2024

Miss your morning iPhone alarm? It’s not just you, and Apple is looking into it 2024-05-01 at 21:16 By Brandon Vigliarolo Dear _____, please excuse _____’s tardiness. Their alarm didn’t go off for (see below). Sincerely, The Register iPhone failing to get you up on time lately? You’re not alone – reports have been spreading […]

Google pulls RISC-V support from generic Android kernel 2024-05-01 at 20:46 By Matthew Connatser Not a great omen if you were hoping to own a future RV smartphone – tho web giant says it hasn’t totally given up Support for RISC-V was dropped from Android’s Generic Kernel Image (GKI) thanks to a patch successfully merged

US charges 16 over ‘depraved’ grandparent scams 2024-05-01 at 20:02 By Connor Jones Vulnerable elderly people tricked into paying tens of thousands over fake car accidents Sixteen people are facing charges from US prosecutors for allegedly preying on the elderly and scamming them out of millions of dollars.… This article is an excerpt from The

AWS customer faces staggering charges over S3 bucket misfire 2024-05-01 at 19:46 By Dan Robinson Open source tool fingered for 100 million PUT requests and $1,300 in a day AWS looks set to intervene after a customer highlighted a flaw that allows S3 bucket owners to be stung with potentially massive charges for attempted accesses

Tesla maps out new territory in China with Baidu deal 2024-05-01 at 19:17 By Matthew Connatser U-turn necessary to comply with Chinese law Despite Elon Musk’s insistence that high-definition maps aren’t necessary for self-driving cars, Tesla’s vehicles in China will technically rely on them now through a partnership with Baidu.… This article is an excerpt

Microsoft’s FOMO after seeing Google AI drove investment in OpenAI 2024-05-01 at 18:34 By Richard Speed Historical email in antitrust case shows execs ‘very, very worried’ about capability gaps A fascinating insight into Microsoft’s inner workings has been thrown up in some redacted document dumps related to the ongoing Google antitrust trial.… This article is

Qantas app glitch sees boarding passes fly to other accounts 2024-05-01 at 18:16 By Connor Jones Issue now resolved and isn’t thought to be the work of criminals Aussie airline Qantas says its app is now stable following a data breach that saw boarding passes take off from passengers’ accounts.… This article is an excerpt

Bitcoin Forensic Analysis Uncovers Money Laundering Clusters and Criminal Proceeds 2024-05-01 at 18:01 By A forensic analysis of a graph dataset containing transactions on the Bitcoin blockchain has revealed clusters associated with illicit activity and money laundering, including detecting criminal proceeds sent to a crypto exchange and previously unknown wallets belonging to a Russian darknet market.