Ex-NSA bad-guy hunter listened to Scattered Spider's fake help-desk calls: 'Those guys are good' Interview Plus, Co-op tells The Reg: 'we took early and decisive action' to block the crooks
Fired US govt workers, Uncle Xi wants you! – to apply for this fake consulting gig Phony LinkedIn recruitment ads? Groundbreaking
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AI skills shortage more than doubles for UK tech leaders Highest recorded jump in skills gap for more than a decade, recruiter finds
Techies propose the Agent Name Service: It's like DNS but for AI agents Because nobody wants a random and unverified bot tickling their APIs AI + ML20 May 2025 |
Foxconn chair predicts AI will end manufacturers' search for cheap labor Computex Urges world leaders to pay attention because he’s already building factories in which GenAI is acing scutwork AI + ML20 May 2025 |
Trump signs TAKE IT DOWN law meant to stop revenge porn Fine-print is vague and broad, could easily be abused to blunt protected speech Personal Tech20 May 2025 | 11
CISA has a new No. 2 ... but still no official top dog Brain drain, budget cuts, constant cyberthreats - who wouldn't want this job? Security19 May 2025 | 3
Show us your face: New Orleans PD reportedly got secret facial recognition alerts Police took Big Easy attitude to the rules, says WaPo Legal19 May 2025 | 1
Microsoft adds Grok – the most unhinged chatbot – to Azure AI buffet Never mind the chatbot's recent erratic behavior AI + ML19 May 2025 | 9
SEC SIM-swapper who Googled 'signs that the FBI is after you' put behind bars Proving yet again that crims are bad at search hygiene Cyber-crime19 May 2025 | 16
European customers report Oracle Cloud identity outage, Big Red is silent DownDetector reported problems for about 6 hours PaaS + IaaS19 May 2025 | 7
DARPA zaps popcorn with laser power beamed 5.3 miles through air 800-watt demo breaks distance record for optical energy transmission Science19 May 2025 | 12
Nvidia builds a server to run x86 workloads alongside agentic AI Computex Wants to be the 'HR department for agents' AI Infrastructure Month19 May 2025 |
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Microsoft open sources Windows Subsystem for Linux – well, most of it Time to stand on its own two webbed feet? OSes19 May 2025 | 10
GitHub Copilot angles for promotion from assistant to agent Build Agent mode arrives, for better or worse AI + ML19 May 2025 | 1
When LLMs get personal info they are more persuasive debaters than humans Large-scale disinfo campaigns could use this in machines that adapt 'to individual targets.' Are we having fun yet? AI + ML19 May 2025 | 11
LastOS slaps neon paint on Linux Mint and dares you to run Photoshop Another distro for Windows users – presumably ones who love bling OSes19 May 2025 | 14
Interview: chief maintainer of Qt project on language independence, KDE, and the pain of Qt 5 to Qt 6
Cyber fiends battering UK retailers now turn to US stores Interview DragonForce-riding ransomware ring also has 'shiny object syndrome' so will likely move on to another sector soon
Nvidia sets up shop in Taiwan with AI supers and a factory full of ambition Computex Researchers and TSMC to benefit from expanded infrastructure AI Infrastructure Month19 May 2025 | 3
Latest patch leaves some Windows 10 machines stuck in recovery loops Veteran OS might be almost out of support, but there's still time for Microsoft to break it OSes19 May 2025 | 13
Millions at risk after attackers steal UK legal aid data dating back 15 years Cybercriminals lifted info including addresses, ID numbers, and financial records from agency systems Cyber-crime19 May 2025 | 33
AI skills shortage more than doubles for UK tech leaders Highest recorded jump in skills gap for more than a decade, recruiter finds AI + ML19 May 2025 | 23
IT chiefs of UK's massive health service urge vendors to make public security pledge Enormous org has been hit by ransomware again and again, on multiple fronts, over the past year Cyber-crime19 May 2025 | 22
Qualcomm confirms it's dipping into datacenter world again, probably for AI Computex CEO Cristiano Amon teases plans for high-speed-low-power inferencing products AI Infrastructure Month19 May 2025 | 2
Automatic UK-to-US English converter produced amazing mistakes by the vanload Who, Me? Yard of Eden just doesn't have the right ring to it Software19 May 2025 | 248
Nvidia opens up speedy NVLink interconnect to custom CPUs, ASICs Computex One of the two just needs to be made by Nv AI + ML19 May 2025 |
Eeek! p0wned Alabama hit by unspecified 'cybersecurity event' Infosec In Brief PLUS: Euro-cops take down investment scammers; Fancy Bear returns to Ukraine; and more Security19 May 2025 | 6
China launches an AI cloud into orbit. 12 sats for now, 2,800 in coming years Asia In Brief PLUS: South Korea signs for massive supercomputer; HCL gets into chipmaking; US tariffs slow APAC tech buying; and more AI + ML19 May 2025 | 14
Ex-NSA bad-guy hunter listened to Scattered Spider's fake help-desk calls: 'Those guys are good' INTERVIEW Plus, Co-op tells The Reg: 'we took early and decisive action' to block the crooks CSO18 May 2025 | 49
GAO finds billions in possible government savings, all without Elon's help Comment More than $100M in costs could be cut by gutting duplicative IT alone, making DOGE itself look a bit redundant
To progress as an engineer career-wise, become a great communicator Systems Approach It'll even help you develop technical skills CxO18 May 2025 | 28
Apple to add fresh accessibility features for 2025 Global Accessibility Awareness Day It matters for everyone, because we'll all be disabled one day Personal Tech18 May 2025 | 28
Boffins devise technique that lets users prove location without giving it away ZKLP system allows apps to confirm user presence in a region without exposing exactly where Security17 May 2025 | 55
From hype to harm: 78% of CISOs see AI attacks already AI attacks are keeping most practitioners up at night, says Darktrace, and with good reason Sponsored feature
No-boom supersonic flights could slide through US skies soon Feature As long as you're quiet about it Science17 May 2025 | 71
Google backs down after locking out Nextcloud Files app Search giant to restore critical Android permission after user outcry Applications17 May 2025 | 25
Fired US govt workers, Uncle Xi wants you! – to apply for this fake consulting gig Phony LinkedIn recruitment ads? Groundbreaking Public Sector16 May 2025 | 23
America’s consumer watchdog drops leash on proposed data broker crackdown Crooks must be licking their lips at the possibilities Personal Tech16 May 2025 | 9
Whodunit? 'Unauthorized' change to Grok made it blather on about 'White genocide' Agitprop? Protest? An attempt to suck up to the boss? AI + ML16 May 2025 | 113
Microsoft winnows: Layoffs hit software engineers hard Python, TypeScript, Azure SDK devs among those let go Software16 May 2025 | 39
How homegrown AI cuts through the hype to deliver real results Nutanix leverages customer interactions to develop GenAI infra solution and the AI tools to support it Sponsored feature
CoreWeave may have built a house of (graphics) cards Comment An overdependence on hyperscalers and a mountain of debt could pull the rug out AI Infrastructure Month16 May 2025 | 2
Dems are upset about DOGE's IRS hackathon, but the IRS says it never happened Tax bods characterize it more as a brainstorming session, says Elon's unit wasn't involved Public Sector16 May 2025 | 17
Apple slams door on Fortnite's stateside iOS comeback Epic's latest submission blocked right after CEO offered truce with Cupertino Personal Tech16 May 2025 | 27
Microsoft pulls MS365 Business Premium from nonprofits Microsoft giveth and Microsoft taketh away Applications16 May 2025 | 27
Defamation case against DEF CON terminated with prejudice 'We hope it makes attendees feel safe reporting violations' Security16 May 2025 | 4
Annual electronic waste footprint per person is 11.2 kg Extending all the dumped devices' lives by 12 months? Like taking 2M cars off the road each year Personal Tech16 May 2025 | 55
Microsoft proposes sweeping global concessions to Teams for up to a decade Beast of Redmond runs scared from EC antitrust cops half decade after rivals complained SaaS16 May 2025 | 6
AWS says Britain needs more nuclear power to feed AI datacenter surge CEO warns energy demands will overwhelm grid without extra generation capacity AI Infrastructure Month16 May 2025 | 63
Good luck to Atos' 7th CEO and its latest biz transformation We suspect Philippe Salle will need it, not to mention staff and customers On-Prem16 May 2025 | 16
How sticky notes saved 'the single biggest digital program in the world' Success of UK's Universal Credit has lessons for government IT projects, former minister claims Public Sector16 May 2025 | 71
UK government overrules local council’s datacenter refusal on Green Belt land DPM signs off 96MW bit barn, citing national policy shift AI Infrastructure Month16 May 2025 | 37
Some English hospitals doubt Palantir's utility: We'd 'lose functionality rather than gain it' After UK spends hundreds of millions, several say existing systems are better Databases16 May 2025 | 29
Can't get no satisfaction in cyber recovery? Minimum viability is the answer You might find you can get what you need. At least with a little planning
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Dilettante dev wrote rubbish, left no logs, and had no idea why his app wasn't working On Call Self-taught coders who work in HR and have a doctorate in English tend to do that Applications16 May 2025 | 174
Jilted AWS reckons VMware is now crusty like a mainframe Gives both platforms the ‘generative AI will freshen it up and shift it to the cloud’ treatment Virtualization16 May 2025 | 10
Sci-fi author Neal Stephenson wants AIs fighting AIs so those most fit to live with us survive Fears surrendering to GenAI makes humans less competitive AI + ML16 May 2025 | 50
Microsoft blows deadline for special Azure for EU hosters Lawyers prepare to get suited and booted if 'Plan B' to address unfair competition claims is a no show PaaS + IaaS16 May 2025 | 15
Ex-NSA bad-guy hunter listened to Scattered Spider's fake help-desk calls: 'Those guys are good' INTERVIEW Plus, Co-op tells The Reg: 'we took early and decisive action' to block the crooks
China launches an AI cloud into orbit. 12 sats for now, 2,800 in coming years Asia In Brief PLUS: South Korea signs for massive supercomputer; HCL gets into chipmaking; US tariffs slow APAC tech buying; and more
To progress as an engineer career-wise, become a great communicator Systems Approach It'll even help you develop technical skills
Automatic UK-to-US English converter produced amazing mistakes by the vanload Who, Me? Yard of Eden just doesn't have the right ring to it
Apple to add fresh accessibility features for 2025 Global Accessibility Awareness Day It matters for everyone, because we'll all be disabled one day
Millions at risk after attackers steal UK legal aid data dating back 15 years Cybercriminals lifted info including addresses, ID numbers, and financial records from agency systems
Eeek! p0wned Alabama hit by unspecified 'cybersecurity event' Infosec In Brief PLUS: Euro-cops take down investment scammers; Fancy Bear returns to Ukraine; and more
LastOS slaps neon paint on Linux Mint and dares you to run Photoshop Another distro for Windows users – presumably ones who love bling
IT chiefs of UK's massive health service urge vendors to make public security pledge Enormous org has been hit by ransomware again and again, on multiple fronts, over the past year
Nvidia opens up speedy NVLink interconnect to custom CPUs, ASICs Computex One of the two just needs to be made by Nv
Trump says he has a problem if Apple builds iThings in India Cupertino's plan to spend $500bn stateside wasn’t enough to placate the tycoon of tariffs Public Sector16 May 2025 | 55
Scammers are deepfaking voices of senior US government officials, warns FBI They're smishing, they're vishing Security16 May 2025 | 19
DoorDash scam used fake drivers, phantom deliveries to bilk $2.59M Entire process took less than five minutes, prosecutors say Cyber-crime15 May 2025 | 18
Why CVSS is failing us and what we can do about it How Adversarial Exposure Validation is changing the way we approach vulnerability management Partner content
NASA keeps ancient Voyager 1 spacecraft alive with Hail Mary thruster fix Failure could've triggered a small explosion Science15 May 2025 | 79
Anthropic’s law firm throws Claude under the bus over citation errors in court filing AI footnote fail triggers legal palmface in music copyright spat Legal15 May 2025 | 30
Plan to keep advanced chips from China with tracking tech gains support in Congress Every shipment you make, every FLOP you generate, Uncle Sam will be watching you AI Infrastructure Month15 May 2025 | 25
Uncle Sam claims H-1B fraud crackdown is working as registrations drop 25% Surely Trump's anti-immigrant rhetoric has nothing to do with it On-Prem15 May 2025 | 43
Coinbase extorted for $20M. Support staff bribed. Customers scammed. One hell of a SNAFU Expert tells us: 'It is the most unique breach disclosure I've ever seen' Cyber-crime15 May 2025 | 14
Socket buys Coana to tell you which security alerts you can ignore Sometimes, less information is more Security15 May 2025 |
Microsoft set to pull the plug on Bing Search APIs in favor of AI alternative Devs told to swap raw results for LLM-generated summaries as August shutdown looms Software15 May 2025 | 35
Snowflake CISO on the power of 'shared destiny' and 'yes and' interview Lessons learned from last year's security snafu CSO15 May 2025 | 3
Intel Xeon 6 CPUs make their name in AI, HPC There isn’t a datacenter workload whose performance or efficiency isn’t improved by using Xeon 6 chips Partner content
Next week's SpaceX Starship test still needs FAA authorization Aiming for the stars, but sometimes hitting the Caribbean Science15 May 2025 | 58
70-knot winds so far blamed for yacht disaster that killed Brit tech tycoon Mike Lynch Probe indicates it was all over for Bayesian in just 9 minutes Software15 May 2025 | 51
Royal Navy freshens up ships' electromagnetic warfare defenses MEWSIC to Brit crews' ears will see off anti-ship missiles, among other things Offbeat15 May 2025 | 41