SpaceX workplace injury rates rocket for second year running Musk outfit's figures almost 10 times worse Science23 Apr 2024 | 1
Miracle-WM tiling window manager for Mir hits 0.2.0 What are Mir and Wayland all about anyway? Software23 Apr 2024 | 1
GM shared our driving data with insurers without consent, lawsuit claims Motorists file class action alleging breach of contract and more after their premiums went up Databases23 Apr 2024 | 2
iPhone sales dive 19.1% in China as Huawei comeback hits Apple in the high end From first place to third as local brands grow Personal Tech23 Apr 2024 | 4
Microsoft shrinks AI down to pocket size with Phi-3 Mini Language model focused on reasoning fits on a smartphone and runs offline AI + ML23 Apr 2024 | 2
AI at the edge: from theory to practice How AI at the edge offers potential to provide valuable, real-time insights to better navigate complex data and opportunities Commissioned
Digital Realty wants to turn Irish datacenters into grid-stabilizing power jugglers Electricity goes both ways as bit barns in Dublin aim to cut emissions and boost the bank On-Prem23 Apr 2024 | 10
Microsoft really does not want Windows 11 running on ancient PCs Even tighter requirements, so it's time to put old hardware out to pasture... or find an alternative OS OSes23 Apr 2024 | 81
SAP cloud swells its topline, but profits slide Cloud migration good for margins, CEO says Databases23 Apr 2024 |
Mandiant: Orgs are detecting cybercriminals faster than ever The 'big victory for the good guys' shouldn't be celebrated too much, though Security23 Apr 2024 | 1
UnitedHealth admits IT security breach could 'cover substantial proportion of people in America' That said, good ol' American healthcare system so elaborately costly, some are forced to avoid altogether Cyber-crime23 Apr 2024 | 6
Voyager 1 regains sanity after engineers patch around problematic memory All from billions of miles away Science23 Apr 2024 | 21
Leicester streetlights take ransomware attack personally, shine on 24/7 City council says it lost control after shutting down systems Cyber-crime23 Apr 2024 | 22
Silicon Valley roundabout has drivers in a spin Accidents at intersection quadruple Bootnotes23 Apr 2024 | 50
Don't rent out that container ship yet: CIOs and biz buyers view AI PCs with some caution Risky bet? Premium price with 'no demonstrable benefits'? It doesn't sound like an order avalanche Personal Tech23 Apr 2024 | 3
Over a million Neighbourhood Watch members exposed through web app bug Unverified users could scoop up data on high-value individuals without any form of verification process Security23 Apr 2024 | 22
Meta comms chief handed six-year Russian prison sentence for 'justifying terrorism' Memo to Andy Stone: Don't go to Moscow for your holidays Public Sector23 Apr 2024 | 26
European Commission to suspend TikTok's new rewards program, open second probe For some reason the world's most notorious app decided not to tick all boxes under the world’s toughest digital law Personal Tech23 Apr 2024 | 2
Misconfigured cloud server leaked clues of North Korean animation scam Outsourcers outsourced work for the BBC, Amazon, and HBO Max to the hermit kingdom Cyber-crime23 Apr 2024 | 12
Australia secures takedown order for terror videos, which Elon Musk wants to fight +Comment Yet X remains a supporter of The Christchurch Call, an international agreement to stop video nasties Personal Tech23 Apr 2024 | 46
Japan to draw up routes for roads dedicated to robot trucks Digital reform conference sees PM repeat calls to get online government services right at last Public Sector23 Apr 2024 | 8
Old Windows print spooler bug is latest target of Russia's Fancy Bear gang Putin's pals use 'GooseEgg' malware to launch attacks you can defeat with patches or deletion Security23 Apr 2024 | 6
Protest group says Google has fired more staff over sit-ins opposing work for Israel Group of now-ex Googlers say 50 folks have been let go, vow ongoing protests Off-Prem22 Apr 2024 | 61
Tokyo wags finger at Google for blocking Yahoo Japan! from using ad tech Seven years of stonewalling and no consequences for advertising giant Off-Prem22 Apr 2024 | 3
FBI and friends get two more years of warrantless FISA Section 702 snooping Senate kills reform amendments, Biden swiftly signs bill into law Public Sector22 Apr 2024 | 8
Ex-CEO of 'unicorn' app startup HeadSpin heads to jail after BS'ing investors Lachwani faked it but didn't make it Applications22 Apr 2024 | 7
Huawei wants to take homegrown HarmonyOS phone platform worldwide Chinese tech juggernaut eyes global expansion despite US tech restrictions OSes22 Apr 2024 | 17
Tesla slashes vehicle and self-driving-ish software prices as shares plummet Because nothing reassures investors like discounting some inventory Personal Tech22 Apr 2024 | 66
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman invests in solar power firm Exowatt to fuel AI datacenters $20m to keep the industry from having to rely on fossil fuels On-Prem22 Apr 2024 | 3
Tiny11 Builder trims Windows 11 fat with PowerShell script The Reg accepts no responsibility for borked installations OSes22 Apr 2024 | 7
Europol now latest cops to beg Big Tech to ditch E2EE Don't bore us, get to the chorus: You need less privacy so we can protect the children Security22 Apr 2024 | 23
Fedora 40 is just around the corner with more spins and flavors than ever KDE edition has the most conspicuous changes, and could become future flagship OSes22 Apr 2024 | 4
Germany arrests trio accused of trying to smuggle naval military tech to China Prosecutors believe one frikkin' laser did make its way to Beijing Public Sector22 Apr 2024 |
Lawsuit accuses Grindr of illegally sharing users' HIV status LGBTQ+ dating app's maker previously denied selling sensitive user data Applications22 Apr 2024 | 5
Gone in 35 seconds – the Cybertruck's misbehaving acceleration pedal Riveting conclusion to Tesla recall saga Personal Tech22 Apr 2024 | 58
Watchdog tells Dutch govt: 'Do not use Facebook if there is uncertainty about privacy' Meta insists it's just misunderstood and it's safe to talk to citizens over FB Security22 Apr 2024 | 8
More than a third of enterprise datacenters expect to deploy liquid cooling by 2026 Survey Which one of you is already running 100-plus kilowatt racks? On-Prem22 Apr 2024 | 2
US House passes fresh TikTok ban proposal to Senate Sadly no push to end stupid TikTok dances, but ByteDance would have year to offload app stateside Security22 Apr 2024 | 22
Ex-Amazon exec claims she was asked to ignore copyright law in race to AI High-flying AI scientist claims unfair dismissal following pregnancy leave AI + ML22 Apr 2024 | 35
Copilot auto-launch bug now takes flight in multiple Windows Insider channels Clippy 2024 is something else OSes22 Apr 2024 | 11
UK data watchdog questions how private Google's Privacy Sandbox is Leaked draft report says stated goals still come up short Security22 Apr 2024 | 2
Has the ever-present cyber danger just got worse? Facing down the triple threat of ransomware, data breaches and criminal extortion Sponsored
FAA now requires reentry vehicles to get licensed before launch Commercial operators must try Varda Science22 Apr 2024 | 9
IT consultant-cum-developer in court over hiding COVID-19 loan Syzmon Jastrzebski bagged six figures, money written off as he's left the country Software22 Apr 2024 | 42
Google all at sea over rising tide of robo-spam Opinion What if it's not AI but the algorithm to blame? Security22 Apr 2024 | 34
Rarest, strangest, form of Windows saved techie from moment of security madness Who, Me? For once, Redmond's finest saved the day - by being rubbish in unexpectedly useful ways Security22 Apr 2024 | 81
Microsoft foresees a new type of AI PC: A Surface designed with help from machines For now, Redmond is dogfooding Azure for product simulations AI + ML22 Apr 2024 | 5
Zilog to end standalone sales of the legendary Z80 CPU The processor that gave the world the ZX Spectrum and so much more is out of wafers Systems22 Apr 2024 | 79
Researchers claim Windows Defender can be fooled into deleting databases BLACK HAT ASIA Two rounds of reports and patches may not have completely closed this hole Security22 Apr 2024 | 17
China creates 'Information Support Force' to improve networked defence capabilities A day after FBI boss warns Beijing is poised to strike against US infrastructure Public Sector22 Apr 2024 | 8
MITRE admits 'nation state' attackers touched its NERVE R&D operation Infosec In Brief PLUS: Akira ransomware resurgent; Telehealth outfit fined for data-sharing; This week's nastiest vulns Security22 Apr 2024 | 3
Elon Musk's X to challenge Australian content takedown orders in court Asia In Brief PLUS: Samsung in 'emergency mode'; Tim Cook's Asian charm tour; APAC AI spend to surge Public Sector22 Apr 2024 | 47
Microsoft is a national security threat, says ex-White House cyber policy director Interview With little competition at the goverment level, Windows giant has no incentive to make its systems safer Public Sector21 Apr 2024 | 109
Microsoft teases deepfake AI that's too powerful to release VASA-1 framework can turn a still image and a cloned voice file into a plausible video of a person talking AI + ML20 Apr 2024 | 39
Lightweight LXQt 2.0.0 updates to same toolkit as KDE Plasma 6 4-letter survivor's move to Qt 6 means that, love it or hate it, Wayland is looming OSes20 Apr 2024 | 17
Tesla Cybertruck turns into world's most expensive brick after car wash Bulletproof? Is it waterproof? Ts&Cs say: 'Failure to put Cybertruck in Car Wash Mode may result in damage' Personal Tech20 Apr 2024 | 165
A knotty problem: Boffins working on fuel-efficient trajectories for space travel Not yet the London Underground style efficient schematic we want, but it's a start Science20 Apr 2024 | 24
Google squashes AI teams together in push for fresh models You can leave your personal vendettas at home – we have work to do, Pichai warns AI + ML19 Apr 2024 | 11
SpaceX, Northrop Grumman reportedly working on US spy sat program LEO rising in US military: Close encounters of the recon kind Networks19 Apr 2024 | 5
Sacramento airport goes no-fly after AT&T internet cable snipped Police say this appears to be a 'deliberate act.' Cyber-crime19 Apr 2024 | 44
NASA solar sail to be Siriusly visible in orbit from Earth Updated Look out for a new star next week Science19 Apr 2024 | 21
Qt Ubuntu 24.04 betas show that there's room to innovate Hot on the heels of Ubuntu Noble beta come the betas of the Qt-based remixes, with some interesting differences OSes19 Apr 2024 | 39
AI energy draw from Chicago datacenters to rise ninefold No wonder industry is exploring nuclear as an alternative to electricity On-Prem19 Apr 2024 | 16
WhatsApp, Threads, more banished from Apple App Store in China Still available in Hong Kong and Macau, for now Security19 Apr 2024 | 8
Unintended acceleration leads to recall of every Cybertruck produced so far That isn't what Tesla meant by Full Self-Driving Offbeat19 Apr 2024 | 103
A quarter of 5-7 year olds now use smartphones, says regulator Social media use and gaming show steep increases within the age group, after UK comms watchdog given new powers Personal Tech19 Apr 2024 | 57
Cybercriminals threaten to leak all 5 million records from stolen database of high-risk individuals It’s the second time the World-Check list has fallen into the wrong hands Cyber-crime19 Apr 2024 | 21
Germany cuffs alleged Russian spies over plot to bomb industrial and military targets Apparently an attempt to damage Ukraine's war effort Security19 Apr 2024 | 5
Wing Commander III changed how the copy hotkey works in Windows 95 No, boss, I'm not just playing a game. I'm testing compatibility. Honest Offbeat19 Apr 2024 | 73
Some smart meters won't be smart at all once 2/3G networks mothballed UK reckoning with prospect of millions of homes with obsolete hardware Networks19 Apr 2024 | 274
Your trainee just took down our business and has no idea how or why On Call Oh, to have been a fly on the wall in the debrief meeting On-Prem19 Apr 2024 | 122
UK unions publish AI bill to protect workers from 'risks and harms' of tech TUC questions government's approach so far AI + ML19 Apr 2024 | 3
Huawei's latest flagship smartphone contains no world-shaking silicon surprises Kirin 9010 SoC powering the Pura 70 is impressive, but doesn't indicate unforeseen prowess Personal Tech19 Apr 2024 | 13
Oracle scores big win with Fujitsu Japan for its Alloy partner cloud But Big Red's $8 billion investment plan may not be all it seems Channel19 Apr 2024 | 1
Meta lets Llama 3 LLM out to graze, claims it can give Google and Anthropic a kicking Plans multilingual 400 billion parameter version, but starts with more modest fare AI + ML19 Apr 2024 | 8
US Air Force says AI-controlled F-16 fighter jet has been dogfighting with humans Video Robo-plane was made to restrain itself so as not to harm pilot or airframe AI + ML18 Apr 2024 | 104
Ransomware feared as IT 'issues' force Octapharma Plasma to close 150+ centers Updated Source blames BlackSuit infection – as separately ISP Frontier confirms cyberattack Cyber-crime18 Apr 2024 | 9
Crooks exploit OpenMetadata holes to mine crypto – and leave a sob story for victims 'I want to buy a car. That's all' Cyber-crime18 Apr 2024 | 6
Stability AI decimates staff just weeks after CEO's exit More like Instability AI, right kids? AI + ML18 Apr 2024 | 12
IBM accused of cheating its own executive assistants out of overtime pay Big Blue bosses retaliate against those seeking overtime, lawsuit claims On-Prem18 Apr 2024 | 30
Google fires 28 staff after sit-in protest against Israeli cloud deal ends in arrests Alphabet Workers Union says bosses refuse to listen to concerns Off-Prem18 Apr 2024 | 94
Feds hit coding boot camp with big fine for allegedly conning students Do not pass go, do not collect $200, says government agency Software18 Apr 2024 | 5
Microsoft aims to triple datacenter capacity to fuel AI boom And it's far from the only hyperscaler getting in on the act On-Prem18 Apr 2024 | 2
House passes bill banning Uncle Sam from snooping on citizens via data brokers Vote met strong opposition from Biden's office Security18 Apr 2024 | 21
October 2025 will be a support massacre for a bunch of Microsoft products Not just Windows 10. Don't forget about Exchange Server, Skype for Business, and all those Office installations Software18 Apr 2024 | 34
Fraudsters abused Apple Stores' third-party pickup policy to phish for profits Black Hat Asia Scam prevalent across Korea and Japan actually had some winners Cyber-crime18 Apr 2024 | 1
911 goes MIA across multiple US states, cause unclear Updated Some say various cell services were out, others still say landlines were affected. What just happened? Networks18 Apr 2024 | 36
TSMC expects customers to pay more for chips fabbed overseas It'll be pricier, but there are geopolitical benefits, says CEO Systems18 Apr 2024 | 9
NASA will send astronauts to patch up leaky ISS telescope Thermal shield damage is screwing with daytime observations of X-ray bursts Science18 Apr 2024 | 12
185K people's sensitive data in the pits after ransomware raid on Cherry Health Extent of information seized will be a concern for those affected Cyber-crime18 Apr 2024 | 6
Microsoft claims it didn't mean to inject Copilot into Windows Server 2022 this week AI assistant turns up via Edge update. It was an accident. This time... AI + ML18 Apr 2024 | 53
Micron scores $6.1B CHIPS Act cash for New York and Idaho fabs Memorymaker to park mega plant in Syracuse, says senator Systems18 Apr 2024 |
Google laying off staff again and moving some roles to 'hubs,' freeing up cash for AI investments Restructure of finance teams will see some leave, and other roles created in Mexico City, Bangalore, and US cities Off-Prem18 Apr 2024 | 9
EU tells Meta it can't paywall privacy Platforms should not confront users with 'binary choice' over personal data use Security18 Apr 2024 | 70
Novelty flip phone strips out almost every feature possible to be as boring as possible Only good for calls and texts pretty much, and that's no mistake Personal Tech18 Apr 2024 | 57
Prolific phishing-made-easy emporium LabHost knocked offline in cyber-cop op Feature Police emit Spotify Wrapped-style videos to let crims know they're being hunted Security18 Apr 2024 | 13
Debian spices up APT package manager with a dash of color, squishes ancient bug 2.9 gives a taste of what's to come OSes18 Apr 2024 | 34
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AI PCs are here but a killer application for biz users? Nope Resist the pressure to jump on the bandwagon just yet warns, warns Forrester AI + ML18 Apr 2024 | 37
Valkey publishes release candidate and attracts new backer Open source Redis alternative gathers momentum Databases18 Apr 2024 | 5
Cisco creates architecture to improve security and sell you new switches Hypershield detects bad behavior and automagically reconfigures networks to snuff out threats Security18 Apr 2024 | 11
Europe gives TikTok 24 hours to explain 'addictive and toxic' new app Commissioner Thierry Breton likens click-to-earn version to cigarettes Software18 Apr 2024 | 53
Singapore infosec boss warns China/West tech split will be bad for interoperability When you decide not to trust a big chunk of the supply chain, tech (and trade) get harder Cyber-crime18 Apr 2024 | 3
Mars helicopter sends final message, but will keep collecting data One last software update installed safely, reconfigured it as 'stationary testbed' Science18 Apr 2024 | 21
Taiwanese film studio snaps up Chinese surveillance camera specialist Dahua Stymied by sanctions, it had to go … but where? Security18 Apr 2024 |
Software glitch saw Aussie casino give away millions in cash Nobody cared enough to check why audits were out of whack Software18 Apr 2024 | 20
HPE sues China's Inspur Group over server patents Middle Kingdom biz accused of IP theft and changing names to evade sanctions Systems18 Apr 2024 | 1
Hugely expanded Section 702 surveillance powers set for US Senate vote Opponents warn almost anyone could be asked to share info with Uncle Sam Public Sector17 Apr 2024 | 18
Snowmobile, Amazon's truck-powered migration service, reaches the end of the road Demand for bulk storage on wheels turned out to be wan Storage17 Apr 2024 | 12
Uncle Sam earmarks $54M of CHIPS funding for small-biz semiconductor boffinry Up to 24 outfits to bag taxpayer cash for projects 'developing a viable product or service' for US chip industry Public Sector17 Apr 2024 | 1
Psst, hey. It's the NSA. You want some AI security advice? You can trust us, we're the good guys AI + ML17 Apr 2024 | 2
America may end up with paid-for 5G fast lanes under net neutrality anyway Damn you, network virtualization Networks17 Apr 2024 | 22
ASML ships another high NA EUV lithography machine to mystery client The cutting-edge chipmaking tool for a secret customer Systems17 Apr 2024 | 10
Kremlin's Sandworm blamed for cyberattacks on US, European water utilities Water tank overflowed during one system malfunction, says Mandiant Research17 Apr 2024 | 10
Boston Dynamics' humanoid Atlas is dead, long live the ... new commercial Atlas Video If the plan was to make this all-electric droid look mildly terrifying, mission accomplished Science17 Apr 2024 | 23
Are we in a cost of technology crisis? Our vultures think so Kettle Won't somebody please think of the shareholders SaaS17 Apr 2024 | 4
Future Roku TVs may inject tailored ads into anything and everything when you pause Updated Muted the audio? That's an advert. Paused a video? That's an advert Personal Tech17 Apr 2024 | 60
NASA confirms nuclear-powered Dragonfly drone is going to Titan Whew! Relief for boffins as rotorcraft slated to arrive at Saturn moon in 2034 Science17 Apr 2024 | 13
Tesla asks shareholders to reinstate Musk's voided $56B pay package Given the electric car maker's annus horribilis so far in 2024, does the chief even deserve it? Personal Tech17 Apr 2024 | 79
Intel's neuromorphic 'owl brain' swoops into Sandia labs Hala Point system crams more than a thousand neurochips into a 6U chassis to tackle real-time AI AI + ML17 Apr 2024 | 1
Samsung boosts LPDDR5X to 10.7 Gbps, ups efficiency and capacity for mobile and servers Guess what it's great for? Go on, have a guess... 20 points if you muttered an abbreviation starting with A and ending in I Storage17 Apr 2024 | 2
Crypto conferences liquidated after biblical flooding in Dubai There's something nice about seeing Web3 fanatics in ankle-deep water Bootnotes17 Apr 2024 | 17
AlmaLinux 9.4 beta prepares to tread where RHEL dares not CIQ also has an alternative approach to compatible kernels with RockyLinux OSes17 Apr 2024 | 6
Whistleblower cries foul over alleged fuselage gaps in Boeing 787 Dreamliner Company rejects claims as 'inaccurate' Offbeat17 Apr 2024 | 90
Exploit code for Palo Alto Networks zero-day now public Race on to patch as researchers warn of mass exploitation of directory traversal bug Security17 Apr 2024 | 3
ASML profits plunge 40% amid dip in chipmaking tool orders Except in China, where customers accounted for almost half of the photolithography giant's top line Systems17 Apr 2024 | 6
Official: EU users can swerve App Store and download iOS apps from the web Anticompetitive remedies? We've heard of them Applications17 Apr 2024 | 84
Mega city council's Oracle ERP system still not legally safe, compliant... 2 years after rollout Fusion software misses another deadline, one external auditors for Birmingham City Council described as 'absolutely crucial' Databases17 Apr 2024 | 47
Logitech intros free tool for ChatGPT prompts... plus a mouse with an AI button For when the AI service cannot grok what it's being asked Personal Tech17 Apr 2024 | 15
OpenAI's GPT-4 can exploit real vulnerabilities by reading security advisories While some other LLMs appear to flat-out suck AI + ML17 Apr 2024 | 6
NetBSD 10 proves old tech can still kick apps and take names three decades later FOSDEM 2024 Proper old-school Unix, not like those lazy, decadent Linux types OSes17 Apr 2024 | 39
Devaluing content created by AI is lazy and ignores history Column The answer is not to hide from ML, but to be honest about it AI + ML17 Apr 2024 | 65
Global IT spending forecast to reach $5.0T this year Comms services and AI contributing to increase, but vendors are taking 'risks' Networks17 Apr 2024 | 3
Google will pump more than $100B into AI, says DeepMind boss Not all at once, of course AI + ML17 Apr 2024 | 5
Japanese government rejects Yahoo! infosec improvement plan Just doesn't believe it will sort out the mess that saw data leak from LINE messaging app Security17 Apr 2024 | 3
Tencent Cloud to revisit design after circular dependencies slowed emergency API fix Almost 2,000 customers experienced outages Off-Prem17 Apr 2024 | 2
Indian PM's 25-year roadmap laid out with help from AI AI is so good at drawing pictures and driving cars, why not let it govern a country? AI + ML17 Apr 2024 | 8
RISC-V AI chip upstart Rivos plans to undercut Nvidia, helped by a quarter-billion in VC lucre With Apple lawsuit behind it, focussed on finalizing its designs On-Prem17 Apr 2024 |
Fire in the Cisco! Networking giant's Duo MFA message logs stolen in phish attack Also warns of brute force attacks targeting its own VPNs, Check Point, Fortinet, SonicWall and more Security17 Apr 2024 | 6