by Lindsay Clark on (#672QN)
Reporters work from home as publication promises Thursday's print edition will hit newstands on time UK broadsheet media outlet The Guardian has become the victim of a ransomware attack which seems to have taken out a large chunk of office-based systems.…
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by Simon Sharwood on (#672KD)
Good thing space agency doesn’t have any state secrets … oh, hang on The NASA Office of Inspector General (OIG) has published its annual audit of the aerospace agency's infosec capabilities and practices, which earned an overall rating of "Not Effective."…
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by Lindsay Clark on (#672HM)
It doesn't work for SAP and Salesforce but does work for Workday. For now Are two heads better than one or do too many cooks spoil the broth? For Workday, the answer is yes.…
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by Liam Proven on (#672DV)
A last-minute dose of festive FOSS freshness The latest Linux Mint, version 21, has had its first point release. If you were holding off upgrading from Mint 20, now is a good time. And it's not the only new distro for Yule.…
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by Liam Proven on (#672AQ)
Updates for multiple devices including PinePhone Pro and keyboard incoming Pine64's last update of 2022 brings word of a new version of its PineTab FOSS-driven tablet after chip shortages effectively killed the first generation.…
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by Tobias Mann on (#6729F)
It's getting cold out there, better spin up a few more VMs Thousands of residents living in the Groningen region of The Netherlands will soon find their homes warmed by waste heat from local datacenters.…
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by Simon Sharwood on (#6728H)
The team needs a year to recover and figure out how not to stress supply chains before planning an upgrade If you’re hoping a new Raspberry Pi will pear in 2023, we have bad news: Rasbposs Eben Upton says work on a Raspberry Pi 5 won’t start until the second half of the year, meaning delivery is a way off yet.…
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by Thomas Claburn on (#6728J)
At the same time, tools like Github Copilot and Facebook InCoder make developers believe their code is sound Computer scientists from Stanford University have found that programmers who accept help from AI tools like Github Copilot produce less secure code than those who fly solo.…
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by Simon Sharwood on (#6727F)
Suggests VMware might not allow NICs and HBAs other than Broadcom’s, which would be a bizarre act +COMMENT The European Commission has opened what it describes as an “an in-depth investigation” into Broadcom’s acquisition of VMware.…
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by Simon Sharwood on (#6726Q)
DNA Center Appliances shipped since September may spoil Christmas with inaccurate reports of dead disks Sorry to do this to you, dear reader, but here’s another item for your pre-holiday to-do list: update firmware on any Cisco DNA Center appliances you’ve acquired since September.…
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by Simon Sharwood on (#67264)
Will stay on as boss of servers and software – the fun bits, in other words Poll Elon Musk has made good on his promise to abide by the results of a Twitter poll that asked whether he should quit as CEO of the microblogging service – and delivered a resounding “YES” vote.…
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by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle on (#67255)
20m downloads can't be wrong? Or can they? Parental control apps may do more harm than good, according to researchers who found 18 bugs in eight Android apps with more than 20 million total downloads that could be exploited to, among many nefarious acts, control other devices on the parents' network.…
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by Dylan Martin on (#67244)
Leader of the the world's largest contract chip manufacturer would like it if the two world powers could work out their differences As TSMC plans to spend $40 billion to build two chip manufacturing plants in the US, the Asian foundry giant's CEO is bemoaning the way America's growing rift with China has messed with the global semiconductor industry.…
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by Tobias Mann on (#67237)
At $349 it's a cheap computer and a not-very-expensive keyboard If you thought unicorn puke was the epitome of keyboard bling, Finalmouse's upcoming Centerpiece keyboard may see you rethink that assessment.…
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by Brandon Vigliarolo on (#6721Z)
Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor lack of gas will stay these NGDVs from carbon-free completion of their appointed rounds The United States Postal Service announced today that "at least" three quarters of its planned fleet of next generation delivery vehicles (NGDVs) would be electric, marking a sharp departure from fossil fuel-heavy fleet plans announced in 2021.…
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by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle on (#67208)
Heavily armed US police turning up on the doorstep is no laughing matter Two men have been charged with an alleged week-long US swatting spree in which they used stolen Yahoo email credentials to break into Ring door cameras, livestream the events on social media, and then taunt responding police officers.…
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by Thomas Claburn on (#671YH)
Scheme allegedly allowed taxi drivers to bypass airport waiting line for $10 fee Two men have been charged for allegedly conspiring with Russian hackers to manipulate the taxi dispatch system at New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport.…
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by Dylan Martin on (#671WM)
Beijing's 'military-civil fusion' doctrine suffers multi-billion dollar blowback US chip sanctions against China have tag-teamed with a weaker economy to vaporize a chunk of the wealth held by the Middle Kingdom's richest semiconductor business owners.…
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by Jude Karabus on (#671T2)
Bold move, Cotton. Let's see how that plays out for them Amazon has avoided being charged with breaking EU law and a fine of up to $50 billion by making several commitments to the European Commission today, one of which was to allow Prime sellers to "freely choose any carrier" for their logistics and delivery services.…
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by Brandon Vigliarolo on (#671T3)
Insert your Trojan joke here Security researchers at Microsoft have discovered a bug in macOS that lets malicious apps bypass Apple's Gatekeeper security software "for initial access by malware and other threats." …
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by Brandon Vigliarolo on (#671QP)
Compass, protractor and map not required to triangulate lunar coordinates NASA scientists are developing an AI to help future astronauts traverse the Moon's surface without the aid of satellite fixes, instead relying on landmarks to pinpoint lunar location.…
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by Dan Robinson on (#671JF)
Much money for Amazon, that is. Bezos heads to dockside after doomed JEDI deal Amazon Web Services has secured a five-year contract with the US Navy for cloud services, just weeks after scoring its share of a major US Department of Defense deal for cloud computing.…
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by Liam Proven on (#671G0)
It also boasts MemTest86+ 6, which now can boot and run on UEFI machines SystemRescue 9.06 may only be a point release, but it has some good stuff including the newly released Xfce, MemTest86+ version 6, and a new USB-key-writing tool.…
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by Dan Robinson on (#671AV)
Flight computers down for 2 hours worldwide 'and no BA plane can file a flight plan? Seems not ideal' British Airways flights have been grounded into Tuesday morning due to issues with flight planning software that caused aircraft to be held on the tarmac instead of being able to take off as scheduled.…
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by Lindsay Clark on (#6718V)
Doesn't it make your current migration at work look like a walk in the park though Regulators in the UK have fined TSB Bank a total of £48.6 million ($60 million) for a botched platform migration which in 2018 cost the financial services firm £200 million.…
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by Lindsay Clark on (#6715J)
But gas likely to find a 'big niche' in rail, aviation, shipping, and industry Hydrogen is not likely to be practically and economically viable for mass use in the short and medium term for heating homes or fueling passenger cars, a report from UK Members of Parliament has concluded.…
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by Liam Proven on (#67143)
Meanwhile the next-gen Linux filesystems are going nowhere fast The forthcoming Linux kernel 6.2 should see improved filesystem handling, including performance gains for SD cards and USB keys, as well as FUSE. As for the next-gen storage subsystems… not so much.…
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by Thomas Claburn on (#67134)
Alleged 'mastermind' who proposed 'take the money and run' exit strategy remains a fugitive "What is OneCoin?" asks the narrator of a YouTube video. "Millions of people around the world are mining OneCoin today. The reason? It's a platform for innovation that changes the financial industry."…
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by Thomas Claburn on (#6712C)
Central hub will make things smoother and safer but not store details The European Commission last week proposed rules governing the use of Advance Passenger Information in a bid to strengthen border security.…
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by Simon Sharwood on (#67118)
All those expensive gadgets the boffins attached to it, they couldn't afford a feather duster? In a year during which AI started making art and conversation, the question of whether a robot can make you cry with a tweet seems very apt.…
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Picture your avatar wearing a logo-emblazoned shirt driving past a billboard touting a product Microsoft appears to be expanding its push to place ads throughout different products to online games.…
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by Simon Sharwood on (#67108)
Collab obviously goes deep – accessing DigiLocker requires use of national identity service Google has integrated the Indian government's cloud storage service into Android – a feat that weaves the national ID system and government documents deeply into the search giant's OS.…
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by Dylan Martin on (#670Z6)
A notable misstep as the iPhone supplier looks to grow its chip-making footprint Foxconn plans to sell its controversial stake in Chinese chip-making giant Tsinghua Unigroup, but that reportedly won't stop Taiwan's government from fining the iPhone supplier for buying shares in the first place.…
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by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle on (#670Y4)
Educator gets an F for security Misconfigured Amazon Web Services S3 buckets belonging to McGraw Hill exposed more than 100,000 students' information as well as the education publishing giant's own source code and digital keys, according to security researchers.…
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by Tobias Mann on (#670XD)
Unlike Oracle and Google, this time there's no heatwave to blame Alibaba Cloud lost its cool over the weekend after a refrigeration failure rendered several services unavailable at one of the cloud provider's Hong Kong availability zones.…
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by Tobias Mann on (#670WG)
More AI is the answer to all our woes, Meta CTO says Another Meta datacenter is in limbo after the company announced it was pausing construction of a $1.5 billion bitbarn under development in Huntsville, Alabama.…
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by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle on (#670SW)
Slowly inching toward E2EE Google has added client-side encryption for some email customers, allowing enterprise and education Gmail users to send and receive encrypted messages.…
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by Brandon Vigliarolo on (#670RB)
Someone thought of the children, and the dark patterns Updated The owner of Fortnite is paying the FTC an Epic amount of cash after a pair of unanimous 4-0 decisions found it guilty of violating children's privacy and tricking customers into making unwanted purchases.…
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by Dylan Martin on (#670PR)
Happy New Year! Concession is made on GPUs and other parts Those fearing that graphics cards could see a significant price increase due to US tariffs returning for certain Chinese components can take a sigh of relief — for now.…
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by Brandon Vigliarolo on (#670MD)
Part missile, part spy plane, all Mach 5+ and coming in 2028, maybe The US Air Force has awarded $334 million to defense contractor Leidos to develop the next phase in its hypersonic arsenal: An unmanned craft meant for super-speed spying dubbed "Mayhem." …
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by Dan Robinson on (#670J2)
Thirsty officials drained of arguments after media outlet legal battle to free the information Google has disclosed how much water its datacenters consume, following a legal battle between a local media outlet and the city of The Dalles in Oregon, which sought to keep the information confidential.…
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by Richard Currie on (#670FD)
Salads recalled after consumers report hallucinations, dilated pupils, and worse Some 130 salad fans in Australia got more than they bargained for when picking up grub where contaminated baby spinach was an ingredient – including hallucinations and delirium.…
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by Brandon Vigliarolo on (#670A9)
The lions shall lie down with the lamb on 'cross-industry' Speedometer v.3 Apple, Google and Mozilla are teaming up to develop a new version of the Speedometer browser benchmark that they say will score web browser performance in a novel way: one that reflects user journeys, not under-the-hood streamlining. …
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by Jude Karabus on (#670AA)
Believes Facebook Marketplace broke EU rules by 'distorting competition' for online ads The European Commission has a problem with Meta tying its online classified ads service, Marketplace, to the Facebook social network, and is concerned it is "imposing unfair trading conditions on Facebook Marketplace's competitors for its own benefit."…
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by Dan Robinson on (#6708C)
No longer 'a definitive date' for facility scheduled to be built from next year Intel is set to delay construction of its planned semiconductor manufacturing plant at Magdeburg in Germany, and is said to be seeking further public subsidies for the project, citing increased costs as one reason for the rethink.…
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by Paul Kunert on (#6705X)
Founder and bossman asks if WFH freedoms to blame Salesforce founder and soon-to-be sole CEO Marc Benioff says newbies on the payroll are being less productive and he is trying to get a better handle on why this might be, asking staff if the lack of office time is a contributing factor.…
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by Lindsay Clark on (#6703A)
Study measures wrong things, fails to offer an accurate picture of tax regime, say consultants Two-fifths of organizations hired fewer off-payroll staff under the new IR35 rules in September 2021 than in March 2020, according to research published by UK tax collector HMRC, yet critics claims the findings fail to measure the true impact of the reforms.…
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