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Chinese memory-maker YMTC sues US rival Micron for defamation instead of the usual patent breaches - (pubDate>Fri, 13 Jun 2025 03:03:07 GMT)Alleges dirty PR campaign to slur its techChina’s Yangtze Memory Technologies has accused rival chipmaker Micron of defamation through a campaign to publish nasty stories and reports about it.… |
I'm just a Barbie Girl in a ChatGPT world - (pubDate>Fri, 13 Jun 2025 00:28:10 GMT)Mattel-OpenAI deal paves the way for an AI beach-offToy giant Mattel has signed a deal with OpenAI to bring the tech industry's buzziest technology to the very youngest generation.… |
Ransomware scum disrupted utility services with SimpleHelp attacks - (pubDate>Thu, 12 Jun 2025 23:55:38 GMT)Good news: The vendor patched the flaw in January. Bad news: Not everyone got the memoRansomware criminals infected a utility billing software providers' customers, and in some cases disrupted services, after exploiting unpatched versions of SimpleHelp’s remote monitoring and management (RMM) tool, according to a Thursday CISA alert.… |
Ease the seat back and watch some video in your car with next Apple CarPlay - (pubDate>Thu, 12 Jun 2025 22:43:41 GMT)Only while parkedApple is enabling video playback on its CarPlay automotive operating system and has integrated it into iOS 26, as long as you're parked.… |
Google Cloud flexes as first to host Nvidia RTX PRO 6000 Server VMs - (pubDate>Thu, 12 Jun 2025 22:00:57 GMT)Baby got Blackwell GPUsGoogle Cloud on Wednesday celebrated the debut of virtual machines incorporating Nvidia's latest Blackwell GPU technology, claiming to be the first cloud provider to sell this particular offering.… |
US auditors beg Pentagon to pay attention to latest report about IT system flaws - (pubDate>Thu, 12 Jun 2025 21:01:11 GMT)The DoD has ignored many past recommendationsUS government auditors have been trying to whip the Pentagon's IT programs into shape for half a decade, and the latest report suggests it continues to be an uphill battle. … |
Meta sues 'nudify' app-maker that it claims ran 87k+ Facebook, Instagram ads - (pubDate>Thu, 12 Jun 2025 20:36:14 GMT)Despite 'multiple enforcement actions,' Joy Timeline HK allegedly wouldn't stopMeta has sued an app maker for advertising on Facebook and Instagram a so-called "nudify" app that uses AI to generate nude and sexually explicit images and videos of individuals without their consent.… |
Google Cloud goes down, takes Cloudflare and its customers with it - (pubDate>Thu, 12 Jun 2025 20:09:55 GMT)Big G said it was fixed, but acknowledged ongoing customer painUPDATED Google Cloud went down hard on Thursday, and took Cloudflare and some of its customers with it.… |
Single passenger reportedly survives Air India Boeing 787 crash - (pubDate>Thu, 12 Jun 2025 20:02:12 GMT)Aircraft didn't even get its wheels up before sinking into suburban areaA Boeing 787 flying from India to London's Gatwick airport has crashed, leaving one reported survivor among the 242 people aboard.… |
TSMC strengthens Japan ties with joint R&D lab in Tokyo - (pubDate>Thu, 12 Jun 2025 19:37:12 GMT)University collab underscores pivot to Asia amid unpredictable US policyTSMC has opened a joint research lab with the University of Tokyo in Japan, the company's first such collaboration with an academic institute outside of Taiwan, amid ongoing concerns over the Trump administration's attitude to foreign tech firms.… |
AMD bets on rack-scale compute to boost AI efficiency 20x by 2030 - (pubDate>Thu, 12 Jun 2025 18:30:11 GMT)Who'd have thunk? The bigger the iron, the more efficient it getsWith Moore's Law on its last legs and datacenter power consumption a growing concern, AMD is embarking on an ambitious new goal to boost the energy efficiency of its chips 20-fold before 2030. And it sees rack-scale architectures as a key design point to get there.… |
AMD preps rack-scale Helios systems to contend with Nvidia's Vera Rubin NVL144 - (pubDate>Thu, 12 Jun 2025 18:25:22 GMT)House of Zen's biggest iron yet boasts 72 MI400 GPUs, 260 TBps of UALink bandwidth, and 2.9 exaFLOPS of FP4AMD offered its best look yet at the rack-scale architecture that'll underpin its MI400-series GPUs in 2026 at its Advancing AI event in San Jose on Thursday.… |
CISA loses another senior exec - and the budget cuts haven't even started yet - (pubDate>Thu, 12 Jun 2025 17:58:05 GMT)Another one bites the dust at America's top cybersecurity agencyThe US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency has lost another senior leader: executive director Bridget Bean departed on Wednesday.… |
Falcon 9 leaks keep Axiom private astronaut mission on the ground - (pubDate>Thu, 12 Jun 2025 17:31:13 GMT)Weather and propulsion system problems conspire to keep astronauts away from the ISSThe Axiom-4 private astronaut mission to the International Space Station (ISS) has been held up by a liquid oxygen leak in the Falcon 9's first stage.… |
AMD's MI355X is a 1.4 kW liquid-cooled monster built to battle Nvidia's Blackwell - (pubDate>Thu, 12 Jun 2025 16:59:16 GMT)And the House of Zen wants to put 128 of them in your rackNvidia's Blackwell accelerators have been on the market for just over six months, and AMD says it's already achieved performance parity with the launch of its MI350-series GPUs on Thursday.… |
Amazon has changed its nuclear deal in Pennsylvania to bypass grumpy regulators - (pubDate>Thu, 12 Jun 2025 16:42:47 GMT)New front-of-the-meter agreement avoids direct delivery snag that drew regulator pushbackAmazon has amended its deal with Talen Energy to buy power for a Pennsylvania datacenter from an adjacent nuclear power plant after regulators raised their eyebrows at the original deal.… |
Ubuntu 25.10 and Fedora 43 to drop X11 in GNOME editions - (pubDate>Thu, 12 Jun 2025 16:33:12 GMT)Distros align with GNOME 49's move to make Wayland the only supported sessionLike any other distro with GNOME 49, the next interim release of Ubuntu will be Wayland-only – at least in its GNOME variant.… |
Nvidia hits the gas on autonomous vehicle software - (pubDate>Thu, 12 Jun 2025 15:35:14 GMT)DRIVE stack promises safer roads and smarter cars – eventuallyGTC Paris Nvidia has officially rolled out its autonomous vehicle (AV) software, despite telling a UK car mag that fully self-driving vehicles are not likely before the next decade.… |
Tape, glass, and molecules – the future of archival storage - (pubDate>Thu, 12 Jun 2025 14:28:49 GMT)Time to stop giving cold storage the cold shoulderFeature The future of archival data storage is tape, more tape, and then possibly glass-based tech, with DNA and other molecular tech still a distant prospect.… |
Google faces billion-quid bruising over Play Store fees in the UK - (pubDate>Thu, 12 Jun 2025 13:34:13 GMT)Competition Appeals Tribunal gives nod for claim to go to trialA billion-pound legal action against Google over Play Store fees can proceed to trial.… |
UK Spending Review prescribes £10B digital remedy for NHS - (pubDate>Thu, 12 Jun 2025 12:32:09 GMT)Between a borrowing rock and a fiscal hard place, Labour chases efficiencyIn the UK's first multi-year Spending Review since 2021, the government has announced £10 billion ($14 billion) in NHS technology and digital transformation by 2028-29, an increase of nearly 50 percent on the current financial year.… |
Digital Realty CTO on why storage is the datacenter challenge no one's talking about - (pubDate>Thu, 12 Jun 2025 12:22:12 GMT)And why supporting quantum computing is easier than supporting a 1MW rackInterview When the great and the good of the datacenter world got together in Cannes last week for Datacloud Global Congress, storage was barely mentioned, with shortages of GPUs, power and land the key talking points.… |
'Major compromise' at NHS temping arm exposed gaping security holes - (pubDate>Thu, 12 Jun 2025 10:29:08 GMT)Incident responders suggested sweeping improvements following Active Directory database heistExclusive Cybercriminals broke into systems belonging to the UK's NHS Professionals body in May 2024, stealing its Active Directory database, but the healthcare organization never publicly disclosed it, The Register can reveal.… |
AI coding tools are like that helpful but untrustworthy friend, devs say - (pubDate>Thu, 12 Jun 2025 10:00:11 GMT)A survey from AI biz Qodo finds robo-coding productivity gains are unevenly distributedExclusive Software developers largely appreciate the productivity improvements they get from AI coding tools, but they don't entirely trust their output, according to a survey conducted by AI coding biz Qodo.… |
UK reheats Edinburgh supercomputer plan sans exascale chops - (pubDate>Thu, 12 Jun 2025 09:06:15 GMT)Government revives shelved project with fresh funding but scaled-back ambitionsThe UK government has disclosed plans for the country's most powerful supercomputer to be built in Edinburgh – less than a year after cancelling an identical plan.… |
CIO wants to grow tech team by cloning staff as digital twins and AI agents - (pubDate>Thu, 12 Jun 2025 07:32:09 GMT)UC San Diego hopes humans spend less time fighting fires, more time repelling 'exquisite' attacks from abroad that researchers accidentally invitedCisco Live Experienced IT professionals should share their experience so their employers can create digital twins and AI agents that do parts of their own jobs, to relieve them of repetitive work and after-hours troubleshooting chores.… |
Behold! Humanity has captured our first look at the Sun's South Pole - (pubDate>Thu, 12 Jun 2025 06:30:14 GMT)Confusingly, the magnetic north and south poles are both down there, where the Solar Orbiter can see themOccupants of planet Earth can’t see the Sun’s poles – unless they look at images the Solar Orbiter spacecraft has just sent home.… |
Oracle scores cloud customer – maybe China's TEMU – that wants any available server, anytime, anywhere - (pubDate>Thu, 12 Jun 2025 03:17:05 GMT)Big Red hails growth from 'astronomical' and 'insatiable' demand for cloud and huge IaaS growthOracle has surfed demand for cloud services to post revenues that beat its own forecast, fuelled by demand for non-AI cloud services.… |
DeepSeek installer or just malware in disguise? Click around and find out - (pubDate>Wed, 11 Jun 2025 23:42:17 GMT)'BrowserVenom' is pure poisonSuspected cybercriminals have created a fake installer for Chinese AI model DeepSeek-R1 and loaded it with previously unknown malware called "BrowserVenom".… |
Canva to job candidates: Thou shalt use AI during interviews - (pubDate>Wed, 11 Jun 2025 22:33:58 GMT)Design software slinger warns it won't hire devs who aren't good at modern toolsAustralian SaaS-y graphic design service Canva now requires candidates for developer jobs to use AI coding assistants during the interview process.… |
US Navy backs right to repair after $13B carrier crew left half-fed by contractor-locked ovens - (pubDate>Wed, 11 Jun 2025 21:56:14 GMT)Army joins in push to break vendor grip on military maintenanceUS Navy Secretary John Phelan has told the Senate the service needs the right to repair its own gear, and will rethink how it writes contracts to keep control of intellectual property and ensure sailors can fix hardware, especially in a fight.… |
DARPA is testing a device soldiers can swallow to make them less stressed - (pubDate>Wed, 11 Jun 2025 20:29:06 GMT)Not that kind of edible - this one's electronicDARPA has announced a research program to explore whether an "ingestible form factor" device can stimulate gut neurons to modulate stress responses, potentially improving decision-making and reducing the risk of PTSD.… |
Altman fluffs superintelligence to save humanity as OpenAI slashes prices - (pubDate>Wed, 11 Jun 2025 20:08:36 GMT)Everything is AWESOME!!!OpenAI on Tuesday rolled out its o3-Pro model for ChatGPT Pro and Teams subscribers, slashed o3 pricing by 80 percent, and dropped a blog post from CEO Sam Altman teasing "intelligence too cheap to meter."… |
RIP: Bill Atkinson, co-creator of Apple Lisa and Mac - (pubDate>Wed, 11 Jun 2025 18:58:13 GMT)His work set the direction of modern computer interfaces, and much moreObit Bill Atkinson, widely acclaimed as perhaps the most brilliant computer programmer ever, has succumbed to pancreatic cancer at 74.… |
Hire me! To drop malware on your computer - (pubDate>Wed, 11 Jun 2025 18:24:13 GMT)FIN6 moves from point-of-sale compromise to phishing recruitersIn a scam that flips the script on fake IT worker schemes, cybercriminals posing as job seekers on LinkedIn and Indeed are targeting recruiters - a group hated only slightly less than digital crooks - with malware hosted on phony resume portfolio sites.… |
Salesforce tags 5 CVEs after SaaS security probe uncovers misconfig risks - (pubDate>Wed, 11 Jun 2025 18:02:10 GMT)The 16 other flagged issues are on customers, says CRM giantSalesforce has assigned five CVE identifiers following a security report that uncovered more than 20 configuration weaknesses, some of which exposed customers to unauthorized access and session hijacking.… |
Starbucks brews up AI to support baristas instead of replace them - (pubDate>Wed, 11 Jun 2025 17:28:06 GMT)Customers weren’t sold on automation, so the search for ROI continuesAfter lackluster results from customer-facing automation, Starbucks is now redirecting its tech ambitions toward helping its own employees.… |
Cisco returns to load balancing market as it chases VMware refugees - (pubDate>Wed, 11 Jun 2025 17:01:15 GMT)Uses eBPF, which both Google and Meta have proven out at scaleCisco Live Cisco has returned to the load balancing market using open-source software proven at scale by both Google and Meta.… |
NASA to silence Voyager's social media accounts - (pubDate>Wed, 11 Jun 2025 16:03:12 GMT)All about consolidation as mission mouthpieces archived in pursuit of 'improving the experience'NASA is shutting down many of its social media accounts, including those dedicated to the Voyager mission and the Mars Curiosity and Perseverance rovers.… |
Asia dismantles 20,000 malicious domains in infostealer crackdown - (pubDate>Wed, 11 Jun 2025 15:36:10 GMT)Interpol coordinates operation, nabs 32 across Vietnam, Sri Lanka, and NauruThirty-two people across Asia have been arrested over their suspected involvement with infostealer malware in the latest international collaboration against global cybercrime.… |
Tug reaches flaming ship carrying electric cars off Alaska coast - (pubDate>Wed, 11 Jun 2025 14:01:12 GMT)It's still smoking, but help is on handA tug has reached the Morning Midas, six days after a presumed battery fire broke out, causing the crew to abandon ship.… |
Schneider, Nvidia sign pact to cool Europe's AI ambitions - (pubDate>Wed, 11 Jun 2025 13:00:08 GMT)With 1 MW racks and prefab bit barns, the heat is onGTC Paris Schneider Electric and Nvidia are jointly developing cooling, management, and control systems for AI datacenters in support of the EU's AI action plan, with Schneider detailing support for racks with 1 MW loads.… |
Half of businesses rethink ditching humans for customer service bots - (pubDate>Wed, 11 Jun 2025 12:15:10 GMT)Agentless contact center 'not yet technically feasible, nor operationally desirable'Good news for consumers frustrated by wading through pools of AI treacle in search of customer service - businesses are reportedly turning back to human agents "amid AI integration challenges."… |
SiPearl ships reference node design for Rhea1 high-spec Arm chip - (pubDate>Wed, 11 Jun 2025 11:29:08 GMT)Server rig aimed at validating Europe's exascale-class silicon and software stacksEuro chip designer SiPearl has released a reference server design featuring its Rhea1 processor, the chip that powers Jupiter, Europe's most powerful supercomputer.… |
UK bets big (and small) on nuclear as datacenter demand expected to climb - (pubDate>Wed, 11 Jun 2025 10:46:10 GMT)£14.2B Sizewell C among the investments along side Small Modular ReactorsThe UK has bet big on nuclear power — both big and small — following a series of warnings about energy capacity and supply for datacenter investments.… |
Microsoft slows Windows 11 24H2 Patch Tuesday due to a 'compatibility issue' - (pubDate>Wed, 11 Jun 2025 10:09:45 GMT)On your marks, get set... bork!updated Microsoft set a new record with June's security update for the time between release and an admission of borkage.… |
UK govt promises digital reform in spending review. We've heard that before - (pubDate>Wed, 11 Jun 2025 09:15:10 GMT)How much wishful thinking has entered the pipeline will come to light in 2027Opinion Today, the UK chief finance minister is set to detail government spending for the next three years and capital budgets for the next four. As the first multi-year spending review since 2021, it is a big deal.… |
AI's the end of the Shell as we know it and I feel fine … but insecure - (pubDate>Wed, 11 Jun 2025 08:30:12 GMT)Model Context Protocol has many fine uses, but then it hinted at becoming a Von Neumann machineColumn Generative AI is changing so rapidly, it’s hard to stay up to date, so I generally avoid the newest shiny thing until it becomes unavoidable.… |
Lenovo bags HPC contracts for a pair of European customers - (pubDate>Wed, 11 Jun 2025 07:28:06 GMT)Building AMD computational cancer research super and ICL workhorse with Intel insideLenovo has pulled a couple of European supercomputer wins out of the bag, one using Intel chips for Imperial College London and an AMD-based system for the European Institute of Oncology.… |
CISO who helped unmask Badbox warns: Version 3 is coming - (pubDate>Wed, 11 Jun 2025 06:28:14 GMT)The botnet’s still alive and evolvingBadbox 2.0, the botnet that infected millions of smart TV boxes and connected devices before private security researchers and law enforcement partially disrupted its infrastructure, is readying for a third round of fraud and digital attacks, according to one of the threat hunters who uncovered the original scheme.… |
