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Organizations can't outsource environmental challenges, warns Gartner "Organizations can't just outsource their environmental challenges to public cloud providers," analyst firm Gartner has warned.…

It's not all doom and gloom because ML also amplifies defensive efforts, probably Bots like ChatGPT may not be able to pull off the next big Microsoft server worm or Colonial Pipeline ransomware super-infection but they may help criminal gangs and nation-state hackers develop some attacks against IT, according to Rob Joyce, director of the NSA's Cybersecurity Directorate.…

Pegasus, pssh, you so 2000-and-late Malware reportedly developed by a little-known Israeli commercial spyware maker has been found on devices of journalists, politicians, and an NGO worker in multiple countries, say researchers. …

Commerce Dept knows it needs to know more as it ponders regulation The Biden Administration on Tuesday issued a formal request for public comments to help shape potential policies that would improve accountability of artificial intelligence products and services.…

Plus Google, SAP, Adobe and Cisco emit fixes Microsoft patched 97 security flaws today for April's Patch Tuesday including one that has already been found and exploited by miscreants attempting to deploy Nokoyawa ransomware.…

x86 giant cancels mid-tier processor, plans to relaunch nerfed parts for 'different markets' Intel is retooling its Data Center GPU Max lineup just weeks after the departure of Accelerated Computing Group lead Raja Koduri and the cancellation of the x86 titan's next-gen Rialto Bridge platform.…

Windows giant would never try to get an unfair Edge over rival, surely After five years, Microsoft has addressed a bug in its Windows Defender antivirus software that led to high CPU usage and wasted electricity for users of Mozilla's Firefox web browser.…

Less about love of the planet, more frustrated city officials Microsoft has agreed not to use evaporative cooling in future datacenters at its PHX 10-11 campus in Goodyear, near Phoenix, Arizona, a move the Windows giant touted as a sustainability improvement because it will reduce water consumption in the drought-prone region.…

Decade or so in the clink begins April 27 Disgraced Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes' attempt to stave off her time behind bars has been rejected, with a federal judge denying her request to remain free on bail pending appeals and reaffirming the court's order for her to report for incarceration later this month. …

Lawsuits keep piling up for Musk-owned 'trending to breakeven' platform A trio of former Twitter executives led by ex-CEO Parag Agrawal have sued the company for allegedly not reimbursing more than a million dollars in legal expenses incurred during and after their employment, as their contracts oblige.…

An end to greenwashing won't come without a fight Updated Efforts to regulate datacenters are starting to stack up.…

Despite layoff trend, IT staff seek mobility over security More than three quarters (77 percent) of UK tech workers are unhappy with their jobs and have looked for another one in the past six months, according to a study of 1,000-plus professionals.…

The party could be over soon Container giant (actual containers, not the virtualization tech) Tupperware shocked investors when it said yesterday that its business was looking less airtight than you might expect.…

Web code-based cross-platform app kit offers a P2P alternative Interview Socket Supply Co introduced Socket Runtime today, an open source runtime for creating native mobile and desktop applications for Linux, macOS, or Windows using web technologies, but with optional peer-to-peer connectivity as a way to supplement or even avoid backend cloud services.…

The default is that sharing is caring as Redmond admits: 'These permissions could be abused' A design flaw in Microsoft Azure – that shared key authorization is enabled by default when creating storage accounts – could give attackers full access to your environment, according to Orca Security researchers.…

To that we say good luck Fujitsu, the global tech services biz, is embarking on an ERP standardization program to use one system worldwide, based on SAP S/4HANA, in a project expected to employ around 1,500 people at its peak.…

Oh and expect to DCs to get more expensive, not less, analysts warn Comment With cloud costs expected to rise over the next year, you might be considering moving your applications back on-prem or to a colocation facility — after all, it worked for 37Signals.…

Plus: KFC, Pizza Hut owner spills more beans on ransomware hit... latest critical flaws... and more In Brief More than 40 percent of surveyed IT security professionals say they've been told to keep network breaches under wraps despite laws and common decency requiring disclosure.…

Is it wrong to wish on space hardware? Opinion There isn’t an astronomer on the planet who isn’t in two minds about modern technology. The same advances in material science, computers and radio technology that have given humanity spectacular new views of the universe also clutter the skies and deafen the radio bands with swarms of noisy, shiny, satellites. Now, though, the worst offenders are opening up one of astronomy’s final frontiers in unexplored space.…

Has science GONE TOO FAR? Chatbots like Google's LaMDA or OpenAI's ChatGPT are not sentient nor that intelligent. Nonetheless, boffins believe they can use these large language models to simulate human behavior inspired by one of the world's most popular early computer games and some AI code.…

Forced developers to sign exclusivity agreements in return for promises of going global South Korea’s Fair Trade Commission today slapped Google with a ₩42.1 billion ($32 million, £26 million) fine for attacking a rival app store with anticompetitive practices.…

'Tongyi Qianwen' will drive cloud consumption, industry-specific AI, and smarter smart speakers Alibaba Cloud has revealed a new large language model and plans to use it in everything from the cloud to smart speakers.…

Plus: Aussie mayor threatens to sue OpenAI; Minors face ChatGPT ban; President Biden on AI In Brief Meta has declined to detail how it will treat AI-generated deepfake content that appear on its social media platforms.…

Also: India gets an Apple store; ZTE sells next-gen servers outside China; Foxconn invests in EVs; and more ASIA IN BRIEF Tesla is set to open a new megafactory in Shanghai to produce large-scale rechargeable lithium-ion batteries known as Megapacks, according to a statement issued by the company on Sunday.…

Waits for pen-pushers to sign off debut orbital mission SpaceX has pushed back the first-ever orbital test flight of its largest and most powerful rocket, the Starship, to wait for regulatory approval from America's Federal Aviation Administration.…

Could it be the profit sharing, China ban, or demands for trade secrets? TSMC is the latest foundry operator to express at least some concerns over the US CHIPS Act subsidies opportunity.…

On the bright side, higher inventories will give 'puter makers opportunity to flee China, IDC says Apple's client device sales volumes stood out compared to its competitors during 2023's first quarter, but not for the reasons you might expect, IDC reports.…

At least Redmond listens to some customers Some enterprises that are using Client Access Rules (CARs) in Exchange Online are getting a one-year reprieve before Microsoft shuts down the access control tool altogether.…

Or whatever you managed to haggle with these miscreants If you want to sneak malware onto people's Android devices via the official Google Play store, it may cost you about $20,000 to do so, Kaspersky suggests.…

Sorry, make that Titter. We can explain Netizens using Twitter's Circle feature may want to take note here.…

How's the saying go? $50m here, $50m there, pretty soon you're talking real money The liquidators picking over the remains of FTX have released their first formal report into Sam Bankman-Fried's imploded empire – and it somehow appears things are worse than feared.…

Keep calm and install patches before abuse becomes widespread Apple rolled out patches on Good Friday to its iOS, iPadOS, and macOS operating systems and the Safari web browser to address vulnerabilities found by Google and Amnesty International that were exploited in the wild.…

Robo-ride driven round the bend, or at least, should have Cruise pushed a software update to its fleet of 300 self-driving cars operating in San Francisco after one vehicle crashed into the back of a bendy bus.…

Someone in China upset its tech was ripped off? The irony Baidu has sued Apple and some app makers after what's said to be fake copies of the Chinese web giant's ERNIE AI chatbot appeared in the iGiant's app store.…

Great, more company for Stadia, Duo and pals in the graveyard Owners of Dropcam security cameras and Nest Secure systems have been given an unwelcome deadline from Google: their smart home products will be shut off April 8 next year.…

Oh, sure, let's play a game of legal and technical whack-a-mole Microsoft and Fortra are taking legal and technical actions to thwart cyber-criminals from using the latter company's Cobalt Strike software to distribute malware.…

AI chat comes at a social cost by putting words in your mouth You might find using AI technology helpful when chatting to others, but this latest research shows people will think less of someone using such tools.…

Or else! Travelers looking to get from Fife to Edinburgh will soon have a new transport option: a fleet of five autonomous buses set to begin operating in Scotland on a 14-mile route this May.…

Where else can you read a story that starts with a Wang hack and ends with a wedding? Who, Me? Ah, dear reader, how nice to meet you once again at the water-cooler analog The Register likes to call Who, Me? where we admit our past errors without fear of judgement. OK, maybe a little judgement.…

Move fast, make things A runaway supermassive black hole is speeding through space and creating a trail of stars behind it, a phenomenon accidentally discovered by the Hubble Space Telescope.…

Alien dust world globe took three years of hand-stitching images to create Fancy a Mars flyover? You're in luck, as a team at Caltech just published a 5.7 terapixel mosaic of Mars that can be explored in 3D.…

Synthetaic CEO on finding Beijing's 'needle in a haystack' of sat imagery Interview Most of us binge Netflix when we're feeling sick. Corey Jaskolski, on the other hand, looks for Chinese spy balloons in satellite imagery.…

1.5TB of databases, source code, BIOS tools said to be stolen Owners of MSI-brand motherboards, GPUs, notebooks, PCs, and other equipment should exercise caution when updating their device's firmware or BIOS after the manufacturer revealed it has recently suffered a cyberattack.…

So, like, three iPhones and a Mac keyboard Pic Unidentified individuals managed to break through the wall of a coffee equipment maker's bathroom in a shopping center this week to enter and rob an adjacent Apple Store.…

'Russia is the king of disinformation and hybrid warfare' expert tells El Reg Analysis War plans apparently detailing secret US and NATO support for a Ukrainian offensive to regain land invaded by Russia were leaked on social media Thursday – and almost as quickly as they appeared, their legitimacy came under fire.…

Nadella happy to sling code to Russians and Iranians, or nah? Microsoft will pay more than $3.3 million to settle allegations it busted US sanctions by selling software and services to blacklisted companies and individuals in Russia, Iran, and other countries.…

What else when you have a customer that will only accept these three words: Sir, yes, sir Intel this week said the prototype multi-die chips it was commissioned to build for the US Department of Defense are now ready more than a year ahead of schedule.…

Intimate, disturbing moments became message board memes, probably Tesla workers over the past few years have reportedly shared sensitive and embarrassing videos captured by the cameras built into their customers' cars.…

Plus: Substack shanked by bitter Twitter? The chunk of internal source code Twitter released the other week contains a "shadow ban" vulnerability serious enough to earn its own CVE, as it can be exploited to bury someone's account of sight "without recourse."…

Thanks.dev wants to spread the wealth directly to coders In 2016, the Ford Foundation published a report on the lack of financial support for public source code and there's still a massive funding gap, but a new scheme may sort that out.…