Source: IBM disguised Watson Health layoffs as a 'redeployment initiative' (2022/08/29) Exclusive Funnily enough, most of those hit were aged over 40, it is claimed
Microsoft adds virtual core licensing to Windows Server (2022/08/29) Yes, we're totally doing this as a favor for partners and not because we were being sued in Europe
Euro watchdogs 'abandon $1b fine' against Qualcomm (2022/08/29) Snapdragon giant was accused of bribing Apple not to use rival modems
Critical hole in Atlassian Bitbucket allows any miscreant to hijack servers (2022/08/29) Grab and deploy this backend update if you offer even repo read access
LG makes a TV roughly the size of a queen-sized bed (2022/08/29) Claims it has 'the world’s largest' OLED
NASA scrubs Artemis SLS Moon rocket launch (2022/08/29) Boffins wish this one engine would just chill out
Waferscale startup says it can stitch chips together with light (2022/08/29) Hot Chips Interconnect tech promises 96TB/s die-to-die communications
You can never have too many backups. Also, you can never have too many backups (2022/08/29) Who, Me? A Reg reader comes to appreciate the value of paper
Facebook settles Cambridge Analytica class action for undisclosed amount (2022/08/29) Zuckerberg and Sandberg won't have to testify – worth much more than cash for Meta
Germany orders Sept 1 shutdown of digital ad displays to save gas (2022/08/29) Something to thank Putin for … unless you’re the admin trying to implement buggy and fast-changing rules while avoiding Bork
Indian services giants fight over moonlighting employees (2022/08/29) Asia In Brief PLUS: Trustwave's Singapore owners selling?; Pakistan's suspiciously political internet brownout; Indonesian data leaks; and more!
Record label drops AI rapper after backlash over stereotypes (2022/08/28) In brief Plus: Changing call center workers' voices, why we need to do more to get women in ML, and more
AMD smartNICs to meld ASICs, FPGAs, Arm cores (2022/08/27) Hot Chips Why choose one when you can use them all?
77% of security leaders fear we’re in perpetual cyberwar from now on (2022/08/27) In brief Also, Charming Kittens from Iran scrape email inboxes, France could fine Google again, and more
Sephora to pay $1.2m to settle Cali privacy law claims – and why this is a big deal (2022/08/27) Online shops sharing data about you with others qualifies as a sale in AG's book – and that means rules apply
PyPI warns of first-ever phishing campaign against its users (2022/08/26) On the bright side, top devs are getting hardware security keys
James Webb Space Telescope finds first evidence of CO2 in exoplanet atmosphere (2022/08/26) This same tech could someday help us discover strange, new – and habitable – worlds
Now Oktapus gets access to some DoorDash customer info via phishing attack (2022/08/26) Double check who exactly you're sending your username and password to, eh?
Nichelle Nichols' ashes set for trek to the stars (2022/08/26) The memorial 'Enterprise Flight' later this year will also include ashes from other Star Trek alumni