NASA, DARPA to go nuclear in hopes of putting boots on Mars (2023/01/25) Fission reactor rocket should get them going quite fast
Global network outage hits Microsoft: Azure, Teams, Outlook all down (2023/01/25) Redmond rolls back network change after cloud services dip in sympathy with profits
IPv6 for Dummies: NSA pushes security manual on DoD admins (2023/01/25) There's good advice here for any IT pro dealing with the transition
Defra 'confident' it has 'handle' on risk for 30% of apps out of support (2023/01/25) UK government applies 'hypercare' to applications to try to avoid security and stability risks
Go to security school, GoTo – theft of encryption keys shows you need it (2023/01/25) Ongoing probe into cloud storage attack finds customer data exfiltrated
Microsoft: You're not out of love with cloud, you're just 'optimizing' it for a bit (2023/01/25) Q2 results include modest revenue increase, steep consumer and net income decrease
Space dust reveals Earth-killer asteroids tough to destroy (2023/01/25) Good luck blowing up a pile of rubble. Boffins suggest we'll need to create a diversion instead
SK hynix debuts 'world's fastest mobile DRAM', predicts it will move to power AI/ML and AR/VR (2023/01/25) Something to keep manufacturers happy while they wait for the joy of LPDDR6
Well that escalated quickly: India demos homebrew mobile OS (2023/01/25) BharOS is based on the Linux kernel and is apparently incapable of running malware
Logfile management is no fun. Now it's a nightmare thanks to critical-rated VMware flaws (2023/01/25) You know the drill: patch before criminals use these bugs in vRealize to sniff your systems
FBI catches up with infosec and crypto communities, blames Lazarus Group for $100 million heist (2023/01/25) Well played, feds. What's next? Ransomware is rampant? Strong passwords are important?
Intel chairman exits just ahead of next financial report (2023/01/25) Comment And within days of scrapping about a billion dollars in projects
Uncle Sam greenlights first commercial nuclear small modular reactor design (2023/01/24) NuScale plants could begin construction as soon as February 21, when new rule goes into effect
Apple emits emergency patch for older iPhones after snoops pounce on WebKit hole (2023/01/24) Also: Yay for Data Privacy Day!
Fujitsu: Quantum computers no threat to encryption just yet (2023/01/24) Heavily hyped tech bound for some sort of milestone by decade end
World of Warcraft Classic lead dev resigns to protest 'stack ranking' (2023/01/24) Brian Birmingham claims he walked after refusing to give team member a 'low' rating
Germany probes PayPal over cartel claims (2023/01/24) Bundeskartellamt already had a bite at FAANG firms, now former Musk co is starting to look appetizing
British monarchy goes after Twitter, alleges rent not paid for UK base (2023/01/24) One appears to not have been remunerated, Crown Estate tells High Court
Google's Pichai tells underlings exec bonuses will be clipped (2023/01/24) Staff in Q&A session yesterday to discuss 12,000 job cuts