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 | 97
Feds want devs to stop coding 'unforgivable' buffer overflow vulnerabilities FBI, CISA harrumph at Microsoft and VMware in call for coders to quit baking avoidable defects into stuff CSO13 Feb 2025 | 52
Larry Ellison wants to put all America's data, including DNA, in one big Oracle system for AI to study From the billionaire who said real-time surveillance is good for keeping us in check AI + ML12 Feb 2025 | 51
IBM return-to-office order hits finance, ops teams amid push to dump staff for AI Demand described as a 'soft layoff' On-Prem12 Feb 2025 | 28
AI summaries turn real news into nonsense, BBC finds Updated Research after Apple Intelligence fiasco shows bots still regularly make stuff up AI + ML12 Feb 2025 | 100
After Copilot trial, government staff rated Microsoft's AI less useful than expected Not all bad news for Redmond as Australian agency also found strong ROI and some unexpected upsides AI + ML12 Feb 2025 | 54
Undergrad and colleagues accidentally shred 40-year hash table gospel Student shows 'uniform hashing is optimal' was just wishful thinking Science13 Feb 2025 | 22
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 | 18
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 Security12 Feb 2025 | 6
Mysterious Palo Alto firewall reboots? You're not alone Limited-edition hotfix to get wider release before end of month Networks13 Feb 2025 | 5
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
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 Public Sector12 Feb 2025 | 46
Arizona laptop farmer pleads guilty for funneling $17M to Kim Jong Un 300+ US companies, 70+ individuals hit by the fraudsters Cyber-crime12 Feb 2025 | 17
Russia's Sandworm caught snarfing credentials, data from American and Brit orgs 'Near-global' initial access campaign active since 2021 Research12 Feb 2025 | 4
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 | 109
Ignorance really is bliss when you’re drowning in information Column If only the joy of missing out was easier to achieve Personal Tech12 Feb 2025 | 73
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 | 19
SpaceX Crew Dragons swapped so ISS crew can go home early 'Stranded' Starliner astronauts set for a March homecoming Science12 Feb 2025 | 8
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 Channel13 Feb 2025 | 19
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 Cyber-crime12 Feb 2025 | 4
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 | 6
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 Storage12 Feb 2025 | 12
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 | 23
Sophos sheds 6% of staff after swallowing Secureworks De-dupes some roles, hints others aren't needed as the infosec scene shifts CSO13 Feb 2025 | 4
EU plans to 'mobilize' €200B to invest in AI to catch up with US and China Captain's Log, Stardate 3529.7 – oh yeah, Commish also withdrawing law that would help folks sue over AI harms AI + ML12 Feb 2025 | 13
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 | 5
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 | 1
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 | 9
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 Science12 Feb 2025 | 4
Running hot? Server shipments forecast to cool in 2025 Supply chain and regulatory hurdles likely to shrink figures On-Prem12 Feb 2025 |
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 | 104
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 Security13 Feb 2025 | 26
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 | 3
Insurance giant finds claims rep that gives a damn (it's AI) Tech shows customers more humanity than its human staff Offbeat13 Feb 2025 | 22
After clash over Rust in Linux, now Asahi lead quits distro, slams Linus' kernel leadership I fought the Torv and ... the Torv won OSes13 Feb 2025 | 10
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 | 5
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 | 10
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 |