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Xubuntu 24.04: A minimal install that does what it says on the tin 2024-04-30 at 14:31 By Liam Proven This nearly Snap-free Ubuntu remix may be about about to win friends and influence people Xubuntu 24.04 is out, and offers a minimal installation option that is considerably more minimal than the other official flavors.… This […]

Considerations for Operational Technology Cybersecurity 2024-04-30 at 14:01 By Operational Technology (OT) refers to the hardware and software used to change, monitor, or control the enterprise’s physical devices, processes, and events. Unlike traditional Information Technology (IT) systems, OT systems directly impact the physical world. This unique characteristic of OT brings additional cybersecurity considerations not typically present

U.S. Government Releases New AI Security Guidelines for Critical Infrastructure 2024-04-30 at 14:01 By The U.S. government has unveiled new security guidelines aimed at bolstering critical infrastructure against artificial intelligence (AI)-related threats. “These guidelines are informed by the whole-of-government effort to assess AI risks across all sixteen critical infrastructure sectors, and address threats both to

Novel vitrimer plastics promise greener PCBs 2024-04-30 at 13:46 By Matthew Connatser Even the least recyclable part of the process could be recovered 91 percent of the time A recent study proposes that vitrimer could potentially be used for making printed circuit boards (PCBs) that are much more repairable and recyclable than the ones we

Oracle Fusion rollout costs 15 times council’s estimates in SAP rip-‘n-replace 2024-04-30 at 12:47 By Lindsay Clark No it’s not Birmingham this time. West Sussex County Council ERP replacement price to hit £40M A local authority on the southern coast of England expects the cost of swapping its ERP system from SAP to Oracle to

Vantage enters crowded Irish datacenter market with new Dublin site 2024-04-30 at 11:31 By Dan Robinson On-site generation plant aims to ‘alleviate pressure on energy demand from the grid’ Vantage Data Centers is joining the crowded Irish datacenter market with its first site in the Emerald Isle due to come online in 2024. In view

Apple’s ‘incredibly private’ Safari is not so private in Europe 2024-04-30 at 10:31 By Thomas Claburn Infosec eggheads find iGiant left EU iOS 17 users open to being tracked around the web Apple’s grudging accommodation of European antitrust rules by allowing third-party app stores on iPhones has left users of its Safari browser exposed to

China to launch sample return mission to the far side of the Moon – maybe next week 2024-04-30 at 10:01 By Simon Sharwood And hatches 2030 plan to beat US for Mars rock retrieval China’s space program will next week launch mission that aims to land on the Moon, take samples, and bring them back

New U.K. Law Bans Default Passwords on Smart Devices Starting April 2024 2024-04-30 at 10:01 By The U.K. National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) is calling on manufacturers of smart devices to comply with new legislation that prohibits them from using default passwords, effective April 29, 2024. “The law, known as the Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure act (or PSTI act),

Politicians call for ban on ‘killer robots’ and the curbing of AI weapons 2024-04-30 at 09:31 By Tobias Mann ‘This is the Oppenheimer moment of our generation’ Video  Austria’s foreign minister on Monday likened the rise of military artificial intelligence to the existential crisis faced by the creators of the first atomic bomb, and called

Here’s another thing AI can do: return Samsung’s memory biz to profit 2024-04-30 at 08:17 By Laura Dobberstein HBM will help too. Foundry biz? On track for 2nm but bruised Samsung Electronics’ Device Solutions unit reported on Tuesday a 68 percent year-on-year increase in sales for Q1 2024, largely thanks to its memory sales –

Australia to fund $620M quantum computer claimed to be first at ‘utility-scale’ 2024-04-30 at 06:16 By Simon Sharwood PsiQuantum’s coming home Australian researchers pioneered the development of solar panels, but the nation now imports them in huge quantities – a situation that’s become emblematic of the nation’s poor record of turning local innovation into jobs

The hiring frenzy is over at India’s services giants 2024-04-30 at 04:31 By Laura Dobberstein Headcounts are down for the first time in ages, margins are up, and CEOs are happy When India’s top four outsourcers – Wipro, HCL Tech, Infosys and Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) – announce their results, they often mention plans to

AT&T, Verizon, Sprint, T-Mobile US fined $200M for selling off people’s location info 2024-04-30 at 02:31 By Thomas Claburn Carriers claim real culprits are getting away with it – the data brokers The FCC on Monday fined four major US telcos almost $200 million for “illegally” selling subscribers’ location information to data brokers.… This article

Google blocked 2.3M apps from Play Store last year for breaking the G law 2024-04-30 at 01:32 By Matthew Connatser Third of a million developer accounts kiboshed, too Google says it stopped 2.28 million Android apps from being published in its official Play Store last year because they violated security rules.… This article is an

Ford BlueCruise gets NHTSA probe after a pair of deaths 2024-04-29 at 23:48 By Brandon Vigliarolo Mustang’s driver-assist system cited in multiple accidents The US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is investigating an electric car maker whose self-driving software was involved in a pair of fatal collisions. It’s not Tesla this time, instead it’s Ford’s

Open source Z80 clone seeks to help bring classic chip back from the dead 2024-04-29 at 22:31 By Matthew Connatser Whether the project will bear fruit is perhaps questionable Zilog’s classic Z80 chip is soon to be dead, though it might not be gone forever if one open source project succeeds in its goal to

Musk schmoozes Chinese Premier as Tesla Full Self-Driving remains parked 2024-04-29 at 21:46 By Richard Speed Automaker could really do with the training data Tesla boss Elon Musk met with Chinese Premier Li Qiang in Beijing to discuss electric vehicles and self-driving cars.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original Source

London Drugs closes all of its pharmacies following ‘cybersecurity incident’ 2024-04-29 at 21:31 By Jessica Lyons Canadian stores shuttered ‘until further notice’ Canadian pharmacy chain London Drugs has closed all of its stores until further notice following a “cybersecurity incident.”… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original Source

Google Prevented 2.28 Million Malicious Apps from Reaching Play Store in 2023 2024-04-29 at 21:02 By Google on Monday revealed that almost 200,000 app submissions to its Play Store for Android were either rejected or remediated to address issues with access to sensitive data such as location or SMS messages over the past year. The