Experts: AI should be recognized as inventors in patent law
In-brief Plus: Police release deepfake of murdered teen in cold case, and more
AI + ML28 May 2022 | 16
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Declassified and released: More secret files on US govt's emergency doomsday powers
Nuke incoming? Quick break out the plans for rationing, censorship, property seizures, and more
Bootnotes28 May 2022 | 30
Stolen university credentials up for sale by Russian crooks, FBI warns
Forget dark-web souks, thousands of these are already being traded on public bazaars
Cyber-crime27 May 2022 |
Big Tech loves talking up privacy – while trying to kill privacy legislation
Study claims Amazon, Apple, Google, Meta, Microsoft work to derail data rules
Personal Tech27 May 2022 | 7
SEC probes Musk for not properly disclosing Twitter stake
Meanwhile, social network's board rejects resignation of one its directors
Personal Tech27 May 2022 | 12
Cloud security unicorn cuts 20% of staff after raising $1.3b
Time to play blame bingo: Markets? Profits? Too much growth? Russia? Space aliens?
CSO27 May 2022 | 14
Talos names eight deadly sins in widely used industrial software
Entire swaths of gear relies on vulnerability-laden Open Automation Software (OAS)
Patches27 May 2022 | 2
Despite global uncertainty, $500m hit doesn't rattle Nvidia execs
CEO acknowledges impact of war, pandemic but says fundamentals ‘are really good’
Systems27 May 2022 | 1
Another AI supercomputer from HPE: Champollion lands in France
That's the second in a week following similar system in Munich also aimed at researchers
HPC27 May 2022 | 2
Workday nearly doubles losses as waves of deals pushed back
Figures disappoint analysts as SaaSy HR and finance application vendor navigates economic uncertainty
SaaS27 May 2022 | 11
UK monopoly watchdog investigates Google's online advertising business
Another probe? Mountain View is starting to look like a pincushion at this rate
Legal27 May 2022 | 8
Microsoft slows some hiring for Windows, Teams, and Office
'Making sure the right resources are aligned to the right opportunity' ahead of next fiscal year
Software27 May 2022 | 6
Recession fears only stoking enterprise tech spending for Dell, others
Staving off entropy with digital transformation, hybrid office, and automation projects
On-Prem27 May 2022 |
GitHub saved plaintext passwords of npm users in log files, post mortem reveals
Unrelated to the OAuth token attack, but still troubling as org reveals details of around 100,000 users were grabbed by the baddies
Security27 May 2022 | 12
This Windows malware uses PowerShell to inject malicious extension into Chrome
And that's a bit odd, says Red Canary
Research27 May 2022 | 10
Spam is back with a vengeance. Luckily we can't read any of it
Something for the Weekend It's a shame still nothing can be done about all the false positives, though
Bootnotes27 May 2022 | 74
Clonezilla 3: Copy and clone disk images to your heart's content
Even non-sysadmins may find this Linux live ISO handy
Storage27 May 2022 | 29
BOFH: Where do you think you are going with that toner cartridge?
Episode 10 Did that printer service person just sell you 10 overpriced boxes of the wrong paper?
BOFH27 May 2022 | 91
When management went nuclear on an innocent software engineer
On Call It says 'Do Not Touch,' not 'Rip Out My Guts'
Software27 May 2022 | 205
Lenovo infrastructure group and Alibaba Cloud both make first annual profits
Chinese giants' enterprise businesses do well despite lockdowns. Other segments? Strap in for a bumpy ride
Off-Prem27 May 2022 |
Let's play everyone's favorite game: REvil? Or Not REvil?
Another day, another DDoS attack that tries to scare the victim into paying up with mention of dreaded gang
Cyber-crime27 May 2022 | 3
World’s smallest remote-controlled robots are smaller than a flea
Video So small, you can't feel it crawl
Science27 May 2022 | 28
IBM-powered Mayflower robo-ship once again tries to cross Atlantic
Whaddayaknow? It's made it more than halfway to America
AI + ML27 May 2022 | 68
Revealed: The semi-secret list of techs Beijing really really wishes it didn't have to import
I think we can all agree that China is not alone in wishing it had an alternative to Microsoft Windows
On-Prem27 May 2022 | 22
Huawei claims it’s halved the time needed to build a 1,000-rack datacenter
Promises modular kit gets you up and running in six to nine months, with AI-powered ops to make it efficient
Off-Prem27 May 2022 | 6
China offering ten nations help to run their cyber-defenses and networks
Sure, they’re small Pacific nations, but they’re in very strategic locations
Security27 May 2022 | 24
Broadcom to 'focus on rapid transition to subscriptions' for VMware
Offers comforting vision for core customers, products, channel – though warns efficiencies are coming
Virtualization27 May 2022 | 37
How to reprogram Apple AirTags, play custom sounds
Voltage glitch here, glitch there, now you can fiddle with location disc's firmware
Research27 May 2022 | 3
Ransomware encrypts files, demands three good deeds to restore data
Shut up and take ... poor kids to KFC?
Research26 May 2022 | 11
Microsoft Azure to spin up AMD MI200 GPU clusters for 'large scale' AI training
Microsoft Build Windows giant carries a PyTorch for chip designer and its rival Nvidia
AI + ML26 May 2022 |
New York City rips out last city-owned public payphones
Y'know, those large cellphones fixed in place that you share with everyone and have to put coins in. Y'know, those metal disks representing...
Bootnotes26 May 2022 | 26
Cheers ransomware hits VMware ESXi systems
Now we can say extortionware has jumped the shark
Research26 May 2022 | 3
Twitter founder Dorsey beats hasty retweet from the board
As shareholders sue the social network amid Elon Musk's takeover scramble
Personal Tech26 May 2022 | 12
Snowflake stock drops as some top customers cut usage
You might say its valuation is melting away
Storage26 May 2022 | 3
Amazon investors nuke proposed ethics overhaul and say yes to $212m CEO pay
Workplace safety, labor organizing, sustainability and, um, wage 'fairness' all struck down in vote
Off-Prem26 May 2022 | 83
Confirmed: Broadcom, VMware agree to $61b merger
Unless anyone out there can make a better offer. Oh, Elon?
Virtualization26 May 2022 | 12
Perl Steering Council lays out a backwards compatible future for Perl 7
Sensibly written code only, please. Plus: what all those 'heated discussions' were about
Devops26 May 2022 | 40
Campaigners warn of legal challenge against Privacy Shield enhancements
Schrems III on the cards unless negotiators protect better oversight of US data access requests
Security26 May 2022 | 17
Windows Subsystem for Linux 2 splashes down on Win Server 2022
I don't think it's going to happen, I don't think it's going to happen... It happened
Software26 May 2022 | 7
'Sharp' chip inventory correction looms on horizon, warns investment banker
Double ordering, overheating of semiconductor sector, inflation, growing stockpiles = trouble ahead
Systems26 May 2022 | 16
Elon Musk needs more cash for Twitter buy after Tesla margin loan lapses
Entrepreneur now looking at $33.5b bill if he wants to complete $44b purchase
Networks26 May 2022 | 49
UK government reviewing stake in BT owned by French tycoon Patrick Drahi
First use of National Security and Investment Act powers as Altice owner looks poised to increase stake further
Networks26 May 2022 | 16
Minimal, systemd-free Alpine Linux releases version 3.16
A widespread distro that many of its users don't even know they have
OSes26 May 2022 | 43
Verizon: Ransomware sees biggest jump in five years
We're only here for DBIRs
Research26 May 2022 | 6
Slack-for-engineers Mattermost on open source and data sovereignty
Interview Control and access are becoming a hot button for orgs
Networks26 May 2022 | 1
UK government having hard time complying with its own IR35 tax rules
This shouldn't come as much of a surprise if you've been reading the headlines at all
On-Prem26 May 2022 | 29
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 | 1
Suspected phishing email crime boss cuffed in Nigeria
Interpol, cops swoop with intel from cybersecurity bods
Cyber-crime26 May 2022 | 6
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 | 8
Ex-spymaster and fellow Brexiteers' emails leaked by suspected Russian op
A 'Very English Coop (sic) d'Etat'
Research26 May 2022 | 146
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 | 40
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 | 5
Mitsubishi Electric again admits to widespread quality control cheating
Nifty slogan and more software suggested as the rectification
Legal26 May 2022 | 12
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 | 3
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 | 1
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 | 11
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 | 33
Despite 'key' partnership with AWS, Meta taps up Microsoft Azure for AI work
Someone got Zuck'd
PaaS + IaaS25 May 2022 | 4
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 | 10
Vehicle owner data exposed in GM credential-stuffing attack
Car maker says miscreants used stolen logins to break into folks' accounts
Security25 May 2022 | 29
Foxconn factory fiasco could leave Wisconsinites on the hook for $300m
What's Mandarin for 'Where's my money?'
On-Prem25 May 2022 | 60
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 | 93
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 | 2
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 | 12
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 | 127
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 | 21
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 | 38
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
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
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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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 | 16
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 | 16
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
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 | 22
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
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
Devops24 May 2022 | 9
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
Google Project Zero blows lid off bug involving that old chestnut: XML parsing
Patches24 May 2022 | 3
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 | 23
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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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 | 10
CockroachDB adds command line tool as database hits version 22.1
The Register speaks to Jim Walker about maturity and super regions
Databases24 May 2022 | 4
Version 251 of systemd coming soon to a Linux distro near you
'Experimental' systemd-sysupdate feature likely to get the most attention
Software24 May 2022 | 145
SAP attracts further criticism for Russia presence, despite promise to leave
The software giant's 'orderly exit' appears to be ongoing
Applications24 May 2022 | 11
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 | 6
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
New audio server Pipewire coming to next version of Ubuntu
What does that mean? Better latency and a replacement for PulseAudio
OSes24 May 2022 | 55
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 | 141
AWS puts latest homebrew Graviton3 Arm processor in production
Just one instance type for now, cheaper than third-gen Xeons and Epycs
PaaS + IaaS24 May 2022 | 12
Beijing reverses ban on tech companies listing offshore
Announcement comes as Chinese ride-hailing DiDi Chuxing delists from NYSE under pressure
Legal24 May 2022 | 2
Nvidia teases server designs for Grace-Hopper Superchips
Computex x86 still 'very important' we're told as lid lifted on Arm-based kit
Systems24 May 2022 |
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 | 23
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 | 35
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 | 49
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
381,000-plus Kubernetes API servers 'exposed to internet'
Firewall isn't a made-up word from the Hackers movie, people
Devops23 May 2022 | 16
A peek into Gigabyte's GPU Arm for AI, HPC shops
High-performance platform choices are going beyond the ubiquitous x86 standard
Systems23 May 2022 | 5
GitLab version 15 goes big on visibility and observability
GitOps fans can take a spin on the free tier for pull-based deployment
Devops23 May 2022 |
To multicloud, or not: Former PayPal head of engineering weighs in
Not everyone needs it, but those who do need to consider 3 things, says Asim Razzaq
Systems23 May 2022 | 4
Infosys board asks boss Salil Parekh to stay another 5 years
As staff churn at 27% a year, senior execs offered lots of shares to keep growth coming
SaaS23 May 2022 | 3
Upgrading to Android 12.1 ... in Windows 11: Telemetry disabled by default
Dev Channel Insiders get Windows Subsystem for Android updates
OSes23 May 2022 | 4
Google picks business chiefs for European Advisory Board
A sign that the company is taking data sovereignty concerns more seriously
PaaS + IaaS23 May 2022 |
Clearview AI fined millions in the UK: No 'lawful reason' to collect Brits' images
Updated Notorious selfie-scraper must pay $9.43 million – less than half of predicted fine – says data regulator
AI + ML23 May 2022 | 73
The Return of Gopher: Pre-web hypertext service is still around
<movietrailer voice>The world was not ready for this gift. It is still not ready for this gift. Coming soon to a Gopherspace near you
Networks23 May 2022 | 50
Safari is crippling the mobile market, and we never even noticed
Opinion With web apps, Apple insists on taking the pith helmet
Applications23 May 2022 | 137
Beware the fury of a database developer torn from tables and SQL
Who, Me? Not so much process privilege rings, more circles of hell
Databases23 May 2022 | 171
How to find NPM dependencies vulnerable to account hijacking
Security engineer outlines self-help strategy for keeping software supply chain safe
CSO23 May 2022 | 21
Dell's rugged Latitude 5430 laptop is quick and pretty – but also bulky and heavy
Survives all manner of indiginities in Reg tests but may stuggle to cross over from boots to suits
Personal Tech23 May 2022 | 53
If your infrastructure is old time, how’re you supposed to analyze data in real time?
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Microsoft sounds the alarm on – wait for it – a Linux botnet
Redmond claims the numbers are scary, but won't release them
Security23 May 2022 | 40
AMD reveals 5nm Ryzen 7000 powered by Zen 4 cores
AM5 socket to bring desktop CPUs to life in late 2022, mid-range laptop CPU to follow
Personal Tech23 May 2022 | 15
South Korean and US presidents gang up on North Korea's cyber-offensives
Less than two weeks into his new gig, Yoon cozies up to Biden as China and DPRK loom
Security23 May 2022 | 3
Broadcom in talks to buy VMware: multiple reports
Michael Dell could be the key to any deal
Virtualization23 May 2022 | 8
Linus Torvalds debuts 'boring old plain' Linux kernel 5.18
Adds 'feature activation' for Intel silicon, but Chipzilla still isn't saying what that means
OSes23 May 2022 | 35
Robotics and 5G to spur growth of SoC industry – report
Big OEMs hogging production and COVID causing supply issues
Systems22 May 2022 | 3
Deepfake attacks can easily trick live facial recognition systems online
In brief Plus: Next PyTorch release will support Apple GPUs so devs can train neural networks on their own laptops
AI + ML22 May 2022 | 25
