by Simon Sharwood on (#61MMR)
Fixes issued, warns it 'has not exhaustively enumerated all potential consequences' Atlassian has warned users of its Bamboo, Bitbucket, Confluence, Fisheye, Crucible, and Jira products that a pair of critical-rated flaws threaten their security.…
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by Katyanna Quach on (#61MKV)
Cutting Elon story short The Twitter vs Elon Musk trial is set to start in October after a judge granted the social network's request to speed up legal proceedings.…
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by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle on (#61MJX)
Euro man allegedly known as 'Virus' faces years behind bars if convicted A man suspected of providing the IT infrastructure behind the Gozi banking trojan has been extradited to the US to face a string of computer fraud charges.…
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by Tobias Mann on (#61MHC)
Larry gets your database, while Satya will take your apps It just got a little easier to stitch together databases in Oracle Cloud with workloads running in Microsoft Azure with the launch of the duo’s multi-cloud database service.…
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by Tobias Mann on (#61MFT)
Or about two and a half Chrome tabs Amazon Web Services is sticking with AMD for its next generation of memory-optimized instances in EC2.…
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by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle on (#61MEH)
Don't. Download. Unknown. Apps. Kremlin-backed criminals are trying to trick people into downloading Android malware by spoofing a Ukrainian military group, according to Google security researchers.…
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by Dylan Martin on (#61MCM)
Peek behind the curtain to see SGX implemented, Spectre mitigated, and more Infosec boffins have released a tool to decrypt and unpack the microcode for a class of low-power Intel CPUs, opening up a way to look at how the chipmaker has implemented various security fixes and features as well as things like virtualization.…
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by Lindsay Clark on (#61MCN)
Azure soon to follow as Big Blue accomodates a world with many clouds IBM has launched a Db2 operator for Kubernetes running on AWS Elastic Kubernetes Service (EKS), while promising the same would be available for Azure AKS is targeted for the second half of 2022.…
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by Dylan Martin on (#61MA2)
But supply issues are forcing the lithography system giant to defer revenue past 2022 While sales are starting to wane for certain chips like GPUs, Dutch semiconductor equipment supplier ASML is seeing extraordinary demand for its chipmaking machines, even as the company deals with its own supply constraints that are delaying shipments. …
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by Lindsay Clark on (#61M70)
Decade-old SDKs also among targets for license audits Oracle Java Development Kit 6 and 7 support ends this week, leaving a sizable chunk of developers looking at their options.…
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by Richard Speed on (#61M71)
The way forward to Mars is cancelled (you meant the meeting, right?) The European Space Agency (ESA) issued a reminder this week that the future of its ExoMars rover remained very much in the balance following the termination of cooperation with Russian space agency Roscosmos.…
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by Brandon Vigliarolo on (#61M4F)
Chemical giant's work with Pasqal could help improve climate change models too A new quantum computing partnership could pave the way to more efficient climate change modeling. …
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by Dan Robinson on (#61M4G)
Blockchain-based Azure Confidential Ledger rounds out latest additions to confidential computing Microsoft is expanding its Azure confidential computing portfolio with virtual machines that use the encryption and memory protection features of AMD's third-gen Epyc processors.…
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by Liam Proven on (#61M1V)
Two ways to run the classic word processor on a modern open-source box Just months after getting Lotus 1-2-3 for UNIX running on modern Linux, Tavis Ormandy – a white-hat hacker and member of Google's Project Zero team – has conjured the same trick with classic text-mode WordPerfect 7.…
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by Richard Speed on (#61KZR)
More transparency or just the cost of doing business? For customers whose data must remain Microsoft is previewing a cloud service in acknowledgement of customers' demands that at least some of their data crown jewels remain within the region in which they operate.…
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by Nicole Hemsoth on (#61KXD)
Space agency plays the long game by adding performance over time... now with mix of Intel, AMD After years of continuously upgrading a supercomputer from 2008, NASA has announced its most powerful system yet to tackle everything from upcoming Artemis missions to simulating launches, and beyond.…
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by Dan Robinson on (#61KV5)
Plus: ASML cuts growth forecast and US CHIPS Act in limbo The global shortage of semiconductors might not be over yet, at least according to IDC, but a slowdown in the market is coming as consumer demand falls away and the supply side faces a new heap of challenges.…
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by Dan Robinson on (#61KV6)
Crop of cutting-edge companies from home and abroad contributing tech to Israel National Quantum Initiative Israel has selected a group of companies to help deliver a functioning quantum computer for the nation's commercial and research communities.…
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by Liam Proven on (#61KSE)
You may not realize it, but you probably already use things made with this build system for embedded Linux The Yocto Project has won a big corporate backer and put out its fourth release in 12 years. But what does it do?…
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by Laura Dobberstein on (#61KQ8)
Consumer protection regulation coming soon as anti-crypto rhetoric ratchets The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) said on Tuesday that its cryptocurrency regulations will add measures to protect consumers, in addition to ongoing work to contain money laundering and terrorist funding.…
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by Lindsay Clark on (#61KNK)
Johnson Matthey receives government backing to scale-up fuel cell production UK chemicals multinational Johnson Matthey is set to build a £80 million ($96 million) "gigafactory" in southern England to produce hydrogen fuel cells and electrolysers.…
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by Richard Speed on (#61KNM)
Further spacing out Windows builds is only part of the quality story Comment Industry talk of a revised engineering schedule that would see Microsoft take a step back from the regular release cadence of recent years in favor of a three-yearly cycle is gaining volume. Could this be a cure for the company's quality woes?…
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by Lindsay Clark on (#61KKD)
Patients must have the right to decide what information is taken from health records, say privacy campaigners The UK government is refusing to run a public consultation on the expanded use of centralized data analytics on personal health information – under a £360 million ($432 million) contract that spy-tech business Palantir is tipped to win.…
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by Simon Sharwood on (#61KJ2)
Some hard disks appear to have cooked, along with bit barn designers' best laid plans Cloud outages at Google and Oracle caused by the UK's heatwave have ended, but users have been warned some problems persist.…
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by Brandon Vigliarolo on (#61KJ3)
Just as web giant accepts third-party payment platforms, reduces fees in the EU A London court on Tuesday authorized a lawsuit that seeks to have Google pay £920 million ($1.1 billion) for overcharging customers for app store purchases. …
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by Mark Pesce on (#61KJ4)
From modems to the Metaverse, Mark Pesce has seen it all Next month will mark forty years since I showed up for the first day of my first professional job. I knew BASIC – I'd even learned how to type RPG-II onto a deck of punched cards – but in reality, I knew nothing.…
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by Katyanna Quach on (#61KGP)
Good luck deciding which toxic monopolist deserves your sympathy in this fight Amazon is suing over 10,000 administrators of Facebook groups that offer to post fake reviews on the online souk's website in exchange for products and money.…
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by Simon Sharwood on (#61KFA)
Windows as a service is getting more mature and manageable Microsoft has teased a raft of enhancements to its Windows 365 Cloud PCs, among them the chance to use personal accounts to log on to the virtual desktops.…
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by Simon Sharwood on (#61KD1)
China, as usual, says it just wants a peaceful and prosperous internet The government of Belgium has claimed it detected three Chinese Advanced Persistent Threat actors attacking its public service and defence forces.…
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by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle on (#61K9F)
About '1.5 million' folks and organizations use these gadgets A handful of vulnerabilities, some critical, in MiCODUS GPS tracker devices could allow criminals to disrupt fleet operations and spy on routes, or even remotely control or cut off fuel to vehicles, according to CISA. And there's no fixes for these security flaws.…
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by Tobias Mann on (#61K84)
Did someone say cheap SSDs in time for the holidays? While semiconductor supply chains remain a mess, if you’re in the market for a new SSD, you may be in luck.…
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by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle on (#61K4P)
Some people call me the code cowboy, some call me the gangster of root, 'cause I'm a Joker Google pulled 60 malware-infected apps from its Play Store, installed by more than 3.3 million punters, that can be used for all kinds of criminal activities including credential theft, spying and even stealing money from victims.…
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by Tobias Mann on (#61K24)
Diehards who replaced their keyboards can get up to $395 repeatedly Apple’s ill-fated butterfly keyboard may be dead, but the company isn’t done paying for the pain it has caused customers.…
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by Brandon Vigliarolo on (#61JZR)
Project AirSim can allegedly run 'millions of flights in seconds' Microsoft reckons its flight simulator platform could have autonomous drones trained up and in the sky faster than more traditional methods.…
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by Katyanna Quach on (#61JZS)
Clouds burst as nation hits 40C Cloud services and servers hosted by Google and Oracle in the UK have dropped offline due to cooling issues as the nation experiences a record-breaking heatwave.…
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by Dylan Martin on (#61JZT)
No special hardware, internet connection, or cloud service needed, just a regular CPU and webcam Researchers at University College London have developed software that lets users control a computer using voice, facial expressions, hand gestures, eye movements, and larger body motions. All that's required is a regular webcam — no special hardware needed.…
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by Richard Speed on (#61JX6)
It's an Azure Arc world: Perform patching across your IT estate Update time is always stressful, particularly when one has a seemingly endless array of Windows and Linux machines spinning away in the cloud. To simplify all of this, Microsoft has wheeled out a public preview of Update Management Center.…
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by Brandon Vigliarolo on (#61JTH)
If this sounds familiar, it's because the EU is investigating the same thing Apple has been hit by another class-action lawsuit over its mobile payment service – this time in the US with much of the same logic as a similar case in the EU.…
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by Richard Speed on (#61JTJ)
Northrop Grumman, L3Harris Technologies to build the 28-satellite constellation for warning, tracking Northrop Grumman and L3Harris Technologies have won contracts worth up to $1.3 billion to build a 28-satellite constellation to support missile warning and tracking by the US Space Development Agency (SDA).…
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by Richard Speed on (#61JQJ)
Freebie users to get 90 days of message history and file storage Everything seems to be getting more expensive these days, including chat platform Slack.…
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by Richard Speed on (#61JMF)
Paid-for open source is OK. But here's a form to report the scammers There was some backpedaling from Microsoft overnight as the company tweaked its Store policy to allow the sale of open-source apps that are otherwise available for free.…
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by Lindsay Clark on (#61JHS)
Joins roster of tech giants embarking on cuts or recruitment freezes Apple is joining other tech big-hitters that have frozen hiring across parts of their organization in response to a cooling global economy.…
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by Dan Robinson on (#61JHT)
Infrastructure business another high point with 19 percent revenue bump to $4.2 billion IBM sees a strong future for AI and is investing heavily in both the technology and automation to drive it. Hybrid cloud is another key area for the company as it continues to capitalize on its Red Hat assets.…
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by Paul Kunert on (#61JF9)
Canalys prelim Q2 data indicates economic headwinds and worries of 'inventory pile-up' Demand for smartphones is fading amid households' fears about rising inflation and other monetary pressures, although brands including Samsung and Apple are weathering the economic storm.…
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by Simon Sharwood on (#61JD7)
India's Cleartrip is being very opaque about what happened An Indian flight booking website majority-owned by US retail colossus Walmart has experienced a data breach, but is saying very little about what happened or the risks to customers.…
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by Lindsay Clark on (#61JBG)
ML study combines with citizen science to show talking and singing to infants may have evolutionary roots People sing and talk to young infants in a similar fashion across a range of diverse languages, locations, and societies, a machine learning and citizen science study has found.…
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by Lindsay Clark on (#61J9N)
Dated TLS offered as reason why users need to move off some perpetually licensed products already paid for Accounting software vendor Sage is under fire from some customers over sweeping changes to its software licence model that they say is forcing them to repay for wares they already own or lose access to them.…
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by Lindsay Clark on (#61J9P)
Support for finance system ends in 2027, leaving questions for HMRC The UK tax collector has opened conversations with tech support companies to keep its ageing SAP estate running in a contract award which could be worth up to £400m.…
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by Laura Dobberstein on (#61J7Z)
Putin declares he'll make his own Googles now, thanks A Russian court fined Google $374 million on Monday for its failure to remove prohibited content, according to the country's internet watchdog Roskomnadzor.…
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