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BMW looks to quantum computers to speed R&D
Pasqal to provide compute based on approaches by Qu&Co acquisition BMW has become the latest company to give quantum an early chance, with the goal of shrinking development cycles beyond traditional means.…
It's time to kick China off social media, says tech governance expert
'Mischief abroad' is the Middle Kingdom's goal – without the possibility of using Chinese sites to fight back Black Hat Asia The time has come to remove Chinese voices from global social media, according to Samir Saran, president of Delhi-based think tank Observer Research Foundation (ORF), a commissioner of The Global Commission on the Stability of Cyberspace, and a member of Microsoft's Digital Peace Now Initiative.…
Europe proposes tackling child abuse by killing privacy, strong encryption
If we're gonna go through this again, can we just literally go back in time? Proposed Europe regulations that purport to curb child abuse by imposing mass surveillance would be a "disaster" for digital privacy and strong encryption, say cybersecurity experts.…
Ukraine war a sorting hat for cyber-governance loyalties: Black Hat founder Jeff Moss
Private orgs that flex with Russian bans may do more harm – to themselves – than good Black Hat Asia The war in Ukraine, and the Declaration for the Future of the Internet signed by 60 nations in late April, should be understood in the context of a global effort to recruit the nations of the world into blocs with different attitudes to internet governance.…
Nvidia open-sources Linux kernel GPU modules. Repeat, open-source GPU modules
A Turing point for the graphics chip giant, perhaps? Nvidia on Wednesday published the R515 driver release of its Linux GPU kernel modules under an open source, dual GPL/MIT license.…
Mystery of industry-targeting backdoored NPM JavaScript packages solved
Snyk, JFrog, ReversingLabs spend weeks investigating modules that turn out to be pen-test code Malicious packages in the NPM Registry that security researchers for weeks believed were being used to stage supply-chain attacks against prominent industrial companies in Germany turned out to be part of a penetration test run by a cybersecurity company.…
Google shows off immersive maps, AR-flavored search, Pixel 7, and more
Your essential de-hyped guide to what the Chocolate Factory teased at developer shindig Google IO Google I/O, the ad biz's annual developer conference, returned to the Shoreline Amphitheater in California's Mountain View on Wednesday, for the first time in three years. The gathering remained largely a remote event due to the persistence of COVID-19 though there were enough Googlers, partners, and assorted software developers in attendance to fill venue seats and punctuate important points with applause.…
Five Eyes turn spotlight on MSPs: Potential weak links in IT supply-chain security
We can think of one thing the S stands for in some unfortunate cases Miscreants are targeting managed service providers (MSPs) to break into their customers' networks and deploy ransomware, steal data, and spy on them, the Five Eyes nations' cybersecurity authorities have formally warned in a joint security alert.…
IBM's autonomous Mayflower ship breaks down in second transatlantic attempt
Human-free seafaring isn't going swimmingly The crewless AI-powered Mayflower ship, which was on its second attempt to cross the Atlantic ocean alone, is being hauled back to shore after suffering a mechanical failure.…
Google's Flutter app development framework now stable across platforms
v3.0 has also gained a Casual Games Toolkit Google I/O Google's Flutter development framework finally achieved its cross-platform aspirations with a stable release of Linux and macOS support.…
GlobalFoundries’ chipmaking machine unfazed by global disruptions
Records for revenue, gross margin in Q1 as others take a hit While some chipmakers have reported a hit to their revenue due to COVID-19 lockdowns in China and other effects, New York-based GlobalFoundries said its business stood strong in the face of various global disruptions.…
Big Tech shrank the internet while growing its own power
Classic internet ideas matter less now that CDNs and private networks dominate traffic Comment The internet has become smaller, the result of a rethinking of when and where to use the 'net's intended architecture. In the process it may also have further concentrated power in the hands of giant technology companies.…
Enterprise-strength FreeBSD-based TrueNAS releases v13.0
Plus: iXsystems' NAS OS has a new Linux-based sibling called SCALE BSD vendor iXsystems has released the latest version of its FreeBSD-derived Network Attached Storage (NAS) OS, TrueNAS 13.0.…
Qualcomm puts out 5G modem with standalone mmWave mode
Slips some extra grunt into Snapdragon X70 5G chipset before devices launch Qualcomm has updated its Snapdragon X70 5G chipset to extend range and balance the transmit power for better performance. It also claims the Snapdragon modem will be the first to support a standalone 5G mmWave connection once it is available.…
Rocky Linux sponsor CIQ secures $26m funding for CentOS successor
RHEL, RHEL, RHEL, how about that? We talk to founder about HPC, open source and more Interview CIQ, founding sponsor and services partner of Rocky Linux – a community build of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) – is to receive a $26m injection of private funding led by Two Bear Capital.…
Trying and failing to update Visual Studio? You aren't alone
The progress bar of lies reborn as a cheery 'Checking' message Microsoft Visual Studio appears to be having a bad Wednesday with users of the development suite forced to jump into Microsoft's feedback forum to complain about prolonged problems with the software's installer.…
Fresh ransomware samples indicate REvil is back
Secureworks' investigation only the latest evidence Kaseya and JBS attackers are on the move again New ransomware samples analyzed by Secureworks' threat intelligence team are the latest indication that high-profile ransomware operation REvil is once again up and running after months of relative inactivity.…
Half of developers still at screens even during breaks
Going for a walk: Good. Doomscrolling: Bad What are your peers doing to stave off burnout? Research from Stack Overflow suggests about half of developers are still spending their breaks in front of a screen.…
MIPS discloses first RISC-V chips coming in Q4 2022
eVocore processor line aimed at high-performance, real-time compute applications MIPS is back, but this time the company is bringing processors to market based on the RISC-V open instruction set architecture, rather than the MIPS architecture the chip designer is synonymous with.…
Judge agrees damages model in Oracle cloud class-action
Link between compliance and sales appeared to boost cloud performance in case disputed by Big Red A US class-action case claiming Oracle falsely inflated its cloud revenue by threatening customers with audits is set to continue after a federal judge approved the damages model proposed by the plaintiffs.…
.NET 5 and Windows 10 20H2 drop out of support
Fire the update engines if you haven't already Microsoft has pulled the plug on support for .NET 5 and the Pro and Home versions of Windows 10 20H2.…
4G to dominate cellular IoT until 2028, when 5G takes over
By 2030 we'll be shipping 1.2 billion cellular-module devices each year, says analyst 4G will continue to be the dominant cellular connectivity technology used by IoT devices until 2028, according to a report from Counterpoint Research.…
Red Hat makes OpenShift a key part of its edge initiative
Zero-touch provisioning, single-node deployments, and Advanced Cluster Management support confirmed Red Hat Summit Red Hat is targeting edge deployments with fresh features across a portfolio based around containerized software deployments that build on its Enterprise Linux and OpenShift application platform.…
Aerospace biz Orbex shows off a prototype Prime on its Scottish stand
What goes up will also come down. The question is... how? Orbex is showing off a full-scale prototype of the Prime rocket atop its test stand at Kinloss in Scotland.…
Comms giant BT sees $30m+ savings in 5 years with ServiceNow project
IT and network services to replace 56 legacy workflow systems with ServiceNow UK telecoms and IT services company BT is forecasting £25 million ($30.8 million) in savings over five years by ditching some legacy applications and switching to ServiceNow workflow and automation technologies.…
Yahoo Japan strives for universal passwordless authentication
30! million! users! already! moved! to! TXT! and/or! FIDO! Attacks! and! support! requests! both! down! Yahoo Japan has revealed that it plans to go passwordless, and that 30 million of its 50 million monthly active users have already stopped using passwords in favor of a combination of FIDO and TXT messages.…
SAS backs Python as alternative to its own language
Analytics veteran also cosies up to consultancies to extend market reach in IPO year Analytics industry veteran SAS has announced support for Python in its proprietary analytics studio.…
LIDAR in iPhones is not about better photos – it's about the future of low-cost augmented reality
The cost of kit to capture the real world is plummeting, thanks to Apple For the past six months I've been staring at the backside of my iPhone 13 Pro wondering what possessed Apple to build a Light Detection and Ranging (LIDAR) camera into its flagship smartphone.…
Indian government accuses Uber of jacking up prices for loyal customers
Six ride sharing companies forced into consumer redress scheme India has accused ride-sharing companies of over-charging loyal customers who regularly take the same route, and directed six platforms to become part of a scheme that offers third-party grievance handling services.…
The end of the iPod – last model available 'while supplies last'
The day the music died … was probably 2007, when the iPhone made standalone music players redundant Apple has ended production of the last remaining version of the iPod – the iPod Touch.…
Intel taps Scale Computing for low-power edge platform
NUC NUC. Who's there? Intel Vision Scale Computing announced a strategic partnership with Intel on Monday to offer a fully integrated, low-power platform for deploying and managing applications at the edge.…
To beat the cloud, datacenter operators must embrace automation, multiple vendors: Juniper VP
Make supply chain woes work to your advantage If datacenter operators want to compete with the cloud providers, they've got to start thinking more like them. That's what Mike Bushong, VP of Datacenter Business at Juniper, told The Register.…
Microsoft closes Windows LSA hole under active attack
Plus many more flaws. And Adobe, Android, SAP join the bug-squashing frenzy Microsoft patched 74 security flaws in its May Patch Tuesday batch of updates. That's seven critical bugs, 66 deemed important, and one ranked low severity.…
Intel blames software, COVID lockdowns for Arc GPU delays
And China to get first dibs when graphics chips do ship Intel Vision The rollout of Intel's Arc discrete GPUs has been slower than expected for folks hungry for a fresh option in the computer graphics hardware market. This week, the x86 giant attempted to explain what's taking so long.…
Email domain for NPM lib with 6m downloads a week grabbed by expert to make a point
Campaign to coax GitHub-owned outfit to improve security starts showing results Special report Security consultant Lance Vick recently acquired the expired domain used by the maintainer of a widely used NPM package to remind the JavaScript community that the NPM Registry still hasn't implemented adequate security.…
Intel puts ‘desktop-caliber’ CPUs in laptops with 12th-gen Core HX
And puts the usual claims of world-beating performance in its marketing Intel Vision Intel has said it has put "desktop-caliber" silicon in a mobile package to provide its fastest 12-generation Core laptop processors yet.…
US, Europe formally blame Russia for data wiper attacks against Ukraine, Viasat
Thank goodness someone cleared that one up The US and the European Union have officially blamed Russia for a series of destructive data-wiping malware infections in Ukrainian government and private-sector networks – and said they will "take steps" to defend against and respond to Kremlin-orchestrated attacks.…
At last, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.0 slips out
First major release since IBM spent $34b buying distro giant, includes kernel 5.14, systemd 249, Python 3.9 and more Red Hat Summit Red Hat has officially lifted the lid on version 9 of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), code-named Plow, the latest major version of the dominant paid-for, commercial server Linux.…
Virginians sue to block rural Amazon datacenter
When it comes to web giant's multi-story facilities in this specific spot, we're haters Residents in rural Culpeper County, Virginia, aren't letting Amazon build a datacenter without a fight, so they've sued the county to stop the project. …
Appian awarded over $2b after claiming Pegasystems stole its data
Low-code platform providers' legal tussle ends with 'largest damages award in Virginia state court history' Appian has been awarded more than $2 billion in damages from Pegasystems for "trade secret misappropriation."…
Palantir summons specter of nuclear conflict as share price collapses
Is spy-tech outfit trying to distract from underperforming results? Palantir's CEO invoked the specter of nuclear war as the US spy-tech company posted net losses of $101 million and revenue guidance undershot market expectations.…
OpenVMS on x86-64 reaches production status with v9.2
One of the most battle-tested OSes out there hits commodity kit, but does anyone still care? VMS Software Inc. has announced the release of OpenVMS 9.2, the first production-supported release for commercial off-the-shelf x86 hardware.…
Red Hat adds more Cloud Services to support OpenShift apps
Updates aim to ease complexities of building applications for a hybrid cloud environment Red Hat Summit Red Hat has expanded its Red Hat Cloud Services that support the OpenShift application platform, adding new components to help with the development of hybrid applications such as a Service Registry, plus middleware to make it easier to link to cloud database services.…
Intel's Habana unit reveals new Nvidia A100 challengers
Gaudi 2, Greco AI chips, plus more details on Arctic Sound-M server GPUs Intel Vision Intel is ramping up its efforts to take on GPU giant Nvidia in the accelerated computing space with a strategy that focuses on a diverse portfolio of silicon built for different purposes.…
IBM: Give us three years to solve quantum computing scaling
Big Blue claims it'll have a 4,158 qubit system by 2025 IBM Think IBM has big plans for its quantum computing gambit, including the launch of a 4,158-qubit system by 2025. To put that in context, the company just launched it's 127-qubit "Eagle" system in 2021.…
Malware goes regional as attackers change tactics
SEO techniques employed to increase visibility of poisoned documents claims Netskope Most malware attacks now originate from the same region as the victim, according to a new report, a sign that malicious actors are changing their tactics.…
Intel sticks with FPGAs and ASICs for next-gen IPUs
Chip giant sticking with multi-architecture ASIC/FPGA approach through 2024 Intel Vision Intel's two-pronged ASIC/FPGA infrastructure processing unit (IPU) strategy was on full display at this week's Intel Vision event, where the chipmaker teased its upcoming 400Gbit/sec and 800Gbit/sec devices.…
Asahi Linux project shows progress in graphics drivers on Apple's M1
Follow the blue rabbit! Graphics driver developer lead talks to The Reg Progress was made in persuading 3D graphics to work in Linux on Apple's M1 over the weekend – in the form of a blue rabbit.…
Email out, Slack and Teams in for business communications
For the first time, more respondents indicate a preference for instant messaging, says SWZD The COVID-19 pandemic may trigger the end of email's dominance in business communications.…
Google blocks paid apps from Play Store in Russia
Cites 'payment system disruption' as credit card companies pull out of region Google has begun blocking downloads of paid apps and their updates in Russia as of May 5, citing compliance issues.…
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