Trump taps border hawk to head DHS. Will Noem's 'enthusiasm' extend to digital domain? Analysis Meanwhile, CISA chief Jen Easterly will step down prior to inauguration
Public developer spats put bcachefs at risk in Linux Fisticuffs in FOSS-land! Fancy file system's future fraught!
A year after Broadcom took control of VMware, it's in the box seat Updated Customers are 'all miserable' but not yet deciding to bail - and AT&T appears to have settled its licensing dispute
China has utterly pwned 'thousands and thousands' of devices at US telcos Senate Intelligence Committee chair says his 'hair is on fire' as execs front the White House Cyber-crime25 Nov 2024 | 2
French state waves up to €625M for Atos's Advanced Computing assets Another offer IT services giant possibly can't refuse HPC25 Nov 2024 | 1
Microsoft reboots Windows Recall, but users wish they could forget AI snapshot tool stumbles back into the spotlight with more issues AI + ML25 Nov 2024 | 8
Smile! UK cops spend tens of millions on live facial recognition tech Labour government keen, though critics paint it as a severe threat to privacy Software25 Nov 2024 | 21
Mysteries in polar orbit – space's oldest working hardware still keeps its secrets Opinion It's never aliens, but it could be underground TV repair techs Networks25 Nov 2024 | 10
Microsoft shuttering dedicated licensing education and certification site Spreading the content around other sites – and may also sprinkle some AI around because why not Software25 Nov 2024 | 5
Network engineer chose humiliation over a night on the datacenter floor Who, Me? To avoid lock-in, it helps if you remember your keys On-Prem25 Nov 2024 | 17
Google blocked 1,000-plus pro-China fake news websites from its search results Beijing's propaganda buddies aren't just using social media Security25 Nov 2024 | 9
Imagine a land in which Big Tech can't send you down online rabbit holes or use algorithms to overcharge you China is trying to become that land, with a government crackdown on the things that make the internet no fun Security25 Nov 2024 | 14
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 |
Russian spies may have moved in next door to target your network Infosec in brief Plus: Microsoft seizes phishing domains; Helldown finds new targets; Illegal streaming with Jupyter, and more Security25 Nov 2024 | 11
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 | 4
Volunteer DEF CON hackers dive into America's leaky water infrastructure Six sites targeted for security clean-up, just 49,994 to go Security24 Nov 2024 | 9
We can clone you wholesale: Boffins build ML agents that respond like specific people Oh, AI wanna be like you, AI wanna walk like you, talk like you, too AI + ML24 Nov 2024 | 35
Where do European SMEs start when it comes to conquering the world? The answer is in Denmark Sponsored Feature
Kyndryl insiders say there's little new business Special report IT giant aims to end revenue slide by March, former employees have doubts
One thing AI can't generate at the moment – compelling reasons to use it for work Kettle Our vultures think this tech is interesting but in its 8-bit stage AI + ML23 Nov 2024 | 38
Trump taps border hawk to head DHS. Will Noem's 'enthusiasm' extend to digital domain? Analysis Meanwhile, CISA chief Jen Easterly will step down prior to inauguration Public Sector23 Nov 2024 | 39
Why Google's Chrome monopoly won't crack anytime soon Opinion Haven't we heard this story before? Columnists23 Nov 2024 | 51
AI Jesus is ready to dispense advice from a booth in historic Swiss church Pope, Depeche Mode, silent on digital second coming Bootnotes23 Nov 2024 | 71
Now’s your chance to try Microsoft’s controversial Windows Recall ... maybe Like its AI, this automated screenshotter and logger is a feature not exactly everyone wanted OSes22 Nov 2024 | 33
Andrew Tate's site ransacked, subscriber data stolen He'll just have to take this one on the chin Cyber-crime22 Nov 2024 | 93
1,000s of Palo Alto Networks firewalls hijacked as miscreants exploit critical hole PAN-PAN! Intruders inject web shell backdoors, crypto-coin miners, more CSO22 Nov 2024 | 10
SpaceX closing in on approval for 25 Starship launches in 2025 Draft environmental assessment ready for public scrutiny Science22 Nov 2024 | 19
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 | 6
Public developer spats put bcachefs at risk in Linux Fisticuffs in FOSS-land! Fancy file system's future fraught! OSes22 Nov 2024 | 42
Microsoft pulls text recognition from Photos app preview OCR tech not quite ready for primetime, in this bit of Windows at least Applications22 Nov 2024 | 14
Datacenters could blow up your electric bill thanks to AI Operators may have to pay more for energy if capacity cannot meet demand On-Prem22 Nov 2024 | 20
A year after Broadcom took control of VMware, it's in the box seat Updated Customers are 'all miserable' but not yet deciding to bail - and AT&T appears to have settled its licensing dispute Virtualization22 Nov 2024 | 34
AI PCs: 'Something will have to give in 2025, and I think it's pricing' Consultant bemoans lack of use cases and businesses' budget AI + ML22 Nov 2024 | 76
EU buyers still shunning pure electric vehicles, prefer hybrids Dual power source beat petrol-only autos for second month running Personal Tech22 Nov 2024 | 129
Mega defense corp Thales faces Anglo-French bribery and corruption probe Authorities remain tight-lipped on specifics Public Sector22 Nov 2024 | 14
BOFH: The devil's in the contract details Episode 22 But at least we have the PFY – and beautiful views from the office window BOFH22 Nov 2024 | 57
SafePay ransomware gang claims Microlise attack that disrupted prison van tracking Fledgling band of crooks says it stole 1.2 TB of data Cyber-crime22 Nov 2024 | 2
AWS will pay devs to verify Rust standard library because of 7,500 unsafe functions and enormity of task
Techie left 'For support, contact me' sign on a server. Twenty years later, someone did On Call A certain very famous PC manufacturer may not be very good at documenting its legacy tech On-Prem22 Nov 2024 | 83
Whomp-whomp: AI PCs make users less productive People just don't know how to wrangle chatbots into useful things, Intel says AI + ML22 Nov 2024 | 104
Helpline for Yakuza victims fears it leaked their personal info Organized crime types tend not to be kind to those who go against them, so this is nasty Security22 Nov 2024 | 21
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
India's Moon orbiter was shifted suddenly to avoid Korea's and NASA's craft Apparently there's not enough space in space Science22 Nov 2024 | 28
Here's what happens if you don't layer network security – or remove unused web shells TL;DR: Attackers will break in and pwn you, as a US government red team demonstrated Security22 Nov 2024 | 4
Nvidia's dominance on the Green500 faces challenges from AMD – and itself SC24 Blackwell's weaker FP64 performance could give the House of Zen's Instinct accelerators a leg up in future efficiency benchmarks Systems22 Nov 2024 | 1
GlobalFoundries nets $1.5B from CHIPS Act despite sanctions violation fine DoC claims only 4 non-China foundries match GF's scale
New York Times lawyers claim OpenAI accidentally deleted evidence in copyright case Probably not intentional, but '150 person-hours' of work were still lost
DARPA-backed voting system for soldiers abroad savaged VotingWorks, developer of the system, disputes critics' claims
Prepare for an AI policy upending under Trump, say experts Analysis Biden executive orders are as good as dead, and the industry will probably have more say in what comes next
Chinese ship casts shadow over Baltic subsea cable snipfest Danish military confirms it is monitoring as Swedish police investigate. Cloudflare says impact was 'minimal'
Why AI builds best on private clouds AI projects under pressure to show real value in the tightest of timeframes might be worth keeping on-premises
An easy route to AI-enhanced productivity How the integration of Google Gemini across Google Workspace turbo charges existing apps with AI power
AI-assisted malware resistance, response and recovery How visibility into the life of an IO all the way from the storage controller to the flash media aids cyber protection
Quantum computing is coming – are you ready? Are you prepared for the day that quantum computing breaks today’s encryption?
Eviden wins €60M Finnish supercomputing award amid Atos turmoil Despite parent's financial turbulence, subsidiary continues to secure major contracts HPC21 Nov 2024 |
'Alarming' security bugs lay low in Linux's needrestart utility for 10 years Update now: Qualys says flaws give root to local users, 'easily exploitable', default in Ubuntu Server Research21 Nov 2024 | 15
API error knocks PayPal, Venmo offline around the globe It's fixed now, but aside from an error with the Braintree GraphQL API it's not clear what happened Applications21 Nov 2024 | 3
Microsoft flashes Win10 users with more full-screen ads for Windows 11 Never mind ESU... how about that upgrade? OSes21 Nov 2024 | 129
Volunteer DEF CON hackers dive into America's leaky water infrastructure Six sites targeted for security clean-up, just 49,994 to go
Trump taps border hawk to head DHS. Will Noem's 'enthusiasm' extend to digital domain? Analysis Meanwhile, CISA chief Jen Easterly will step down prior to inauguration
One thing AI can't generate at the moment – compelling reasons to use it for work Kettle Our vultures think this tech is interesting but in its 8-bit stage
We can clone you wholesale: Boffins build ML agents that respond like specific people Oh, AI wanna be like you, AI wanna walk like you, talk like you, too
Imagine a land in which Big Tech can't send you down online rabbit holes or use algorithms to overcharge you China is trying to become that land, with a government crackdown on the things that make the internet no fun
Network engineer chose humiliation over a night on the datacenter floor Who, Me? To avoid lock-in, it helps if you remember your keys
Russian spies may have moved in next door to target your network Infosec in brief Plus: Microsoft seizes phishing domains; Helldown finds new targets; Illegal streaming with Jupyter, and more
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
Google blocked 1,000-plus pro-China fake news websites from its search results Beijing's propaganda buddies aren't just using social media
Mysteries in polar orbit – space's oldest working hardware still keeps its secrets Opinion It's never aliens, but it could be underground TV repair techs
DoJ wants Google to sell off Chrome and ban it from paying to be search default Updated Filing also suggests it flogging off Android, stops scraping content for AI without opt-out Applications21 Nov 2024 | 59
Thousands of AI agents later, who even remembers what they do? Gartner weighs the pros and cons of the latest enterprise hotness AI + ML21 Nov 2024 | 35
Now Online Safety Act is law, UK has 'priorities' – but still won't explain 'spy clause' Draft doc struggles to describe how theoretically encryption-busting powers might be used Cyber-crime21 Nov 2024 | 57
Where CPUs play in GPU-accelerated AI systems Find out how the Intel Xeon 6 with P-Cores makes the case for the host CPU Partner Content
Arm lays down the law with a blueprint to challenge x86's PC dominance Now it's up to OEMs and devs to decide whether they want in Systems21 Nov 2024 | 19
Billionaire food app CEO wants you to pay for the privilege of working with him Zomato boss Deepinder Goyal leaves a sour taste in the mouth Offbeat21 Nov 2024 | 88
Put your usernames and passwords in your will, advises Japan's government Digital end of life planning saves your loved ones from a little extra anguish Software21 Nov 2024 | 75
Brazil hooks up with Chinese satellite broadband service that doesn't operate yet After beefing with Elon Musk, comms minister wants to diversify product choice Networks21 Nov 2024 | 10
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
Five Scattered Spider suspects indicted for phishing spree and crypto heists DoJ also shutters allleged crimeware and credit card mart PopeyeTools Cyber-crime21 Nov 2024 | 3
Chinese cyberspies, Musk’s Beijing ties, labelled ‘real risk’ to US security by senator Meet Liminal Panda, which prowls telecom networks in South Asia and Africa CSO20 Nov 2024 | 13
Dell settles with Uncle Sam over Army bid-rigging claims DoJ alleges merely overpriced offers from reseller followed inflated deals from IT giant Public Sector20 Nov 2024 | 2
Navigating third-party risks Strategies for mitigating external access vulnerabilities and safeguarding sensitive data Webinar
We'll answer any questions DoJ has, HPE CEO tells us as Feds probe $14B Juniper buy Takeover still expected to close late 2024 or early next year Networks20 Nov 2024 | 11
Job seekers call BS on the workplace AI revolution Survey respondents doubt it boosts performance or even lightens the load AI + ML20 Nov 2024 | 23
Mega US healthcare payments network restores system 9 months after ransomware attack Change Healthcare’s $2 billion recovery is still a work in progress Cyber-crime20 Nov 2024 | 5