Australia lays fiendish tax trap for Meta – with an expensive escape hatch If Zuck and other Big Tech players pay news publishers, their bills vanish Legal12 Dec 2024 | 28
Apple reportedly building AI server processor with help from Broadcom Something called 'Baltra' expected to make its debut in 2026, perhaps with tech both already use Systems12 Dec 2024 | 5
Microsoft delays final Exchange Server 2019 Cumulative Update to 2025 Quiet festive season for admins, but next year will be busy PaaS + IaaS10 Dec 2024 | 10
South Korean web giant Naver creates its own Linux distro 'Navix' follows OpenELA rules, comes with ten years support, and is already used in production at scale OSes10 Dec 2024 | 12
Kyndryl's consulting business may be less than it seems Special report Insiders say it's largely a matter of labeling CxO08 Dec 2024 | 21
Euro cloud body heads off to Microsoft's HQ to check it's keeping promises Exclusive Wine-tasting seems to be an essential part of an EU-friendly Azure Local PaaS + IaaS07 Dec 2024 | 14
Facing sale or ban, TikTok tossed under national security bus by appeals court Video slinger looks to Supremes for salvation, though anything could happen under Trump Personal Tech06 Dec 2024 | 43
Chinese clouds target small and medium enterprises in APAC in search of growth Canalys Forums APAC Smaller buyers see deep discounts and suddenly worry less about regulatory issues Off-Prem05 Dec 2024 |
Fission impossible? Meta wants up to 4GW of American atomic power for AI Facebook titan targets early 2030s for reactor deployment Off-Prem04 Dec 2024 | 25
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SAP legacy ERP users wise to ignore offer of single leap to the cloud Multi-stage journey preferred in high-risk switch, says user group chair PaaS + IaaS04 Dec 2024 | 1
AWS says AI could disrupt everything – and hopes it will do just that to Windows re:Invent Cloud colossus reckons it can clarify hallucinations, get your apps off Microsoft's OS at pleasing speed AI + ML04 Dec 2024 | 36
Amazon promises 4x faster AI silicon in 2025, turns Trainium2 loose on the net Re:Invent Tens of thousands of AWS’ Trn2 instances to fuel Anthropic's next-gen models Systems03 Dec 2024 | 5
UK government spends another £1B on cloud migration and services New framework set to help public sector orgs move on amid lock-in fears PaaS + IaaS03 Dec 2024 | 24
AWS unveils cloud security IR service for a mere $7K a month Re:Invent Tap into the infinite scalability... of pricing Security03 Dec 2024 | 5
Cloudy with a chance of GPU bills: AI's energy appetite has CIOs sweating Canalys Forums EMEA Public cloud expenses have businesses scrambling for alternatives that won't melt the budget AI + ML29 Nov 2024 | 11
Brits are scrolling away from X and aren't that interested in AI Ofcom's Online Nation report drills into the UK's internet habits for 2024 Personal Tech29 Nov 2024 | 180
Microsoft preps big guns to shift Copilot software and PCs Canalys Forums EMEA IT admins be warned: 13,000 tech suppliers coming for your employer's checkbook AI + ML29 Nov 2024 | 53
Google offered millions to ally itself with trade body fighting Microsoft Exclusive El Reg has seen the presentation to CISPE members which sources say was intended to keep the lawsuit over licensing alive PaaS + IaaS28 Nov 2024 | 12
Swedish authorities probe Oracle Cerner health record rollout $190 million project under scrutiny after reported failures PaaS + IaaS27 Nov 2024 | 10
US military grounds entire Osprey tiltrotor fleet over safety concerns Boeing-Bell V-22 can't outfly its checkered past, it seems
Judge hands WP Engine a win in legal fight with Automattic Updated Mullenweg and co ordered to restore WP Engine's access to wordpress.org and stop touching WordPress installations
Microsoft holds last Patch Tuesday of the year with 72 gifts for admins Patch Tuesday Twas the night before Christmas, and all through the house, patching was done with the click of a mouse
AMD secure VM tech undone by DRAM meddling Boffins devise BadRAM attack to pilfer secrets from SEV-SNP encrypted memory
Indian police demand Starlink identify alleged drug smugglers Elon Musk's satellite internet service asked to explain who used its service to navigate to remote islands
Microsoft hijacks keyboard shortcut to bring Copilot to your attention AI assistant goes native – sort of – for Windows Insiders
US names Chinese national it alleges was behind 2020 attack on Sophos firewalls Also sanctions his employer – an outfit called Sichuan Silence linked to Ragnarok ransomware
Three more vulns spotted in Ivanti CSA, all critical, one 10/10 Patch up, everyone – that admin portal is mighty attractive to your friendly cyberattacker
Krispy Kreme Doughnut Corporation admits to hole in security Belly-busting biz says it's been hit by cowardly custards
Tesla sued over alleged Autopilot fail in yet another fatal accident With two legal wins and one secret settlement on the books, the odds are in the automaker's favor
Cloudflare broke its logging-as-a-service service, causing customer data loss Software snafu took five minutes to roll back. The mess it made took hours to clean up Off-Prem27 Nov 2024 | 5
AWS bends to Broadcom's will with VMware Cloud Foundation as-a-service Microsoft, Oracle, and IBM are all doing it. Andy Jassy's rent-a-server shop may have felt it was leaving money on the table Virtualization26 Nov 2024 | 5
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Alibaba Cloud brings chatty SaaS products out of China and into more markets Teams-like DingTalk gets an enterprise edition, and virtual Androids unleashed SaaS25 Nov 2024 |
China sends cloud powered by homebrew Loongson CPUs into space Asia In Brief Plus: Korea cracks down on Temu; US, Vietnam, sign infosec pact; India extends controversial hardware import law; and more Off-Prem24 Nov 2024 | 5
Amazon bets another $4B on Anthropic You just gonna stand there, Google, let AWS take the 'primary training partner' title? Not gonna do nothing? AI + ML22 Nov 2024 | 7
AWS gives its management screens a makeover in the name of improved productivity Maybe it was crowded layout, inconsistent colors and drop shadows that made cloud so hard? Off-Prem22 Nov 2024 | 6
Pakistan's tech lobby warns that slow internet is strangling IT industry Low-priced freelancers and call centers are at risk Channel21 Nov 2024 | 12
Kyndryl insiders say there's little new business Special report IT giant aims to end revenue slide by March, former employees have doubts On-Prem20 Nov 2024 | 19
European Cloud Competition Observatory created to keep an eye on software licensing Exclusive Initiative follows Microsoft settlement with CISPE consortium PaaS + IaaS20 Nov 2024 | 3
Japan looks to nuclear energy to power AI-powered datacenter boom Shuttered reactor's operator says it's needed - once giant seawall is finished Off-Prem20 Nov 2024 | 17
Microsoft unleashes autonomous Copilot AI agents in public preview Ignite They can learn, adapt, and make decisions – but don't worry, they're not coming for your job PaaS + IaaS19 Nov 2024 | 9
Equinix to close its 'Metal' IaaS offering in 2026 Joins the likes of HPE, Cisco, and VMware in failing to challenge dominant hyperscalers Off-Prem18 Nov 2024 | 3
Apple hit with £3 billion claim of ripping off 40 million UK iCloud users Consumer champion Which? not amused by fruit-based giant's alleged preference for its own cloud storage Off-Prem14 Nov 2024 | 40
TSMC confirms 'unexploded ordnance' removed from wafer fab construction site Probably a relic of a Japanese WWII naval site Off-Prem14 Nov 2024 | 6
Starlink finally files proper paperwork to operate in India Government both excited and cautious about benefits of Muskband Personal Tech14 Nov 2024 | 4
Amazon leaves Snowcone data migration boxes and older Snowball edge kit out to melt Don't worry, existing users have another year to use 'em or lose 'em Off-Prem14 Nov 2024 | 2
Here's what we know about the suspected Snowflake data extortionists A Canadian and an American living in Turkey 'walk into' cloud storage environments… Cyber-crime12 Nov 2024 | 5
CISPE framework aids EU Data Act compliance, cloud switching 'It helps Euro organizations to avoid lock-in and design the cloud strategy they want' PaaS + IaaS08 Nov 2024 |
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Don't have MFA on a Google Cloud account? You'll have to from Jan Lock it up. Lock it up PaaS + IaaS05 Nov 2024 | 6
VMware by Broadcom finds friends to advance its private cloud and AI visions VMware Explore User group members offered more generous discounts and licenses we're sure nobody would abuse Off-Prem05 Nov 2024 | 2
Amazon to cough $75B on capex in 2024, more next year Despite extending server lifespans, AI's power demands drive more datacenter builds PaaS + IaaS01 Nov 2024 | 9
Dropbox to shed another 500 staff, CEO takes 'full responsibility' Cloudy concern has also spent over $500M buying back its own shares amid multiple rounds of layoffs SaaS31 Oct 2024 | 65
Microsoft turning away AI training workloads – inferencing makes better money Azure's acceleration continues, but so do costs AI + ML31 Oct 2024 | 18
Meta spruiks benefits of open sourcing Llama models – to its own bottom line It's not like Zuck needs the coin despite increased infrastructure spend, headcount, losses on VR Off-Prem31 Oct 2024 | 10
Equinix to pad Thai coffers with $500 million investment Another Asian country declares ambition to be a tech hub Off-Prem31 Oct 2024 | 6
Cloud repatriation officially a trend... for specific workloads It's not a mass exodus, say analysts, but biz bods are bringing things down to earth PaaS + IaaS30 Oct 2024 | 24
Musk, Bezos need just 90 minutes to match your lifetime carbon footprint, says Oxfam Between jets, yachts and investments in destructive companies, billionaires are speed running the apocalypse Off-Prem30 Oct 2024 | 87
Alphabet posts big revenue and profit growth, just 1,100 job losses Google Cloud grows fast thanks to AI, which now writes a quarter of all G-code AI + ML30 Oct 2024 | 35
Microsoft accuses Google of creating a lobbying front called 'Open Cloud Coalition' Seemingly dissatisfied with CISPE settlement, new UK-centric cloudy industry group calls for end to 'restrictive licensing' Software29 Oct 2024 | 12
Microsoft reshuffles execs in Europe, Middle East and Africa unit UK CEO becomes EMEA president after taking on role in Brit industrial strategy PaaS + IaaS28 Oct 2024 | 1
Google Cloud burst by 12-hour power outage in German region Loose juice led to cooling issue in one zone, but the pain was widespread Off-Prem25 Oct 2024 | 26
Billionaire SaaS CEO loses title after week of sleaze allegations Not much more than a slap on the wrist as WiseTech boss stays on in new role and keeps salary Legal25 Oct 2024 | 6
$180 for an overpriced, dubious SSD drive? Maybe don't join the USB Club No specs and few details, but the promise of access to an exclusive community is still drawing buyers Off-Prem24 Oct 2024 | 29
On-prem SaaS? ServiceNow will do it if you ask nicely, and really need it Turns out its application can work with databases other than its own SaaS24 Oct 2024 | 6
Telcos find cloud migrations, security, are a pain in the IaaS Carriers consume less than half the cloud they committed to use PaaS + IaaS22 Oct 2024 | 17
SCC, one of Europe's largest resellers, orders staff back to their desks for three days a week Exclusive CEO tells The Reg customers are facing same challenges, not ruling out full-time RTO Channel21 Oct 2024 | 22
Microsoft's Arm-based Cobalt 100 CPU now live and powering Azure VMs For general-purpose and memory-optimized workloads PaaS + IaaS21 Oct 2024 | 5
AWS boss: Don't want to come back to the office? Go work somewhere else It's our way or the highway PaaS + IaaS18 Oct 2024 | 112
Datacenter CEO faked top-tier IT reliability cert to snag $10.7M SEC deal, DoJ claims Updated The Uptime Institute rates availability. The 'Uptime Council' … apparently doesn't exist Off-Prem17 Oct 2024 | 21
Amazon makes $500M bet on itty-bitty nuclear reactors to fuel cloud empire The duo eyes a target of 5 GW online in US by 2039, assuming tech comes to fruition Systems16 Oct 2024 | 38
IBM acquires Indian SaaS startup Prescinto to shine a light on renewable energy assets Also: Crypto-hub Binance helps Delhi police shut down solar power scam SaaS16 Oct 2024 | 1
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Google hopes to spark chain reaction with nuclear energy investment Commits to molten salt small modular reactors it thinks can come online in 2035 Off-Prem15 Oct 2024 | 52
Tencent builds one NoSQL database to rule all data models Exclusive Tamed DB sprawl and saved cloudy resources with 'X-Stor' Databases11 Oct 2024 | 8
The .io domain isn't going anywhere anytime soon amid treaty UK-Mauritius handshake holds but Chagos Islands shift could eventually phase out the ccTLD Off-Prem10 Oct 2024 | 51
SAP promises developer 'fusion teams' in cloud low-code environment TechEd But projects must be completed in old desktop IDE PaaS + IaaS10 Oct 2024 | 4
Starlink was offered for free to those hit by Hurricane Helene. It is not entirely free Updated And now SpaceX clarifies special promotion Networks08 Oct 2024 | 152
Google Cloud to help India export its Digital Public Infrastructure Bundles free government apps to help digital diplomacy – and maybe find some new customers Public Sector04 Oct 2024 | 2
Not just AI datacenters needing own power: Taiwanese server-maker Quanta has bought microgrids California utilities couldn't deliver for hyperscalers' favorite hardware slinger Systems04 Oct 2024 | 5
Cisco is abandoning the LoRaWAN space, and there's no lifeboat for IoT customers Support stretches to end of 2029, no more maintenance beyond 2026 Networks02 Oct 2024 | 5
Fresh court filing accuses Oracle of creating 'maze' of options 'hidden' in 'contract' Big Red says claims are baseless and wants case thrown out SaaS02 Oct 2024 | 33
Germany is monitoring Microsoft to thwart 'anti-competitive practices' Wants to peer into gaps in DMA to keep Redmond honest in cloud and AI PaaS + IaaS01 Oct 2024 | 6
Imagine a government that told Big Tech to improve resilience – then punished failures It's happening in South Korea Off-Prem01 Oct 2024 | 16
Rackspace internal monitoring web servers hit by zero-day Exclusive Intruders accessed machines via tool bundled with ScienceLogic, 'limited' info taken, customers told not to worry Cybersecurity Month30 Sep 2024 | 10
AWS must fork out $30.5M after losing P2P network patent scrap No one really wins when a troll, sorry, assertion entity scores a victory Networks30 Sep 2024 | 31
Google files first ever complaint with European Commission against Microsoft Mountain View versus Redmond: Fight over cloud software licensing policies gets formal PaaS + IaaS25 Sep 2024 | 29
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Ancient US air traffic control systems won't get a tech refresh before 2030 Updated If they don't crash first, say government auditors Off-Prem24 Sep 2024 | 41
As IBM pushes for more automation, its AI simply not up to the job of replacing staff So say our sources, who warn job cuts, outsourcing risk depriving biz of seasoned technical talent Off-Prem24 Sep 2024 | 53
ServiceNow root certificate blunder leaves users high and dry Updated More like ServiceNo, or maybe ServiceNotforawhile Software23 Sep 2024 | 13
Alibaba Cloud claims its modular datacenter architecture shrinks build times by 50 percent Also reveals boosted utilization rates, upgraded IaaS and more – all in the name of AI apps Off-Prem20 Sep 2024 | 4
With billions in UK govt IT contracts about to expire, get the next vendors to act right Poor performers get renewals, new small outfits discouraged from bidding, say researchers Public Sector19 Sep 2024 | 23
NTT Data, IBM team on mainframe cloud for banks SimpliZCloud is only for India right now, based on big Blue's LinuxONE Off-Prem19 Sep 2024 | 4
IBM quietly axing thousands of jobs, source says We did warn you, Big Blue tells The Reg, as Cisco also cuts staff as promised Off-Prem18 Sep 2024 | 69
Cloud giants point the finger at each other during regulator hearings Those are some mighty powerful underdogs you've got there PaaS + IaaS18 Sep 2024 | 4
China's tech giants buy into Indonesia – just like US tech giants did in India GoTo commits to the Alibaba Cloud, and Alibaba promises not to sell its stake SaaS18 Sep 2024 |
AWS claims customers are packing bags and heading back on-prem See? We do have competition, cloud giant tells regulator PaaS + IaaS17 Sep 2024 | 73
Alibaba Cloud waiting for hardware to dry out before trying to restore customer data Digital Realty's Singapore disaster still complicating cloud after a week Off-Prem17 Sep 2024 | 8
Unity scraps hated runtime fees, hits devs with subscription hikes instead Insert coin to continue Applications12 Sep 2024 | 9
I stole 20 GB of data from Capgemini – and now I'm leaking it, says cybercrook Updated Allegedly pilfered database has source code, private keys, staff info, T-Mobile VM logs, more Cyber-crime12 Sep 2024 | 20
Research suggests more than half of VMware customers are looking to move Price rises, uncertainty after Broadcom takeover forcing users to look elsewhere for virtualization needs PaaS + IaaS11 Sep 2024 | 66
Keen to bring it on home? Private cloud appliance pitched at compliance-conscious Service with endless scalability, at least that's the plan PaaS + IaaS11 Sep 2024 | 5
Oracle wants to power 1GW datacenter with trio of tiny nuclear reactors Isn't saying how much they'll cost or when they'll fire up Off-Prem11 Sep 2024 | 22
Alibaba Cloud struggles after blaze at Digital Realty Singapore datacenter Chinese giant claims lithium batteries exploded, now one server hall is waterlogged PaaS + IaaS10 Sep 2024 | 4
Xockets rockets Nvidia: Blackwell debut threatened by DPU patent claims GPU giant accused of colluding with Microsoft, RPX to sideline startup Systems08 Sep 2024 | 11
Nvidia and chums inject $160M into Applied Digital to keep GPU sales rolling Datacenters are the lifeline for its $30B ML-fueled boom PaaS + IaaS06 Sep 2024 | 5
US tightens export controls on quantum kit and chips for China, Iran, Russia Alloys make the list too, as allies try to ensure foes can't weaponise tech Public Sector06 Sep 2024 | 4