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by Paul Kunert on (#4JJ17)
Must just be the rest of the tech industry then Continued uncertainties caused by Brexit may be giving all sorts of businesses sleepless nights – but HP Inc claims it isn't among them.…
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330Mbps will have to do. Boohoo Openreach has admitted that 50,000 premises covered by its fibre-to-the-premises (FTTP) network can only get speeds of up to 330Mbps rather than the much-touted 1Gbps.…
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by Katyanna Quach on (#4JHX1)
Animal-AI Olympics worth a few $$$ if you fancy it Roundup This week in AI, Facebook inadvertently showed us how it tags pics for machine learning, Baidu pushed out auto auto code to world+dog as well as announcing deals with Intel and Huawei, and there's $7,500 to be won for anyone who can whip up an animal-like intelligence.…
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by Richard Speed on (#4JHTZ)
Friends don't let friends mock up Windows dialogs On Call Hurrah, the weekend is here! And with it comes the promise of two days free of work and filled with joy. Calm your excitement with another tale from those at the coalface in our regular On Call feature.…
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by Max Smolaks on (#4JGWM)
It's one rule for Jeff Bezos' online empire, and another for everyone else Amazon has refused to publish data about the energy consumption and carbon emissions of its business in Australia, including vast server farms, claiming its contribution to climate change is a trade secret.…
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by Chris Mellor on (#4JGRX)
Clings to its own days of independence but no one is celebrating MapR, the struggling Hadoop data analytics firm and one-time unicorn, has missed its 3 July deadline to sell out or shut up shop.…
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by Max Smolaks on (#4JGNT)
It’s all lulz until someone goes to prison Austin Thompson, aka DerpTrolling, who came to prominence in 2013 by launching Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks against major video game companies, has been sentenced to 27 months in prison by a federal court.…
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by Tim Anderson on (#4JGJ3)
In which case, you're sh!t out of luck because it's not supported Microsoft has brought a bunch of enhancements with version 1.36 of Visual Studio Code, its popular open-source editor.…
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'Cyber stuff is still happening and some businesses are taking it more seriously' UK businesses have reported a significant fall in cyber attacks over the last 12 months.…
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by Max Smolaks on (#4JGEC)
Scalable probe manufacturing process a boon for medicine, human-computer interfaces Boffins at the University of Surrey are working on a novel method of scanning cells for information – they claim to have developed a scalable manufacturing process for U-shaped nanowire field-effect transistor probes, which were then successfully used to record the inner activity of human cells that generate electricity.…
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by Paul Kunert on (#4JG9S)
Legal proceedings launched over 'false, misleading and deceptive' representations Samsung created "false, misleading and deceptive" representations in marketing material about the Galaxy smartphone range's resistance to water, according to a consumer watchdog down under.…
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Just 8 out of 42 matches correct, say uni researchers Facial recognition technology trialled by the Metropolitan Police is highly inaccurate and its deployment is likely to be found "unlawful" if challenged in court, an excoriating independent report has found.…
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by Katyanna Quach on (#4JG44)
Tens of thousands still to find blinking in the darkness The world's largest single-dish radio telescope, an enormous white circle half a kilometre in diameter, has helped scientists uncover 84 new pulsars since it began collecting data two years ago.…
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by Thomas Claburn on (#4JG28)
Scam undone by key card and timecard logs A software developer employed by two different IT subcontractors participating in separate National Security Agency (NSA) contracts has pleaded guilty to submitting false claims about the number of hours he worked, according to the US Department of Justice.…
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by Richard Speed on (#4JFZR)
The Register goes to the flicks The Register took a spin down memory lane to have a look at the just-released-in-the-UK Apollo 11 film and to ask the question: is it any good? We are pleased to report back on our findings.…
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by David Gordon on (#4JFVA)
How to get into Tech Nation's growth programme for UK artificial intelligence Promo Artificial intelligence is the future, with countries around the world investing heavily in initiatives that solve real-world problems using AI.…
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by Shaun Nichols on (#4JFFP)
Government-backed campaign going after bug that was patched in 2017 An ongoing Iranian government-backed hacking campaign is now trying to exploit a Microsoft Outlook flaw from 2017.…
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by Shaun Nichols on (#4JFD4)
It's not a two Huawei street just yet, says top brass The US Department of Commerce is holding strong on the ban on US firms selling kit to Huawei, despite word from the White House that sanctions against the Chinese firm might be lifted.…
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by Kieren McCarthy on (#4JFA3)
We talk to one CEO about why bans aren't the answer but federal regulation is Facial recognition is having a rough time of it lately. Just six months ago, people were excited about Apple allowing you to open your phone just by looking at it. A year ago, Facebook users joyfully tagged their friends in photos. But then the tech got better, and so did the concerns.…
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by Kieren McCarthy on (#4JF6E)
You looking at me, FaceTime? Old farts will complain that the days of actually looking someone in the eyes while communicating are over thanks to digital technology and mobile phones.…
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by Thomas Claburn on (#4JF6G)
Recent policy remains unclear about what's disallowed Updated YouTube, under fire since inception for building a business on other people's copyrights and in recent years for its vacillating policies on irredeemable content, recently decided it no longer wants to host instructional hacking videos.…
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by Shaun Nichols on (#4JF39)
Like your cousin at the end of the BBQ, social network has pretty much blacked out Facebook has found itself on the wrong side of the July 4th holiday buzz as the grandparent-approved social network has had severe server problems.…
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by Max Smolaks on (#4JEP3)
Shin Yi-chi denies he stole The US Department of Justice has convicted Shin Yi-chi, an electrical engineer and former academic, over illegal exports of US-made silicon with potential missile guidance applications to China.…
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by Max Smolaks on (#4JEP4)
No admission of guilt, but plenty of new rules to follow Taiwanese networking equipment vendor D-Link will have to submit to a decade of product security audits after agreeing to settle a lawsuit brought by the US Federal Trade Commission.…
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Oh and surprise, surprise... full fibre roll-out remains 'low' Openreach still needs stronger independence since being not-quite cut from the BT fold, telecoms regulator Ofcom has found.…
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by Paul Kunert on (#4JEE6)
Chip designer to make another foray into enterprise software... troubled security outfit in its sights When the chips are down, it seems, Broadcom is hell bent on expanding its software portfolio. If the tipsters are correct, the chip designer is close to buying legacy security outfit Symantec for $15bn.…
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by David Gordon on (#4JE94)
Get up-to-date with developments in the world of operational technology Sponsored webcast While many organisations may still be at the starting blocks of what has been termed the Internet of Things, the operational technology world has made considerable advances, routinely handling data coming from thousands of pieces of equipment.…
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by Richard Speed on (#4JE96)
Redmond fires up the Delorean and heads back to simpler times Strange things are afoot within the hallowed halls of Redmond, as Microsoft's Twitter account went decidedly retro this week.…
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Not WannaCry... this time it's Cisco An ongoing network issue with provider Cisco has caused all outpatient appointments and elective surgery to be cancelled at two North Midlands hospitals in the past 24 plus hours, The Register can confirm.…
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by Richard Speed on (#4JE5A)
DevOps-tating automation cockup... or machines trying to take over the web? El Reg talks to the CTO Interview Internet services outfit Cloudflare took careful aim and unloaded both barrels at its feet yesterday, taking out a large chunk of the internet as it did so.…
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by Tim Anderson on (#4JE0V)
Opines that there's 'absolutely no way on Earth this was written from a clean sheet' Axel Rietschin, kernel engineer at Microsoft, has claimed that ReactOS, an open source operating system intended to be binary-compatible with Windows, is "a ripoff of the Windows Research Kernel that Microsoft licensed to universities."…
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by Shaun Nichols on (#4JDXQ)
Dutch Bangla falls victim to coordinated ATM scam A prominent Russian hacker crew is seemingly expanding its reach – having just pulled off a multi-million dollar cyber-heist in Bangladesh, we're told.…
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Follows £70m settlement over allegations it charged for monitoring phantom crims Outsourcing giant Serco has agreed to cough up £22.9m to the UK's Serious Fraud Office in fines and costs related to its electronic tagging scandal.…
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by Max Smolaks on (#4JDV2)
Once mighty business killed by cloud computing IBM finally pulled the plug on Netezza on 30 June, a family of data warehousing and analytics appliances that have been around for the past 15 years.…
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by Katyanna Quach on (#4JDRN)
Academics, journal deny making a boo boo An academic paper published in Nature has been criticized by a data scientist – who found a glaring schoolboy error in the study when he tried to reproduce the machine-learning research.…
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by Tim Anderson on (#4JDPW)
Really? Looks like a strategic project to us A couple of days ago and without fanfare Google went live with Fuchsia.dev, a developer site for its new operating system, currently called the Fuchsia Project.…
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by Kieren McCarthy on (#4JDMH)
Another day, another appalling Internet of S**t security flaw Smart home company Zipato hardcoded the same private SSH key into every one of its hubs, leaving its system open to hacking, researchers revealed this week.…
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by Thomas Claburn on (#4JDHW)
Tech exec challenges startup over default tracking Superhuman, an email startup betting people who deal with a lot of messages will pay $30 a month for a more organized inbox, has come under fire for not providing privacy by default.…
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by Team Register on (#4JDFK)
Bag your MCubed discount early-bird tickets now – and join us this autumn Event Most firms don’t have unlimited funds, developers, nor data to throw at a problem. But that doesn’t mean they can’t benefit from machine learning and artificial intelligence.…
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by Katyanna Quach on (#4JD4T)
Connectivity to us-east1 knackered for hours, still no fix Fiber-optic cables linking Google Cloud servers in its us-east1 region physically broke today, slowing down or effectively cutting off connectivity with the outside world.…
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by Shaun Nichols on (#4JD1F)
Disaster and tragedy in Barents Sea A Russian submarine, believed to be tasked with spying on foreign communications, has lost 14 crew members after a blaze broke out aboard the nuclear-powered vessel.…
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by Thomas Claburn on (#4JCYH)
Stuffed mole toys arrive at JavaScript biz after chief exec demands to know who was talking to El Reg JavaScript package registry NPM Inc and three fired employees locked in a labor rights battle reached a settlement on Friday, The Register has learned.…
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by Kieren McCarthy on (#4JCTX)
When you meant to type /127 but entered /12 instead Last week, an internet routing screw-up propagated by Verizon for three hours sparked havoc online, leading to significant press attention and industry calls for greater network security.…
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by Shaun Nichols on (#4JCPZ)
Border cops accused of loading tourists' mobiles up with snoop app in Muslim area Authorities in a tumultuous region of China are ordering tourists and other visitors to install spyware on their smartphones, it is claimed.…
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by Richard Speed on (#4JCK1)
Also: Still rocking SQL Server 2008? The end is near The brave souls in Microsoft's SQL Server 2019 Early Adopter Program can now get their hands on Windows-based container images of the venerable database software. Previously, Linux-based container images were available.…
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by Max Smolaks on (#4JC9B)
I like big data centres and I cannot lie Taiwanese power distribution and thermal management specialist Delta Electronics has introduced a mammoth of a UPS system designed for the needs of the largest of bit barns.…
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by Richard Speed on (#4JC5B)
A chunk of the internet vanished today. Lucky it's not used for anything important, right? Updated Cloudflare, the outfit noted for the slogan "helping build a better internet", had another wobble today as "network performance issues" rendered websites around the globe inaccessible.…
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by Paul Kunert on (#4JC5C)
Chocolate Factory overtakes Amazon as European sales surge 45.1% – people clearly didn't hear the cries of frustrated Google Home users Google's creepy and dare we say invasive smart home kit is outgrowing sales in Europe of the creepy and dare we say invasive equivalent from arch-rival Amazon.…
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by Richard Speed on (#4JC0G)
Parachutes not included as the Launch Abort System gets a work-out NASA completed the Ascent Abort-2 test of its Orion spacecraft today, deliberately crashing a test version of the capsule into the ocean after successfully demonstrating the Launch Abort System (LAS) would do its thing.…
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by Max Smolaks on (#4JBVA)
Excuse us, we mean 'Jasmine Development' Google has started building a new hyperscale data centre in Henderson, Nevada, expected to cost a cool $600m.…
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