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UK government using AI tools to check up on roadworthy testing centers 2025-02-11 at 11:50 By Richard Speed Who tests the testers? The UK’s Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) has produced a list showing how the country uses AI technologies to perform tasks ranging from speeding up the planning process to prioritizing the […]

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RIP Raymond Bird: Designer of UK’s first mass-produced business computer dies aged 101 2025-02-11 at 10:46 By Thomas Claburn Engineer was behind the HEC series and more Obit  Raymond Bird, who developed the UK’s first mass-produced business computer, the Hollerith Electronic Computer (HEC), has died at the digitally apropos age of 101.… This article is

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Only 4 percent of jobs rely heavily on AI, with peak use in mid-wage roles 2025-02-11 at 09:40 By Thomas Claburn Mid-salary knowledge jobs in tech, media, and education are changing. Folk in physical jobs have less to sweat about Workers in just four percent of occupations use AI for three quarters of their tasks,

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8Base Ransomware Data Leak Sites Seized in International Law Enforcement Operation 2025-02-11 at 09:19 By Source: The Nation A coordinated law enforcement operation has taken down the dark web data leak and negotiation sites associated with the 8Base ransomware gang. Visitors to the data leak site are now greeted with a seizure banner that says:

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NASA’s radiation tolerant computer lives up to its name after surviving Van Allen belts 2025-02-11 at 08:04 By Simon Sharwood ‘RadPC’ flew on Firefly’s Ghost Riders in the Sky mission, which has left Earth Orbit and is headed for the Moon NASA has revealed its experimental Radiation Tolerant Computer has made it through the famously

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Unpacking data breaches: Insights from security experts 2025-02-11 at 07:20 By Security magazine discusses data breaches and mobile data breaches with cybersecurity experts. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source React to this headline:

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Apple Patches Actively Exploited iOS Zero-Day CVE-2025-24200 in Emergency Update 2025-02-11 at 06:50 By Apple on Monday released out-of-band security updates to address a security flaw in iOS and iPadOS that it said has been exploited in the wild. Assigned the CVE identifier CVE-2025-24200, the vulnerability has been described as an authorization issue that could

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January earthquake shook $165 million off TSMC’s revenue forecast 2025-02-11 at 06:03 By Simon Sharwood Promises production schedule will get back on track Taiwanese chipmaking champion TSMC has revealed that a January earthquake will cost it millions.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original Source React to this headline:

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Apple warns ‘extremely sophisticated attack’ may be targeting iThings 2025-02-11 at 04:03 By Iain Thomson Cupertino mostly uses bland language when talking security, so this sounds nasty Apple has warned that some iPhones and iPads may have been targeted by an “extremely sophisticated attack” and has posted patches that hopefully prevent it.… This article is

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Some workers already let AI do the thinking for them, Microsoft researchers find 2025-02-11 at 02:34 By Brandon Vigliarolo Dammit, that was our job here at The Reg. Now if you get a task you don’t understand, you may assume AI has the answers Some knowledge workers risk becoming over-reliant on generative AI and their

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Securing the Digital Frontier 2025-02-11 at 01:04 By Warren Barrow How advanced multi-factor authentication clears the way for a passwordless future This article is an excerpt from Broadcom Software Blogs View Original Source React to this headline:

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All your 8Base are belong to us: Ransomware crew busted in global sting 2025-02-11 at 00:31 By Iain Thomson Dark web site seized, four cuffed in Thailand An international police operation spanning the US, Europe, and Asia has shuttered the 8Base ransomware crew’s dark web presence and resulted in the arrest of four European suspects

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Elon Musk-led group makes shock $97.4B bid for OpenAI — but Sam Altman quips, ‘No thank you’ 2025-02-11 at 00:05 By Thomas Barrabi A group of investors led by Elon Musk has reportedly made an unsolicited $97.4 billion bid to take control of OpenAI – adding new intrigue to the billionaire’s legal war with the

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Intel loses another exec as datacenter, AI chief named Nokia CEO 2025-02-10 at 22:48 By Tobias Mann Justin Hotard tapped to replace Pekka Lundmark at the Finnish telco Intel is going to need more than a new CEO after its Datacenter and AI (DCAI) chief on Monday announced he’s leaving to run Nokia as its

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Reclassification is making US tech job losses look worse than they are 2025-02-10 at 20:38 By Brandon Vigliarolo IT hiring ticks up in January, but unemployment climbs to 5.7% The latest job numbers from the US Bureau of Labor Statistics make IT hiring look like it’s in freefall, but that’s not the case at all,

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