Hubble science instruments still out after going down 3 times in a week
Oh no, errant gyro!
SAP faces more accusations of breaching on-prem customers' trust
Cloud-only innovation strategy slammed as users opt for on-prem and hosted support for S/4HANA
We challenged you to come up with tech predictions for 2024 (wrong answers only) – here are some favorites so far
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Plus some of our own and the ugly Microsoft sweater one of you will win. Please take it off our hands...
Black Basta ransomware operation nets over $100M from victims in less than two years
Assumed Conti offshoot averages 7 figures for each successful attack but may have issues with, er, 'closing deals'
Thirty-nine weeks: that's how long you'll be waiting for an AI server from Dell
Revenue and net income down, server market flickers, PCs fail to ignite
On-Prem01 Dec 2023 |
You're so worried about AWS reliability, the cloud giant now lets you simulate major outages
re:Invent Fake it 'til you break it, for a whole availability zone or WAN FAIL
Off-Prem01 Dec 2023 | 1
Today's 'China is misbehaving online' allegations come from Google, Meta
Zuck boots propagandists, Big G finds surge of action directed at Taiwan
Cyber-crime01 Dec 2023 | 1
Ex-school IT admin binned student, staff accounts and trashed phone system
After getting the tintack, IRL BOFH went rogue
Public Sector01 Dec 2023 | 9
Potential sat-bothering cannibal coronal mass ejection slams into Earth's atmo tonight
And where folks are likely to see a light show
Science01 Dec 2023 | 2
Watchdog claims retaliation from military after questioning cushy federal IT contracts
Special report IT-AAC had a hand in scrutinizing JEDI, now faces probe for challenging $300M+ single-source deals
Public Sector30 Nov 2023 | 2
America's ambitious Artemis III likely to miss 2025 Moon landing date, auditors sigh
'SpaceX has made limited progress maturing the technologies needed'
Science30 Nov 2023 | 10
Meta goes to war with FTC over right to profit from kids' personal data
Awkward hill to die on, but OK
Personal Tech30 Nov 2023 | 4
AI offers some novel crystal materials that could form future chips, batteries, more
ICYMI What's more, a robot managed to cook some of them up. So, y'know, it might not be entirely science fiction
Uh-oh, update Google Chrome – exploit already out there for one of these 6 security holes
Plus: 3 critical CVEs in Zyxel NAS devices
Security30 Nov 2023 | 1
Bitcoin's thirst for water is just as troubling as its energy appetite
A single transaction chugs 6.2 million times more than a credit card swipe
Personal Tech30 Nov 2023 | 14
Scribbling limits in free version of Evernote set to test users' patience
Deckchairs continue to be rearranged on the jotting platform?
Applications30 Nov 2023 | 10
Admin of $19M marketplace that sold social security numbers gets 8 years in jail
24 million Americans thought to have had their personal data stolen and sold for pennies
Cyber-crime30 Nov 2023 | 7
Musk tells advertisers to 'go f**k' themselves as $44B X gamble spirals into chaos
Comment Hello, police? I'd like to report a murder
Personal Tech30 Nov 2023 | 147
HP printer software turns up uninvited on Windows systems
No escape from bloat, even without relevant hardware attached
OSes30 Nov 2023 | 28
Locking down Industrial Control Systems
SANS unveils online hub with valuable tools and information for cybersecurity professionals defending ICS
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The AI everything show continues at AWS: Generate SQL from text, vector search, and more
ML Invisible watermarks on AI-generated images? Sure. But major tools in the stack matter most
Now AWS gets a ChatGPT-style Copilot: Amazon Q to be your cloud chat assistant
LLMs Anthropic CEO also rocks up on stage for reasons
AWS pushes cell-based architecture for ‘resilience at scale’
IaaS Because of course in cloud, durability is opt-in
AWS radically speeds up small S3 object access with new tier
Storage The pricing is the usual Amazon maze of numbers, we note
AWS unveils core-packed Graviton4 and beefier Trainium accelerators for AI
Silicon Also hedging its bets with a healthy dose of Nvidia chips too
Broadcom's latest Trident switch silicon packs neural net processor to terminate congestion
Chip promises better telemetry, security, and traffic engineering, vendor claims
Systems30 Nov 2023 |
Roblox investor plays hardball over 'weak' parental controls
Shareholder claims company should have 'warned' about issue before stock price plunge
Legal30 Nov 2023 | 10
Hubble science instruments still out after going down 3 times in a week
Oh no, errant gyro!
Science30 Nov 2023 | 22
Black Basta ransomware operation nets over $100M from victims in less than two years
Assumed Conti offshoot averages 7 figures for each successful attack but may have issues with, er, 'closing deals'
Cyber-crime30 Nov 2023 | 2
Rackspace runs short of Cloud Files storage in LON region
Rackspace? More like Lackspace as customers face upload and delete problems
Storage30 Nov 2023 | 16
HPE targets enterprises with Nvidia-powered platform for tuning AI
'We feel like enterprises are either going to become AI powered, or they're going to become obsolete'
On-Prem30 Nov 2023 | 3
Six pack of sub-Neptune exoplanets hang tight around nearby star
Their resonant orbits have remained unchanged for some 4 billion years
Science30 Nov 2023 | 5
Nostalgia for XP sells out Microsoft's 2023 'Windows Ugly Sweater'
Bliss not your thing? You could win the Paint version
Bootnotes30 Nov 2023 | 21
SAP faces more accusations of breaching on-prem customers' trust
Cloud-only innovation strategy slammed as users opt for on-prem and hosted support for S/4HANA
Databases30 Nov 2023 | 9
We challenged you to come up with tech predictions for 2024 (wrong answers only) – here are some favorites so far
Kettle Plus some of our own and the ugly Microsoft sweater one of you will win. Please take it off our hands...
Bootnotes30 Nov 2023 | 12
Honda cooks up an electric motorbike menu, with sides of connectivity
Plans buffet of components you can assemble into a dream machine
Personal Tech30 Nov 2023 | 25
Weak session keys let snoops take a byte out of your Bluetooth traffic
BLUFFS spying flaw present in iPhones, ThinkPad, plenty of chipsets
Research30 Nov 2023 | 9
Digital transformation in the age of uncertainty
Two businesses reveal how they respond to today’s commercial challenges.
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OpenAI makes it official: Sam Altman is back as CEO
Microsoft joins the board in non-voting role
AI + ML30 Nov 2023 | 18
China's Loongson debuts processor that 'matches Intel silicon circa 2020'
Best not to dismiss it, as Asus looks to be onboard and advances are promised
On-Prem30 Nov 2023 | 29
US lawmakers have Chinese LiDAR on their threat-detection radar
Amid fears Beijing could harvest spatial data, letter suggests Huawei-style bans may be needed
Security30 Nov 2023 | 8
AWS promotes cell-based architecture for ‘resilience at scale’
AWS SDKs for Rust and Kotlin are production-ready after more than two years of development
AWS adds features to CodeWhisperer stables: AI for infrastructure as code, Visual Studio C# support and more
PHP 8.3 is released with new features as 8.0 heads for end of life
Rogue ex-Motorola techie admits cyberattack on former employer, passport fraud
Pro tip: Don't use your new work email to phish your old firm
Cyber-crime30 Nov 2023 | 5
Meta yanks VR headset's strap-on booster battery after charging bricks it
A misbehaving Li-ion on your noggin - what could possibly go wrong?
Personal Tech30 Nov 2023 | 5
Meta: If you're in our house running AI-massaged political ads, you need to 'fess up
Facebook titan vows to protect two billion voters ... but US gets more protection than India, Indonesia, Mexico, EU
AI + ML29 Nov 2023 | 3
Helping companies defend what attackers want most - their data
Varonis introduces Athena AI to transform data security and incident response
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Goldman sacked: Apple 'wants out' of credit card collab
Don't be too shocked: Financial giant has been fleeing normie banking lately after failing to find footing
Personal Tech29 Nov 2023 | 20
Car dealers openly beg Biden to put brakes on electric vehicle drive
No one's buying these things. Just, uh, ignore the massive markups
Personal Tech29 Nov 2023 | 98
Uncle Sam probes cyberattack on Pennsylvania water system by suspected Iranian crew
CISA calls for stronger IT defenses as Texas district also hit by ransomware crew
Cyber-crime29 Nov 2023 | 8
Time to take action: Google's inactive account purge begins Friday
You should've received an email if you're affected, but here's a reminder just in case
Networks29 Nov 2023 | 8
Dragonfly delayed – formal confirmation of journey to Saturn's moon slips into 2024
Titan trip postponed while NASA awaits the FY 2025 budget request
Science29 Nov 2023 | 1
IBM's vintage Db2 database jumps on AWS's cloud bandwagon
Users on the mainframe will have to wait for their system to become available in the cloud service, though
Databases29 Nov 2023 | 5
Okta data breach dilemma dwarfs earlier estimates
All customer support users told their info was accessed after analysis oversight
Security29 Nov 2023 | 14
That time a JPL engineer almost killed a Mars Rover before it left Earth
Forget Martian dust devils, it's the peril of the blue smoke you have to worry about
Science29 Nov 2023 | 51
Wayland takes the wheel as Red Hat bids farewell to X.org
Firefox 121, freshly in beta test, will default to the protocol too
OSes29 Nov 2023 | 41
Server sales down 31% at HPE as enterprises hack spending
Customers still 'digesting' shipments bought in 2022, says exec in mixed fiscal year for hardware biz
On-Prem29 Nov 2023 | 9
Microsoft .NET MAUI devs vent over bugs backlog, response times
New features are great and all, but maybe fix some of the issues too?
Software29 Nov 2023 | 24
AI threatens to automate away the clergy
Is divine intervention next on the tech to-do list?
Bootnotes29 Nov 2023 | 71
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British Library begins contacting customers as Rhysida leaks data dump
CRM databases were accessed and library users are advised to change passwords
Cyber-crime29 Nov 2023 | 5
Google goes geothermal to power some bitbarns
Search giant exploring more locations to squeeze watts from rocks
On-Prem29 Nov 2023 | 31
UK government rings the death knell for SIM farms
Acts under the guise of protecting the public from fraud, yet history suggests Home Office has other motives
Security29 Nov 2023 | 71
Adobe's buy of Figma is 'likely' bad for developers, rules UK regulator
Competition Markets Authority claims merger will reduce innovation for designers and other creative types
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Adobe's buy of Figma is 'likely' bad for developers, rules UK regulator
Competition Markets Authority claims merger will reduce innovation for designers and other creative types
UK government rings the death knell for SIM farms
Acts under the guise of protecting the public from fraud, yet history suggests Home Office has other motives
Experienced Copilot help is hard to find, warns Microsoft MVP
Almost nobody has used it, or knows it well, so beware of consultants bearing cred
Brit borough council apologizes for telling website users to disable HTTPS
Planning portal back online with a more secure connection
Wayland takes the wheel as Red Hat bids farewell to X.org
Firefox 121, freshly in beta test, will default to the protocol too
Japan's space agency suffers cyber attack, points finger at Active Directory
JAXA is having a tough time in cyberspace and outer space, the latter thanks to an electrical glitch
AI threatens to automate away the clergy
Is divine intervention next on the tech to-do list?
That time a JPL engineer almost killed a Mars Rover before it left Earth
Forget Martian dust devils, it's the peril of the blue smoke you have to worry about
Microsoft .NET MAUI devs vent over bugs backlog, response times
New features are great and all, but maybe fix some of the issues too?
Okta data breach dilemma dwarfs earlier estimates
All customer support users told their info was accessed after analysis oversight
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Brit borough council apologizes for telling website users to disable HTTPS
Planning portal back online with a more secure connection
Security29 Nov 2023 | 51
AI won't take your job, might shrink your wages, European Central Bank reckons
In the US, however, folks are ready and willing to bin you for a bot
AI + ML29 Nov 2023 | 19
No link between internet use and poor mental health, according to Oxford boffins
'We looked very hard for a smoking gun linking technology and well-being and we didn't find it'
Science29 Nov 2023 | 34
Finding sustainable strategies that work
How to meet the need for ESG and the demands of living with economic volatility
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Japan's space agency suffers cyber attack, points finger at Active Directory
JAXA is having a tough time in cyberspace and outer space, the latter thanks to an electrical glitch
Cyber-crime29 Nov 2023 | 4
Experienced Copilot help is hard to find, warns Microsoft MVP
Almost nobody has used it, or knows it well, so beware of consultants bearing cred
AI + ML29 Nov 2023 | 40
Two sats, one customer: Japan's NTT signs up for Amazon's space internet
Take that, Elon
Off-Prem29 Nov 2023 | 1
VMware president Sumit Dhawan out – scores gig as CEO of infosec vendor Proofpoint
Amid accounts of wider layoffs and Broadcom doing a 'strategic review' of end-user compute and Carbon Black products
Virtualization29 Nov 2023 |
Japan's digital minister flamed and shamed for using his smartphone in Parliament
His job is to modernise Japan but Googling electoral trivia to ensure accurate answers is not allowed
Zuckerberg accused of OK'ing Insta plastic surgery filters despite fears of harm to kids
'Meta knows what it is doing is bad for children ... it is now there in black and white'
Someone else has a go at reforming US Section 702 spying powers – and nope, no warrant requirement
Back to plan A, then, eh?
Either the FBI is recruiting in Iran – or some govt Google ad buyers are getting a lousy deal
Advertisers may be surprised to find where their banners appear
Bootnotes29 Nov 2023 | 5
Plex gives fans a privacy complex after sharing viewing habits with friends by default
Updated Grandma is watching what?!
Security28 Nov 2023 | 47
Virgin Atlantic flies 'world's first fossil-fuel free' transatlantic commercial flight
Sustainable kerosene-alt is hot right now as low-emission aviation takes off
Bootnotes28 Nov 2023 | 39
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