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)

GitOps pioneer Weaveworks unravels after funding fabric frays

(2024/02/06)

Company burned through $61.6M in investment



KDE 6 misses boat to make it into Kubuntu 24.04

(2024/02/06)

'Noble Numbat' users will face a major post-install upgrade, which isn't ideal



New kids on the ransomware block in 2023: Akira and 8Base lead dozens of newbies

(2024/02/06)

How good are your takedowns when fresh gangs are linked to previous ops, though?



EU repair rights bill tells manufacturers to fix up or ship out

(2024/02/06)

Provisional deal will mean companies cannot 'hinder repair'



AI models just love escalating conflict to all-out nuclear war

(2024/02/06)

'We have it! Let’s use it' proclaims the most warlike GPT-4-Base



CERN seeks €20B to build a bigger, faster, particle accelerator

(2024/02/06)

The Future Circular Collider, if built, will be three times the size of the LHC



Microsoft brings its cloudy virtual desktops on-prem to AzureStack HCI

(2024/02/06)

Just in time to cash in on VMware and Citrix uncertainty



Samsung heir Lee Jae-yong acquitted of stock manipulation charges

(2024/02/06)

What a surprise, said no one



An established AI player is in nasty trouble – in this market? What? Why?

(2024/02/06)

Australia's Appen boasted of clients including Amazon and Microsoft. Then work dried up, Gen AI arrived, and Google bailed



US research body sues chip tech company Japan’s government plans to buy

(2024/02/06)

The stakes are high because the disputed items - photoresists – are essential for EUV lithography



Singapore finally deletes its COVID-era contact tracing data

(2024/02/06)

Except for the data used for a controversial murder investigation. That stays. Forever



Google throws $1M at Rust Foundation to build C++ bridges

(2024/02/05)

Chocolate Factory matches Microsoft money for memory safety



Attempts to demolish guardrails in AI image generators blamed for lewd Taylor Swift deepfakes

(2024/02/05)

Creeps on notorious bulletin board 4Chan reportedly decided to humiliate prominent women



Ivanti devices hit by wave of exploits for latest security hole

(2024/02/05)

At this point you might be better off just shutting the stuff down



Faraday plots a 64-core Arm chip with Intel inside

(2024/02/05)

The melding of Neoverse cores and x86 giant's latest process tech was bound to happen eventually



Ignore Uncle Sam's 'voluntary' cybersecurity goals for hospitals at your peril

(2024/02/05)

Interview What is on HHS paper will most likely become law, Google security boss says



Aircraft rivet hole issues cause delays to Boeing 737 Max deliveries

(2024/02/05)

Supplier to beleagered US aerospace giant spots problem, which would not be an 'immediate flight safety issue'



AnyDesk revokes signing certs, portal passwords after crooks sneak into systems

(2024/02/05)

Horse, meet stable door



When it comes to working from home, Register readers are bucking national trends

(2024/02/05)

Our survey shows you like your away-from-office comforts



Where there's a will, there's a way to get US chips into China

(2024/02/05)

Buy 'em, rent 'em, smuggle 'em – export restrictions don't cover illegitimate means



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