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Cloud colossus reckons it can clarify hallucinations, get your apps off Microsoft's OS at pleasing speed re:Invent Amazon Web Services CEO Matt Garman opened the cloud computing service's 13th annual re:Invent conference by observing: "Generative AI has the potential to disrupt every single industry out there."...

20-year-old info disclosure class bug still pervades security software It's time to rev up those patch engines after SailPoint disclosed a perfect 10/10 severity vulnerability in its identity and access management (IAM) platform IdentityIQ....

We're sure you'll learn to love the new Outlook for Windows app Microsoft is preparing to kill off the old Windows Mail, Calendar, and People apps by the end of this month and shift users to the Outlook for Windows app....

Probe may not make it to 30 as funding runs out and replacement is launched ESA and NASA's Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) is approaching what could be its final year of operations as it hits the 29th anniversary of its launch....

ENGlobal customers include the Pentagon as well as major oil and gas producers American energy contractor ENGlobal disclosed that access to its IT systems remains limited following a ransomware infection in late November....

Tens of thousands of AWS' Trn2 instances to fuel Anthropic's next-gen models Re:Invent Amazon Web Services teased its next gen AI accelerator dubbed Trainium3 at re:Invent on Tuesday, which it says will deliver 4x higher performance than its predecessor when it arrives late next year....

Most significant API changes since S3 was launched, AWS VP tells us Re:Invent There are two significant changes to AWS's ubiquitous S3 storage service arriving soon: first, a new Table bucket type aimed at data analytics; and second, a previewed metadata feature that uses S3 tables to enable fast query of S3 data....

'Even if a stockholder vote could have a ratifying effect, it could not do so here,' says Delaware Chancellor Elon Musk's controversial $56 billion Tesla compensation package, voided by a Delaware court in January and reinstated by shareholder vote in June, has failed to move Judge Kathaleen McCormick to reverse her original decision, rendering Musk's pay package void yet again....

Microsoft marketing skewered by X platform users... and its own chatbot Opinion Microsoft's recent post on X that Copilot+ PCs are "the fastest, most intelligent Windows PCs ever" is being rebuffed by the platform's context panel and the software vendor's own chatbot....

CEO's severance pales in comparison to Musk's billion-dollar Tesla battle Outgoing Intel chief executive Pat Gelsinger is set to receive severance pay of around $9.7 million following his departure from the chip giant....

What to buy the techie who has everything? If you thought $373 million was a little bit beyond your budget to get your hands on the latest chipmaking machines, ASML will let you have one for just $228 - provided you don't mind it being made of Lego....

National cyber emergencies increased threefold this year The number of security threats in the UK that hit the country's National Cyber Security Centre's (NCSC) maximum severity threshold has tripled compared to the previous 12 months....

New framework set to help public sector orgs move on amid lock-in fears The UK government has awarded a contract worth up to 1 billion ($1.3 billion) to get tech services companies to help various bodies and departments make the leap to the cloud....

Stability essential ahead of Christmas trading amid ongoing Walmart divorce The UK's third-largest retailer has accelerated plans for a system freeze during the busy Christmas period as it grapples with a long-running tech divorce from its previous owner....

We're shocked - shocked - that Microsoft's study of its own tools might not be super-rigorous GitHub's claim that the quality of programming code written with its Copilot AI model is "significantly more functional, readable, reliable, maintainable, and concise," has been challenged by software developer Dan Cimpianu....

No exaggeration - literally a ton. Plus, 15 co-conspirators also put behind bars A Russian court has handed a life sentence to the head of the infamous online drugs souk Hydra, and 15 of his co-conspirators will also spend many years behind bars....

Specialty in cognitive non-routine tasks means high-skilled city workers affected Jobs in geographical areas and scope once thought to be at low risk of automation are soon to be the most affected by generative AI, according to the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)....

Burst water pipe blots out the Sun - or at least the data about it collected from two probes Servers that store data collected by two NASA solar observation satellites are down - and the space agency doesn't know when they'll resume operations - after a four-inch chilled water pipe burst at the facility that houses them....

Yet another result of the MOVEit mess Hundreds of thousands of employees from major corporations including Xerox, Nokia, Koch, Bank of America, Morgan Stanley and others appear to be the latest victims in a massive data breach linked to last year's attacks on file transfer tool MOVEit....

Tap into the infinite scalability... of pricing Re:Invent Amazon Web Services has a new incident response service that combines automation and people to protect customers' AWS accounts - at a hefty price....

140 Middle Kingdom firms added to US trade blacklist The Biden administration has announced restrictions limiting the export of memory critical to the production of AI accelerators and banning sales to more than a hundred entities....

Cupertino's walled garden 'is a prison yard' claims plaintiff Suing your employer while remaining employed is a risky play, but one Apple ad tech manager is trying it - claiming that the iGiant is forcing staff to expose their personal data and threatening them with pay clawbacks over non-compliance....

At least he'll have company as he joins 15K colleagues headed for the door Comment Pat Gelsinger is out as Intel CEO, cutting short his nearly four-year crusade to revitalize the beleaguered chipmaker....

But hunts for a fresh CFO 'in light of rapid recent growth' Supermicro said an independent special committee formed earlier this year at the request of the server maker's board found no evidence of corporate misconduct or fraud....

Impersonators, harmful content and AI scraping are up, too It's undoubtedly a good time to be upstart social media network Bluesky given its rapid growth in the wake of the US presidential election, but questions of moderation and compliance matters are growing along with the influx of humans seeking bluer pastures....

Chief financial officer admits 'we're open to exploring other revenue streams in the future' OpenAI has ruled out running adverts on its platforms, for now at least, Chief Financial Officer Sarah Friar has told The Register....

It's true - the Mac LC III really did have it installed the wrong way round Did Apple really fit a capacitor backward on the Mac LC III? A multimeter-wielding retro fan has confirmed that, yes - somebody made a mistake decades ago, and a capacitor ended up installed the wrong way....

Politics, electric cars, rockets, and social media not enough to keep some individuals busy Elon Musk has filed for an injunction against OpenAI co-founder and CEO Sam Altman, broadly designed to prevent the GenAI poster child from shifting towards an entirely for-profit business....

80486 processor lead architect leaves x86 giant after largest quarterly loss in its history Intel has confirmed the sudden departure of chief executive Pat Gelsinger, in a move intended to restore investor confidence in the ailing Silicon Valley giant following a year of turmoil....

Only 10 months left until Windows 10 end of support and people still seem to prefer it Despite Microsoft's push to get customers onto Windows 11, growth in the market share of the software giant's latest operating system has stalled, while Windows 10 has made modest gains, according to fresh figures from Statcounter....

The latest in an unusual change of fortune for group once protected by the Kremlin An alleged former affiliate of the LockBit and Babuk ransomware operations, who also just happens to be one of the most wanted cybercriminals in the US, is now reportedly in handcuffs....

Users could save 50% with open source alternatives, says expert Avoiding steep price hikes in Oracle Java licensing has become an issue for CIOs, according to a software asset management expert....

What's that coming over the hill, is it an AI? Competition Do you need a bit of Bliss in your life? Come up with a suggestion for where Microsoft might stick Copilot next, and an XP-themed Windows Ugly Sweater could be yours....

The politics of cybersecurity are too important to be left to the politicians Opinion Here's a front-page headline you won't see these days: CHINA'S SPIES ARE TAPPING OUR PHONES. Not that they're not - they are - but, like the environment, there's so much cybersecurity horror in the media that, yes, of course they are. And?...

A massively increased bill was one motive, but customers went cold on Virtzilla, and OpenNebula proved more efficient Broadcom has lost another significant customer after UK-based cloud operator Beeks Group decided to adopt the open source OpenNebula stack....

Burglary skills are surprisingly important when building networks Who, Me? Welcome once more, valued readers, to another Monday and another instalment of Who, Me? in which Reg readers like your good selves share tales of tech misadventure....

'When policy is being shaped, definitions matter' Rhetoric around "open" AI concentrates power in the AI sector rather than making it more open to competition and scrutiny, according to a research paper published in Nature....

ITU thinks time is now for more talk about how to keep data moving beneath the waves On the same day that a submarine cable suspected of having been cut by a Chinese ship was repaired, two major telco bodies convened a submarine telecommunication cable resilience advisory board....

'Forever unbrickable' Wi-Fi 6 box from Banana Pi comes packaged or in kit form Open source Wi-Fi router project OpenWrt and the Software Freedom Conservancy have delivered their first jointly developed hardware platform - the OpenWrt One - and are trumpeting it as a triumph of the right to repair movement....

Won't scare SpaceX as it's not reusable, but will help Beijing do things like launch broadband sats China launched a new class of rocket on Saturday, and for the first time used a commercial spaceport for the mission....

Plus: 95 percent of Chinese broadband tops 100 megabits; Yahoo Japan photo album privacy breach; and more Asia in Brief Police in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh have reportedly charged a Google employee after the deaths of three men who followed a route set by Google Maps that led their car off an unfinished bridge....

Also, script kiddies still a threat, Tornado Cash is back, UK firms lose billions to avoidable attacks, and more Infosec in brief Interpol and its financial supporters in the South Korean government are back with another round of anti-cybercrime arrests via the fifth iteration of Operation HAECHI, this time nabbing more than 5,500 people suspected of scamming and seizing hundreds of millions in digital and fiat currencies....

Despite hype, most UK workers see more discussions than implementations Just under a third of UK employees reckon any impact from AI in the workplace is "minor," according to a survey from services biz WSP....

Pro-crypto lawmakers are in, but will that translate to action? Doubt it Analysis The 2024 presidential election tipped the United States into a new era of uncertainty, but one thing's for sure: The crypto industry was triumphant....

Pilot James 'Clue' Less is ready to take to the skies Feature Sitting in the hangar of Lockheed Martin's famous Palmdale, California Skunk Works facility is one of the oddest aircraft ever to take shape: the X-59 that's looking to revive supersonic travel over land....

Crooks say they have stolen sensitive files on managers and players Italian professional football club Bologna FC is allegedly a recent victim of the RansomHub cybercrime gang, according to the group's dark web postings....

Yet another batch of Starlink satellites mark the milestone SpaceX has unlocked an impressive achievement - 400 launches of its workhorse Falcon 9 rocket....

Leading Linux desktops boldly address the "not enough distros" non-problem KDE and GNOME have decided that because they're not big and complicated enough already, they might work better if they have their own custom distributions underneath. What's the worst that could happen?...

US agencies blasted 'unforgivable' SQLi flaws earlier this year Open-source enterprise network and application monitoring provider Zabbix is warning customers of a new critical vulnerability that could lead to full system compromise....

'BTW I use Arch' runway greased, plus clarification around package licensing Version 3 of the Arch Linux installer is out, with usability improvements and clarifications to its licensing....