2024

Feds sue Adobe and execs for stinging subscribers with ‘hidden’ cancellation fees 2024-06-17 at 23:01 By Thomas Claburn Graphic design giant slammed for using graphic design to bury T&Cs The FTC has sued Adobe in federal court alleging the Photoshop titan and two of its executives deceived artists by concealing termination fees for its subscription […]

McDonald’s not lovin’ its AI drive-thru experiment with IBM 2024-06-17 at 22:31 By Matthew Connatser Automated voice ordering still on the menu for the future, though McDonald’s is pulling out of its venture with IBM that brought AI to some of its drive-thrus.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original Source

Wrongful termination lawsuit accuses Neuralink of Herpes B-infected monkey business 2024-06-17 at 21:46 By Richard Currie Forced to work through lunch, attacked by virus-carrying primates, and sacked for being pregnant – allegedly Another week, another lawsuit for an Elon Musk-owned company, this one filed by a former Neuralink employee claiming she was twice scratched by

Blackbaud has to cough up a few million dollars more over 2020 ransomware attack 2024-06-17 at 20:46 By Connor Jones Four years on and it’s still paying for what California attorney general calls ‘unacceptable’ practice Months after escaping without a fine from the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC), the luck of cloud software biz Blackbaud

In homage to Jurassic Park, researchers store DNA in amber-like polymer 2024-06-17 at 20:28 By Dan Robinson Could be used to solve long term digital data storage problems too Boffins at MIT have come up with an amber-like polymer that can be used to preserve DNA, which could allow it to be used for long

The Hubble Space Telescope is back in business 2024-06-17 at 19:16 By Richard Speed Running on one gyro, but still gazing at the sky The Hubble Space Telescope has resumed science operations in single-gyro mode after one of its three remaining gyros was declared suspect.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original

6 months of SEC cybersecurity disclosure rules: An updated view 2024-06-17 at 19:16 By As the 6-month mark of the SEC’s new cybersecurity disclosure regulations approaches, it’s a good time to reflect on the requirements. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

AMD says datacenter still king for profit margins amid AI buzz 2024-06-17 at 18:47 By Dan Robinson CFO talks GPU development, strategy and market dynamics at Nasdaq Investor Conference AI PCs may be talk of the town right now but AMD’s chief financial officer reckons that the datacenter remains the chipmaker’s major profit engine, and

ASUS Patches Critical Authentication Bypass Flaw in Multiple Router Models 2024-06-17 at 18:01 By ASUS has shipped software updates to address a critical security flaw impacting its routers that could be exploited by malicious actors to bypass authentication. Tracked as CVE-2024-3080, the vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 9.8 out of a maximum of 10.0.

Law firms seek investors’ support in Teradata class action 2024-06-17 at 17:35 By Lindsay Clark Claim analytics and data platform biz misled investors about size of public cloud forecast Teradata faces the prospect of a class action suit relating to statements to investors.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original Source

Um, what ever did happen with network automation? 2024-06-17 at 16:50 By Bruce Davie Is it lingering somewhere between fusion power and self-driving cars? Systems Approach  In thinking about the decade-plus worth of efforts to automate the configuration and operation of networks – of which intent-based networking may be the most well-known and ambitious example

Cops cuff 22-year-old Brit suspected of being Scattered Spider leader 2024-06-17 at 16:01 By Connor Jones Spanish cops make arrest at airport before he jetted off to Italy Spanish police arrested a person they allege to be the leader of the notorious cybercrime gang Scattered Spider just before he boarded a private flight headed to