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The hyper-clouds are open source’s friends 2024-04-27 at 14:34 By Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols No, really. Look at the evidence Opinion  One of the knee-jerk arguments made by companies abandoning their open source roots is that they can’t make money because the bad hyper-cloud companies “steal” their open source services. True, at one time, the hyper-clouds […]

Workday abandons new-build Dublin office project 2024-04-27 at 12:33 By Lindsay Clark Continues to expand EMEA HQ in existing buildings instead SaaS biz application vendor Workday has pulled out of a new-build development in Dublin as it rethinks plans to expand EMEA HQ.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original Source

NASA’s Psyche hits 25 Mbps from 140 million miles away – enough for Ultra HD Netflix 2024-04-27 at 11:32 By Richard Speed Laser beam comms are fast, so long as the weather cooperates NASA’s optical communications demonstration has hit 25 Mbps in a test transmitting engineering data back to Earth from 140 million miles (226

Bogus npm Packages Used to Trick Software Developers into Installing Malware 2024-04-27 at 09:02 By An ongoing social engineering campaign is targeting software developers with bogus npm packages under the guise of a job interview to trick them into downloading a Python backdoor. Cybersecurity firm Securonix is tracking the activity under the name DEV#POPPER, linking it to North Korean threat

Big Cloud is still making bank – Is this AI adoption, price rises, or what? 2024-04-27 at 03:16 By Iain Thomson Shareholders are loving it. What are customers getting out of it all? Kettle  This week a chunk of Big Tech reported its latest quarterly financial figures, and our beady eyes were on whether the

Ex-Space Shuttle boss corrects the record on Hubble upgrade mission 2024-04-27 at 02:18 By Richard Speed Under Flight Rules, the crew should have turned back to Earth Former Space Shuttle Program Manager Wayne Hale has posted a correction to NASA’s history of STS-109, which he claims “is a lie” – although that may be a

Jensen Huang and Sam Altman among tech chiefs invited to federal AI Safety Board 2024-04-27 at 01:17 By Matthew Connatser Stacking the deck – we’ve heard of it Leaders of the world’s most prominent AI companies are being recruited for the Homeland Security Department’s new advisory group.… This article is an excerpt from The Register

ASML caves to US pressure to cease servicing some kit used by Chinese customers 2024-04-27 at 00:17 By Matthew Connatser Not even maintenance is OK in the eyes of the Uncle Sam Under US pressure, Dutch photolithography giant ASML will no longer service certain chipmaking equipment purchased by Chinese customers.… This article is an excerpt

Microsoft dusts off ancient MS-DOS 4.0 code for release on GitHub 2024-04-26 at 23:03 By Richard Speed Nobody’s favorite operating system is now available for inspection In partnership with IBM, Microsoft has released the source code for MS-DOS 4.0, more than 35 years since the operating system made a muted appearance ahead of Windows 3.x.…

Two indicted for illegally exporting chip gear from US to China 2024-04-26 at 22:16 By Dan Robinson One Chinese national arrested in Chicago while another suspect thought to be abroad Two Chinese nationals were this week charged in the US with attempting to illegally export chipmaking kit to a company back home, in another twist

Kaiser Permanente shared 13.4M people’s data with Microsoft Bing, Google, others 2024-04-26 at 21:32 By Jessica Lyons Ouch! Millions of Kaiser Permanente patients’ data was likely shared with Google, Microsoft Bing, X/Twitter, and other third-parties, according to the American healthcare giant.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original Source

Amazon to ditch WorkDocs sharing service, support countdown begins 2024-04-26 at 21:17 By Dan Robinson Cloud giant directs users to pack their bags for DropBox, gives them a year to get affairs in order Amazon is killing its WorkDocs document sharing and content collaboration service, notifying users that sign-ups are no longer available and giving

Huawei and partners reportedly plan to produce high bandwidth memory by 2026 2024-04-26 at 20:02 By Matthew Connatser Getting their hands on AI memory one Huawei or another… A group of Chinese semiconductor firms including Huawei are reportedly looking to get domestic production of high bandwidth memory (HBM) up and running by 2026.… This article

Second time lucky for Thoma Bravo, which scoops up Darktrace for $5.3B 2024-04-26 at 19:02 By Connor Jones Analysts brand deal a ‘nail in the coffin’ for UK tech investment Private equity investor Thoma Bravo has successfully completed a second acquisition attempt of UK-based cybersecurity company Darktrace in a $5.3 billion deal.… This article is

The eight-bit Z80 is dead. Long live the 16-bit Z80! 2024-04-26 at 18:17 By Liam Proven Yes, they are harder to solder, but there’s way more potential Feature  The Z80 has a long series of successor models – some compatible and some not. There are multiple options for hobbyist computer builders.… This article is an

Severe Flaws Disclosed in Brocade SANnav SAN Management Software 2024-04-26 at 18:16 By Several security vulnerabilities disclosed in Brocade SANnav storage area network (SAN) management application could be exploited to compromise susceptible appliances. The 18 flaws impact all versions up to and including 2.3.0, according to independent security researcher Pierre Barre, who discovered and reported them. The issues range from incorrect

Encrypted email service files DMA complaint claiming it vanished from Google Search 2024-04-26 at 17:17 By Richard Speed Tuta cries foul, Chocolate Factory denies service unreachable Tutao, known for the encrypted email service Tuta Mail, has filed a Digital Markets Act (DMA) complaint to the EU over an alleged de-ranking in Google Search.… This article

TikTok ban could escalate US-China trade war, ex-White House CIO tells The Reg 2024-04-26 at 16:04 By Brandon Vigliarolo Doing business in Beijing? ‘You need to do a what-if scenario’ interview  It didn’t seem America’s divest-or-ban bill for TikTok was going to make it into law when we last spoke with former White House chief

UK’s Investigatory Powers Bill to become law despite tech world opposition 2024-04-26 at 15:18 By Connor Jones Only minor changes from original proposals that kicked up privacy storm The UK’s contentious Investigatory Powers (Amendment) Bill (IPB) 2024 has officially received the King’s nod of approval and will become law.… This article is an excerpt from

93% of security leaders anticipate daily AI attacks by 2025 2024-04-26 at 15:16 By Security leaders predict that AI will become a more prevalent tool in the tool kit of cybercriminals, potentially powering a range of cyberattacks.  This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source