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Software-tuning suite could be used to show where and how Xeon trumps rivals, if customers can believe it
Microsoft’s MAUI cross-platform framework: Tooling still in preview and gaps remain
Why doesn't MAUI target Linux and web? And will MS use it for first-party applications?
Beijing needs the ability to 'destroy' Starlink, say Chinese researchers
Paper authors warn Elon Musk's 2,400 machines could be used offensively
AI-designed COVID-19 drug nominated for preclinical trial
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Treatment could stop coronavirus from replicating inside body
Internet went offline in Pakistan as protestors marched for ousted prime minister
Two hour outage 'consistent with an intentional disruption to service' said NetBlocks
Networks26 May 2022 |
Suspected phishing email crime boss cuffed in Nigeria
Interpol, cops swoop with intel from cybersecurity bods
Cyber-crime26 May 2022 | 1
Broadcom buying VMware could create an edge infrastructure and IoT empire
Comment Hypervisor giant too big to be kept ticking over like CA or Symantec. Instead it can wrangle net-connected kit
Edge + IoT26 May 2022 | 1
Ex-spymaster and fellow Brexiteers' emails leaked by suspected Russian op
A 'Very English Coop (sic) d'Etat'
Research26 May 2022 | 9
UK opens national security probe into 2021 sale of local wafer fab to Chinese company
Government has power to unwind transactions such as sale of Newport facility to China-controlled Nexperia
Legal26 May 2022 | 8
Ransomware grounds some flights at Indian budget airline SpiceJet
Incident comes a week after 'SAP glitch' kept some planes on the taxiway
Cyber-crime26 May 2022 |
Mitsubishi Electric again admits to widespread quality control cheating
Nifty slogan and more software suggested as the rectification
Legal26 May 2022 | 6
As Microsoft's $70b takeover of Activision nears, workers step up their organizing
This week: Subsidiary's QA staff officially unionize, $18m settlement disputed, and more
Personal Tech26 May 2022 | 1
Nvidia shares tumble as China lockdown, Russia blamed for dent in outlook
Sure, stonking server and gaming sales, but hiring and expenses to slow down, too
AI + ML26 May 2022 |
Millions of people's info stolen from MGM Resorts dumped on Telegram for free
Meanwhile, Twitter coughs up $150m after using account security contact details for advertising
Cyber-crime25 May 2022 | 5
DuckDuckGo tries to explain why its browsers won't block some Microsoft web trackers
Meanwhile, Tails 5.0 users told to stop what they're doing over Firefox flaw
Personal Tech25 May 2022 | 14
Helping the helpers: Managed Kubernetes relieves some of the burden for software developers in the SaaS era
How to stay in control and efficient
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Despite 'key' partnership with AWS, Meta taps up Microsoft Azure for AI work
Someone got Zuck'd
PaaS + IaaS25 May 2022 | 2
Atos pushes out HPC cloud services based on Nimbix tech
Moore's Law got you down? Throw everything at the problem! Quantum, AI, cloud...
HPC25 May 2022 |
In record year for vulnerabilities, Microsoft actually had fewer
Occasional gaping hole and overprivileged users still blight the Beast of Redmond
Security25 May 2022 | 9
DEPENDENCY HELL
If you're using the ctx Python package, bad news: Vandal added info-stealing code
Updated Domain associated with maintainer email expired, taken over in supply-chain attack
How to find NPM libraries vulnerable to account hijacking
Security engineer outlines self-help strategy for keeping software supply chain safe
Mystery of industry-targeting backdoored NPM JavaScript packages solved
Yup, 'the intern' did it
Email domain for NPM lib with 6m downloads a week grabbed by expert to make a point
Special report Campaign to coax GitHub-owned outfit to improve security starts showing results
GitHub's Dependabot learns to report bad news you can use
Instead of just raising the alarm, automated code-scold will flag where the fire is
Vehicle owner data exposed in GM credential-stuffing attack
Car maker says miscreants used stolen logins to break into folks' accounts
Security25 May 2022 | 23
Foxconn factory fiasco could leave Wisconsinites on the hook for $300m
What's Mandarin for 'Where's my money?'
On-Prem25 May 2022 | 38
Original killer PC spreadsheet Lotus 1-2-3 now runs on Linux natively
As Google guru who ported it points out, the operating system did not exist when 1-2-3 came out in 1983
Applications25 May 2022 | 51
ServiceNow takes aim at procurement pain points
Purchasing teams are a bit like help desks – always being asked to answer dumb or inappropriate questions
SaaS25 May 2022 |
HPE, Cerebras build AI supercomputer for scientific research
Wafer madness hits the LRZ in HPE Superdome supercomputer wrapper
HPC25 May 2022 |
We have bigger targets than beating Oracle, say open source DB pioneers
Advocates for MySQL and PostgreSQL see broader future for movement they helped create
Databases25 May 2022 | 8
Beijing needs the ability to 'destroy' Starlink, say Chinese researchers
Paper authors warn Elon Musk's 2,400 machines could be used offensively
Security25 May 2022 | 89
Why do hackers keep coming back to attack you? Because they can
Here’s why relying on manual tooling is like putting your hands up
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Lonestar plans to put datacenters in the Moon's lava tubes
How? Founder tells The Register 'Robots… lots of robots'
How to explain what an API is – and why they matter
Systems Approach Some of us have used them for decades, some are seeing them for the first time on marketing slides
Devops25 May 2022 | 19
Microsoft veteran on how he forged a badge to sneak into a Ballmer presentation
Developers, developers... and top secret coffee machines. Security at MS is definitely tighter 25 years later
Offbeat25 May 2022 | 35
Quad nations pledge deeper collaboration on infosec, data-sharing, and more
But think tank says its past attempts at working together haven't gone well
Security25 May 2022 | 8
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About half of popular websites tested found vulnerable to account pre-hijacking
In detail: Ocean's Eleven-grade ruse in which victims' profiles are rigged from the start
Research25 May 2022 | 11
Indian stock markets given ten day deadline to file infosec report, secure board signoff
Another rush job for busy Indian IT shops
Security25 May 2022 | 8
AI-designed COVID-19 drug nominated for preclinical trial
Updated Treatment could stop coronavirus from replicating inside body
AI + ML25 May 2022 | 11
Microsoft’s MAUI cross-platform framework: Tooling still in preview and gaps remain
Microsoft reveals Dev Box workstations for remote development
Jamstack pioneer Matt Biilmann on Web 3, Deno, and why e-commerce needs the composable web
Unity game engine adopting .NET Core to add embedding API for general use
ServiceNow ordered a year's worth of hardware to avoid supply chain hassles
CTO shares datacenter secrets with The Reg: NVMe, MariaDB, mid-range x86 CPUs, S3-alike, and more
On-Prem25 May 2022 | 11
Who had money on Samsung and Red Hat joining forces on next-gen memory software?
Cloudy server testbed coming, open source code filtering into RHEL promised
Storage25 May 2022 | 3
How Intel can use its Granulate acquisition to maintain cloud footprint
Analysis Software-tuning suite could be used to show where and how Xeon trumps rivals, if customers can believe it
Applications25 May 2022 | 1
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Foxconn factory fiasco could leave Wisconsinites on the hook for $300m
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Beijing needs the ability to 'destroy' Starlink, say Chinese researchers
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STORIES
Clearview AI wants its facial-recognition tech in banks, schools, etc
I get knocked down but I get up again, Italy, Canada, UK, ACLU, Facebook, Google, YouTube, Twitter... are never gonna keep me down
AI + ML25 May 2022 | 17
Predator spyware sold with Chrome, Android zero-day exploits to monitor targets
Or so says Google after tracking 30+ vendors peddling surveillance malware
Research24 May 2022 | 6
DigitalOcean sets sail for serverless seas with Functions feature
Might be something for those who find AWS, Azure, GCP overly complex
Devops24 May 2022 |
Patch now: Zoom chat messages can infect PCs, Macs, phones with malware
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Patches24 May 2022 | 3
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Google says it would release its photorealistic DALL-E 2 rival – but this AI is too prejudiced for you to use
It has this weird habit of drawing stereotyped White people, team admit
AI + ML24 May 2022 | 21
Facebook opens political ad data vaults to researchers
Social network builds FORT to protect against onslaught of regulation, investigation
Security24 May 2022 |
Toyota cuts vehicle production over global chip shortage
Just as Samsung pledges to invest $360b to shore up next-gen industries
Systems24 May 2022 | 17
Microsoft shows off Windows updates at Build dev event
Microsoft Build Amazon Appstore preview goes wider, plus Windows on Arm platform with Neural Processing Units – Project Volterra
OSes24 May 2022 | 9
CockroachDB adds command line tool as database hits version 22.1
The Register speaks to Jim Walker about maturity and super regions
Version 251 of systemd coming soon to a Linux distro near you
'Experimental' systemd-sysupdate feature likely to get the most attention
SAP attracts further criticism for Russia presence, despite promise to leave
The software giant's 'orderly exit' appears to be ongoing
Neuromorphic chips 'up to 16 times more energy efficient' for deep learning
Graz University findings will become more significant as more AI work is done
AI + ML24 May 2022 | 5
Leica and Huawei terminate trading agreement amid US sanctions
German optics giant jumps ship to make smartphone cameras for Xiaomi instead
Personal Tech24 May 2022 | 14
It's 2022 and there are still malware-laden PDFs in emails exploiting bugs from 2017
Crafty file names, encrypted malicious code, Office flaws – ah, it's like the Before Times
Research24 May 2022 | 23
Walking away from ransomware unscathed. Can you? Really?
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New audio server Pipewire coming to next version of Ubuntu
What does that mean? Better latency and a replacement for PulseAudio
OSes24 May 2022 | 53
VMware claims 'bare-metal' performance on virtualized GPUs
Is... is that why Broadcom wants to buy it?
Virtualization24 May 2022 | 1
Nvidia promises annual updates across CPU, GPU, DPU lines
Computex Arm one year, x86 the next, and always faster than a certain chip shop that still can't ship even one standalone GPU
Systems24 May 2022 | 1
Amazon puts 'creepy' AI cameras in UK delivery vans
Updated Big Bezos is watching you
AI + ML24 May 2022 | 131
Nvidia brings liquid cooling to A100 PCIe GPU cards for ‘greener’ datacenters
Computex For those who want to give their racks an air cut
Systems24 May 2022 | 14
Broadcom to buy VMware 'on Thursday for $60 billion'
Think we speak for everyone when we say: Seriously, what the f...?
Virtualization24 May 2022 | 21
Screencastify fixes bug that would have let rogue websites spy on webcams
School-friendly Chrome extension still not fully protected, privacy guru warns
Patches24 May 2022 | 3
FTC urged to protect data privacy of women visiting abortion clinics
Updated As Supreme Court set to overturn Roe v Wade, safeguards on location info now more vital than ever
Personal Tech23 May 2022 | 30
Zuckerberg sued for alleged role in Cambridge Analytica data-slurp scandal
I can prove CEO was 'personally involved in Facebook’s failure to protect privacy', DC AG insists
Personal Tech23 May 2022 | 18
Florida's content-moderation law kept on ice, likely unconstitutional, court says
So cool you're into free speech because that includes taking down misinformation
Personal Tech23 May 2022 | 47
US-APAC trade deal leaves out Taiwan, military defense not ruled out
All fun and games until the chip factories are in the crosshairs
Systems23 May 2022 | 5
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