March 2024

What a surprise! Apple found a way to deliver browser engine and app store choice 2024-03-06 at 07:30 By Simon Sharwood We know this because those features just landed in iOS 17.4, along with lots of other goodies Apple has debuted version 17.4 of its iOS & iPadOS, and by doing so made them compliant […]

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Citrix reveals invitation-only ‘Platform’ license 2024-03-06 at 06:48 By Simon Sharwood Follows the Broadcom playbook by ending standalone sales of some products Citrix has created a “Platform License” that it will offer by invitation only, and stopped selling some products outside bundles.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original Source React to

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Japan orders local giants LINE and NAVER to disentangle their tech stacks 2024-03-06 at 05:33 By Simon Sharwood Government mighty displeased about a shared Active Directory that led to a big data leak Japan’s government has ordered local tech giants LINE and NAVER to disentangle their tech stacks, after a data breach saw over 510,000

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NASA and Japan’s X-ray satellite space ‘scope sends first snaps of distant galaxies 2024-03-06 at 03:38 By Laura Dobberstein Calibration is done, operations nominal, science starts in August The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) announced on Monday that the X-ray Imaging and Spectroscopy Mission (XRISM) – its joint mission with NASA – has transitioned into

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Uncle Sam intervenes as Change Healthcare ransomware fiasco creates mayhem 2024-03-06 at 02:47 By Jessica Lyons As the crooks behind the attack – probably ALPHV/BlackCat – fake their own demise The US government has stepped in to help hospitals and other healthcare providers affected by the Change Healthcare ransomware infection, offering more relaxed Medicare rules

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Stuck paying for your apartment’s crummy internet? FCC Chair Rosenworcel wants to help 2024-03-06 at 01:47 By Tobias Mann Proposed regulation would bar building owners from forcing internet services on tenants One of the oddities of American apartment living is “bulk billing”, a practice that sees landlords determine which ISP serves the entire complex and

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Trump supporters forging AI deepfakes to woo Black voters 2024-03-06 at 01:02 By Katyanna Quach Perps argue that if you vote based on one fake pic you get what you deserve Admirers of Donald Trump are creating fake AI-generated images depicting the former US President interacting with Black people, in the hope the pictures are

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Microsoft kills off Windows Subsystem for Android 2024-03-05 at 23:32 By Thomas Claburn Amazon Appstore tieup fizzles Next year Microsoft will kill off the Windows Subsystem for Android, its framework for running Android applications from the Amazon Appstore on Windows 11 devices.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original Source React to

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Fidelity customers’ financial info feared stolen in suspected ransomware attack 2024-03-05 at 21:32 By Jessica Lyons Insurance giant blames Infosys, LockBit claims credit Criminals have probably stolen nearly 30,000 Fidelity Investments Life Insurance customers’ personal and financial information — including bank account and routing numbers, credit card numbers and security or access codes — after

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Amazon bends to Euro watchdogs, waives egress fees for folks ditching AWS 2024-03-05 at 21:03 By Tobias Mann Now the pressure is on for Microsoft to stop holding user data hostage Amazon Web Services has joined Google in waiving egress fees for customers looking to ditch its platform for a rival cloud provider or on-prem

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