Diversity, equity, and inclusion is not an illusion, but it soon might be Global tech corps wrestle with policy disparity on either side of the Atlantic
Lawyers face judge's wrath after AI cites made-up cases in fiery hoverboard lawsuit Talk about court red-handed
More victims of China's Salt Typhoon crew emerge: Telcos just now hit via Cisco bugs Networks in US and beyond compromised by Beijing's super-snoops pulling off priv-esc attacks
Chinese spies suspected of 'moonlighting' as tawdry ransomware crooks Some employees steal sticky notes, others 'borrow' malicious code
UK's new thinking on AI: Unless it's causing serious bother, you can crack on Comment Plus: Keep calm and plug Anthropic's Claude into public services AI + ML15 Feb 2025 | 9
If you dread a Microsoft Teams invite, just wait until it turns out to be a Russian phish Roses aren't cheap, violets are dear, now all your access token are belong to Vladimir CSO15 Feb 2025 | 11
SonicWall firewalls now under attack: Patch ASAP or risk intrusion via your SSL VPN Roses are red, violets are blue, CVE-2024-53704 is sweet for a ransomware crew Networks14 Feb 2025 | 4
Our world faces 'unprecedented' spike in electricity demand And it's not just datacenters driving the need for 3,500 TWh of new energy generation by 2027 On-Prem14 Feb 2025 | 9
Users await the fine print on SAP Business Suite reboot Cloud-based revival should come with 'a corresponding discount scale,' customers say Applications14 Feb 2025 | 2
Datacenter energy demand in bitbarn 'capital of the world' Virginia nearly doubled in second half of 2024 Dominion Energy already eyeing another 26 GW worth of datacenter demand On-Prem14 Feb 2025 | 2
Why do younger coders struggle to break through the FOSS graybeard barrier? FOSDEM 2025 The hurdles are higher than you might imagine Software14 Feb 2025 | 68
Critical PostgreSQL bug tied to zero-day attack on US Treasury High-complexity bug unearthed by infoseccers, as Rapid7 probes exploit further Research14 Feb 2025 | 11
International Space Station's out-of-this-world selfie booth turns 15 The Cupola continues to offer the best views in the universe Science14 Feb 2025 | 11
AWS vacates its board seat at European cloud crew CISPE ... weeks after US titan was outvoted by other members to let Microsoft join the Euro cloud trade association PaaS + IaaS14 Feb 2025 |
2 charged over alleged New IRA terrorism activity linked to cops' spilled data Officer says mistakenly published police details were shared 'a considerable amount of times' Security14 Feb 2025 | 15
Ignorance really is bliss when you’re drowning in information Column If only the joy of missing out was easier to achieve
Voda-Three name post-merger top team, keep schtum on layoffs Union estimates up to 1,600 job on the line Networks14 Feb 2025 | 17
Watchdog ponders why Apple doesn't apply its strict app tracking rules to itself Germany's Federal Cartel Office voices concerns iPhone maker may be breaking competition law Security14 Feb 2025 | 17
Techie cleaned up criminally bad tech support that was probably also an actual crime On Call Outsourcing is not supposed to involve taking clients' hardware out of their building to your house Storage14 Feb 2025 | 77
After clash over Rust in Linux, now Asahi lead quits distro, slams Linus' kernel leadership OSdev I fought the Torv and ... the Torv won
Feds want devs to stop coding 'unforgivable' buffer overflow vulnerabilities Security FBI, CISA harrumph at Microsoft and VMware in call for coders to quit baking avoidable defects into stuff
February's Patch Tuesday sees Microsoft offer just 63 fixes Patch Tuesday Don't relax just yet: Redmond has made some certificate-handling changes that could trip unprepared admins
US lawmakers press Trump admin to oppose UK's order for Apple iCloud backdoor Privacy Senator, Congressman tell DNI to threaten infosec agreements if Blighty won't back down
Final cumulative update for Exchange Server 2019 lands at last On-Prem End of the road in sight for venerable software
Microsoft drops Azure Data Studio in favour of Visual Studio Code extension – despite missing features
HPE says blocking Juniper buy is a sure Huawei to ensure China and Cisco thrive Analyst argues stopping the deal benefits Switchzilla by preventing rise of strong challenger for AI networks Networks14 Feb 2025 | 9
Chinese AI marches on as Baidu makes its chatbot free, Alibaba scores Apple deal New ‘Deep Search’ thinking and planning bot to go up against peoples’ champion DeepSeek AI + ML14 Feb 2025 | 2
Lawyers face judge's wrath after AI cites made-up cases in fiery hoverboard lawsuit Talk about court red-handed AI + ML14 Feb 2025 | 84
Chinese spies suspected of 'moonlighting' as tawdry ransomware crooks Some employees steal sticky notes, others 'borrow' malicious code Cyber-crime14 Feb 2025 | 4
EU plans to 'mobilize' €200B to invest in AI to catch up with US and China Regional Captain's Log, Stardate 3529.7 – oh yeah, Commish also withdrawing law that would help folks sue over AI harms
IBM return-to-office order hits finance, ops teams amid push to dump staff for AI On-prem Demand described as a 'soft layoff'
Larry Ellison wants to put entire nations' data, including citizen DNA, into Oracle AI systems Databases You first, Lawrence
AI summaries turn real news into nonsense, BBC finds Updated Research after Apple Intelligence fiasco shows bots still regularly make stuff up
After Copilot trial, government staff rated Microsoft's AI less useful than expected Public sector Not all bad news for Redmond as Australian agency also found strong ROI and some unexpected upsides
Reddit’s first public year shows growth, but Wall Street’s still not happy User numbers fall short, triggering investor sell-off Personal Tech13 Feb 2025 | 25
More victims of China's Salt Typhoon crew emerge: Telcos just now hit via Cisco bugs Networks in US and beyond compromised by Beijing's super-snoops pulling off priv-esc attacks Networks13 Feb 2025 | 4
Analysts welcome ACID transactions on real-time distributed Aerospike The little database company with big users gaining fans as it adds consistency to speed and scale Databases13 Feb 2025 | 2
WD told to pay half a billion in patent damages before biz splits With drivemaker poised to become 2 publicly traded companies, judge says he has 'concerns' over restructuring Storage13 Feb 2025 | 11
SAP snared in revenue trap unless it extends legacy ERP support User can still push for perpetual licenses despite vendor's craving for subscription deals Databases13 Feb 2025 | 7
Diversity, equity, and inclusion is not an illusion, but it soon might be Global tech corps wrestle with policy disparity on either side of the Atlantic CxO13 Feb 2025 | 169
North Korea targets crypto developers via NPM supply chain attack Yet another cash grab from Kim's cronies and an intel update from Microsoft Research13 Feb 2025 | 8
Undergrad and colleagues accidentally shred 40-year hash table gospel Student shows 'uniform hashing is optimal' was just wishful thinking Science13 Feb 2025 | 23
LibreOffice still kicking at 40, now with browser tricks and real-time collab FOSDEM 2025 Standard FOSS office suite continues to evolve in interesting new directions Applications13 Feb 2025 | 128
Insurance giant finds claims rep that gives a damn (it's AI) Tech shows customers more humanity than its human staff Offbeat13 Feb 2025 | 23
Accelerating Europe’s digital future Europe’s most global, collaborative and cross-industry tech and startup event takes centre stage Partner Content
Murena boss says customers about to wake up from its cloud storage nightmare Interview Four months since cloud drive kicked the bucket, but resolution comes today... hopefully
WordPress war latest: Ploy to trademark Hosted WordPress, Managed WordPress derailed Objection from open source community heralded as 'great victory for the ecosystem' Software13 Feb 2025 | 7
Mysterious Palo Alto firewall reboots? You're not alone Limited-edition hotfix to get wider release before end of month Networks13 Feb 2025 | 6
Cisco says it’s already dug in to protect itself – and customers – if trade war breaks out Also reckons it can dodge DOGE Networks13 Feb 2025 | 4
Have I Been Pwned likely to ban resellers from buying subs, citing 'sh*tty behavior' and onerous support requests 'What are customers actually getting from resellers other than massive price markups?' asks Troy Hunt
Sophos sheds 6% of staff after swallowing Secureworks De-dupes some roles, hints others aren't needed as the infosec scene shifts
Trump’s cyber chief pick has little experience in The Cyber GOP lawyer Sean Cairncross will be learning on the fly, as we also say hi to new intelligence boss Tulsi Gabbard
Arizona laptop farmer pleads guilty for funneling $17M to Kim Jong Un 300+ US companies, 70+ individuals hit by the fraudsters
Ransomware isn't always about the money: Government spies have objectives, too Feature Analysts tell El Reg why Russia's operators aren't that careful, and why North Korea wants money AND data
DARPA skips the lab, will head to orbit to test space manufacturing tech Previous NOM4D experiments have gone so well, says project leader, that it's time to get real
Data resilience and data portability Why organizations should protect everything, everywhere, all at once
How legacy storage infrastructure could endanger your future Your data is critical to AI success. So, are you really taking care of it?
A rethink of parental leave policy IT workers and programmers set to benefit as Sandvik implements HR reboot
Russia's Sandworm caught snarfing credentials, data from American and Brit orgs 'Near-global' initial access campaign active since 2021 Research12 Feb 2025 | 8
James Webb Space Telescope to size up asteroid 2024 YR4 before it rocks our world 40 m or 90 m? The difference matters in the case of impact Science12 Feb 2025 | 29
Running hot? Server shipments forecast to cool in 2025 Supply chain and regulatory hurdles likely to shrink figures On-Prem12 Feb 2025 |
SpaceX Crew Dragons swapped so ISS crew can go home early 'Stranded' Starliner astronauts set for a March homecoming Science12 Feb 2025 | 8
After clash over Rust in Linux, now Asahi lead quits distro, slams Linus' kernel leadership I fought the Torv and ... the Torv won
Watchdog ponders why Apple doesn't apply its strict app tracking rules to itself Germany's Federal Cartel Office voices concerns iPhone maker may be breaking competition law
Why do younger coders struggle to break through the FOSS graybeard barrier? FOSDEM 2025 The hurdles are higher than you might imagine
Critical PostgreSQL bug tied to zero-day attack on US Treasury High-complexity bug unearthed by infoseccers, as Rapid7 probes exploit further
More victims of China's Salt Typhoon crew emerge: Telcos just now hit via Cisco bugs Networks in US and beyond compromised by Beijing's super-snoops pulling off priv-esc attacks
WD told to pay half a billion in patent damages before biz splits With drivemaker poised to become 2 publicly traded companies, judge says he has 'concerns' over restructuring
North Korea targets crypto developers via NPM supply chain attack Yet another cash grab from Kim's cronies and an intel update from Microsoft
US lawmakers press Trump admin to oppose UK's order for Apple iCloud backdoor Senator, Congressman tell DNI to threaten infosec agreements if Blighty won't back down
SAP snared in revenue trap unless it extends legacy ERP support User can still push for perpetual licenses despite vendor's craving for subscription deals
Diversity, equity, and inclusion is not an illusion, but it soon might be Global tech corps wrestle with policy disparity on either side of the Atlantic
Crimelords and spies for rogue states are working together, says Google Only lawmakers can stop them. Plus: software needs to be more secure, but what's in it for us? Cyber-crime12 Feb 2025 | 20
Why SAP may be mulling 2030 end of maintenance for legacy ERP Users' sluggish migration of critical apps mean current deadline not workable, says analyst Databases12 Feb 2025 | 21
UK government insiders say AI datacenters may be a pricey white elephant Economy-boosting bit barn? Not in my back yard, some locals expected to say On-Prem12 Feb 2025 | 116
Why digital resilience is critical to banks Going beyond the traditional “Prevent, Detect, and Respond” framework and taking a proactive approach Partner Content
Oxford researchers pull off quantum first with distributed gate teleportation Einstein’s spooky action at a distance just got an upgrade Science12 Feb 2025 | 56
A win at last: Big blow to AI world in training data copyright scrap You gotta fight ... for your Reuters ... to party AI + ML12 Feb 2025 | 34
Microsoft wants to quit building Army VR goggles, hand contract to Anduril Will the Pentagon get Luckey with a new IVAS vendor? Public Sector12 Feb 2025 | 10
Probe finds US Coast Guard has left maritime cybersecurity adrift Numerous systemic vulnerabilities could scuttle $5.4T industry Public Sector11 Feb 2025 | 13
Yup, AMD's Elba and Giglio definitely sound like they work corporate security Which is why Cisco is adding these Pensando DPUs to more switches Networks11 Feb 2025 | 3
'Key kernel maintainers' still back Rust in the Linux kernel, despite the doubters Rustaceans could just wait for unwelcoming C coders to slowly SIGQUIT... OSes11 Feb 2025 | 43
Triplestrength hits victims with triple trouble: Ransomware, cloud hijacks, crypto-mining These crooks have no chill Cyber-crime11 Feb 2025 |
UK, US, Oz blast holes in LockBit's bulletproof hosting provider Zservers Huge if true: Brit Foreign Sec says Putin running a 'corrupt mafia state' Cyber-crime11 Feb 2025 | 41
Man who binned 7,500 Bitcoin drive now wants to buy entire landfill to dig it up More than a decade on, waste experts say the odds of finding those coins are next to nil Bootnotes11 Feb 2025 | 105
Man who SIM-swapped the SEC's X account pleads guilty Said to have asked search engine 'What are some signs that the FBI is after you?' Cyber-crime11 Feb 2025 | 9
Oracle makes Fusion apps available on EU Sovereign Cloud GDPR-compliant service pitched for public sector orgs who can't pipe data offsite PaaS + IaaS11 Feb 2025 | 3