Sep 2024 | 6
Uncle Sam accuses Aussie AI startup boss of financial fakery that duped investors Crikey! $40M of investments in 'digital employees' allegedly went down faster than a frosty Fosters Legal26 Sep 2024 | 14
OpenAI to reveal secret training data in copyright case – for lawyers' eyes only Counsel for aggrieved authors will view info in a secure room, without internet access, and no devices present
If your AI does the crime, you'll do the time, warns DoJ Add compliance requirements to your AI to-do list
China's Salt Typhoon cyber spies are deep inside US ISPs Updated Expecting a longer storm season this year?
91% of polled Amazon staff unhappy with return-to-office, 3-in-4 want to jump ship 'Decisions like the one from Jassy are a big reason why I don’t want kids'
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Altman reportedly asks Biden to back a slew of multi-gigawatt-scale AI datacenters With 2.5 million Blackwell GPUs, would gobble enough energy to power millions of homes Systems25 Sep 2024 | 23
US Army drafts AI to combat recruitment shortfall No more cold calls: Recruit 360 pinpoints top prospects from millions AI + ML25 Sep 2024 | 14
A look under the hood of the 3D-printed, Raspberry Pi powered 'suicide pod' Design files will be available soon, but no word yet on the software Offbeat25 Sep 2024 | 83
RansomHub genius tries to put the squeeze on Delaware Libraries Extorting underfunded public services for $1M isn't a good look Cyber-crime25 Sep 2024 | 5
That doomsday critical Linux bug: It's CUPS. May lead to remote hijacking of devices Final update No patches yet, can be mitigated, requires user interaction
Victims lose $70K to one single wallet-draining app on Google's Play Store Attackers got 10K people to download 'trusted' web3 brand cheat before Mountain View intervened
Public Wi-Fi operator investigating cyberattack at UK's busiest train stations Updated See it, say it… not sorted just yet as network access remains offline
OpenAI in throes of executive exodus as three walk at once Looks like it's going to be the Sam Altman show from now on
Patch now: Critical Nvidia bug allows container escape, complete host takeover 33% of cloud environments using the toolkit impacted, we're told
Now Dell salespeople must be onsite five days a week Return-to-office mandate reaches inevitable conclusion
Starlink-branded hardware reportedly found amid wreckage of downed Russian drone Space broadband on weapons is not something Elon Musk condones
IBM and Oracle to support 280,000 users after winning mega ERP govt tech contract Pair of industry giants set to take on £711M upgrade supporting four UK departments
Intel thinks it's got a final microcode fix for recalcitrant Raptor Lake processors Root cause identified, but it's taken the better part of a year
Oracle owns nearly a third of Arm chip house Ampere, could take control in 2027 Appears to be prioritizing GPUs, not manycore CPUs
Google's Rust belts bugs out of Android, helps kill off unsafe code substantially Memory safety flaws used to represent 76% of 'droid security holes. Now they account for 24% OSes25 Sep 2024 | 13
The early bird gets a touch of nostalgia as Ubuntu 24.10 hits beta Fun retro tweaks, App Center facelift, and more as Oracular Oriole moves into view OSes25 Sep 2024 | 6
ESA spending €17M on spacecraft just to watch it go up in flames DRACO will be born to die in the fires of atmospheric re-entry Science25 Sep 2024 | 7
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US may exempt latest chip fabs from eco red-tape, but power is still a trip Comment AC/DC: America's grid might need to brace itself Systems25 Sep 2024 | 37
Campaigners claim 'Privacy Preserving Attribution' in Firefox does the opposite Updated Tracking alternative is less invasive than other methods, but is opt out by default Applications25 Sep 2024 | 67
Apple ropes off at least 4 GB of iPhone storage to house AI Better or worse than a surprise U2 album? AI + ML25 Sep 2024 | 32
Google files first ever complaint with European Commission against Microsoft Mountain View versus Redmond: Fight over cloud software licensing policies gets formal PaaS + IaaS25 Sep 2024 | 29
Northern Ireland cops whose info was leaked in 2023 may get £240M+ damages Officers put in danger when republican dissidents grabbed hold of their names and details Legal25 Sep 2024 | 2
Hyperscalers are carving up the ocean floor into private internet highways Think tank warns of sovereignty risks from subsea cable consolidation Networks25 Sep 2024 | 6
Messaging app makers' dilemma: Keeping comms private and funding open source Interview After Telegram CEO was charged in France, Element bosses mull the challenges Networks25 Sep 2024 | 15
Fujitsu wins spot on £600M framework after vowing to sit out public sector Post Office scandal? What scandal? Public Sector25 Sep 2024 | 22
AI PCs will dominate shipments by 2026, but not because of demand Buying computers without the tech to get harder as chipmakers compete for cash, say analysts AI + ML25 Sep 2024 | 32
NASA, IBM just open sourced an AI climate model so you can fine-tune your own Prithvi, Prithvi, Prithvi good Science25 Sep 2024 | 22
VMware reportedly probed by Japanese anti-monopoly cops Updated Broadcom's software bundles under scrutiny after perhaps irking Fujitsu Virtualization25 Sep 2024 | 5
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