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Akira ransomware is encrypting victims again following pure extortion fling

(2024/10/22)

Crooks revert to old ways for greater efficiency



It's about time Intel, AMD dropped x86 games and turned to the real threat

(2024/10/22)

Opinion Have recent troubles finally humbled Chipzilla?



AI's energy appetite has Taiwan reconsidering the nuclear option

(2024/10/22)

Premier indicates possible shift in post-Fukushima policy



Socket plugs in $40M to strengthen software supply chain

(2024/10/22)

Biz aims to scrub unnecessary dependencies from npm packages in the name of security



As Arm rivals cook up custom silicon, Mediatek sticks to tried-and-true Cortex recipe

(2024/10/22)

Interview Exec Chris Bergey tells us what the chip designer is doing to stay competitive



Clock's ticking on PostgreSQL 12, but not everyone is ready to say goodbye

(2024/10/22)

11% of databases still on aging version with a month of support left



Want to feel old? Excel just entered its 40th year

(2024/10/22)

More senior than Windows itself, and still runs the world



Telcos find cloud migrations, security, are a pain in the IaaS

(2024/10/22)

Carriers consume less than half the cloud they committed to use



Major publishers sue Perplexity AI for scraping without paying

(2024/10/22)

We sell that to OpenAI – how dare you steal it and make stuff up



Lab-grown human brain cells drive virtual butterfly in simulation

(2024/10/22)

Could organoid-driven computing be the future of AI power?



Pixel perfect Ghostpulse malware loader hides inside PNG image files

(2024/10/22)

Miscreants combine it with an equally tricky piece of social engineering



India, Nvidia, discuss jointly developed AI chip

(2024/10/22)

Current capabilities mean local manufacturing is not likely – but a chip tuned to Indian needs could work



China Telecom's next 150,000 servers will mostly use local processors

(2024/10/22)

Intel and AMD left scrapping over about a third of the deal, and license fees



Intern allegedly messed with ByteDance's LLM training cluster

(2024/10/22)

No losses caused – except the intern's job – says TikTok parent



US leans on Japan to curb sales of chipmaking equipment to China

(2024/10/22)

Tokyo between a rock and a hard place as Beijing threatens to retaliate



Drone maker DJI sues Pentagon over ‘Chinese military company’ label

(2024/10/22)

Pending CCP drone ban could render the suit irrelevant



US moves ahead with crackdown on data brokers selling to six 'countries of concern'

(2024/10/22)

Biden's Executive Order finally getting its day in the sun, soonish



China’s Spamouflage cranks up trolling of US Senator Rubio as election day looms

(2024/10/22)

Note to Xi: Marco and Ted Cruz aren't the same person



Sophos to snatch Secureworks in $859M buyout: Why fight when you can just buy?

(2024/10/21)

Private equity giant Thoma Bravo adds another trophy to its growing collection



Microsoft says its Copilot AI agents set to tackle employee tasks in November

(2024/10/21)

Let bots manage your supply chain? What could possibly go wrong?



The billionaire behind Trump's 'unhackable' phone is on a mission to fight Tesla's FSD

(2024/10/21)

Interview Dan O'Dowd tells El Reg about the OS secrets and ongoing clash with Musk



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