2024

BBC exterminates AI experiments used to promote Doctor Who 2024-03-27 at 07:48 By Simon Sharwood Finally, a power greater than AI hype: angry fandom Pics  The BBC has decided to exterminate its experiments using generative AI to promote venerable Sci-Fi show Doctor Who.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original Source

Two Chinese APT Groups Ramp Up Cyber Espionage Against ASEAN Countries 2024-03-27 at 07:16 By Two China-linked advanced persistent threat (APT) groups have been observed targeting entities and member countries affiliated with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) as part of a cyber espionage campaign over the past three months. This includes the threat

XenServer is back, with a rebranded Citrix Hypervisor and a tasty three-host freebie 2024-03-27 at 05:47 By Simon Sharwood Per-socket licensing regime may explain years of ups and downs XenServer, the Cloud-Software-Group-owned server virtualization spinout from Citrix, has debuted its new/old product, XenServer 8.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original Source

Alibaba bins listing for its Cainiao logistics limb 2024-03-27 at 03:32 By Simon Sharwood Havingalready backed away from cloud spinout, it’s gradually breaking up with its own breakup plan Chinese tech giant Alibaba has decided not to spin out its logistics limb, Cainiao, and will instead buy back shares in the outfit and integrate it

Dell doubles down on layoffs, literally: 13,000 gone in the past year 2024-03-27 at 01:16 By Matthew Connatser Sigh, AI to the rescue, sigh Dell this week disclosed it has 120,000 workers, which is about 13,000 fewer than it had at the start of 2023. That means it has laid off almost double the number