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'Error' in Microsoft's DDoS defenses amplified 8-hour Azure outage A playbook full of strategies and someone fumbles the implementation

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Superclusters too big, but single servers too small? Oracle offers AI Goldilocks zone

Adds L40 bare metal option to the O-Cloud, plus A100 and H100 VMs. And teases a GH200 beast

Two senior board execs leave SAP as restructuring hits the fan

German vendor maintains departures follow increase in job cuts

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Microsoft Dynamics 365 called out for 'worker surveillance'

Redmond disputes some claims made in Cracked Labs probe

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Ridesharing makes new and unique mess in Japan's taxi industry

Minister accuses cab drivers of gaming algos to score more lucrative fares

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Future Of Restaurants Whitepaper

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Intel prepares to cut 'thousands' of workers

Employees hate this one simple trick to fix failing business empires

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Upcoming US export rules on chipmaking tools won't apply to friendly countries

37 nations on good terms with Uncle Sam spared incoming restrictions, report claims

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Boeing's Q2 nosedive buoyed by appointment of new CEO

It lost billions and missed expectations, but fresh blood at the top has pleased shareholders

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Samsung confirms Exynos 2500 chip as profit skyrockets on back of AI memory boom

Strikes? What strikes?

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China stops worrying about lack of GPUs and learns to love the supercomputer

The workaround is going to be inevitable in the future anyway, say Chinese boffins

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Asia's regional internet registry APNIC names new director general

ICANN's local boss Jia Rong Low gets the gig – and a challenging to-do list

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AMD sold $1B of Instinct GPUs last quarter, driving triple-digit datacenter growth

Which is nice, but way behind Nvidia, while other segments are soft and supply-chain pain persists

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Security

Ransomware infection cuts off blood supply to 250+ hospitals

Scumbags go for the jugular

More than 83K certs from nearly 7K DigiCert customers must be swapped out now

Small stay of execution in 'exceptional circumstances' promised as lawsuits start to fly

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Russia takes aim at Sitting Ducks domains, bags 30,000+

Eight-year-old domain hijacking technique still claiming victims

Chrome adopts app-bound encryption to stymie cookie-stealing malware

Windows users now get macOS-grade secret security

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'Error' in Microsoft's DDoS defenses amplified 8-hour Azure outage

A playbook full of strategies and someone fumbles the implementation

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UK Electoral Commission slapped for basic cybersecurity fails

It took 13 months to notice 40 million voters' data was compromised

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DigiCert gives unlucky folks 24 hours to replace doomed certificates after code blunder

For the want of an underscore

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Software

Tesla that killed motorcyclist was in Full Self-Driving mode

28-year-old mowed down in US state where cars ordinarily aren't allowed to operate autonomously

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Skype goes ad-free, which is unusual for Microsoft

Feedback prioritized, unless it's about a feature customers really miss

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EU AI Act still in infancy, but those with 'intelligent' HR apps better watch out

Users and developers warned to prepare for what's coming with human resources a focus in 'high-risk' category

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OpenTofu hits version 1.8 with more crowd-pleasing features

Open source TerraForm rival introduces a new file extension so users can 'keep older code around for compatibility'

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Compared to other distros, Vanilla OS 2 'Orchid' is rewriting how Linux works

In front, unmodified GNOME; underneath, it's all a bit strange, but purposefully so

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Canceled meeting between US and UAE throws fresh scrutiny on Microsoft-G42 deal

All a simple misunderstanding, we're told

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Microsoft remains massively profitable, investors await AI payoff

Everyone loves Copilot, execs claim – and hope they can say the same for Copilot Plus PCs

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Special Features

Five months after takedown, LockBit is a shadow of its former self

An unprecedented period for an unparalleled force in cybercrime

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Offbeat

Remember Nokia? Amazon's lawyers do, in patent infringement suit

Finnish firm started the networking and cloud fight, Amazon could finish it

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It is 60 years since a US spacecraft first took a close-up of the Moon

Ranger 7 finally gets its shot. Five years later, humans would follow

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