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Slips some extra grunt into Snapdragon X70 5G chipset before devices launch Qualcomm has updated its Snapdragon X70 5G chipset to extend range and balance the transmit power for better performance. It also claims the Snapdragon modem will be the first to support a standalone 5G mmWave connection once it is available.…

RHEL, RHEL, RHEL, how about that? We talk to founder about HPC, open source and more Interview CIQ, founding sponsor and services partner of Rocky Linux – a community build of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) – is to receive a $26m injection of private funding led by Two Bear Capital.…

The progress bar of lies reborn as a cheery 'Checking' message Microsoft Visual Studio appears to be having a bad Wednesday with users of the development suite forced to jump into Microsoft's feedback forum to complain about prolonged problems with the software's installer.…

Secureworks' investigation only the latest evidence Kaseya and JBS attackers are on the move again New ransomware samples analyzed by Secureworks' threat intelligence team are the latest indication that high-profile ransomware operation REvil is once again up and running after months of relative inactivity.…

Going for a walk: Good. Doomscrolling: Bad What are your peers doing to stave off burnout? Research from Stack Overflow suggests about half of developers are still spending their breaks in front of a screen.…

eVocore processor line aimed at high-performance, real-time compute applications MIPS is back, but this time the company is bringing processors to market based on the RISC-V open instruction set architecture, rather than the MIPS architecture the chip designer is synonymous with.…

Link between compliance and sales appeared to boost cloud performance in case disputed by Big Red A US class-action case claiming Oracle falsely inflated its cloud revenue by threatening customers with audits is set to continue after a federal judge approved the damages model proposed by the plaintiffs.…

Fire the update engines if you haven't already Microsoft has pulled the plug on support for .NET 5 and the Pro and Home versions of Windows 10 20H2.…

By 2030 we'll be shipping 1.2 billion cellular-module devices each year, says analyst 4G will continue to be the dominant cellular connectivity technology used by IoT devices until 2028, according to a report from Counterpoint Research.…

Zero-touch provisioning, single-node deployments, and Advanced Cluster Management support confirmed Red Hat Summit Red Hat is targeting edge deployments with fresh features across a portfolio based around containerized software deployments that build on its Enterprise Linux and OpenShift application platform.…

What goes up will also come down. The question is... how? Orbex is showing off a full-scale prototype of the Prime rocket atop its test stand at Kinloss in Scotland.…

IT and network services to replace 56 legacy workflow systems with ServiceNow UK telecoms and IT services company BT is forecasting £25 million ($30.8 million) in savings over five years by ditching some legacy applications and switching to ServiceNow workflow and automation technologies.…

30! million! users! already! moved! to! TXT! and/or! FIDO! Attacks! and! support! requests! both! down! Yahoo Japan has revealed that it plans to go passwordless, and that 30 million of its 50 million monthly active users have already stopped using passwords in favor of a combination of FIDO and TXT messages.…

Analytics veteran also cosies up to consultancies to extend market reach in IPO year Analytics industry veteran SAS has announced support for Python in its proprietary analytics studio.…

The cost of kit to capture the real world is plummeting, thanks to Apple For the past six months I've been staring at the backside of my iPhone 13 Pro wondering what possessed Apple to build a Light Detection and Ranging (LIDAR) camera into its flagship smartphone.…

Six ride sharing companies forced into consumer redress scheme India has accused ride-sharing companies of over-charging loyal customers who regularly take the same route, and directed six platforms to become part of a scheme that offers third-party grievance handling services.…

The day the music died … was probably 2007, when the iPhone made standalone music players redundant Apple has ended production of the last remaining version of the iPod – the iPod Touch.…

NUC NUC. Who's there? Intel Vision Scale Computing announced a strategic partnership with Intel on Monday to offer a fully integrated, low-power platform for deploying and managing applications at the edge.…

Make supply chain woes work to your advantage If datacenter operators want to compete with the cloud providers, they've got to start thinking more like them. That's what Mike Bushong, VP of Datacenter Business at Juniper, told The Register.…

Plus many more flaws. And Adobe, Android, SAP join the bug-squashing frenzy Microsoft patched 74 security flaws in its May Patch Tuesday batch of updates. That's seven critical bugs, 66 deemed important, and one ranked low severity.…

And China to get first dibs when graphics chips do ship Intel Vision The rollout of Intel's Arc discrete GPUs has been slower than expected for folks hungry for a fresh option in the computer graphics hardware market. This week, the x86 giant attempted to explain what's taking so long.…

Campaign to coax GitHub-owned outfit to improve security starts showing results Special report Security consultant Lance Vick recently acquired the expired domain used by the maintainer of a widely used NPM package to remind the JavaScript community that the NPM Registry still hasn't implemented adequate security.…

And puts the usual claims of world-beating performance in its marketing Intel Vision Intel has said it has put "desktop-caliber" silicon in a mobile package to provide its fastest 12-generation Core laptop processors yet.…

Thank goodness someone cleared that one up The US and the European Union have officially blamed Russia for a series of destructive data-wiping malware infections in Ukrainian government and private-sector networks – and said they will "take steps" to defend against and respond to Kremlin-orchestrated attacks.…

First major release since IBM spent $34b buying distro giant, includes kernel 5.14, systemd 249, Python 3.9 and more Red Hat Summit Red Hat has officially lifted the lid on version 9 of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), code-named Plow, the latest major version of the dominant paid-for, commercial server Linux.…

When it comes to web giant's multi-story facilities in this specific spot, we're haters Residents in rural Culpeper County, Virginia, aren't letting Amazon build a datacenter without a fight, so they've sued the county to stop the project. …

Low-code platform providers' legal tussle ends with 'largest damages award in Virginia state court history' Appian has been awarded more than $2 billion in damages from Pegasystems for "trade secret misappropriation."…

Is spy-tech outfit trying to distract from underperforming results? Palantir's CEO invoked the specter of nuclear war as the US spy-tech company posted net losses of $101 million and revenue guidance undershot market expectations.…

One of the most battle-tested OSes out there hits commodity kit, but does anyone still care? VMS Software Inc. has announced the release of OpenVMS 9.2, the first production-supported release for commercial off-the-shelf x86 hardware.…

Updates aim to ease complexities of building applications for a hybrid cloud environment Red Hat Summit Red Hat has expanded its Red Hat Cloud Services that support the OpenShift application platform, adding new components to help with the development of hybrid applications such as a Service Registry, plus middleware to make it easier to link to cloud database services.…

Gaudi 2, Greco AI chips, plus more details on Arctic Sound-M server GPUs Intel Vision Intel is ramping up its efforts to take on GPU giant Nvidia in the accelerated computing space with a strategy that focuses on a diverse portfolio of silicon built for different purposes.…

Big Blue claims it'll have a 4,158 qubit system by 2025 IBM Think IBM has big plans for its quantum computing gambit, including the launch of a 4,158-qubit system by 2025. To put that in context, the company just launched it's 127-qubit "Eagle" system in 2021.…

SEO techniques employed to increase visibility of poisoned documents claims Netskope Most malware attacks now originate from the same region as the victim, according to a new report, a sign that malicious actors are changing their tactics.…

Chip giant sticking with multi-architecture ASIC/FPGA approach through 2024 Intel Vision Intel's two-pronged ASIC/FPGA infrastructure processing unit (IPU) strategy was on full display at this week's Intel Vision event, where the chipmaker teased its upcoming 400Gbit/sec and 800Gbit/sec devices.…

Follow the blue rabbit! Graphics driver developer lead talks to The Reg Progress was made in persuading 3D graphics to work in Linux on Apple's M1 over the weekend – in the form of a blue rabbit.…

For the first time, more respondents indicate a preference for instant messaging, says SWZD The COVID-19 pandemic may trigger the end of email's dominance in business communications.…

Cites 'payment system disruption' as credit card companies pull out of region Google has begun blocking downloads of paid apps and their updates in Russia as of May 5, citing compliance issues.…

Rockets could fly from the UK as soon as next year The UK's SaxaVord spaceport has agreed a deal with Astra Space to launch satellites from the Unst facility from 2023.…

Twitter thread reveals Redmondian machinations PowerShell inventor Jeffrey Snover has aired some grievances about how his indispensable tool once got him demoted.…

A little bit of DDR5 in my life, a little bit of storage by my side, a little bit of compute is all I need Marvell Technology has announced its intent to acquire compute express link (CXL) startup Tanzanite in an all-cash deal it says will accelerate its composable infrastructure aspirations.…

Providing both old Airwave system and its replacement boosted supplier's profits, says British Home Office The UK's Home Office has admitted Motorola has "very significantly benefited" from the delay to the Emergency Services Network (ESN) because it also profits from the extension of the current Airwave communication network used by police, fire brigades and the like.…

CEO Michel Paulin on coming back from a datacenter blaze and playing nicely with others Interview OVHcloud is perhaps best known for cloud computing, hosting, and dedicated servers in its network of datacenters but the company has also made news in other arenas. For instance, taking on Microsoft in the European courts or the fire at one of its datacenters that destroyed customer data.…

That's more than the total that are actively maintained, study claims A study has found more outdated apps in Apple's App Store and Google Play than actively updated ones. …

PCIe 5.0 device hints at servers with lots of memory, maybe shared Samsung has unveiled a 512-gigabyte Compute Express Link (CXL) DRAM module, which awaits servers to make it sing.…

Filling in a form at 4am improves infosec or privacy how, exactly? Opposition is building to India's recently introduced rules on reporting computer security breaches, which have come under fire for being impractical, ineffective, and impinging on privacy.…

Caveats apply, your privacy may vary Clearview AI has promised to stop selling its controversial face-recognizing tech to most private US companies in a settlement proposed this week with the ACLU.…

Is winter coming already for the US tech sector? Some tech companies are tightening their belts as they adjust to ongoing financial turbulence, with Uber and Meta both looking to reduce expenses and hiring.…

Privacy rules increase cost, reduce choice, slash revenues, study concludes Europe's data protection regime has reduced the number of apps available in Google Play by "a third," increased costs, and reduced developer revenues, according to a study published Monday.…

All part of a larger push by the Feds to improve cybersecurity reporting US President Joe Biden has signed into law a bill that aims to improve how the federal government tracks and prosecutes cybercrime.…

NASA drops heater temp to boost batteries as dust hits solar supply The long-lived Ingenuity helicopter has made contact with NASA's Perseverance rover on Mars after an unexpected communications blackout.…