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Fixing an upside-down USB plug: A case of supporting the insupportable Support chap braved fire and a mile-long run, only to find Windows 95 was the final hurdle

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Google Cloud is super keen to keep certain customers on pricey Intel VMs

Unless your app really needs AVX 512, AMD and Ampere's cores may be a cheaper, better bet

3 Comments

Delivery drone crashes into power lines, causes outage

Google-owned Wing said it was a 'precautionary controlled landing' – right into 11,000 volts

32 Comments

Sage denies misleading customers over perpetual licensing, users not happy

Vendor and resellers offer conflicting advice about subs and upgrades, though vendor says it's been 'clear'

13 Comments

Digital Ocean won't let new customers create resources in four DCs, won't say why

Can't even spin up the compute necessary to reply

13 Comments

2022 1H Global Threat Landscape Report Whitepaper

Considerations for Evaluating Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) Solutions Infographic

On-Prem

As Hurricane Ian hits, FCC rules cell carriers must help each other in disasters

You will or won't do it voluntarily? Doesn't matter, we'll mandate it

6 Comments

Japan 5G network tests Arm chips, claims power draw down by 72%

Graviton2 processors trials with infrastructure vendors and telco as work on standalone 5G continues

4 Comments

Atos rejects bid from rival for digital, big data, security units

Despite having €4.2b reasons from Onepoint to ditch Evidian strategy and sell up

1 Comments

Chipmakers cut output, investment – but government bucks never go out of style

Wafer starts cut back as slump in demand hurts bottom lines... especially Micron's

8 Comments

Fixing an upside-down USB plug: A case of supporting the insupportable

Support chap braved fire and a mile-long run, only to find Windows 95 was the final hurdle

192 Comments

Post-Covid-19: Digital Transformation and OT Cyber Security in Asia Whitepaper

FortiCNP Manages Risk Through Actionable Insights Solution Brief

Security

Steganography alert: Backdoor spyware stashed in Microsoft logo

Now that's sticker shock

17 Comments

BlackCat malware lashes out at US defense IT contractor

Also, Amazon's Ring footage TV shows draws criticism, US v Soviet spying docs found, and more

6 Comments

Gone in a day: Ethical hackers say it would take mere hours to empty your network

300 red teamers walk into a bar…

10 Comments

Microsoft warns of North Korean crew posing as LinkedIn recruiters

State-sponsored ZINC allegedly passes on malware-laden open source apps

10 Comments

Stop us if you've heard this one before: Exchange Server zero-days actively exploited

Remember this next time Microsoft talks about how seriously it takes security

16 Comments

Software

Linux kernel 6.0 debuts, Linus Torvalds teases ‘core new things’ coming in version 6.1

Linux boss' launch message is more ‘6.0 is overrated’ than ‘The joy of 6.0’

1 Comments

Text-to-image models are so last month, text-to-video is here

Plus: Bruce Willis sells his image rights to AI biz creating deepfakes, and more

10 Comments

Google delays execution of doomed Chrome extensions

Busineses get a little longer with Manifest v2, everyone else... it depends

11 Comments

Amazon lets you rent Ubuntu Pro. Yes, it's Linux on the virtual desktop

Insert your Year of Linux joke here, we dare you

4 Comments

Here's OpenStack Platform 17 – aka what Red Hat hopes your network operator will one day use

The project with the thumbs up from CERN ... and China

How Citrix dropped the ball on Xen ... according to Citrix

How to win friends and admit how you lost them earlier?

14 Comments

Offbeat

Fake vibrating teeth could make great hearing aids

Wait, wait, hear us out

22 Comments

Apropos of nothing, US intel wants to improve low-dose radiation detection

IARPA unleashes TEI-REX to better track nuclear sources

6 Comments

China spins up giant battery built with US-patented tech

World's largest VRFB was built with inadvertent help from the Department of Energy

46 Comments

Bitcoin worse for the climate than beef, say economists

Researchers mince 'digital gold' claims with study showing cryptocurrency's impact

17 Comments

NASA, SpaceX weigh invoking Dragon to take Hubble higher

Telescope hasn't been superseded by JWST, so why not try to keep it going?

35 Comments

HDD Clicker gizmo makes flash sound like spinning rust

Made your old computer faster but too quiet? Here's a fun fix

41 Comments

Astroboffins present fresh evidence of moving liquid water on Mars

Pack your bags, we're off to huddle on some alien ice caps. It beats Earth

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Friday, September 30, 2022

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Girls Who Code book series banned in some US classrooms [Tue Sep 27 2022]

Tuesday, September 27, 2022

Hi The Register Subscriber | Log in The Register {* Daily Headlines *} 27 September 2022 Burning folder Girls Who Code book series banned in some US classrooms Culture wars may have come to gentle

Good news for UK tech contractors as govt repeals IR35 tax rules [Mon Sep 26 2022]

Monday, September 26, 2022

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You've heard of the cost-of-living crisis, now get ready for the cost-of-working crisis [Fri Sep 23 2022]

Friday, September 23, 2022

Hi The Register Subscriber | Log in The Register {* Daily Headlines *} 23 September 2022 packed platform on the london underground You've heard of the cost-of-living crisis, now get ready for the

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Thursday, September 22, 2022

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Thursday, April 25, 2024

Debt is rising, but consumers are still spending. April 25, 2024 Retail Brew Hello, it's Thursday. The US economy grew at 1.6% in the first quarter, the latest data from the Commerce Department

Criminalizing homelessness before the Supreme Court.

Thursday, April 25, 2024

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Gibberish Party

Thursday, April 25, 2024

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☢️ Building the World of ‘Fallout’

Thursday, April 25, 2024

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TikTok, Transplant Breakthrough, and 'Baby Reindeer'

Thursday, April 25, 2024

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“Kill All Arabs”: The Feds Are Investigating UMass Amherst for Anti-Palestinian Bias

Thursday, April 25, 2024

The Department of Education is probing claims that the school discriminated against Palestinian and Arab students amid Israel's war on Gaza. Most Read Chuck Schumer Privately Warns Pakistan: Don

I'll be honest: I'm asking for your money.

Thursday, April 25, 2024

Dear reader, Most news outlets try to conceal what these emails are really about with clickbait or misleading subject lines. But I'm going to get straight to the point: I'm going to ask you to

SIROTA’S SIGNALS: Trump Could Get New Powers — With Dems’ Help

Thursday, April 25, 2024

If bipartisan legislation passes and Trump wins, he'll have new power to punish nonprofits he deems to be “terrorist supporting.” SIROTA'S SIGNALS: Trump Could Get New Powers — With Dems'

How the Supreme Court weaponizes its own calendar

Thursday, April 25, 2024

Plus: Great news about air travel, bad news about bird flu, and more. April 25, 2024 View in browser Good morning! Today, the Supreme Court will hear former President Donald Trump's suit over

Fixing an upside-down USB plug: A case of supporting the insupportable [Mon Oct 3 2022]

{* Daily Headlines *}

Fixing an upside-down USB plug: A case of supporting the insupportable

Off-Prem

Google Cloud is super keen to keep certain customers on pricey Intel VMs

Delivery drone crashes into power lines, causes outage

Sage denies misleading customers over perpetual licensing, users not happy

Digital Ocean won't let new customers create resources in four DCs, won't say why

2022 1H Global Threat Landscape Report

Considerations for Evaluating Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) Solutions

On-Prem

As Hurricane Ian hits, FCC rules cell carriers must help each other in disasters

Japan 5G network tests Arm chips, claims power draw down by 72%

Atos rejects bid from rival for digital, big data, security units

Chipmakers cut output, investment – but government bucks never go out of style

Fixing an upside-down USB plug: A case of supporting the insupportable

Post-Covid-19: Digital Transformation and OT Cyber Security in Asia

FortiCNP Manages Risk Through Actionable Insights

Security

Steganography alert: Backdoor spyware stashed in Microsoft logo

BlackCat malware lashes out at US defense IT contractor

Gone in a day: Ethical hackers say it would take mere hours to empty your network

Microsoft warns of North Korean crew posing as LinkedIn recruiters

Stop us if you've heard this one before: Exchange Server zero-days actively exploited

2022 Cloud Security Report

Software

Linux kernel 6.0 debuts, Linus Torvalds teases ‘core new things’ coming in version 6.1

Text-to-image models are so last month, text-to-video is here

Google delays execution of doomed Chrome extensions

Amazon lets you rent Ubuntu Pro. Yes, it's Linux on the virtual desktop

Here's OpenStack Platform 17 – aka what Red Hat hopes your network operator will one day use

How Citrix dropped the ball on Xen ... according to Citrix

Offbeat

Fake vibrating teeth could make great hearing aids

Apropos of nothing, US intel wants to improve low-dose radiation detection

China spins up giant battery built with US-patented tech

Bitcoin worse for the climate than beef, say economists

NASA, SpaceX weigh invoking Dragon to take Hubble higher

HDD Clicker gizmo makes flash sound like spinning rust

Astroboffins present fresh evidence of moving liquid water on Mars

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