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Bike and car accessory slinger fined £30,000 for hitting send on more than 499k unsolicited emails Bike and car accessory retailer Halfords has found itself in the wrong lane with Britain’s data watchdog for sending hundreds of thousands of unsolicited marketing emails to members of the public.…

Lightbend's Akka shifts from Apache 2.0 license to BSL 1.1 – but critics not pleased about pricing Lightbend is fed up with commercial entities using its open source wares in production environments and giving nothing back to the FOSS community, so is making an alteration to the licensing of a popular product.…

Protein prediction it can do, the next steps not so much – not that it was trained for this Analysis DeepMind's AlphaFold model has predicted nearly all known protein structures discovered yet, though its ability to help scientists discover new drugs remains unproven.…

So are ITSM tools that can’t spread, data tools, and private 5G. But outsourcing is cool again Analyst firm Forrester Research has published its 2023 planning guide for Technology Architecture and Delivery and warned that IT departments will face increased spending scrutiny as economic conditions tighten.…

Or if you're looking for something lower power, it can be had with a pentacore Celeron If you’ve ever thought to yourself these single board computers (SBC) could use a few more cores, Asus’ Aaeon latest system might be right up your alley.…

Yes, that’s a lot to digest: Marshall Islands legislators allegedly bribed to make it possible About halfway between The Philippines and Hawaii is a place called Rongelap Atoll that’s infamous for having been unintentionally irradiated by nuclear weapons tests conducted by America at nearby Bikini Atoll in 1954.…

Odd couple will tie the knot in late September – but there's still no sign what's in store Citrix has announced that its planned de-listing and merger with Tibco has cleared regulatory hurdles and the two companies will therefore become one during the last week of September 2022.…

We guess new chips are only for Pros At this week’s big iPhone launch, Apple's custom Arm-compatible chips – known as Apple Silicon – received little fanfare compared to what the processors have enjoyed at previous events.…

Tech billionaire can tap into Mudge whistleblower complaint, though A judge has turned down Elon Musk's request to delay his trial with Twitter.…

With Crash Detection (no, not that kind) and satellite-powered SOS when cell service is absent Apple on Wednesday enticed favored members of the media and its ever-enthusiastic employees from Cupertino to hear word of the company's iPhone 14, Apple Watch 8, and second generation AirPods Pro earbuds.…

Some of the hardest things in programming: Handling times and dates The decision last month by Chilean leaders to delay a switch to Daylight Savings Time (DST) by a week could cause headaches for some Windows users if they don't implement the workaround outlined by Microsoft.…

Whether this works as advertised is key Ring's battery-powered video-doorbells-slash-surveillance cameras can finally turn on end-to-end encryption (E2EE).…

Finding Zen just got a little easier AMD is changing the way it names mobile processors to make it more obvious whether you’re getting their freshest Zen cores or last year’s leftovers.…

FBI warns that Vice Society threat group is ramping up attacks on the education sector The Vice Society threat group is ramping up ransomware attacks on US school districts just as students around the country return to the classroom, the FBI and other federal agencies are warning.…

Company claims tech can detect quantum information at room temperature A semiconductor company called Archer Materials says it is working with chip manufacturer GlobalFoundries to help it develop high-volume production quantum processor technology.…

Could replace fossil fuels in several energy-hungry industries in hot climates without water use Scientists have produced hydrogen from thin air, a development they say could help industry harvest the promising eco-fuel in the most arid environments.…

Ideas include restructuring key goals and expunging needless meetings Google execs are embarking on a company-wide efficiency drive to make the digital advertising and cloud computing business 20 percent more productive.…

'It's hard to imagine a more dangerous scenario,' Mandiant Intel VP told The Reg Mandiant has named a new threat group, APT42, that it says functions as the cyberspy arm of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), which has plotted to murder US citizens including former National Security Advisor John Bolton.…

Rules apply for next decade, warns Commerce Department, which can claw back cash US Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo has warned that the US Commerce Department "has the ability to claw back money" if recipients of CHIPS Act semiconductor manufacturing grants "compromise national security" by developing leading-edge tech in China in the next decade.…

Kaspersky research finds Minecraft and Roblox have the most malicious files associated with them With 3 billion players globally, the $200 billion gaming market is an increasingly ripe target for cybercriminals – with the perennially popular Minecraft one of the most targeted lures.…

Both platforms based on Kyro semi-custom Arm CPUs Qualcomm has unveiled fresh smartphone platforms in its widely used Snapdragon mobile line that target the mid-range and mass-volume segments respectively.…

Anyone planning to migrate to IPv6 then? Bueller? French cloud provider OVHcloud has opened up a Bring Your Own IP service, which it said allows customers to reuse existing public IPv4 blocks as failover addresses in the event of an outage.…

Emerging field now has baseline definitions for vendors to work with The Storage Networking Industry Association (SNIA) has at last published version 1.0 of its Computational Storage Architecture and Programming Model, the specs meant to help develop the new performance-boosting tech by providing interoperability between different vendors.…

Meanwhile, Federal Reserve sentiment sees US tech stock fall amid uncertainty While US tech stocks have suffered in response to rising inflation, interest rates and general economic uncertainty, the UK tech sector — or what is left of it — is doing worse.…

Cloud and 5G mean the world needs beefier backbones and NTT thinks this could build them Japan's NTT Corporation claims it has developed technologies that allow data transmission at 1.2Tbit/s per wavelength in an optical system.…

Talk about dirt cheap Scientists claim they have fed a strong titanium alloy and a sprinkling of simulated Martian regolith into a 3D printer to study how future astronauts may one day be able to print tools and rocket parts in space.…

Particle accelerators could be next casualty of Russia's war on Ukraine CERN, the European Center for Nuclear Research, is preparing to idle some of its particle accelerators to save electricity, currently in short supply due to the war in Ukraine.…

National Security Agency apparently has tools that crack Solaris boxes China has accused the United States of a savage cyber attack on a university famed for conducting aerospace research and linked to China's military.…

MP alleges taxpayer database – which holds personal info on millions – has come under attack A Pakistani parliamentary committee has labelled its own cybersecurity agency "incompetent".…

After more than two decades, the space agency's PowerPC love affair appears to be at an end Chip designer SiFive said Tuesday its RISC-V-compatible CPU cores will power NASA’s just-announced High-Performance Spaceflight Computer (HPSC).…

Low-noise tool hopes to highlight vulnerabilities imported into projects The open source Go programming language, developed by Google, has added support for vulnerability management in a way designed to preserve programmers' patience.…

Being subcontractors, their working conditions ain't our problem – US giant's stance A group of delivery drivers subcontracting for Amazon in Japan have unionized, claiming the internet titan's AI software often plans routes that are impossible to complete within set deadlines.…

Online booking systems and other services knocked offline amid network intrusion The IT systems of InterContinental Hotels Group, the massive hospitality organization that operates 17 hotel brands around the world, have been compromised, causing ongoing disruption to the corporation's online booking systems and other services.…

Good for the environment? Bad for the customer, say Brazilian officials after fining iGiant, banning certain sales Brazil's government is freezing certain iPhone sales in the country and fining Apple for removing chargers from its smartphones, something officials there have declared a practice harmful to consumers, despite being presented as an act of environmental heroism. …

Plus $39 billion in subsidies for 'domestic' effort that will welcome foreign semiconductor players Leading foundry operators stand to benefit from a 25 percent investment tax credit (ITC) on domestic fab projects, according to a document published by the US Department of Commerce this week.…

Legislation also aims to tackle wage gaps around gender, race, and ethnicity California lawmakers passed a bill that aims to promote pay equity by requiring employers to post salary ranges with job listings in the state.…

FBI and CISA on-site to assist with incident response over Labor Day weekend Updated Cybercriminals hit the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) over the holiday weekend with a ransomware attack that temporarily shut down email, computer systems, and applications.…

Hundreds of 'intentional' violations could cost Zuck and Co $30k each Facebook has been found guilty in Washington of breaking the state's strict campaign finance transparency laws – again – and was defeated in its attempt to get a judge to loosen those laws to favor it. …

Worok uses mix of publicly available tools, custom malware to steal info, gang active since 2020 A cyberespionage group has targeted government agencies and big-name corporations throughout Asia since at least 2020, using the notorious ProxyShell vulnerabilities in Microsoft Exchange to gain initial access.…

Meta set to the appeal the data protection authority's near $400m penalty Ireland's data protection authority has fined Instagram almost $400 million for mishandling children's data.…

By striking down Google and Facebook, the iMaker's transformation is complete Although Apple's sales pitch for the idea was protecting users' privacy, it appears the company's App Tracking Transparency (ATT) initiative has been kind to its wallet as well, pushing it to the top of the mobile app advertising market in the past year.…

Teams too big, operate in silos, lack subject matter experts and C-suite exec buy-in Public sector technology buyers have the lengthiest average buying cycle of any industry vertical in part due to a lack of vendor specific information on products often hampering the decision making process.…

Lloyd's defends stance as critics say policy tweaks make it less worthwhile to spend on premiums Critics unhappy about insurers excluding certain nation-state attacks from cyber policies should consider the alternative: higher prices, according to Lloyd's of London.…

$50/user/month to bring cloud-like opex delights to midrange on-prem environments IBM has rediscovered IT as-a-service with a subscription service for its System I environment and the POWER servers that run it.…

Leadership believes path to recovery is through investing in times of crisis Chipmaker SK hynix intends to invest nearly $11 billion over the next five years on a new manufacturing plant in South Korea, showing confidence in the future despite the curent dip in demand for semiconductors.…

Hypercloud will be facing some stiff competition in the hyperconverged infrastructure space, say analysts Storage player SoftIron is extending its portfolio to the rest of the datacenter with the launch of a complete cloud infrastructure platform - a bold effort to take on better known brands in their own back yard.…

All except Italy, that is For the second year in a row, the UK is second worst in the G7 league of industrial nations for broadband speed, only faster than Italy, according to a report published today.…

Smartphone software set to link more services to patients despite privacy fears NHS Digital has awarded IBM a £52.4 million ($60.2 million) contract for supporting and developing the NHS App, which the UK government plans to make the standard way for health services to communicate with patients.…

To sell or not to sell... that is the national security assessment, decision delayed once more The UK government has asked for more time to make its final decision on whether to retroactively approve or block the sale of Newport Wafer Fab (NWF) company to Chinese owners.…

It’s an eight-bit affair for the Apple II, complete with Flying Toasters and many other upgrades Apple will on September 7th stage one of its live infomercials to launch products expected to include this year’s iPhone – complete with satellite messaging capabilities – plus wireless earbuds, an enhanced smart watch, and maybe even some new tablet computers.…