First LockBit, now BreachForums: Are cops winning the war or just a few battles? -- TLDR: Peace in our time is really really hard

14 hours ago

Lords of May-hem: Seven signs it is Oracle's year end -- How to handle sales pressure and licensing 'negotiations' to make sure it plays to your advantage

14 hours ago

Father of SQL says yes to NoSQL -- Sometimes your own invention just isn't enough anymore

7 days ago

Apple geofences third-party browser engine work for EU devices -- Rival coders must have Europe-based staff to build and test non-WebKit surfing

14 hours ago

Gawd, after that week, we wonder what's next for China and the Western world -- Kettle -- For starters: Crypto, import tariffs, and Microsoft shipping out staff -- Public Sector

2 hours ago

Gentoo and NetBSD ban 'AI' code, but Debian doesn't – yet - Comment - The problem isn't just that LLM-bot generated code is bad – it's where it came from - AI + ML - 18 May 2024 - | 11

1 hour ago

How two brothers allegedly swiped $25M in a 12-second Ethereum heist -- Feds scoff at blockchain integrity while software bug said to have been at heart of the matter -- Cyber-crime -- 18 May 2024

6 hours ago

Aussie cops probe MediSecure's 'large-scale ransomware data breach' -- Throw another healthcare biz on the barby, mate -- Cyber-crime -- 17 May 2024

6 hours ago

Leasing North American datacenters before they're finished is so hot right now -- Yup, demand's that strong -- On-Prem

17 hours ago

Reddit goes AI agnostic, signs data training deal with OpenAI -- Now Google and OpenAI can slurp up your precious memes and priceless comments -- AI + ML

18 hours ago

Graph database shows Biden outspends Trump in social media ad war -- But incumbent is mentioned a lot more in attack material -- Databases

19 hours ago

Three cuffed for 'helping North Koreans' secure remote IT jobs in America -- Your local nail tech could be a secret agent for Kim's cunning plan -- Security

18 hours ago

VMware giving away Workstation Pro, Fusion Pro free for personal use - FYI - A nice gesture among the sh!tshow of Broadcom's acquisition

14 hours ago

CoreWeave debt deal with investment firms raises $7.5B for AI datacenter startup -- Funds to be used for purchasing servers and networking kit -- AI + ML

20 hours ago

Rosalind Franklin rover gets another shot at Mars after string of bad luck -- Could 2030 bring touchdown at last? -- Science

22 hours ago

Hugging Face to make $10M worth of old Nvidia GPUs freely available to AI devs - You get a GPU, you get a GPU, everyone gets a ZeroGPU! AI + ML - 17 May 2024 - |

18 hours ago

UK competition cops say Microsoft's stake in Mistral is not a merger -- Watchdog drops official probe but IT giant's deal with Inflection AI and Amazon's with Anthropic still in play -- AI + ML

19 hours ago

Underwater datacenters could sink to sound wave sabotage -- Ensure there are no sperm whales in the area -- On-Prem

1 day ago

Discovering the promise of platform engineering - And what it can mean for your software development team - Webinar

1 day ago

AWS to pump billions into sovereign cloud for Germany -- It'll own the datacenters, but keep data and employees local -- PaaS + IaaS

1 day ago

Toshiba to shed 4,000 jobs as part of revitalization plan -- Over-50s to get early retirement offer -- Storage

1 day ago

Dell latest to enjoy speculative soar as AI bubble builds - Comment - Now that traders are drinking the Kool-AI-d, companies can either fuel the hype or face the consequences

14 hours ago

China sets goal for local carmakers to get a quarter of their chips domestically by 2025 -- Yet another technological self-sufficiency target for China -- Systems

1 day ago

Baidu's robotaxi division to wheel into profit next year -- Expansion set for Wuhan. Chances this will go smoothly? -- Personal Tech

1 day ago

AT&T formalizes deal for space-based cellular service on unmodified mobiles -- AST still only has a single test satellite in orbit, so don't hold your breath -- Personal Tech

1 day ago

Oklahoma saddles up bill of rights for crypto wranglers and miners -- Bitcoin cowboys now have guaranteed freedoms -- Offbeat

1 day ago

Datacenters looking to renewables, nuclear, and gas, in quest for more power -- Bit barns might end up adding to the grid's capacity -- On-Prem

1 day ago

Google gives in to Hong Kong, blocks fake national anthem on YouTube -- 'Disappointed' by court's decision, US giant complying in HK, considering appeal -- Offbeat

20 hours ago

Opera sings sweetly with native version for Windows on Arm -- Browser ditches x64 blues for a snappier tune -- Software

1 day ago

At Google I/O, Flutter and Dart updates overshadowed by official support for Kotlin Multiplatform

1 day ago

Google Project IDX remote development environment now in open beta – but without iOS simulator

2 days ago

GitHub research reports high Copilot satisfaction from enterprise devs... but others doubt productivity gains

3 days ago

Despite improvements, developers bemoan low quality of Microsoft's C# Dev Kit for VS Code

4 days ago

Amazon's latest 'flex' VMs promise savings for your burstiest apps - Updated - Sustained workloads need not apply - PaaS + IaaS - 16 May 2024 - | 3

1 day ago

EU probes Meta over its provisions for protecting children -- Has social media biz done enough to comply with Digital Services Act? Maybe not -- Security

1 day ago

Improving cyber defense with open source SIEM and XDR - Developing an effective strategy is a continuous process which requires recurring evaluation and refinement - Partner Content

2 days ago

Open Source Initiative tries to define Open Source AI - Meanwhile, the creator of Open Source Definition argues the real problem is unauthorized copying - AI + ML - 16 May 2024 - |

1 day ago

Nvidia chief Huang given 60% pay increase amid AI hysteria - After a smashing fiscal '24, we're surprised he didn't get more - Systems - 16 May 2024 - | 11

2 hours ago

Ransomware negotiator weighs in on the extortion payment debate with El Reg -- As gang tactics get nastier while attacks hit all-time highs

14 hours ago

Critical infrastructure security will stay poor until everyone pulls together -- Claroty CEO Yaniv Vardi tells us what's needed to defend vital networks

14 hours ago

RSA Conference 2024: The good, the bad, and the downright worrying - Kettle - If there's one thing infosec needs right now, it's a little pick-me-up

14 hours ago

Iran most likely to launch destructive cyber-attack against US – ex-Air Force intel analyst -- But China's the most technologically advanced

4 days ago

UnitedHealth's 'egregious negligence' led to Change Healthcare ransomware infection -- 'I'm blown away by the fact that they weren't using MFA'

4 days ago

Aleph Alpha enlists Cerebras waferscale supers to train AI for German military -- Also demonstrates success accelerating molecular dynamics -- HPC

2 days ago

Microsoft's carbon emissions up nearly 30% thanks to AI -- Company will require certain suppliers to run on 100% carbon-free electricity ... by 2030 -- On-Prem

2 days ago

Samsung takes bite out of Apple over its mega marketing misstep -- 'We would never crush creativity,' says South Korea megacorp -- Bootnotes

2 days ago

Modernizing storage for the age of AI - How Dell is boosting storage performance for AI with PowerScale - Sponsored Feature

3 days ago

Cisco Starts To See Signs Of Datacenter Spending Recovery

1 day ago

Top500 Supers: Nvidia Utterly Dominates Those Shiny New Machines

2 days ago

One Cerebras Wafer Beats An Exascale Super At Molecular Dynamics

2 days ago

To Exascale And (Maybe) Beyond!

3 days ago

AI red-teaming tools helped X-Force break into a major tech manufacturer 'in 8 hours' -- Hint: It's the 'the largest' maker of a key computer component

14 hours ago

America's enemies targeting US critical infrastructure should be 'wake-up call' -- Having China, Russia, and Iran routinely rummaging around is cause for concern, says ex-NSA man

7 days ago

AWS CISO tells The Reg: In the AI gold rush, folks are forgetting application security -- 'Everybody's learning as they go. But there's a rush to get these apps out'

14 hours ago

Ten years since the first corp ransomware, Mikko Hyppönen sees no end in sight -- On the plus side, infosec's a good bet for a long, stable career

8 days ago

CISA boss: Secure code is the 'only way to make ransomware a shocking anomaly' -- And it would seriously inconvenience the Chinese and Russians, too

9 days ago

Databarracks goes to PlanB to boost business continuity

1 day ago

DataCore's Swarm of one object storage

1 day ago

Western Digital offers 6 TB portable disk drives

1 day ago

VAST Data boosts security for customers with Superna alliance

1 day ago

The sky's the limit for 5G app developers -- How application developers can scale new apps and services across multiple geographies quickly and easily

8 days ago

Boosting throughput for cloud databases -- Aiven's bold move to scale up services for Redis users

15 days ago

The next step up for high-impact identity authorization -- How SSH Communications Security cuts through the hype around Zero Trust to secure the connections that matter

15 days ago

Easing the cloud migration journey -- Huawei's Net5.5G converged IP network can improve cloud performance, reliability and security, says the company

22 days ago

BepiColombo power struggle could leave probe short of Mercury's orbit -- Updated -- ESA/JAXA mission running on reduced thrust as engineers work to resolve the issue -- Science

1 day ago

Put Rescuezilla 2.5 on a bootable key – before you need it -- Sort of a FOSS Norton Ghost, now updated to Ubuntu 24.04 base -- OSes

2 days ago

Tax helpline callers left on hold for nearly eight centuries -- HMRC forgot to tell Brits about its digital support channels -- Public Sector

2 days ago

Forget feet and inches, latest UK units of measurement are thinking bigger -- Reg Standards Bureau -- Testing wind turbine blades the size of three rusty angel wingspans -- Bootnotes

2 days ago

NCSC CTO: Broken market must be fixed to usher in new tech - CYBERUK - It may take ten years but vendors must be held accountable for the vulnerabilities they introduce - Security - 16 May 2024 - | 8

2 hours ago

HR expert says biz leaders scared RTO mandates lead to staff attrition -- So why not drop the policy? Productivity bias or productivity paranoia perhaps -- On-Prem

2 days ago

Apple on track for quarter of all iPhones to be made in India by 2028 -- IT minister boasts of tech titan building network of local vendors -- Personal Tech

2 days ago

FBI takes down BreachForums ransomware website and Telegram channel -- No more illicit gains, for a while at least -- Security

2 days ago

Crook brags about US Army and $75B defense biz pwnage -- More government data allegedly stolen by prolific criminals -- Cyber-crime

2 days ago

Tesla nearing shareholder vote to grant Musk $46B -- Fundamentals are for losers: It's a good time to head the worst performing stock in the S&P -- Offbeat

2 days ago

US senators' AI roadmap aims for $32B in R&D spending -- 'Reads like it was written by Sam Altman and Big Tech lobbyists,' say critics -- AI + ML

2 days ago

Visualize your critical cyber risks - How to empower CISOs and mitigate cyber security risks in a rapidly evolving threat landscape - Sponsored Post

4 days ago

Apple geofences third-party browser engine work for EU devices -- Exclusive -- Rival coders must have Europe-based staff to build and test non-WebKit surfing

16 hours ago

Wiley shuts 19 scholarly journals amid AI paper mill problems -- Fake science challenges academic publishing

1 day ago

Computer sprinkled with exotic chemicals produced super-problems, not super-powers -- On Call -- The machine was so dead, hospital staff treated it like a corpse

16 hours ago

Lords of May-hem: Seven signs it is Oracle's year end -- Feature -- How to handle sales pressure and licensing 'negotiations' to make sure it plays to your advantage

5 hours ago

Stifling Beijing in cyberspace is now British intelligence's number-one mission -- CyberUK -- Annual conference of cyber intel unit shows UK's alarm over China blaring louder than ever

15 hours ago

Crims abusing Microsoft Quick Assist to deploy Black Basta ransomware -- Spoiler alert: it's not really IT support controlling your device

12 hours ago

Microsoft PC Manager app bizarrely suggests Bing as a Windows fix-all -- Bug or feature?

3 hours ago

Microsoft offers China-based engineers an option to relocate -- Office could be decimated with around 800 offers reportedly made

2 hours ago

Tesla self-driving claims parked in court -- Judge gives green light to lawsuit over autonomous ambitions

1 hour ago

First LockBit, now BreachForums: Are cops winning the war or just a few battles? -- Interview -- TLDR: Peace in our time is really really hard

44 minutes ago

Neuralink keeps losing the thread on brain implant wiring -- Musk venture allegedly decided imperfect design was usable -- Science

2 days ago

Aghast iOS users report long-deleted photos back from the dead after update -- Apple might be hanging on to nuked iPhone snaps for a while -- Personal Tech

2 days ago

Senate AI roadmap's piecemeal legislation is ideal, says former FTC tech chief - interview - Smaller bills mean more fine-grained control over vastly different AI products - AI + ML - 15 May 2024 - | 1

2 days ago

Clean Air Act complaint paints smoggy picture at Tesla Fremont factory -- The cars might be zero emission, but accusers claim the paint shops aren't -- Offbeat

2 days ago

Boeing might be criminally prosecuted for 737 MAX crashes after all, says DoJ -- Aviation firm has violated 2021 deferred prosecution agreement, claims DoJ, so criminal charges could come back -- Offbeat

2 days ago

Qualcomm warms bed for Linux on Arm PCs -- One eye on Windows, the other winking at penguins -- Personal Tech

2 days ago

Biden cranks up the heat on China with wall of tech tariffs -- It's not just EVs – semiconductors, batteries, and solar cells all hiked -- Systems

2 days ago

Facing down the triple threat - The Register's Tim Philips gets down and dirty on cyber security in this interview with Rubrik CISO Richard Cassidy - Sponsored Post

5 days ago