2023

King Charles III signs off on UK Online Safety Act, with unenforceable spying clause 27/10/2023 at 13:02 By Thomas Claburn It’s now up to Ofcom to sort out this messy legislation With the assent of King Charles, the United Kingdom’s Online Safety Act has become law, one that the British government says will “make the […]

Mars’ iron core surrounded by molten rock, seismic studies show 27/10/2023 at 12:32 By Lindsay Clark Two new pieces of research suggest center is smaller than previously thought Two new studies from a NASA Mars probe suggest the red planet’s core is surrounded by a layer of molten rock, and the core is smaller than

PIRG petitions Microsoft to extend the life of Windows 10 27/10/2023 at 11:47 By Richard Speed Do not go gentle into that overflowing landfill The Public Interest Research Group (PIRG) has delivered a petition to Microsoft calling on the company to rethink the impending abandonment of Windows 10 in the face of millions of PCs

Bug bounty hunters load up to stalk AI and fancy bagging big bucks 27/10/2023 at 09:32 By Jessica Lyons Hardcastle Google offers AI-specific rewards, HackerOne sees more specializations Google has expanded its bug bounty program to include its AI products, and will pay ethical hackers to find both conventional infosec flaws and bad bot behaviour.…

Airbus commissions three wind-powered ships to sail the Atlantic 27/10/2023 at 08:32 By Simon Sharwood To move parts while making less CO2, so it can build more planes that make plenty Airbus has decided to commission three ships powered, in part, by the wind.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original Source

F5 Issues Warning: BIG-IP Vulnerability Allows Remote Code Execution 27/10/2023 at 07:49 By F5 has alerted customers of a critical security vulnerability impacting BIG-IP that could result in unauthenticated remote code execution. The issue, rooted in the configuration utility component, has been assigned the CVE identifier CVE-2023-46747, and carries a CVSS score of 9.8 out of

Microsoft enlists iFixit to extend Surface spare parts program 27/10/2023 at 07:03 By Simon Sharwood Appears to have expanded coverage to at least 30 nations Microsoft has extended its spare parts program for Surface PCs by selling components at teardown artists iFixit.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original Source