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This uni thought it would be a good idea to do a phishing test with a fake Ebola scare Needless to say, it backfired in a big way

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Zoom profits up despite CEO's doubts about remote working

And CFO is off, maybe to find a role where she doesn't have to come into the office

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You awake to find yourself in a dark room... with an empty wallet

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Walmart clears out its shares of Chinese e-tailer JD.com

That’s one way to mark the end of an eight-year partnership

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China's top Office clone copies Microsoft again – with an inconvenient outage

WPS Office took a long lunch on Wednesday, the day after its developer posted big profits

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Gamers who think Ryzen 9000s are slow are testing it wrong, says AMD

Those using Windows 11, version 24H2, should see better speed

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LiquidStack says its new CDU can chill more than 1MW of AI compute

So what’s that good for? Like eight of Nvidia’s NVL-72s?

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Benign bug in iOS and iPadOS crashes gizmos with just four characters

More of an Easter egg than a vuln, but a fun one to mess around with

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Axiom Space dials up Nokia to connect moonwalkers to 4G

Can't even get good signal in my garden

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HMD Skyline: The repairable Android that lets you go dumb in a smart way

Nokia custodian makes efforts to help you fight fondleslab fixation

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SolarWinds left critical hardcoded credentials in its Web Help Desk product

Why go to the effort of backdooring code when devs will basically do it for you accidentally anyway

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CrowdStrike deja vu as 'performance issue' leaves systems sluggish

Not related to the massive outage in July, security biz spokesperson told us

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Halliburton probes 'an issue' disrupting business ops

What could the problem be? Reportedly, a cyberattack

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Ransomware batters critical industries, but takedowns hint at relief

Whether attack slowdown continues downward trend is the million dollar question that security researchers can't answer

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This uni thought it would be a good idea to do a phishing test with a fake Ebola scare

Needless to say, it backfired in a big way

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Cisco calls for United Nations to revisit cyber crime Convention

Echoes human rights groups' concerns that it could suppress free speech and more

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Snowflake claims Iceberg wins table format wars, and Databricks has just proved it

The data analytics vendor's CEO says rival's over $1 billion Tabular acquisition is the 'vindication'

Chrome dumped support for Ubuntu 18.04 – but it'll be back

Complaints about lack of notice plus an inquiry from El Reg prompt U-turn by web giant

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Chasing the AI dragon? Your IT might be circling the drain, IBM warns

Big Blue says companies are so obsessed, basic services are going to pot

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Microsoft sends Windows Control Panel to tech graveyard

A Paint-like rescue unlikely for old configuration warhorse

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AGI is on clients' radar but far from reality, says Gartner

Controversial concept may not even be a useful goal in computing

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Microsoft resurrects Windows Recall for upcoming preview

Insiders get ready for Redmond's second run at AI snoopware

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Microsoft to stop telling investors about peformance of server products

Shuffles financial metrics so Copilot Pro revenue ends up in a happier place

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China's rideshare champ Didi gives users the option to report stinky cars

Also testing allowing women to chose female drivers

Amazon antitrust case in Washington DC is resurrected

DC appeals court reverses dismissal, finding enough evidence of anticompetitive behavior to proceed

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