ARM Give a man a fire and he's warm for a day, but set fire to him and he's warm for the rest of his life (Terry Pratchett, Jingo)

Malware crew Stargazers Goblin used 3,000 GitHub accounts to make bank

(2024/07/26)

May even have targeted other malware gangs, and infosec researchers



CrowdStrike update blunder may cost world billions – and insurance ain't covering it all

(2024/07/26)

We offer this formula instead: RND(100.0)*(10^9)



Sam Altman wants a US-led freedom coalition to fight authoritarian AI

(2024/07/26)

Team America AI Police?



Beware of fake CrowdStrike domains pumping out Lumma infostealing malware

(2024/07/26)

PSA: Only accept updates via official channels ... ironically enough



OpenAI unveils AI search engine SearchGPT – not that you're allowed to use it yet

(2024/07/25)

Launching in Beta is so 2014. We're in the prototype limited sign-up era now



FYI: Data from deleted GitHub repos may not actually be deleted

(2024/07/25)

And the forking Microsoft-owned code warehouse doesn't see this as much of a problem



NASA sends 4K video from a flying plane to the ISS using lasers

(2024/07/25)

900 Mbps from Earth to orbit, and I still can't get reliable Wi-Fi in my backyard



Oracle's Java pricing brews bitter taste, subscribers spill over to OpenJDK

(2024/07/25)

Following licensing changes, 86% of users head for the door. Coincidence?



Uncle Sam accuses telco IT pro of decade-long spying campaign for China

(2024/07/25)

Beijing has a long history of recruiting US residents to carry out various espionage activities



Microsoft adds generative search to its Bing engine

(2024/07/25)

Looks a lot like Google's AI Overviews, hopefully without some of the early unfortunate summaries



Apple Maps escapes orchard into web browser wilds

(2024/07/25)

Chrome and Edge on Windows can now join the fun



STMicroelectronics sees sharp decline in Q2 earnings amid weak auto sector demand

(2024/07/25)

NXP Semiconductors and Texas Instruments also hit by slowdown



You should probably fix this 5-year-old critical Docker vuln fairly sharpish

(2024/07/25)

For some unknown reason, initial patch was omitted from later versions



Adobe exec likened hidden cloud subscription exit fees to 'heroin', says FTC

(2024/07/25)

Read the unredacted complaint against Photoshop giant and its software plans



Kaspersky says Uncle Sam snubbed proposal to open up its code for third-party review

(2024/07/25)

Exclusive Those national security threat claims? 'No evidence,' VP tells The Reg



AI models face collapse if they overdose on their own output

(2024/07/25)

Recursive training leads to nonsense, study finds



X.org lone ranger rides to rescue multi-monitor refresh rates

(2024/07/25)

X11 isn't dead while people still keep working on it



Datacenters guzzled more than a fifth of Ireland's electricity in 2023

(2024/07/25)

Bit barns binge on Emerald Isle power



OpenBSD enthusiast cooks up guide for the technically timid

(2024/07/25)

If you want a simple step-by-step, this is the best we've seen



Patch management still seemingly abysmal because no one wants the job

(2024/07/25)

Comment Are your security and ops teams fighting to pass the buck?



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"`She hit me on the head with the rock again.'
`I think I can confirm that that was my daughter.'
`Sweet kid.'
`You have to get to know her,' said Arthur.
`She eases up does she?'
`No,' said Arthur, `but you get a better sense of when to
duck.'"

- Ford and Arthur on Random.