Bishopston Net consists of a number of Pentium IV 3Ghz PCs, all running the best and most stable operating system available today: FreeBSD ( Version 6.2. )

The name comes from the village of Bishopston, a village on the Gower Peninsula, near Swansea, South Wales, UK.

Updated: 01:30 Tue, May 21 2024. (+14 mins) OpenSSF sings a Siren song to steer developers away from buggy FOSS - (pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2024 23:06:10 GMT) New infosec intelligence service aims to spread the word about recently discovered vulns in free code Securing open source software may soon become a little bit easier thanks to a new vulnerability info-sharing effort initiated by the Open Source Security Foundation (OpenSSF).… Julian Assange can appeal extradition to the US, London High Court rules - (pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2024 22:05:24 GMT) Let me go, Brandon WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange can appeal his extradition to the US from the UK, the High Court of England and Wales ruled Monday.… FDA gives Neuralink 'a second shot' at human brain chip - (pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2024 21:24:13 GMT) A case of 'keep digging deeper' actually being the right move for Elon, potentially America's Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has reportedly approved Neuralink to implant an updated brain chip in a second human patient. The Elon Musk startup also hopes to perform ten tryouts by the end of the year.… Pew: Quarter of web pages vanished in past decade - (pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2024 20:00:53 GMT) Luckily we have the Wayback Machine The web is melting away like so many glaciers these days.… Hm! Boeing union just ran whistleblower rights training - (pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2024 18:15:14 GMT) Staff decibel level is high - and not just from all those jet engines A union representing Boeing employees held a training session last week on whistleblower protection rights, suggesting the troubled jetmaker's problems may be far from over. … Google takes shots at Microsoft for shoddy security record with enterprise apps - (pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2024 17:47:10 GMT) Also, feds who switch to Google Workspace for 3 years get an extra year for free Updated Google has taken a victory lap in the wake of high-profile intrusions into Microsoft's systems, and says businesses should ditch Exchange and OneDrive for Gmail and Google Drive.… Oh Sonos! App update borks users' favorite features and worse - (pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2024 17:02:24 GMT) Blind customers complain they've been forgotten in rollout of latest UI Sonos has alienated chunks of its customer base after releasing a revamped app for its music boxes that strips users of often-used features, including making it nearly "impossible" for the vision impaired.… Can I phone a friend? How cops circumvent face recognition bans - (pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2024 16:13:05 GMT) Just ask a pal in a neighboring town with laxer restrictions Updated Police in multiple major US cities have figured out a trick to circumvent bans on facial recognition technology. Just ask a friend in a city without any such restrictions to do it for you.… Another week, another leak for Boeing's Starliner crew capsule - (pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2024 15:30:10 GMT) This bird isn't going to space for a while Boeing's CST-100 Starliner capsule will spend a little longer on Earth than planned following the discovery of a leak in one of the spacecraft's reaction control thrusters.… AI might be coming for your job, but Sam Altman can't go on dinner dates anymore - (pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2024 14:45:13 GMT) As OpenAI's safety culture comes under scrutiny, CEO bemoans his lack of privacy Spare a thought for poor Sam Altman. Amid the ongoing drama that is OpenAI, with high-profile departures and regulators worrying about safety, the CEO is complaining that his fame put an end to impromptu dining in his own city.… Researchers call out QNAP for dragging its heels on patch development - (pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2024 14:00:12 GMT) WatchTowr publishes report claiming vendor failed to issue fixes after four months Infosec boffins say they were forced to go public after QNAP failed to fix various vulnerabilities that were reported to it months ago.… DoJ, ByteDance ask court: Hurry up and rule on TikTok ban already - (pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2024 13:30:09 GMT) Forced selloff case will likely be appealed again ... see you in (Supreme) court The US Department of Justice and Bytedance spent a rare moment unified on Friday when the duo asked for a fast-tracked court schedule for the Chinese short video apps divest or ban case.… Red Hat middleware takes a back seat in strategic shuffle - (pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2024 13:00:13 GMT) Less middleware plus more AI equals … fewer people? Exclusive Red Hat is slowing or stopping development of some of its middleware software, a situation which could result in some staff layoffs.… Really? A sarcasm detector? Wow. You shouldn't have - (pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2024 12:15:12 GMT) Computers learning to spot sass – what could go wrong? Researchers from the University of Groningen's Speech Technology Lab say they have created a multimodal algorithm that can detect sarcasm in speech.… HMRC must grow 'intelligent client' function to sort out post-Brexit tech issues – watchdog - (pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2024 11:46:48 GMT) Already delayed, IBM and Deloitte's 'Single Trade Window' presents SaaSy challenge's to tax collector The UK's public spending watchdog is warning that the nation's tax collector needs be become an "intelligent client" in its handling of tech service providers contracted to create a "single trade window" for post-Brexit border arrangements already beset with delays.… Slack tweaks its principles in response to user outrage at AI slurping - (pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2024 10:33:11 GMT) Several people are typing. And something might be learning... Salesforce division Slack has responded to criticism by users outraged that its privacy principles allowed the messaging service to slurp customer data for AI training unless specifically told not to, claiming the data never leaves the platform and isn't used to train "third party" models.… British Library's candid ransomware comms driven by 'emotional intelligence' - (pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2024 09:32:09 GMT) It quickly realized ‘dry’ progress updates weren’t cutting it CyberUK Emotional intelligence was at the heart of the British Library's widely hailed response to its October ransomware attack, according to CEO Roly Keating.… So you've built the best tablet, Apple. Show us why it matters - (pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2024 08:30:13 GMT) Has Cupertino been trolling us all along? Opinion Apple! What the hell were you smoking? How can a market leader worth $2.9 trillion make such a massive marketing mistake as the advert for the latest iPad?… Techie invented bits of the box he was fixing, still botched the job - (pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2024 07:31:12 GMT) This is why all-nighters are a bad idea Who, me? Greetings and salutations, dear readers, and welcome to the sunny spot on the interwebs we like to call Who, Me? in which Reg readers share their tales of tech tasks gone awry.… Chinese telco gear may become <i>verboten</i> on German networks - (pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2024 06:28:14 GMT) Industry reportedly pressuring digital ministry not to cut the cord Germany may soon remove Huawei and ZTE equipment from its 5G networks, according to media reports.… Google Cloud shows it can break things for lots of customers – not just one at a time - (pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2024 04:32:06 GMT) Deleted about 40 networks that services needed, causing late Friday fun In the week after its astounding deletion of Australian pension fund UniSuper's entire account, you might think Google Cloud would be on its very best behavior.… Nissan infosec in the spotlight again after breach affecting more than 50K US employees - (pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2024 02:28:11 GMT) PLUS: Connected automakers put on notice; Cisco Talos develops macOS fuzzing technique; Last week's critical vulns Infosec in brief Nissan has admitted to another data loss – this time involving the theft of personal information belonging to more than 50,000 Nissan employees.… China's top rideshare boss vacates her role - (pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2024 00:15:13 GMT) PLUS: Grab's fintech profits surges; TSMC exec gets ASML sticker shock; US and China talk about AI, and more. ASIA IN BRIEF Jean Qing Liu, the president of China's top rideshare biz DiDi (and daughter of Lenovo founder Liu Chuanzhi) on Sunday "informed the Company and its board of directors her wish to resign from her current position as a director and president, with a view to focusing on the company's talent and organization, development of supporting functions and social responsibility work."… Among AI infrastructure hopefuls, Qualcomm has become an unlikely ally - (pubDate>Sun, 19 May 2024 16:28:10 GMT) The enemy of my enemy is my best friend Analysis With its newly formed partnership with Arm server processor designer Ampere Computing, Qualcomm is slowly establishing itself as AI infrastructure startups' best friend.… An attorney says she saw her library reading habits reflected in mobile ads. That's not supposed to happen - (pubDate>Sat, 18 May 2024 17:04:10 GMT) Follow us down this deep rabbit hole of privacy policy after privacy policy Feature In April, attorney Christine Dudley was listening to a book on her iPhone while playing a game on her Android tablet when she started to see in-game ads that reflected the audiobooks she recently checked out of the San Francisco Public Library.… Gawd, after that week, we wonder what's next for China and the Western world - (pubDate>Sat, 18 May 2024 12:35:12 GMT) For starters: Crypto, import tariffs, and Microsoft shipping out staff Kettle It's been a fairly troubling week in terms of the relationship between China and the Western world.… Gentoo and NetBSD ban 'AI' code, but Debian doesn't – yet - (pubDate>Sat, 18 May 2024 08:34:13 GMT) The problem isn't just that LLM-bot generated code is bad – it's where it came from Comment The Debian project has decided against joining Gentoo Linux and NetBSD in rejecting program code generated with the assistance of LLM tools, such as Github's Copilot.… How two brothers allegedly swiped $25M in a 12-second Ethereum heist - (pubDate>Sat, 18 May 2024 06:29:07 GMT) Feds scoff at blockchain integrity while software bug said to have been at heart of the matter The US Department of Justice has booked two brothers on allegations that they exploited open source software used in the Ethereum blockchain world to bag $25 million (£20 million).… Aussie cops probe MediSecure's 'large-scale ransomware data breach' - (pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2024 23:31:14 GMT) Throw another healthcare biz on the barby, mate Australian prescriptions provider MediSecure is the latest healthcare org to fall victim to a ransomware attack, with crooks apparently stealing patients' personal and health data.… Leasing North American datacenters before they're finished is so hot right now - (pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2024 21:50:45 GMT) Yup, demand's that strong Since 2023, the leasing rate for datacenters in North America that haven't even been fully built yet has shot up and now stands at 84 percent for the first quarter of this year.… Reddit goes AI agnostic, signs data training deal with OpenAI - (pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2024 20:42:10 GMT) Now Google and OpenAI can slurp up your precious memes and priceless comments Still upset that Reddit decided to sell all its content to Google for training its AI? Well, bad news: Now OpenAI has jumped into the mix as well.… Graph database shows Biden outspends Trump in social media ad war - (pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2024 19:29:08 GMT) But incumbent is mentioned a lot more in attack material Although Joe Biden spends more on Facebook and Instagram ads than Donald Trump, ads attacking the US president outnumber those attacking his likely rival in this year's presidential election, according to data analysis.… Three cuffed for 'helping North Koreans' secure remote IT jobs in America - (pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2024 18:34:11 GMT) Your local nail tech could be a secret agent for Kim’s cunning plan Three individuals accused of helping North Korea fund its weapons programs using US money are now in handcuffs.… CoreWeave debt deal with investment firms raises $7.5B for AI datacenter startup - (pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2024 17:34:05 GMT) Funds to be used for purchasing servers and networking kit AI server startup CoreWeave has raised $7.5 billion in a debt deal from private equity companies Blackstone, BlackRock, and others.… Rosalind Franklin rover gets another shot at Mars after string of bad luck - (pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2024 16:33:05 GMT) Could 2030 bring touchdown at last? NASA and ESA have signed an agreement to finally send the long-delayed ExoMars Rosalind Franklin rover to the Red Planet.… Hugging Face to make $10M worth of old Nvidia GPUs freely available to AI devs - (pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2024 15:41:06 GMT) You get a GPU, you get a GPU, everyone gets a ZeroGPU! Open source AI champion Hugging Face is making $10 million in GPU compute available to the public in a bid to ease the financial burden of model development faced by smaller dev teams.… UK competition cops say Microsoft's stake in Mistral is not a merger - (pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2024 14:26:09 GMT) Watchdog drops official probe but IT giant's deal with Inflection AI and Amazon's with Anthropic still in play Britain's competition watchdog does not think Microsoft's investment in Mistral AI constitutes a merger situation – just weeks after calling for industry views on the agreement.… Underwater datacenters could sink to sound wave sabotage - (pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2024 13:32:07 GMT) Ensure there are no sperm whales in the area Underwater datacenters have yet to take off in any meaningful way, but it seems they could prove vulnerable to attack using sound waves, according to researchers.… Apple says if you want to ship your own iOS browser engine in EU, you need to be there - (pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2024 12:17:10 GMT) Rival coders must have Euro-based staff to build and test non-WebKit surfing Exclusive Apple's grudging accommodation of European law – allowing third-party browser engines on its mobile devices – apparently comes with a restriction that makes it difficult to develop and support third-party browser engines for the region.… First LockBit, now BreachForums: Are cops winning the war or just a few battles? - (pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2024 11:37:11 GMT) TLDR: Peace in our time is really really hard Interview On Wednesday the FBI and international cops celebrated yet another cybercrime takedown – of ransomware brokerage site BreachForums – just a week after doxing and imposing sanctions on the LockBit ransomware crew's kingpin, and two months after compromising the gang's website.… AWS to pump billions into sovereign cloud for Germany - (pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2024 10:26:09 GMT) It'll own the datacenters, but keep data and employees local AWS is to invest €7.8 billion in the AWS European Sovereign Cloud in Germany and make the first AWS Region in the State of Brandenburg available to all customers by the end of 2025.… Toshiba to shed 4,000 jobs as part of revitalization plan - (pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2024 09:32:15 GMT) Over-50s to get early retirement offer Toshiba says it will cut up to 4,000 jobs within Japan, a number that accounts for six percent of the company's national workforce, by offering early retirement packages.… Lords of May-hem: Seven signs it is Oracle's year end - (pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2024 08:30:13 GMT) How to handle sales pressure and licensing 'negotiations' to make sure it plays to your advantage Feature You might be able to tell what time of year it is by the blossom on the trees or bluebells in the woods. But for Oracle customers stuck in an office somewhere, there is another way of knowing that it's May without consulting a calendar.… Computer sprinkled with exotic chemicals produced super-problems, not super-powers - (pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2024 07:30:07 GMT) The machine was so dead, hospital staff treated it like a corpse On Call The Register knows that tech support people are heroes. That's why each Friday we offer a new installment of On Call, our weekly reader-contributed column featuring your stories of dutifully and selflessly taking on the endless and thankless challenge that is tech support.… Microsoft offers China-based engineers an option to relocate - (pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2024 03:00:07 GMT) Office could be decimated with around 800 offers reportedly made Microsoft is said to have offered up to 800 China-based employees the chance to relocate to the US, Australia, New Zealand, or Ireland.… China sets goal for local carmakers to get a quarter of their chips domestically by 2025 - (pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2024 02:30:14 GMT) Yet another technological self-sufficiency target for China The Chinese government says the country's car manufacturers should aim for a quarter of their chips to be sourced from China-based foundries by 2025.… Baidu's robotaxi division to wheel into profit next year - (pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2024 01:27:10 GMT) Expansion set for Wuhan. Chances this will go smoothly? Chinese tech giant Baidu expects its robotaxi wing, Apollo Go, to be profitable next year.… Crims abusing Microsoft Quick Assist to deploy Black Basta ransomware - (pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2024 23:30:05 GMT) Spoiler alert: it's not really IT support controlling your device A cybercrime gang has been abusing Microsoft's Quick Assist application in social engineering attacks that ultimately allow the crew to infect victims with Black Basta ransomware.… AT&amp;T formalizes deal for space-based cellular service on unmodified mobiles - (pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2024 22:15:15 GMT) AST still only has a single test satellite in orbit, so don't hold your breath Not to be outdone by Starlink and T-Mobile, AT&amp;T and AST SpaceMobile have finalized a deal to eventually bring a space-based connectivity option to AT&amp;T, too. … Oklahoma saddles up bill of rights for crypto wranglers and miners - (pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2024 21:45:09 GMT) Bitcoin cowboys now have guaranteed freedoms Oklahoma's governor has signed a bill into law defining legal rights for one of the most marginalized groups in the US – cryptocurrency holders.… Search the internet Search bishopston.com Search bishopston.net