VMware license changes mean bare metal can make a comeback through 'devirtualization' Latest Gartner datacenter Hype Cycle also includes augmented reality, new types of memory, nuke power
Ransomware scum who hit Indonesian government apologizes, hands over encryption key Brain Cipher was never getting the $8 million it demanded anyway
ITER delays first plasma for world's biggest fusion power rig by a decade Who could have guessed that giant magnets capable of constraining mini-suns would be hard to build?
Atos shuffles debt around as curtain call nears for restructuring saga Investors will be hoping so anyway Public Sector04 Jul 2024 | 2
Db2 is a story worth telling, even if IBM won't Opinion Promise of AI features, but Big Blue won't reveal much more about next steps of its highly regarded relational database Databases04 Jul 2024 | 9
AST SpaceMobile promises the Moon with seamless satellite phone service Yet all its birds remain resolutely earthbound Networks04 Jul 2024 | 2
Experimental Mir-based tiling WM is winning acceptance outside Ubuntopia Miracle-WM takes several more steps forward OSes04 Jul 2024 | 6
Datacenter demand driven by AI... but constrained by power shortages Not content with drinking up all our water, now we'll compete with DCs for power AI + ML04 Jul 2024 | 3
Row erupts over data sharing function in UK doctor software Union advises members to turn off features government introduced to allow third parties to update records Public Sector04 Jul 2024 | 17
Europol nukes nearly 600 IP addresses in Cobalt Strike crackdown Private sector helped out with week-long operation – but didn't touch China Security04 Jul 2024 | 6
ITER delays first plasma for world's biggest fusion power rig by a decade Who could have guessed that giant magnets capable of constraining mini-suns would be hard to build? Science04 Jul 2024 | 58
Brace for new complications in big tech takedowns after Supreme Court upended regulatory rules Analysis Matters like antitrust cases against AI players, Adobe's subscription mess, and net neutrality could be decided by judges – not experts
Ransomware scum who hit Indonesian government apologizes, hands over encryption key Brain Cipher was never getting the $8 million it demanded anyway Security04 Jul 2024 | 16
Australia to build Top Secret cloud in AWS for military and spooky users Interoperability with US infrastructure a big selling point Public Sector04 Jul 2024 | 14
Chinese Gen AI researchers snagged more patents than everyone else combined since 2013 You think the US leads the field? Wrong – OpenAI is way down WIPO's charts AI + ML04 Jul 2024 | 14
Amazon puts down its Astro robotic business watchdog Now even the 'droids are being laid off – sheesh! Bootnotes03 Jul 2024 | 16
EV world in serious trouble if China cuts off rare earth materials Comment 'We're not there yet' on development of motors without them Personal Tech03 Jul 2024 | 37
Cloudflare debuts one-click nuke of web-scraping AI Take that for ignoring robots.txt! Off-Prem03 Jul 2024 | 30
Making the best choice for cloud-native apps Maximize your cloud strategy post-VMware acquisition Webinar
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
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
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
How to run an LLM on your PC, not in the cloud, in less than 10 minutes CLI Cut through the hype, keep your data private, find out what all the fuss is about
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
Meta training AI models on citizen data gets a hard não from Brazil Zuckerborg's justification isn't good enough, says watchdog AI + ML03 Jul 2024 | 4
Utility firms go nuclear over Amazon datacenter power deal AEP and Exelon challenge electricity arrangement between power plant and colo DC On-Prem03 Jul 2024 | 1
Traeger security bugs bad news for grillers with neighborly beef Never risk it when it comes to brisket – make sure those updates are applied Research03 Jul 2024 | 19
Patelco banking services AWOL amid ransomware ruckus Late fees? Don't worry, the credit union has you covered Malware Month03 Jul 2024 | 2
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
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
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
Kernel tweaks improve Raspberry Pi performance, efficiency There's a lot of room for improvement in modern computing, from the low end to the very high Personal Tech03 Jul 2024 | 14
Vodafone, VMO2 shuffle spectrum to woo watchdog amid merger moves Vodafone chasing Three, but BT's complained borged entity would have 'disproportionate' capacity Networks03 Jul 2024 | 6
Japan's digital minister declares victory against floppy disks The war on the relic is finally won. Now on to fax machines? Storage03 Jul 2024 | 65
BT bets big on AI with ServiceNow to cut legacy baggage Promises no pink slips despite service desk in crosshairs SaaS03 Jul 2024 | 16
RIP: WordPerfect co-founder Bruce Bastian dies at 76 Obit Tributes paid to passionate LGBTQ+ equality champion Applications03 Jul 2024 | 47
Oak Ridge boffins twist exotic metal into eco-friendly, solid-state cooler Chill out, no fridge required Science03 Jul 2024 | 17
How tech went from free love to pay-per-day Comment FOSS, AI, blockchain, and the cycle of empty nonsense
Figma pulls AI design tool for seemingly plagiarizing Apple's Weather app AI is 'like the fast food of creativity' AI + ML03 Jul 2024 | 12
Tech luminaries warn United Nations its Digital Compact risks doing more harm than good Tim Berners-Lee, Vint Cerf and more from orgs like IETF, W3C, IANA worry if techies are ignored the web could end up centralized Public Sector03 Jul 2024 | 21
Uncle Sam relies on manual processes to oversee restrictions on Huawei, other Chinese tech players Outdated tech at Bureau of Industry and Security leaves licensing open to human error Public Sector03 Jul 2024 | 6
VMware license changes mean bare metal can make a comeback through 'devirtualization', says Gartner Latest datacenter Hype Cycle also includes augmented reality, new types of memory, nuke power Virtualization03 Jul 2024 | 32
Microsoft Stores all close their doors in China Slump in Surface sales suspected as one reason for move online Personal Tech03 Jul 2024 | 11
So much for green Google ... Emissions up 48% since 2019 AI datacenters blamed for the increase, even as Chocolate Factory bets on AI to fix it Off-Prem02 Jul 2024 | 33
Using AI to guide tomorrow’s England stars to greater glory The English FA is using Google Cloud AI to gain insights from scouting reports to nurture star footballers of the future Sponsored Post
War on Texas law requiring ID to savor smut online heads to Supreme Court Talk about painfully invasive processes
EFF wants FTC to treat lying chatbots as 'unfair and deceptive' in eyes of the law And hit AI operators 'with all the fines', says Cory Doctorow
US Army: We want to absorb private-sector AI 'as fast as y'all are building them' How about a nice game of chess instead?
UN telecom watchdog wags finger at Russia for satellite interference European neighbors say interference comes from Moscow and Kaliningrad, Kremlin claims it didn't find anything
Switzerland to end 2024 with an analog FM broadcast-killing bang Time to upgrade that receiver if you're one of the few Swiss that still don't have one able to receive DAB+ signals
No rest for the wiry as Cisco Nexus switches flip out over latest zero-day Command injection bug being abused by suspected Chinese spies – patch up
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
Despite OS shields up, half of America opts for third-party antivirus – just in case Wisdom of the oldies or just a traditional fear of malware? Malware Month02 Jul 2024 | 46
FreeDOS and FreeBSD prove old code never dies, just gets nifty updates Anniversary time and both are going strong into their 30s OSes02 Jul 2024 | 50
Affirm fears customer info pilfered during ransomware raid at Evolve Bank Number of partners acknowledging data theft continues to rise Malware Month02 Jul 2024 | 2
Nintendo sues alleged Switch pirate pair for serious coin And if court finds for gaming giant? It's-a me! Bankruptcy! Legal02 Jul 2024 | 19
VMware license changes mean bare metal can make a comeback through 'devirtualization', says Gartner Latest datacenter Hype Cycle also includes augmented reality, new types of memory, nuke power
Ransomware scum who hit Indonesian government apologizes, hands over encryption key Brain Cipher was never getting the $8 million it demanded anyway
Kernel tweaks improve Raspberry Pi performance, efficiency There's a lot of room for improvement in modern computing, from the low end to the very high
UN telecom watchdog wags finger at Russia for satellite interference European neighbors say interference comes from Moscow and Kaliningrad, Kremlin claims it didn't find anything
Microsoft Stores all close their doors in China Slump in Surface sales suspected as one reason for move online
Japan's digital minister declares victory against floppy disks The war on the relic is finally won. Now on to fax machines?
Traeger security bugs bad news for grillers with neighborly beef Never risk it when it comes to brisket – make sure those updates are applied
RIP: WordPerfect co-founder Bruce Bastian dies at 76 Obit Tributes paid to passionate LGBTQ+ equality champion
So much for green Google ... Emissions up 48% since 2019 AI datacenters blamed for the increase, even as Chocolate Factory bets on AI to fix it
Salesforce investors reject plan to add extra $20M to Benioff's total pay Board to take non-binding vote at mega SaaS haus into consideration SaaS02 Jul 2024 | 8
Google Translate now fluent in 110 additional languages from Abkhaz to Zulu Ta shoh scansh mie, son ymmyd Applications02 Jul 2024 | 35
MIT's bionic leg upgrade leaves amputees walking like the wind Researchers expect treatment to be available clinically in around 5 years Science02 Jul 2024 | 17
Handling inference at the edge One way to minimise AI latency is to process ML models closer to end users and the data being ingested Sponsored Post
'Almost every Apple device' vulnerable to CocoaPods supply chain attack Dependency manager used in millions of apps leaves a bitter taste Security02 Jul 2024 | 15
Baddies hijack Korean ERP vendor's update systems to spew malware Notorious 'Andariel' crew takes a bite of HotCroissant backdoor for fresh attack Malware Month02 Jul 2024 |
China working on standard for brain-computer interfaces This is more than a thought bubble: Beijing aspires to dominate international standards Science02 Jul 2024 | 6
Like Uber, but for rainy days: Japan eases its ridesharing restrictions Nation turns once again to technology to help with declining population Public Sector02 Jul 2024 | 12
YouTube confirms it'll pull AI fakes in 48 hours if a complaint's upheld As ever, terms and conditions apply Personal Tech02 Jul 2024 | 13
France poised to bring 'charges against Nvidia' Euro nation's monopoly gendarmes cheesed off with GPU giant's dominance AI + ML01 Jul 2024 | 15
Supreme Court orders rethink on Texas, Florida laws banning web moderation Sites and apps aren't given a say? That doesn't seem very free speech Personal Tech01 Jul 2024 | 20
Lambda on the hunt for 'another $800M' to fuel its GPU cloud Why sell shovels when you can rent them PaaS + IaaS01 Jul 2024 | 3
Antitrust cops cry foul over Meta's pay-or-consent ultimatum to Europeans Facebook, Instagram gobble up same data whether you hand over cash or not Personal Tech01 Jul 2024 | 39
SK hynix pumps billions into HBM chips to meet AI demand It's already sold out of stock for this year and next Storage01 Jul 2024 |
Boeing to reacquire spun-off supplier Spirit AeroSpace to shore up safety Because the best place for a troubled supplier is beneath the wing of original parent company Bootnotes01 Jul 2024 | 25
Supplier collaboration brings renewable competitive advantage at Verne Data centre pioneer deploys innovative CPUs to drive HPC that doesn’t burn a hole through sustainability targets Advertorial