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Google sues Pixel engineer who allegedly posted trade secrets online 2024-11-28 at 10:51 By Laura Dobberstein ‘See you in court’, defendant posts Google filed a lawsuit last week against an Indian semiconductor engineer for allegedly posting trade secrets related to its Google Pixel chip designs online.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View […]

The only thing worse than being fired is scammers fooling you into thinking you’re fired 2024-11-28 at 09:33 By Jessica Lyons Scumbags play on victims’ worst fears in phishing campaign referencing UK Employment Tribunal A current phishing campaign scares recipients into believing they’ve been sacked, when in reality they’ve been hacked – and infected with

China starts building world’s largest fully steerable radio telescope 2024-11-28 at 08:33 By Laura Dobberstein 120-meter colossus expected to be online in 2028 – around the same time the Square Kilometer Array A 120-meter diameter radio telescope is under construction in China and, once built, will be the world’s largest fully steerable device of its

Microsoft informed of yet another antitrust probe by US authorities 2024-11-28 at 08:13 By Simon Sharwood Investigation is apparently sweeping, but keen on info about AI, security, and cloud The US Federal Trade Commission appears to have launched an antitrust investigation into Microsoft.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original Source

After missing the AI boom – badly – Samsung shuffles the C-Suite 2024-11-28 at 08:13 By Simon Sharwood Memory and foundry businesses get new leaders as Chaebol seeks to enter HBM heaven Generative AI has created a once-in-a-generation surge in memory sales and semiconductor production – which Samsung Electronics has managed to flub, leading to

U.S. Telecom Giant T-Mobile Detects Network Intrusion Attempts from Wireline Provider 2024-11-28 at 08:12 By U.S. telecom service provider T-Mobile said it recently detected attempts made by bad actors to infiltrate its systems in recent weeks but noted that no sensitive data was accessed. These intrusion attempts “originated from a wireline provider’s network that was

Critical Flaw in ProjectSend Under Active Exploitation Against Public-Facing Servers 2024-11-28 at 08:12 By A critical security flaw impacting the ProjectSend open-source file-sharing application has likely come under active exploitation in the wild, according to findings from VulnCheck. The vulnerability, originally patched over a year-and-a-half ago as part of a commit pushed in May 2023

No, Broadcom did not just end VMware’s flagship VCDX certification program 2024-11-28 at 04:33 By Simon Sharwood Sure, it sent an email and FAQ saying it had – but that was a mistake, you see Broadcom has made an embarrassing mistake: sending an email in which it mistakenly announced the end of its VMware Certified

India spending $170M to take its tax system paperless by rebuilding three legacy systems 2024-11-28 at 03:34 By Laura Dobberstein Let’s see how this goes India has decided to rebuild the platforms it uses for handle tax matters and make its system paperless.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original Source

Salt Typhoon’s surge extends far beyond US telcos 2024-11-28 at 01:49 By Jessica Lyons Plus, a brand-new backdoor, GhostSpider, is linked to the cyber-spy crew’s operations The reach of the China-linked Salt Typhoon gang extends beyond American telecommunications giants, and its arsenal includes several backdoors, including a brand-new malware dubbed GhostSpider, according to Trend Micro

Microsoft facing wide-ranging antitrust probe despite FTC chief’s likely departure 2024-11-28 at 00:05 By Reuters The probe includes software licensing and cloud computing, sources told Bloomberg. This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News and Product Reviews | New York Post View Original Source

T-Mobile US takes a victory lap after stopping cyberattacks: ‘Other providers may be seeing different outcomes’ 2024-11-27 at 23:04 By Jessica Lyons Funny what putting more effort and resources into IT security can do Attackers – possibly China’s Salt Typhoon cyber-espionage crew – compromised an unnamed wireline provider’s network and used this access to try

Investors just can’t pull the plug despite datacenters facing AI power crunch 2024-11-27 at 21:33 By Dan Robinson Even if 98% say they’re worried about energy availability and reliability Investors are increasingly concerned about the availability and reliability of power for datacenters, yet most are still confident that investment in the sector will expand over