Speed limiters arrive for all new cars in the European Union Driving a new car in the EU? Get ready for a cacophony of beeps and whistles if you're a bit heavy on the go pedal
Big Tech's eventual response to my LLM-crasher bug report was dire Column Fixes have been made, it appears, but disclosure or discussion is invisible
Microsoft avoids formal antitrust EC probe over abusive licensing claims by settling case with CISPE Pays 'lump sum,' setting up new Azure Stack for hosters and more but some concerned about the private deal
Google: We're still working to defeat Microsoft's 'anticompetitive' cloud policy Yesterday's settlement between MS and Euro cloud providers shouldn't 'fool' you, says Alphabet arm's cloud boss
Singapore's banks to ditch texted one-time passwords Accessibility be damned, preventing phishing is the priority Security12 Jul 2024 |
SoftBank buys struggling UK AI chipmaker Graphcore Potential for combo with Arm tantalizes Systems12 Jul 2024 |
China's APT41 crew adds a stealthy malware loader and fresh backdoor to its toolbox Meet DodgeBox, son of StealthVector Malware Month12 Jul 2024 |
'Gay furry hackers' say they've disbanded after raiding Project 2025's Heritage Foundation Ultra-conservative org funnily enough not ready to turn the other cheek Bootnotes12 Jul 2024 | 8
Biden throws $1.7B at automakers to prepare fading factories for EV production Ice ICE, baby Personal Tech11 Jul 2024 | 5
Trump threatens to send Meta's Mark ‘Zuckerbucks’ to prison if reelected president If you were wondering how the US White House race is going in 2024, it's going like this... Bootnotes11 Jul 2024 | 39
OpenSSH bug leaves RHEL 9 and the RHELatives vulnerable Newly discovered flaw affects OpenSSH 8.7 and 8.8 daemon Security11 Jul 2024 | 3
With users mostly happy to keep older kit, Macs just ain't selling like they used to And the AI PC revolution probably won't help, we're told Personal Tech11 Jul 2024 | 21
Babel fish? We're getting there. Reg reviews the Timekettle X1 AI Interpreter Hub Review A handy standalone translator, but you'll need deep pockets, both figuratively and literally, if you want one
FCC: US telcos a long way off, several billions short of removing Chinese kit Just 12% of providers have completed rip and replace of ZTE, Huawei Networks11 Jul 2024 | 2
Former Autonomy CFO banned from chartered accounting group until 2038 Sushovan Hussain’s failure in 2020 to appeal his 2018 fraud conviction in the US means he won’t be a member of ICAEW for 20 years Software11 Jul 2024 | 1
Palantir, Oracle cosy up to offer Karp firm's tech across Big Red's cloud Foundry and AI plaform available in OCI Databases11 Jul 2024 | 2
Google: We're still working to defeat Microsoft's 'anticompetitive' cloud policy Yesterday's settlement between MS and Euro cloud providers shouldn't 'fool' you, says Alphabet arm's cloud boss PaaS + IaaS11 Jul 2024 | 5
Advance Auto Parts: 2.3M people's data accessed when crims broke into our Snowflake account Letters from CISO Ethan Steiger suggest the data related to job applications Cyber-crime11 Jul 2024 | 6
European Commission accepts Apple's 'tap and go' promises Makes third-party wallets getting iOS NFC access a 'legally binding' thing Personal Tech11 Jul 2024 | 4
A new data architecture fit for the future How to provide the infrastructure that meets enterprise AI needs Webinar
AMD buys developer Silo AI in bid to match Nvidia's product range First it comes for market leader's GPUs ... now it's nibbling at software AI + ML11 Jul 2024 |
Boeing's Starliner set for extended stay at the ISS as engineers on Earth try to recreate thruster issues We all know the pain of reproducing that one pesky problem in test Science11 Jul 2024 | 39
Privacy expert put away for 9 years after 'grotesque' cyberstalking campaign Scumbag targeted many victims – and those who tried to help them Cyber-crime11 Jul 2024 | 46
Firefox 128 bumps system requirements for old boxes Get comfortable, it'll be here for a while Software11 Jul 2024 | 14
Speed limiters arrive for all new cars in the European Union Driving a new car in the EU? Get ready for a cacophony of beeps and whistles if you're a bit heavy on the go pedal Personal Tech11 Jul 2024 | 286
You had a year to patch this Veeam flaw – and now it's going to hurt some more LockBit variant targets backup software - which you may remember is supposed to help you recover from ransomware Patches11 Jul 2024 | 4
Xen Project in a pickle as colo provider housing test platform closes Updated Admits it may struggle to fund and implement replacement infrastructure Virtualization11 Jul 2024 | 20
Japanese space agency spotted zero-day attacks while cleaning up attack on M365 Multiple malware attack saw personal data acessed, but rocket science remained safe Security11 Jul 2024 | 10
Apple, Google, ease cross-cloud data transfers, perhaps with costly catch The joy of cloudy interoperability may be dampened by differently-sized free storage tiers Off-Prem11 Jul 2024 | 6
China’s homebrew openKylin OS creates a cut for AI PCs Devs of OS named for a mythical beast join in the 'local models will will deliver legendary productivity' trope AI + ML11 Jul 2024 | 6
Anonymous 'ask me anything' chat app NGL ordered to knock it off targeting kids Hitting youngsters with faked texts and calling them suckers is a bit of a no-no, watchdog sniffs Personal Tech11 Jul 2024 | 8
South Korean Samsung union strikes again in bid to chip away at production It'd be a shame if something happened to that HBM fab, warns NSEU Personal Tech10 Jul 2024 | 1
GPU-accelerated VMs on Proxmox, XCP-ng? Here's what you need to know Config Go ahead, toss that old gaming card in your box and boost your AI applications — you know you want to
From RAGs to riches: A practical guide to making your local AI chatbot smarter Knowledge Nine out of 10 execs recommend adding Retrieval Augmented Generation to your daily regimen
A friendly guide to local AI image gen with Stable Diffusion and Automatic1111 How to A picture is worth a 1,000 words... or was that a 1,000 TOPS
Bake an LLM with custom prompts into your app? Sure! Here's how to get started Code In Rust, we trust. But in gen-AI to not hallucinate? Eh, that's another story
AI for the masses is already here How Gemini for Google Workspace uses AI to boost productivity within Google Workspace apps like Gmail, Docs, and Sheets Partner Content
How low can you go: Tesla's US market share dips below 50% for the first time Electric car sales break records, but Elon's luster is tarnished Personal Tech10 Jul 2024 | 48
AI demand pushes TSMC revenue for 2024 up 28% so far Taiwan's silicon supremo comfortably sails past analyst forecasts Systems10 Jul 2024 |
Intuit decimates staff, hopes to hire same number in AI refocus What's that Lassie? The IRS hopes to offer free direct tax filing for everyone next year? Applications10 Jul 2024 | 6
Cancer patient forced to make terrible decision after Qilin attack on London hospitals ICYMI Skin-sparing mastectomy and breast reconstruction scrapped as result of ransomware at supplier
PC sales inch upwards as market starts to upgrade its hardware Analysts hoping Windows 11 refresh adds fuel to fire, as OS market share finally on rise Personal Tech10 Jul 2024 | 5
Snowflake lets admins make MFA mandatory across all user accounts Company announces intent following Ticketmaster, Santander break-ins Security10 Jul 2024 | 4
Astroscale space janitor attempts fly-around of derelict upper stage ADRAS-J avoids adding to debris problem with autonomous collision avoidance Science10 Jul 2024 | 5
Microsoft avoids formal antitrust EC probe over abusive licensing claims by settling case with CISPE Pays 'lump sum,' setting up new Azure Stack for hosters and more but some concerned about the private deal PaaS + IaaS10 Jul 2024 | 4
Microsoft exits OpenAI's boardroom to sidestep regulatory scrutiny Redmond 'confident in the company's direction' says withdrawal letter AI + ML10 Jul 2024 | 8
Malware that is 'not ransomware' wormed its way through Fujitsu Japan's systems Company says data exfiltration was extremely difficult to detect Malware Month10 Jul 2024 | 8
A customer-centric data protection solution How Synology ActiveProtect redefines enterprise data protection by improving performance and streamlining management Partner Content
Microsoft tries to clear the air with mountains of CO2 credits 'Supply chains still powered by coal and gas' scoffs Greenpeace
How NeWS became yesterday's news in the window system wars X co-designer David Rosenthal looks back at why his other project failed
CyrusOne scores another $7.9B in debt financing to expand AI datacenter empire Lenders bet you're willing to rent GPUs
Windows 11 is closing the gap on Windows 10 Market share increases for Microsoft's latest operating system
Ransomware crews investing in custom data stealing malware BlackByte, LockBit among the criminals using bespoke tools
Glass rain, supersonic winds, and Eau de Rotten Egg – just another day on HD 189733 b Sounds better than a British summer
Unleashing the power and control of industry-specific cloud platforms Where Red Hat OpenShift fits in the ICP space
Accelerate migration and go beyond virtualisation to cloud native Speed up the gradual refactoring of legacy software and deliver demonstrable results in months rather than years
Are our IT decisions costing the planet? Issues raised in a new documentary, Clouded II, provide a template for greener thinking on IT provisioning
Big Tech's eventual response to my LLM-crasher bug report was dire Column Fixes have been made, it appears, but disclosure or discussion is invisible AI + ML10 Jul 2024 | 60
ViperSoftX variant spotted abusing .NET runtime to disguise data theft Freeware AutoIt also used to hide entire PowerShell environments in scripts Malware Month10 Jul 2024 | 3
Europe blasts back into the heavy launch biz with first Ariane 6 flight Everything went fine, except the experimental re-ignition Science10 Jul 2024 | 48
China pushes for network upgrade blitz as IPv6 adoption slows UPDATED Almost 800 million use the protocol, with more to come as Wi-Fi mandate arrives order arrives to quit NAT Networks10 Jul 2024 | 22
Big Tech's eventual response to my LLM-crasher bug report was dire Column Fixes have been made, it appears, but disclosure or discussion is invisible
Speed limiters arrive for all new cars in the European Union Driving a new car in the EU? Get ready for a cacophony of beeps and whistles if you're a bit heavy on the go pedal
Xen Project in a pickle as colo provider housing test platform closes Updated Admits it may struggle to fund and implement replacement infrastructure
Malware that is 'not ransomware' wormed its way through Fujitsu Japan's systems Company says data exfiltration was extremely difficult to detect
Privacy expert put away for 9 years after 'grotesque' cyberstalking campaign Scumbag targeted many victims – and those who tried to help them
Japanese space agency spotted zero-day attacks while cleaning up attack on M365 Multiple malware attack saw personal data acessed, but rocket science remained safe
Boeing's Starliner set for extended stay at the ISS as engineers on Earth try to recreate thruster issues We all know the pain of reproducing that one pesky problem in test
How low can you go: Tesla's US market share dips below 50% for the first time Electric car sales break records, but Elon's luster is tarnished
Snowflake lets admins make MFA mandatory across all user accounts Company announces intent following Ticketmaster, Santander break-ins
Babel fish? We're getting there. Reg reviews the Timekettle X1 AI Interpreter Hub Review A handy standalone translator, but you'll need deep pockets, both figuratively and literally, if you want one
Accenture buys Indian chip design firm to expand semiconductor smarts 450 Excelmax Technologies employees to get new badges On-Prem10 Jul 2024 |
RADIUS networking protocol blasted into submission through MD5-based flaw If someone can do a little MITM'ing and hash cracking, they can log in with no valid password needed Research10 Jul 2024 | 7
Critical Windows licensing bugs – plus two others under attack – top Patch Tuesday Patch Tuesday Citrix, SAP also deserve your attention – because miscreants are already thinking about Exploit Wednesday Patches10 Jul 2024 | 17
Navigating Europe’s digital identity crossroads How to get ready for the future of digital identity in the European Union from eIDAS 1.0 to eIDAS 2.0 and beyond Partner Content
FBI, cyber-cops zap ~1K Russian AI disinfo Twitter bots RT News snarks back after it's accused of building social nyet-work for Kremlin Cyber-crime09 Jul 2024 | 11
Twitter grew an incredible '1.6%' since Musk's $44B takeover. Amazing. Wow No doubt thanks to Vladi5555, KremLinda1776, RealAmericanPat22, etc etc Personal Tech09 Jul 2024 | 42
America's new Sentinel nukes mushroom 81% in cost. Pentagon says it's all good Minuteman replacement to hit $141B as officials promise good ol' 'restructure' Public Sector09 Jul 2024 | 46
Microsoft ad subsidiary Xandr accused of violating GDPR Updated Access, deletion requests go ignored, and consumer profiles contradict themselves, complaint alleges SaaS09 Jul 2024 | 7
Uber ex-CSO Joe Sullivan: We need security leaders running to work, not giving up Lessons learned from the infosec chief convicted and punished for covering up theft of data from taxi app maker
Trouble in space as Boeing's not going, and China's back from the Moon Vultures chew over a busy few days in orbit with a transatlantic chat
After contentious Amazon datacenter fight, US county says it has learned a lesson 'We love our farms' says Culpeper, but we also like internet mega-souk and others setting up servers
From network security to nyet work in perpetuity: What's up with the Kaspersky US ban? It's been a long time coming. Now our journos speak their brains
Digital Realty CTO weighs in on AI's insatiable thirst for power If the grid can't keep up, DCs may be forced to roll their own primary supplies, Sharp tells El Reg
Backscatter brainwave could make IoT comms even more energy efficient How does sub-0.6 mW sound? Networks09 Jul 2024 | 8
64% of people not happy about idea of AI-generated customer service Not unreasonably, nearly half worried it would give them the 'wrong answers' Personal Tech09 Jul 2024 | 50
HP to discontinue online-only e-series LaserJet amid user gripes Updated Printers were locked into HP+ cloud service, which is also getting the chop Personal Tech09 Jul 2024 | 58
Why sustainability matters more than ever to telcos ZTE’s 16th annual sustainability report provides an update on progress to date Sponsored Feature