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BBS legend Ward Christensen logs off for last time at 78 2024-10-15 at 14:24 By Richard Speed Co-creator of the Computerized Bulletin Board System heads for big forum in the sky Obit  Ward Christensen, co-founder of the Computerized Bulletin Board System (CBBS) and developer of the XMODEM file transfer protocol, has died aged 78.… This […]

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Britain opens floodgates to US datacenter investment 2024-10-15 at 13:17 By Dan Robinson Who needs climate goals and planning permission anyway? Just weeks after the British government designated datacenters as critical national infrastructure (CNI), a quartet of US tech firms have committed to the UK as the place to invest in their data facilities.… This

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Keir Starmer tells regulators to chill as Microsoft exec takes wheel of advisory council 2024-10-15 at 12:52 By Lindsay Clark What could possibly go wrong? UK prime minister Keir Starmer promised to make the nation’s competition regulator more inclined toward economic growth the day after a Microsoft executive was appointed chair of the government’s Industrial

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China Accuses U.S. of Fabricating Volt Typhoon to Hide Its Own Hacking Campaigns 2024-10-15 at 12:02 By China’s National Computer Virus Emergency Response Center (CVERC) has doubled down on claims that the threat actor known as the Volt Typhoon is a fabrication of the U.S. and its allies. The agency, in collaboration with the National

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ESA astronaut on the difference between flying in a Soyuz and piloting a Crew Dragon 2024-10-15 at 11:34 By Richard Speed Plus: We chat about going to the Moon and keeping the ISS running for a few more years Interview  The first Dane to fly in space, Andreas Mogensen, thinks there’s every chance the International

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Researchers Uncover Hijack Loader Malware Using Stolen Code-Signing Certificates 2024-10-15 at 10:50 By Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed a new malware campaign that delivers Hijack Loader artifacts that are signed with legitimate code-signing certificates. French cybersecurity company HarfangLab, which detected the activity at the start of the month, said the attack chains aim to deploy an

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Google hopes to spark chain reaction with nuclear energy investment 2024-10-15 at 10:32 By Simon Sharwood Commits to molten salt small modular reactors it thinks can come online in 2035 Google has become the latest tech giant to seek nuclear power as a source for its datacenters and other operations.… This article is an excerpt

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WordPress bans WP Engine from sponsoring or participating in user groups 2024-10-15 at 09:04 By Simon Sharwood As Matt Mullenweg and David Heinemeier Hansson feud over FOSS, community worries about the fallout WordPress has banned its user groups from accepting sponsorship from WP Engine – or even allowing its employees to attend events.… This article

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WordPress Plugin Jetpack Patches Major Vulnerability Affecting 27 Million Sites 2024-10-15 at 08:01 By The maintainers of the Jetpack WordPress plugin have released a security update to remediate a critical vulnerability that could allow logged-in users to access forms submitted by others on a site. Jetpack, owned by WordPress maker Automattic, is an all-in-one plugin

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Debunking DEI as a security threat: How DEI can improve security 2024-10-15 at 07:16 By Despite concrete evidence that prioritizing Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) in the workforce is a profitable and secure path for the security industry, recent headlines are misleading readers about its usefulness. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security

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AI amplifies systemic risk to financial sector, says India’s Reserve Bank boss 2024-10-15 at 06:48 By Simon Sharwood Who also worries misinformation on social media could threaten liquidity The governor of India’s Reserve Bank, Shri Shaktikanta Das, yesterday warned that AI – and the platforms that provide it – could worsen systemic risk to the

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China again claims Volt Typhoon hack gang was invented by the US to discredit it 2024-10-15 at 04:20 By Simon Sharwood Enough with the racist-sounding ‘dragons’ and ‘pandas’, Beijing complains – then points the finger at koalas Chinese authorities have published another set of allegations that assert the Volt Typhoon threat actor is an invention

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Vietnam plans to convert all its networks to IPv6 2024-10-15 at 02:47 By Laura Dobberstein Wants ‘super-large capacity, super-wide bandwidth’ datacenters – and more submarine cables Vietnam will convert all local networks to IPv6, under a sweeping digital infrastructure strategy announced last week.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original Source React

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US healthcare org admits up to 400,000 people’s personal info was snatched 2024-10-15 at 01:16 By Connor Jones It waited till just before Columbus Day weekend to make mandated filing, but don’t worry, we saw it A Houston-based services provider to healthcare organizations says a crook may have grabbed up to 400,000 people’s information after

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Big data vendors introduce Apache Iceberg features in same week 2024-10-14 at 23:51 By Lindsay Clark Market rivals settle on open table format, while Microsoft and Databricks go their own way Apache Iceberg has secured renewed momentum in the last week after leading vendors in data warehousing and analytics all announced new features around the

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Would banning ransomware insurance stop the scourge? 2024-10-14 at 22:03 By Jessica Lyons White House official makes case for ending extortion reimbursements Ransomware attacks are costing businesses and governments billions of dollars and putting people’s lives at risk – in some cases, reportedly causing their deaths.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View

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One-year countdown to ‘biggest Ctrl-Alt-Delete in history’ as Windows 10 approaches end of support 2024-10-14 at 20:33 By Richard Speed Microsoft’s hardware compatibility gamble still hasn’t paid off Windows 10 is now just a year from its end of support date, and it is clear that Microsoft’s hardware compatibility gamble has yet to pay off.…

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NASA’s Europa Clipper leaves for Jupiter’s moon atop Falcon Heavy 2024-10-14 at 20:17 By Richard Speed Liftoff after dodging hurricanes and paranoia scrub SpaceX has sent NASA’s Europa Clipper on its mission to the Jupiter moon atop its Falcon Heavy rocket.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original Source React to this

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