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Brit teachers are getting AI sidekicks to help with marking and lesson plans 2024-08-29 at 13:46 By Richard Speed Isn’t the education system in enough trouble already? The UK government is set to equip teachers with AI tools to help them “mark and plan lessons.”… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original […]

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Hangover from messy Walmart tech divorce ongoing at Asda 2024-08-29 at 12:46 By Lindsay Clark Brit grocer suffers IT issues with clothing orders, self-scanning, and store picker app The UK’s third-largest grocery retailer continues to see its IT operations beset with problems as it struggles with its fraught divorce from US retail giant Walmart.… This

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Sweet 16 and making mistakes: More of the computing industry’s biggest fails 2024-08-29 at 11:46 By Liam Proven As the hardware got more capable, the messes got more expensive Part 2: The 16-bit era  Welcome back to The Reg FOSS desk’s roundup of the slip-ups and missteps from the dawn of the microcomputer industry onward

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Astronomers back call for review of bonkers rule that means satellite swarms fly without environment checks 2024-08-29 at 10:47 By Thomas Claburn Space boffins want pollution from the likes of Starlink regulated Astronomy researchers from several US universities have joined a campaign coordinated by US Public Interest Research Group (US PIRG) to pause low Earth

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EU tries to pin down China on definition of ‘important data’ 2024-08-29 at 09:31 By Laura Dobberstein Rules on cross border data transfers have European businesses scratching their heads The European Union and China have launched an initiative aimed at addressing issues faced by European companies in the Middle Kingdom related to the transfer of

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French Authorities Charge Telegram CEO with Facilitating Criminal Activities on Platform 2024-08-29 at 08:46 By French prosecutors on Wednesday formally charged CEO Pavel Durov with facilitating a litany of criminal activity on the popular messaging platform and placed him under formal investigation following his arrest Saturday. Russian-born Durov, who is also a French citizen, has

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Nvidia’s growth slows to a mere 122 percent but it’s still topping expectations 2024-08-29 at 07:46 By Simon Sharwood Still growing in China, ramping Hopper prods and predicting Blackwell billions soon Nvidia has again achieved triple-digit year-over-year growth, but its expansion is slowing.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original Source React

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Protecting financial institutions in the era of AI-driven threats 2024-08-29 at 07:02 By For financial institutions, being proactive about cybersecurity is the only way to protect the business and its customers. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source React to this headline:

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CrowdStrike’s meltdown didn’t dent its market dominance … yet 2024-08-29 at 05:31 By Jessica Lyons Total revenue for Q2 grew 32 percent CrowdStrike’s major meltdown a month ago doesn’t look like affecting the cyber security vendor’s market dominance anytime soon, based on its earnings reported Wednesday.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View

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Public clouds are ‘dirty’ about VMware’s on-prem push, says Broadcom CEO Hock Tan 2024-08-29 at 03:32 By Simon Sharwood Virtzilla’s sales swing decisively to the Cloud Foundation bundle VMware Explore  Broadcom CEO Hock Tan has told members of VMware’s user group that public clouds are not entirely happy with his private cloud push.… This article

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AT&T to shell out $950,000 after quad-state 911 outage 2024-08-29 at 03:01 By Iain Thomson Service takes another dive just as settlement is announced US telco giant AT&T has reached a settlement with the Federal Communications Commission and will pay nearly $1 million after shutting down 911 emergency calls in four states last year.… This

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Microsoft hosts a security summit but no press, public allowed 2024-08-29 at 01:31 By Jessica Lyons CrowdStrike, other vendors, friendly govt reps…but not anyone would can tell you what happened op-ed  Microsoft will host a security summit next month with CrowdStrike and other “key” endpoint security partners joining the fun — and during which the

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Proof-of-concept code released for zero-click critical Windows vuln 2024-08-29 at 00:31 By Iain Thomson If you haven’t deployed August’s patches, get busy before others do Windows users who haven’t yet installed the latest fixes to their operating systems will need to get a move on, as code now exists to exploit a critical Microsoft vulnerability

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Supermicro delays 10-K filling due to accounting issues 2024-08-28 at 23:46 By Simon Sharwood Financial research org labels server-maker a ‘serial recidivist’, alleges quality product problems Server-maker Super Micro Computer has warned investors it’s not able to meet deadlines for its annual report due to issues with its internal financial reporting.… This article is an

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Google trains a GenAI model to simulate DOOM’s game engine in real-ish time 2024-08-28 at 23:01 By Tobias Mann The proof of concept shows promise despite big limitations A team from Google and Tel Aviv University have developed a generative AI game engine capable of simulating the cult classic DOOM at more than 20 frames

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Warren Buffett’s favorite insurer, GEICO, drops VMware for OpenStack 2024-08-28 at 22:16 By Simon Sharwood Seeks customizable cloud and less lock-in US auto insurer GEICO has decided to migrate from VMware to OpenStack.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original Source React to this headline:

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Iran’s Pioneer Kitten hits US networks via buggy Check Point, Palo Alto gear 2024-08-28 at 21:16 By Jessica Lyons The government-backed crew also enjoys ransomware as a side hustle Iranian government-backed cybercriminals have been hacking into US and foreign networks as recently as this month to steal sensitive data and deploy ransomware, and they’re breaking

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