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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.…

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.…

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.…

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.…

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.…

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."…

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.…

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.…

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.…

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.…

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.…

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.…

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.…

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.…

Microsoft issues a workaround for problem while it works on a fix Some users running Windows 10 who installed the KB5021233 cumulative update this month are seeing their operating system crash with the Blue Screen of Death, Microsoft is warning.…

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.…

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.…

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.…

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." …

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.…

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.…

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. …

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."…

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.…

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.…

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.…

Existing hold ups already cost millions as UK authority fails to put a price on latest setback Surrey County Council has suffered another delay to the implementation of its protracted and accident prone £30 million ERP project that will, at some point, see it switch systems from SAP to Unit4.…

CityFibre seethes that move comes straight out of 'dominant operator ... playbook' Openreach has revealed new wholesale pricing for fiber-to-the-premises (FTTP), offering more discounts for internet service providers (ISPs) to encourage a migration of consumers to fiber broadband connections.…

One version to bind them all, and in the darkness rock them Opinion If you're not a musician, you may never think of MIDI, the Musical Instrument Digital Interface standard that links up keyboards and other electronic noise boxes. Firefox has, adding the super-niche Web MIDI API in its latest version. That's one of those "uh, OK" decisions which gets weirder the longer you look at it – but then, MIDI is utterly unlike other tech standards.…

The ayes have it: You said 'YES' Updated Elon Musk may be about to fire himself as CEO of Twitter.…

One dumb downtime-inducing panic is survivable. The second is a career-killer Who, Me? Once again, gentle readerfolk, it is time for the Reg's weekly confessional – Who, Me? in which we recount readers' technical anti-triumphs. This one follows on from recent tales of big red buttons, and goes one better.…

Hundreds of millions of cases expected to bring new waves of disruption One of COVID-19's many side effects was to disrupt the technology industry's supply chains – especially when they linked to China.…

Plus: Suomi security warnings and artists rebel against AI on Artstation In Brief The squishy brains behind OpenAI's artificial ones are predicting developments like the ChatGPT system will see money flooding in – with a forecast of earning around $1 billion by 2024.…

Is Zuck's org doomed, or is this a case of a techie struggling with management? Legendary developer John Carmack has quit his role as a consultant to Meta, where he worked as an executive consultant on its Oculus virtual reality hardware.…

PLUS: FTX may be sold in Japan and Singapore; Binance busted in Australia; India won’t limit gaming time Japanese tech conglomerate Toshiba has broken its silence on rumors of its impending sale, issuing an open letter [PDF] in which management told shareholders nothing has been decided.…

One research firm thinks YMTC may have to exit 3D NAND altogether Analysis The US has ramped up trade restrictions against YMTC, China's biggest domestic flash memory supplier, triggering concerns that the chipmaker will face significant production issues and potentially be forced to exit the 3D NAND market.…

Also, TLC gets schooled by Karakurt, and Cloudflare is offering free zero trust stuff to some small companies In brief Business email compromise (BEC) continues to be a multibillion-dollar threat, but it's evolving, with the FBI and other federal agencies warning that cybercriminals have started using spoofed emails to steal shipments of physical goods – in this case, food. …

Cloud souk reportedly ready to play a little more fairly with its own merchants Amazon will reportedly make changes to its business practices to resolve two European antitrust investigations next week.…

You're holding your staff meetings the wrong way Apple has been accused of creating its own labor organization to prevent workers from forming an employee-run union, according to a complaint filed on Friday.…

And the corporations making the tools for stalking and harassment in the first place? Anyone? A bipartisan trio of US lawmakers has proposed a law that pledges as much as $22 million of public funding to help victims of tech-enabled domestic abuse.…

Helps if you're teetering on the edge Analysis Some AI chip startups are managing to raise capital from investors despite operating in a crowded market of competitors where venture capital funding has plummeted in the past year.…

Tweeter, tailor, soldier, bye A Twitter employee who spied for the Saudi government and royal family has been sentenced to three and half years behind bars in America.…

In the grim darkness of the far future there is only Bezos. Oh, and Henry Cavill Amazon has reached into the Warp and pulled out an "agreement in principle" with Warhammer maker Games Workshop (GW) that would give it film, television and merchandising rights to the company's sci-fi Warhammer 40,000 franchise. …

Tumbleweed hits some turbulence, but there's no reason to be alarmed… 'By the way, does anyone know how to fly a plane?' Tumbleweed is changing course once again, but it's due to popular demand, and it means broader compatibility for more people. Saying that, it's looking for someone to help maintain its 32-bit support.…

Study finds fruit and veg also help improve health and performance, even during space hops Space dietitians have discovered that increasing fruits, vegetables, and fish in the diets of astronauts — compared to their standard rations — can provide multiple health and performance outcomes.…

Niklaus Wirth's lesser known programming language still kicking around Incoming support for Modula-2 in GCC, and a new Gitlab repository for its descendant Oberon, shows that the Wirthian family of programming languages remains livelier than you might think.…

Options? Customers have heard of them. Software giant reports record $17b+ revs, with biggest growth in ... PDFs? Adobe's planned $20b buy of Figma – one of the largest takeovers of a private software dev on record – is being probed globally, "including by the Competition and Markets Authority in the UK," the software maker has confirmed, saying it expects "the transaction will also be reviewed in the EU."…

A day after Openreach engineers overwhelmingly accept new compensation, telco says it will merge Enterprise and Global businesses Just as one source of tension at BT ends, with unionized workers voting to accept the latest pay offer rather than to extend industrial action, the British telco giant is merging Global and Enterprise divisions to save costs.…

It brought you Monty Python and Jimi Hendrix, but Auntie Beeb must compete with digital monsters like Netflix The BBC has failed to plan for switching to internet-based media and move away from traditional broadcasting at a “more wholesale, strategic level,” according to a public spending watchdog.…

Sing it in the key of C-suite, because operations truly doesn't care Whether it's because they have vast real estate investments they can't shift without hemorrhaging cash, or genuinely think their workers perform better in that space, C-suite execs are working hard to convince staff to return to the workplace.…