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by Katyanna Quach on (#5KEYK)
Perhaps instrument-halting failure is due to compute and interconnect hardware, not memory, after all The Hubble Space Telescope may need to boot up a backup computer that's been dormant since 2009 to carry on operations.…
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by Katyanna Quach on (#5KEXE)
We got hacked and we'll be right back, duo said ... two months ago Up to $3.6bn in Bitcoin has disappeared from a South African cryptocurrency investment outfit as well as the two brothers who ran it.…
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by Tim Richardson on (#5KETB)
It has to take action on takedowns though, prelim ruling on long-running Sarah Brightman spat finds Europe's leading court has partly sided with YouTube regarding copyrighted works posted illegally online in a case that touches on "profound divisions" in how the internet is used.…
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by Thomas Claburn on (#5KER9)
And if that doesn't work, terrorism or satanic panic next? Apple, fearing regulators will force it to allow people to sideload whatever apps they like on their own iOS devices, has published a paper arguing about the importance of its oversight. The iGiant also sent a letter to US lawmakers warning of supposed harm if its gatekeeping is disallowed.…
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by Matthew Hughes on (#5KENK)
IT managers told when punished Chromebooks are about to die Psychologist Abraham Maslow didn't mention Chromebooks when contriving his hierarchy of needs, and yet they have become essential to ordinary life during the pandemic, with the cheap computing devices being used for homeschooling and remote working.…
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by Iain Thomson on (#5KENM)
British-American infosec renegade faced trial in America for tax evasion British-American software tycoon John McAfee was found dead in his cell in a Barcelona prison on Wednesday.…
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by Matthew Hughes on (#5KENN)
Suit may be filed as soon as next week Google is reportedly facing a new civil antitrust suit following a Play Store investigation by several US states.…
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by Richard Speed on (#5KEKH)
Bank of England flies pride flag as it launches new note The UK's new £50 note has entered circulation on the 109th anniversary of the birth of its subject, the mathematician and computer scientist Alan Turing.…
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by Gareth Halfacree on (#5KEH1)
Looks to improve the simplicity with which such things are shared The Linux Foundation has announced two projects with which it aims to help settle the choppy waters of machine learning: the Open Voice Network (OVN), and the CDLA-Permissive-2.0 licence for machine learning datasets.…
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by Matthew Hughes on (#5KEE2)
Smaller physical footprint to tempt carriers needing to build out 5G Space may be the final frontier, but for telecoms operators it is a pressing concern, particularly those based in countries where land comes at a premium, most notably the UK. Enter Samsung, which has introduced its first all-in-one antenna and radio unit for the European market.…
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by Matt Dupuy on (#5KEE3)
Boffins looking for changes to cephalopods' symbiotic relationship with bioluminescent bacteria on ISS Immunology boffins in the US are hoping to learn the secret of how to keep humans well enough for long enough to live on the Moon or travel to Mars by sending some tiny squid into space.…
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by Richard Speed on (#5KEAH)
Next up, the rocket stage to send mannequin to the Moon The stacking of NASA's monster Moon rocket is continuing in Florida with the launch vehicle stage adapter placed atop the newly vertical core stage.…
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by Gareth Corfield on (#5KE6M)
MPs and activists join forces to fight 'dangerous' legal threat MPs and anti-censorship campaigners have warned that the British government's Online Safety Bill "mistakes the medium for the message" and will result in algorithms censoring anyone who posts something on social media that could get a Silicon Valley company into trouble.…
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by Richard Speed on (#5KE40)
The Special Relationship in the form of Android foldables Microsoft's latest foray into the world of mobile phones is going so well that its US store has lopped an eye-watering $800 off the price of the fancy Surface Duo.…
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by Gareth Halfacree on (#5KE41)
Fast, easy to implement, and knocks attacks like Spectre on the head – what's the catch? Researchers at the Columbia University School of Engineering and Applied Science have showcased two new approaches to providing computers with memory protection without sacrificing performance – and they're being implemented in silicon by the US Air Force Research Lab.…
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by Laura Dobberstein on (#5KE1C)
Access Now #KeepItOn campaign thinks that’s a very bad idea The governments of Syria and Sudan have shut down the internet across their nations, apparently to prevent cheating during school exams.…
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by Simon Sharwood on (#5KDZ0)
Once you can only buy the apps you need as containers, it’s game over Register Debate Welcome to the latest Register Debate in which writers discuss technology topics, and you – the reader – choose the winning argument. The format is simple: we propose a motion, the arguments for the motion will run this Monday and Wednesday, and the arguments against on Tuesday and Thursday.…
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by Lindsay Clark on (#5KDZ1)
Huge shift in working patterns continues into next year, according to the all-seeing eye of... Gartner The omniscient overlord of IT forecasting otherwise known as Gartner is predicting around a two-thirds increase in working from home compared with pre-pandemic levels.…
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by Gareth Halfacree on (#5KDWJ)
El Reg hacks selflessly volunteer to taste-test before and after Pubbino, the San Francisco biz that believes there simply isn't enough tech involved in pulling pints, is talking up another entry in its "Internet of Beer" range: a line-cleaning system powered, it claims, by AI.…
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by Richard Speed on (#5KDT9)
It managed to pay a bit more tax too, which is nice Microsoft's UK tentacle, Microsoft Limited, has continued to generate impressive amounts of cash, according to the company's latest accounts.…
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by Gareth Corfield on (#5KDR7)
Second public meeting threatened unless dot-UK registry plays ball The founder of a campaign to return dot-UK registry Nominet to its public benefit roots has raised the threat of a second EGM if Nominet doesn't “heed the will of [its] members."…
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by Gareth Corfield on (#5KDR8)
Judge rules in Chocolate Factory's favour during prelims of 2015-era case Google has won a legal bid to keep its “crown jewel” search ranking algorithms secret in a long-running £1bn competition lawsuit against rival shopping search engine Kelkoo.…
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by Thomas Claburn on (#5KDQ1)
Yeah, y'know, Google Glass wasn't nearly obnoxious enough Facebook has been awarded a US patent titled "Artificial reality hat," which consists of a display screen that hangs from the brim of a cap, as if it were a havelock worn backward.…
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by Simon Sharwood on (#5KDN1)
For every buck you spend in the Big Red cloud, Larry gives you 25c to spend on support Oracle has introduced frequent clouding points that can be redeemed for support services.…
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by Laura Dobberstein on (#5KDN2)
Pre-installation of Play Store and other apps on Smart TVs and Androids amounts to leveraging dominance, says watchdog India’s Competition Commission has ordered an investigation into Google over the advertising giant’s use of the Android operating system in its smart televisions.…
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by Simon Sharwood on (#5KDJE)
Give it a year or two, but it will happen, says CEO, as COVID-crushed industries start spending again Nutanix has told investors it has a “clear path to profitability” and predicted it could post black ink in just two years.…
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by Simon Sharwood on (#5KDFF)
Local carrier Airtel will adopt it — next comes world domination Indian mega-conglomerate the Tata Group has revealed it’s created a 5G networking kit business.…
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by Katyanna Quach on (#5KDEM)
Developer hits back at researchers’ ‘hypothetical approach’ An algorithm used by hundreds of US hospitals to predict whether or not patients with infections have contracted sepsis is less accurate than its maker claims, according to a published study.…
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by Katyanna Quach on (#5KDDG)
New approach coming next year ... when complaints have died down Google has scrapped a scheme designed to train and hire engineers from diverse backgrounds – after people who made it through the program to become Googlers complained they were screwed over in pay.…
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by Gareth Corfield on (#5KDCD)
It's a crook-eat-crook world out there It appears someone is pirating the infamous REvil ransomware by tweaking its files for their own purposes.…
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by Iain Thomson on (#5KDAA)
Anonymous US intelligence sources: Yes, we did it Updated Nearly three dozen Iranian media websites have been taken down apparently by the US government.…
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by Tim Richardson on (#5KDAB)
US markets watchdog sniffs around potential insider trading, data violations relating to hack US markets watchdog the Securities and Exchanges Commission (SEC) has begun a probe into last year's SolarWinds cyberattack, in a bid to find out who else might have been compromised.…
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by David Gordon on (#5KD8E)
Unlock its potential at The Nutanix Database Summit Promo How much value could you unlock from your database? The fact is too many databases are still tied into complex legacy systems. Not only are these difficult to manage, but they prevent many organisations embarking on a full cloud transformation, with all the benefits that brings in terms of efficiency, agility and scalability.…
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by Chris Williams on (#5KD8F)
Now that Pat's got his feet under the table, time to shuffle the chairs Navin Shenoy, who leads Intel's data center chip business, will leave the semiconductor titan on July 6 amid a significant corporate restructuring, it was announced today.…
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by Gareth Halfacree on (#5KD65)
Study finds a whole sea of outdated third-party libraries There's a minefield of security problems bubbling under the surface of modern software, Veracode has claimed in its latest report, thanks to developers pulling third-party open-source libraries into their code bases – then never bothering to update them again.…
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by Matthew Hughes on (#5KD66)
I node what you'll do in summer 2023 The surge in semiconductor investment continues to accelerate, with New York-based GlobalFoundries breaking ground on a new $4bn Singapore facility that will produce chips for legacy nodes.…
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by Thomas Claburn on (#5KD67)
Even just to remind the world there's life beyond Google and DuckDuckGo Having rebelled against Google's web hegemony with a privacy-focused browser and a crypto token-based monetization system, Brave Software opened a second competitive front on Tuesday with the beta launch of Brave Search.…
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by Richard Speed on (#5KD3P)
Summer Solstice: A time for dancing, druids, and certificate errors Microsoft's inattentive approach to Linux has continued unabated, with reports that the signing key for its Debian Skype repository has expired.…
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by Tim Richardson on (#5KD1B)
French regulator can probably help having already fined megacorp €220m The European Commission (EC) reckons it's zeroing in on long-running concerns that Google may have an unfair advantage when it comes to online advertising.…
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by Matthew Hughes on (#5KD1C)
Astronomers and amateur star gazers will be delighted The dream of ubiquitous satellite broadband is nearing reality, according to Starlink president Gwynne Shotwell.…
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by Matt Dupuy on (#5KCYY)
Who are they expecting to fight? Thor? Godzilla? Sea snails? Following the recent decision by the United States Air Force to assassinate four snails and 90 giant clams in the name of missile research, the US Navy obviously felt that it, too, should be doing something faintly bizarre with its shiny, expensive equipment.…
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by Richard Speed on (#5KCVQ)
Government Accountability Office warns of build-your-own-booster delays Things aren't looking too good for a certain American-produced rocket engine, according to the US Government Accountability Office - and it isn't SpaceX's Merlin.…
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by Gareth Halfacree on (#5KCQY)
Making computer components is a dirty business Intel has sponsored a report by nonprofit Resilience First highlighting the role of tech in efforts to reach net-zero carbon emission goals – though Chipzilla's own environmental impact can't be downplayed.…
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by Richard Speed on (#5KCQZ)
Multi-hour outage and customers left in the dark Updated UK cloud hosting outfit Memset has blamed yesterday's lengthy outage on some iffy fibre infrastructure.…
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by Simon Sharwood on (#5KCME)
For those times when you run software on a box bigger than your license HPE Discover HPE has given its GreenLake cloud the power to control the numbers of cores that are active on servers and pay for usage depending on the number of cores a customer presses into service.…
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by Tim Richardson on (#5KCMF)
That's. Just. Great Mobile phone coverage is to be extended across the whole of the London Underground – including every station and every tunnel - by 2024, it was confirmed today.…
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by Lindsay Clark on (#5KCDK)
As ever, the devil is in the detail for privacy activists Following UK government's U-turn on the deadline for grabbing GP patient data, under-fire Health Secretary Matt Hancock is launching a policy paper to convince the public of the benefits of sharing their medical data.…
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by Chris Williams on (#5KCDM)
Horse Creek platform to 'showcase' new 64-bit P550 processor engine SiFive says it has designed its most powerful RISC-V CPU core yet, and Intel is going to put it under the noses of customers to gauge their interest.…
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by Gareth Halfacree on (#5KCB4)
The 'S' in 'IoT' stands for 'security' Vulnerabilities in the Zephyr real-time operating system's Bluetooth stack have been identified, leaving a wide variety of Internet of Things devices open to attack – unless upgraded to a patched version of the OS.…
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by Darren Yates on (#5KCB5)
Never bet against a technology that has matured over decades Register Debate Welcome to the latest Register Debate in which writers discuss technology topics, and you – the reader – choose the winning argument. The format is simple: we propose a motion, the arguments for the motion will run this Monday and Wednesday, and the arguments against on Tuesday and Thursday.…
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