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This is why we can't have nice things, potentially Microsoft last month received a US patent covering modifications to a data-encoding technique called rANS, one of several variants in the Asymmetric Numeral System (ANS) family that support data compression schemes used by leading technology companies and open source projects.…

Time to fix code like it's 2020 In an advisory this week, VMware alerted users to guest-to-host vulnerabilities in the XHCI and UHCI USB controllers in its ESXi hypervisor, plus an important flaw fixed in NSX Data Center for vSphere.…

Pair promise to provide the tools to achieve peak Zen AMD has partnered with DoiT International on a program aimed at helping Google Cloud customers optimize their off-prem workloads to obtain the best performance, cost and security, at least for workloads running on AMD silicon.…

Law enforcement to work in a more networked, borderless fashion – just like the crooks The digitalisation of the global workforce in the face of a pandemic has led criminals to upgrade their working model, and now law enforcement must too.…

Build numbers causing problems: Truly, what is new is old again This February Google put out Chrome 98, closely followed by Mozilla releasing Firefox 97. Soon both will hit version 100.…

Expanding the reach of quantum communications, QKD. Literally These days it seems every major company is outlining a quantum strategy, even if those plans are nebulous at best. However, in areas like financial services, especially at global banks like JPMorgan Chase, getting a handle on both quantum computing and quantum security are top priorities.…

Public and private sector both under attack as malware evolution accelerates SonicWall's annual cyber-threat report shows ransomware-spreading miscreants are making hay and getting quicker at doing so.…

Why do they keep going to the US for cloud services? Aganist the backdrop of the new European Chips Act, digital sovereignty is on the menu once more with a conference on the topic taking place last week in the European Union.…

Payment card processing fees will fall away in some regions Amazon and Visa appear to have resolved their differences and reached an agreement that will see Amazon continue to accept online payments from customers with Visa credit cards around the world, after previously threatening to stop.…

'There is only one Elasticsearch, and it comes from Elastic' The dispute between AWS and Elastic looks to be over, with Elastic saying the trademark infringement lawsuit is "resolved."…

Open-source spec appears nation-neutral, but for how long? On the one hand, it's all positive on the RISC-V front, with its open-source ethos driving folks around the world, from the US and Europe to China and Russia, to collaborate on improving and boosting the specification.…

And it shouldn't be a privilege handed out by governments Register Debate Welcome to the latest Register Debate in which writers discuss technology topics, and you the reader choose the winning argument. The format is simple: we propose a motion, the arguments for the motion will run this Monday and Wednesday, and the arguments against on Tuesday and Thursday. During the week you can cast your vote on which side you support using the poll embedded below, choosing whether you're in favor or against the motion. The final score will be announced on Friday, revealing whether the for or against argument was most popular.…

Meta says it's on top of access token abuse but also needs Google's help Analysis Multiple Chrome browser extensions make use of a session token for Meta's Facebook that grants access to signed-in users' social network data in a way that violates the company's policies and leaves users open to potential privacy violations.…

Sector also sees record level of investment, according to government-backed research The UK government is claiming a record year for revenue in the cybersecurity sector saying the industry generated £10.1bn.…

Omicron dents Switchzilla's previous optimism that late 2022 could see backlog clear Cisco has reported a record backlog of orders it can't fulfil – $14 billion worth – and can't say when supply chain issues will ease enough to let it deliver networking kit for which some customers have waited many months.…

Edgy, low-latency 'Local Zones' spreading from Amsterdam to Warsaw Amazon Web Services has completed the first 16 of its Local Zones – small versions of its cloud located in cities that don't host full regions – and announced 32 more across 26 nations.…

And calls it 'ASEANZK' (gesundheit) to reflect inclusion of Australia, New Zealand, Korea and all of ASEAN IBM quietly reorganized its Asian affairs at the start of 2022, creating a region called ASEANZK that means big markets such as Australia and South Korea now report to a regional entity.…

Web giant shocked, shocked, to find misuse of data going on in here Google plans to extend its rework of web ad technology – the optimistically named Privacy Sandbox – to Android devices in an effort to limit the misuse of data in its mobile ecosystem.…

Clearly no need for leet zero-day hax when you can spearphish and exploit months-old vulnerabilities A two-year campaign by state-sponsored Russian entities to siphon information from US defense contractors worked, it is claimed.…

GPU giant will just have to get by with a mere $10bn profit If Nvidia is a little glum about its failed Arm merger, it has nearly 10 billion reasons to be cheerful: the GPU giant's profit from the past 12 months reached $9.75bn, up 125 per cent on the year-before period.…

'I think my code is 90% still there' retired Microsoft engineer tells us as build released to Windows Insiders Microsoft allowed the original author of Task Manager to unveil the software giant's latest take on everyone's favorite last resort, replete with optional dark mode and the navigation cues of Windows 11.…

Friends are always telling me ... just be good to free() Adobe has released an out-of-band security update for Adobe Commerce and Magento Open Source to address active exploitation of a known vulnerability, and Google has an emergency issue, too.…

Share price down after word of 'unusual expense claims' emerges "Unusual expense claims in Iraq, dating back to 2018" triggered a review that led Ericsson to suspect it paid the self-styled terrorist group Islamic State while doing business in the country, the Swedish giant said last night.…

So that's what happened to NeverWare Google has announced early access to a new version of Chrome OS called Flex, which runs on ordinary x86 hardware, offering the chance to revive older PCs or even out-of-support Macs.…

Microservice orchestration platform aims for scalable apps A startup that provides application state management systems for Netflix, Snap, and Hashicorp, among others, has raised $103m in Series B funding to help the company expand.…

It's all about perspective Research published today confirms that what scientists thought were two types of active galactic nuclei are, in fact, one: the features were simply tilted at different angles.…

Big Blue continues to bulk out its hybrid multicloud services IBM has acquired Neudesic, a US cloud consultancy services firm specialising in Microsoft's Azure platform, as part of a continued drive to expand the company's growth in hybrid multicloud services.…

Also, Taskbar tweaked and Groove music muted Microsoft has attempted to smooth out some of the rough edges in Windows 11 while also releasing a mainstream preview of Android app support.…

How many websites are dancing with your data like no one is watching? Register Debate Welcome to the latest Register Debate in which writers discuss technology topics, and you the reader choose the winning argument. The format is simple: we propose a motion, the arguments for the motion will run this Monday and Wednesday, and the arguments against on Tuesday and Thursday. During the week you can cast your vote on which side you support using the poll embedded below, choosing whether you're in favor or against the motion. The final score will be announced on Friday, revealing whether the for or against argument was most popular.…

Dips into Red Hat's Playbook for automation Nebulon has integrated its smartInfrastructure platform with Red Hat's Ansible software – including a set of modules that allow users to automate Nebulon infrastructure deployment and management by using Ansible Playbooks.…

Outfit behind Premium Bonds wants fresh start after 25 years with Atos UK state-owned bank National Savings & Investments (NS&I) is on the hunt for an IT partner – with a deal worth up to £172m in the offing – as its longstanding arrangement with Atos IT Service draws to a close.…

Plans to block more scam sites, share liability between banks and customers Singapore will step up up efforts to stamp out phishing and spoofing, ministers told the island nation's parliament on Tuesday.…

Labels digital currencies wreckers of sovereignty, worse than a Ponzi scheme The deputy governor of the Reserve Bank of India, T Rabi Sankar, has delivered an extremely unflattering assessment of cryptocurrencies – worse than Ponzi schemes, wreckers of economies, and richly deserving of a ban within India.…

Government blames COVID-19 for delay The government of Cambodia has delayed implementation of its National Internet Gateway, because it is yet to acquire the equipment needed to operate the service.…

Combined internet titan plans offerings that do the 'cloud to edge' thing at super-size scale Internet content delivery concern Akamai has announced it will acquire junior cloud Linode for about $900m.…

We're searching for a financial officer who can look beyond the numbers, semiconductor biz CEO tells us Analysis Chief financial officers at chip companies are getting a crash course in global dynamics as component shortages and a highly charged semiconductor leadership battle between countries determine business decisions.…

Despite all logic, state governor still insists hitting F12 in a web browser is 'hacking' A reporter who faced potential hacking charges for viewing website source code in his browser can rest easier now that Missouri officials have decided not to prosecute him.…

What geopolitical standoff could this possibly be linked to? The websites of the Ukrainian military and at least two of the nation's biggest banks were knocked offline in a cyberattack today.…

Thanks Microsoft! Engineers in Europe get to finish early today Updated Azure DevOps services in Europe have slowed and in some cases are unavailable, resulting in a number of the platform's offerings being broken for local users.…

From the people who 'sat on their hands' when asked for info about Giphy deal Facebook claimed in court today that Britain's Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) broke international law when it blocked the ad company's $400m buyout of Giphy.…

Privacy: We've heard of it. Do you know where your data is? Updated The European Data Protection Board (EDPB) has kicked off its first coordinated enforcement action, taking a long, hard look at the use of cloud-based services by the public sector.…

Hiring of ex-Sainsbury's CEO at NHS Test and Trace also against equality law – court The appointment of Dido Harding as interim chair of the National Institute for Health Protection (NIHP) has been ruled unlawful by the High Court of England and Wales.…

Plan calls for this to end in tiers Nutanix has rearranged its portfolio by placing different tools into newly named bundles and buckets, and creating different tiers for the new products.…

Remember to keep the Windows open. We're here all week Microsoft is preparing to reopen its Washington state worksites at the end of this month.…

Has manufacturing facilities in Israel, US, Japan and Italy Intel has confirmed its plans to spend $5.4bn to acquire Israeli chip firm Tower Semiconductor as part of its scheme to expand and diversify its chip manufacturing business.…

Now with cross-cloud deployment capabilities and shiny new UI Security vendors always seem to be acquiring rivals and promising to integrate their wares into a suite of products that make it less likely you'll get whacked by online villains.…

Distro inferno: Scions include OpenMandriva, Mageia, ROSA Linux and PCLinuxOS Analysis The OpenMandriva project last week released a new version: OpenMandriva LX 4.3 for x86-64 and ARM64 hardware. OpenMandriva is a continuation of the Mandriva Linux distro, but not the only one. The Register rounds up the siblings.…

Government agents that really want your messages, though? Well, that can be another story Register Debate Welcome to the latest Register Debate in which writers discuss technology topics, and you the reader choose the winning argument. The format is simple: we propose a motion, the arguments for the motion will run this Monday and Wednesday, and the arguments against on Tuesday and Thursday. During the week you can cast your vote on which side you support using the poll embedded below, choosing whether you're in favor or against the motion. The final score will be announced on Friday, revealing whether the for or against argument was most popular.…

Licensing and compliance issues advisor spills the beans Oracle executives brief clients against plans to move away from Big Red's technology platforms, it is alleged.…

In which it is revealed that Silverlight lives on ... as .NET Core Interviews Visual Studio .NET was released on February 13th 2002, marking the moment when Microsoft's Java alternative was declared ready for business.…