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Critical PostgreSQL bug tied to zero-day attack on US Treasury High-complexity bug unearthed by infoseccers, as Rapid7 probes exploit further

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AWS vacates its board seat at European cloud crew CISPE

... weeks after US titan was outvoted by other members to let Microsoft join the Euro cloud trade association

The Art of Auto Scaling: Learn the Latest Best Practices And Avoid Common Mistakes With Sample Architecture Diagrams and CloudFormation Templates

MAeHC Migrates Quality Data Center Application to AWS with RapidScale Case Study

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Fujitsu worries US tariffs will see its clients slow digital spend

PLUS: Pacific islands targeted by Chinese APT; China’s new rocket soars; DeepSeek puts Korea in a pickle; and more

SonicWall firewalls now under attack: Patch ASAP or risk intrusion via your SSL VPN

Roses are red, violets are blue, CVE-2024-53704 is sweet for a ransomware crew

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Our world faces 'unprecedented' spike in electricity demand

And it's not just datacenters driving the need for 3,500 TWh of new energy generation by 2027

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Datacenter energy demand in bitbarn 'capital of the world' Virginia nearly doubled in second half of 2024

Dominion Energy already eyeing another 26 GW worth of datacenter demand

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Voda-Three name post-merger top team, keep schtum on layoffs

Union estimates up to 1,600 job on the line

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Techie cleaned up criminally bad tech support that was probably also an actual crime

Outsourcing is not supposed to involve taking clients' hardware out of their building to your house

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HPE says blocking Juniper buy is a sure Huawei to ensure China and Cisco thrive

Analyst argues stopping the deal benefits Switchzilla by preventing rise of strong challenger for AI networks

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HIPAA Compliance on AWS Checklist

5 Steps for a Cost-efficient Migration to AWS Cloud eBook

Security

Nearly 10 years after Data and Goliath, Bruce Schneier says: Privacy’s still screwed

'In 50 years, I think we'll view these business practices like we view sweatshops today'

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If you dread a Microsoft Teams invite, just wait until it turns out to be a Russian phish

Roses aren't cheap, violets are dear, now all your access token are belong to Vladimir

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Critical PostgreSQL bug tied to zero-day attack on US Treasury

High-complexity bug unearthed by infoseccers, as Rapid7 probes exploit further

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2 charged over alleged New IRA terrorism activity linked to cops' spilled data

Officer says mistakenly published police details were shared 'a considerable amount of times'

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Watchdog ponders why Apple doesn't apply its strict app tracking rules to itself

Germany's Federal Cartel Office voices concerns iPhone maker may be breaking competition law

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Chinese spies suspected of 'moonlighting' as tawdry ransomware crooks

Some employees steal sticky notes, others 'borrow' malicious code

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Numerix, Leading Provider of Capital Markets Technology, Migrates to AWS with RapidScale

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Software

This open text-to-speech model needs just seconds of audio to clone your voice

El Reg shows you how to run Zypher's speech-replicating AI on your own box

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Open source maintainers are really feeling the squeeze

Overworked, under pressure, and subjected to abuse – is it really worth it?

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Why AI benchmarks suck

Anyone remember when Volkswagen rigged its emissions results? Oh...

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UK's new thinking on AI: Unless it's causing serious bother, you can crack on

Plus: Keep calm and plug Anthropic's Claude into public services

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Users await the fine print on SAP Business Suite reboot

Cloud-based revival should come with 'a corresponding discount scale,' customers say

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Why do younger coders struggle to break through the FOSS graybeard barrier?

The hurdles are higher than you might imagine

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Chinese AI marches on as Baidu makes its chatbot free, Alibaba scores Apple deal

New ‘Deep Search’ thinking and planning bot to go up against peoples’ champion DeepSeek

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Lawyers face judge's wrath after AI cites made-up cases in fiery hoverboard lawsuit

Talk about court red-handed

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Offbeat

International Space Station's out-of-this-world selfie booth turns 15

The Cupola continues to offer the best views in the universe

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Thursday, February 27, 2025

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Thursday, February 27, 2025

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Thursday, February 27, 2025

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Thursday, February 27, 2025

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⚔️ ‘Witcher 4’ Devs Reveal New Details

Thursday, February 27, 2025

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Critical PostgreSQL bug tied to zero-day attack on US Treasury [Mon Feb 17 2025]

Daily Headlines

Critical PostgreSQL bug tied to zero-day attack on US Treasury

Off-Prem

AWS vacates its board seat at European cloud crew CISPE

The Art of Auto Scaling: Learn the Latest Best Practices And Avoid Common Mistakes

MAeHC Migrates Quality Data Center Application to AWS with RapidScale

On-Prem

Fujitsu worries US tariffs will see its clients slow digital spend

SonicWall firewalls now under attack: Patch ASAP or risk intrusion via your SSL VPN

Our world faces 'unprecedented' spike in electricity demand

Datacenter energy demand in bitbarn 'capital of the world' Virginia nearly doubled in second half of 2024

Voda-Three name post-merger top team, keep schtum on layoffs

Techie cleaned up criminally bad tech support that was probably also an actual crime

HPE says blocking Juniper buy is a sure Huawei to ensure China and Cisco thrive

HIPAA Compliance on AWS

5 Steps for a Cost-efficient Migration to AWS Cloud

Security

Nearly 10 years after Data and Goliath, Bruce Schneier says: Privacy’s still screwed

If you dread a Microsoft Teams invite, just wait until it turns out to be a Russian phish

Critical PostgreSQL bug tied to zero-day attack on US Treasury

2 charged over alleged New IRA terrorism activity linked to cops' spilled data

Watchdog ponders why Apple doesn't apply its strict app tracking rules to itself

Chinese spies suspected of 'moonlighting' as tawdry ransomware crooks

Numerix, Leading Provider of Capital Markets Technology, Migrates to AWS with RapidScale

Software

This open text-to-speech model needs just seconds of audio to clone your voice

Open source maintainers are really feeling the squeeze

Why AI benchmarks suck

UK's new thinking on AI: Unless it's causing serious bother, you can crack on

Users await the fine print on SAP Business Suite reboot

Why do younger coders struggle to break through the FOSS graybeard barrier?

Chinese AI marches on as Baidu makes its chatbot free, Alibaba scores Apple deal

Lawyers face judge's wrath after AI cites made-up cases in fiery hoverboard lawsuit

Offbeat

International Space Station's out-of-this-world selfie booth turns 15

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