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Student requested access to research data. And waited. And waited. And then hacked to get root The punishment – Windows 98 administration chores – was far worse than the crime

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Tencent Cloud says it's mass producing custom video chips

Chinese tech giant claims better performance than competing GPUs

UK consortium bid for NHS data platform falls at first hurdle

Vows to regroup and come back stronger after failing in bid Palantir is pipped to win

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Amazon CEO says AWS staff now spending ‘much of their time’ optimizing customers’ clouds

Annual shareholder letter warns of ‘softening’ growth for cloud biz, likely lift-off for Kuiper satellite broadband

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Microsoft’s HoloLens 2 surprisingly still a thing, will get Windows 11 treatment

This is, we're told, a good thing

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US changes rules on tax credits for electric cars to cover American-made only

Everyone else, tough luck

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Germany to examine China-made kit in its 5G networks over security concerns

Do you like American music? I like American music

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Brits start 'em young with 20% of tots 'owning' a smartphone

And what are they doing with them? YouTube, lots of YouTube

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LockBit crew cooks up half-baked Mac ransomware

Please, no need to fix these problems

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Marketing biz sent 107 million spam emails... to just 437k people

Recruitment company fined £130,000 by data regulator for breaking PECR

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Firmware is on shaky ground – let's see what it's made of

Old architectures just don't stack up

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Student requested access to research data. And waited. And waited. And then hacked to get root

The punishment – Windows 98 administration chores – was far worse than the crime

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HPC in the cloud

Changing price-performance for Finite Element Analysis simulations

Software

Rust Foundation so sorry for scaring the C out of you with trademark crackdown talk

Should have wrapped proposed rules on name and logo use in unsafe {} ?

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More ads in Windows 11 Start Menu could be last straw for some

Others are resigned to inevitability and argue it's better than a subscription

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Google crams more AI into search as Apple, Samsung sniff around Bing

Mountain View may have nothing to fear, though – Microsoft's browser is still the underdog

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NHS England considered using Palantir tech to manage strike disruption

But then opted for spreadsheets instead

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Sick of GNOME, Snap and Flatpak? You might like Linux Lite, but beware rough edges

6.4 is based on Ubuntu 22.04.2 with a lot of the questionable aspects fixed

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Linux kernel 6.3 on track for debut next week after ‘nice uneventful release cycle’

Which is just how Linus Torvalds wants it and who can argue after what he recommended you eat for Easter

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OpenAI CEO confirms biz is not currently training GPT-5

Plus: Elon Musk wants Twitter to develop generative AI, and ChatGPT bots flood Reddit

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Offbeat

Stem cells to be made on orbiting space station to test micrograv manufacturing

Kinda feels like living in the future we thought we'd have, for a change

UK government scraps smart motorway plans, cites high costs and low public confidence

14 projects canceled as Prime Minister Sunak fulfills a campaign promise

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SpaceX feels the pressure, scraps first orbital launch of Starship

Another attempt is possible later this week, depending on how the troubleshooting goes

21 Comments

Mars Helicopter completes 50th flight, 45 more than NASA planned

And sets a Martian height record for good measure

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Tuesday, March 18, 2025

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Student requested access to research data. And waited. And waited. And then hacked to get root [Tue Apr 18 2023]

{* Daily Headlines *}

Student requested access to research data. And waited. And waited. And then hacked to get root

Off-Prem

Tencent Cloud says it's mass producing custom video chips

UK consortium bid for NHS data platform falls at first hurdle

Amazon CEO says AWS staff now spending ‘much of their time’ optimizing customers’ clouds

SANS Multi-Cloud Survey

Future Proof Your VMware Infrastructure With Nutanix’s Multi Vendor and Migration Strategies | Slide Deck

On-Prem

Microsoft’s HoloLens 2 surprisingly still a thing, will get Windows 11 treatment

US changes rules on tax credits for electric cars to cover American-made only

Germany to examine China-made kit in its 5G networks over security concerns

Brits start 'em young with 20% of tots 'owning' a smartphone

The Key to Optimized IT investment | Slide Deck

Attack Surface Management

Security

LockBit crew cooks up half-baked Mac ransomware

Marketing biz sent 107 million spam emails... to just 437k people

Firmware is on shaky ground – let's see what it's made of

Student requested access to research data. And waited. And waited. And then hacked to get root

HPC in the cloud

Software

Rust Foundation so sorry for scaring the C out of you with trademark crackdown talk

More ads in Windows 11 Start Menu could be last straw for some

Google crams more AI into search as Apple, Samsung sniff around Bing

NHS England considered using Palantir tech to manage strike disruption

Sick of GNOME, Snap and Flatpak? You might like Linux Lite, but beware rough edges

Linux kernel 6.3 on track for debut next week after ‘nice uneventful release cycle’

OpenAI CEO confirms biz is not currently training GPT-5

Offbeat

Stem cells to be made on orbiting space station to test micrograv manufacturing

UK government scraps smart motorway plans, cites high costs and low public confidence

SpaceX feels the pressure, scraps first orbital launch of Starship

Mars Helicopter completes 50th flight, 45 more than NASA planned

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