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Google earns fresh competition scrutiny from two nations on a single day 2024-11-29 at 04:33 By Simon Sharwood India unhappy about treatment of some games, Canada upset by adware monopoly Google on Thursday found itself facing competition probes from two of the world’s biggest nations.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original […]

Australia passes law to keep under-16s off social media – good luck with that, mate 2024-11-29 at 02:05 By Simon Sharwood Also intros surveillance tweaks to protect very successful AN0M fake messaging app sting Australia’s Senate on Friday passed a law that will require some social media platforms to “take reasonable steps” to ensure that

Josh Kushner defends tech CEO for visiting Israel: ‘Saddened by how much hatred people have for Jews’ 2024-11-28 at 20:33 By Ariel Zilber It is rare for Josh Kushner, 39, to weigh in on political issues. His social media page primarily consists of posts related to his business ventures. This article is an excerpt from

Microsoft patches the patch that broke Exchange Server 2024-11-28 at 20:33 By Richard Speed If at first you don’t succeed, you might be on the Microsoft Exchange team Microsoft has resumed the rollout of an Exchange Security update that was paused following reports of broken transport rules and disrupted email flow.… This article is an

Over Two Dozen Flaws Identified in Advantech Industrial Wi-Fi Access Points – Patch ASAP 2024-11-28 at 19:33 By Nearly two dozen security vulnerabilities have been disclosed in Advantech EKI industrial-grade wireless access point devices, some of which could be weaponized to bypass authentication and execute code with elevated privileges. “These vulnerabilities pose significant risks, allowing

Yup, half of that thought-leader crap on LinkedIn is indeed AI scribbled 2024-11-28 at 19:05 By Brandon Vigliarolo Ten rules for maximizing your grindset! #1: Let a bot do your work for you If you’ve spent much time on LinkedIn, you’ve probably run into self-congratulatory posts, tips on how to maximize your “grindset,” and other

Google offered millions to ally itself with trade body fighting Microsoft 2024-11-28 at 17:34 By Paul Kunert El Reg has seen the presentation to CISPE members which sources say was intended to keep the lawsuit over licensing alive Exclusive  Google Cloud dangled hundreds of million of euros worth of financial incentives to ally itself with

AI ambition is pushing copper to its breaking point 2024-11-28 at 16:16 By Tobias Mann Ayar Labs contends silicon photonics will be key to scaling beyond the rack and taming the heat SC24  Datacenters have been trending toward denser, more power-hungry systems for years. In case you missed it, 19-inch racks are now pushing power

NHS major ‘cyber incident’ forces hospitals to use pen and paper 2024-11-28 at 14:35 By Connor Jones Systems are isolated and pulled offline, while scheduled procedures are canceled The ongoing cybersecurity incident affecting a North West England NHS group has forced sites to fall back on pen-and-paper operations, according to a statement.… This article is

The Future of Serverless Security in 2025: From Logs to Runtime Protection 2024-11-28 at 14:04 By Serverless environments, leveraging services such as AWS Lambda, offer incredible benefits in terms of scalability, efficiency, and reduced operational overhead. However, securing these environments is extremely challenging. The core of current serverless security practices often revolves around two key

XMLRPC npm Library Turns Malicious, Steals Data, Deploys Crypto Miner 2024-11-28 at 13:20 By Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a software supply chain attack that has remained active for over a year on the npm package registry by starting off as an innocuous library and later adding malicious code to steal sensitive data and mine cryptocurrency

Abstract, theoretical computing qualifications are turning teens off 2024-11-28 at 12:54 By Lindsay Clark BCS calls for digital literacy GCSE alongside Computer Science The UK’s professional body for the IT workforce has called for a more “inclusive” digital literacy age-16 qualification alongside Computer Science, which it says is “theoretical and demanding.”… This article is an

Cybercriminals Exploit Popular Game Engine Godot to Distribute Cross-Platform Malware 2024-11-28 at 12:23 By A popular open-source game engine called Godot Engine is being misused as part of a new GodLoader malware campaign, infecting over 17,000 systems since at least June 2024. “Cybercriminals have been taking advantage of Godot Engine to execute crafted GDScript code

‘Best job at JPL’: What it’s like to be an engineer on the Voyager project 2024-11-28 at 11:54 By Richard Speed ‘I love this work. I love what I’m doing. It’s so cool’ Feature  The Voyager probes have entered a new phase of operations. As recent events have shown, keeping the venerable spacecraft running is

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