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Nvidia's unreleased infrastructure management service isn't for tracking GPUs, but it can - (pubDate>Wed, 10 Dec 2025 23:18:59 GMT)If you opt in to the paid service that isNvidia is developing a new inventory management service that could be used by customers to verify the location of their existing GPU stockpiles.… |
700+ self-hosted Gits battered in 0-day attacks with no fix imminent - (pubDate>Wed, 10 Dec 2025 21:31:45 GMT)More than half of internet-exposed instances already compromisedAttackers are actively exploiting a zero-day bug in Gogs, a popular self-hosted Git service, and the open source project doesn't yet have a fix.… |
US teens not only love AI, but also let it rot their brains - (pubDate>Wed, 10 Dec 2025 21:19:14 GMT)Yeah, not shocking, but with other studies linking AI to weaker learning and mental-health risks, it’s a worryAlongside TikTok and Instagram, teens have added ChatGPT to the mix. Pew says about two-thirds of US teenagers have tried an AI chatbot, with nearly a third using one every day. Negative mental-health warnings be damned!… |
Really Simple Licensing spec lets web publishers demand their due from AI scrapers - (pubDate>Wed, 10 Dec 2025 20:59:10 GMT)Publishers now have more comprehensive tools for managing automated content harvestingMost big AI providers scrape the open web, hoovering up content to improve their chatbots, which then compete with publishers for the attention of internet users. However, more AI orgs might have to pay up soon, because the Really Simple Licensing (RSL) spec has reached version 1.0, providing guidance on how to set machine-readable rules for crawlers.… |
US Navy pledges $448 million to test if Palantir is seaworthy - (pubDate>Wed, 10 Dec 2025 20:51:31 GMT)Meet 'ShipOS'Palantir and the US Navy have signed a two-year deal to test whether its Foundry operational software can streamline the nation’s shipbuilding efforts and steer the Secretary of the Navy's top budget priority into port.… |
Qualcomm takes RISC on Arm alternative with Ventana acquisition - (pubDate>Wed, 10 Dec 2025 20:25:17 GMT)California chipset giant says it’ll develop Arm and RISC-V CPU cores in parallelQualcomm could soon be serving up RISC-V cores alongside its custom Arm ones following the acquisition of Ventana Micro Systems on Wednesday.… |
US extradites Ukrainian woman accused of hacking meat processing plant for Russia - (pubDate>Wed, 10 Dec 2025 17:56:59 GMT)The digital intrusion allegedly caused thousands of pounds of meat to spoil and triggered an ammonia leak in the facilityA Ukrainian woman accused of hacking US public drinking water systems and a meat processing facility on behalf of Kremlin-backed cyber groups was extradited to the US earlier this year and will stand trial in early 2026.… |
Microsoft won’t fix .NET RCE bug affecting slew of enterprise apps, researchers say - (pubDate>Wed, 10 Dec 2025 17:30:39 GMT)Devs and users should know better, Microsoft tells watchTowrSecurity researchers have revealed a .NET security flaw thought to affect a host of enterprise-grade products that they say Microsoft refuses to fix.… |
Welcome to America - now show us your last five years of social media posts - (pubDate>Wed, 10 Dec 2025 17:29:05 GMT)Countries subject to newly proposed rule include supposed trusted friends like the UK, France, and GermanyThe next time someone visits the US, customs may ask to see their passport, their Facebook feed, and all of their Instagram posts. The United States maintains a list of 42 countries whose citizens are allowed to enter without a visa, but visitors from those nations may soon have to provide five years' worth of their social media history in order to gain entry. … |
Crisis in Icebergen: How NATO crafts stories to sharpen cyber skills - (pubDate>Wed, 10 Dec 2025 12:29:07 GMT)1,500 military digital defenders spent the past week cleaning up a series of cyberattacks on fictional islandAndravia and Harbadus – two nations so often at odds with one another – were once again embroiled in conflict over the past seven days, which thoroughly tested NATO's cybersecurity experts' ability to coordinate defenses across battlefield domains.… |
Electric cars no more likely to flatten you than the noisy ones, study finds - (pubDate>Wed, 10 Dec 2025 11:41:55 GMT)Recent collision data points to comparable injury rates across modern vehicle typesElectric cars are no more of a danger to pedestrians than conventional vehicles, according to new research.… |
Vibe coding will deliver a wonderful proliferation of personalized software - (pubDate>Wed, 10 Dec 2025 08:29:14 GMT)They're now good enough to do things well, if you take the time to learn how to steer themOpinion For most of the last year, the phrase 'vibe coding' seemed more punchline than possibility. That outlook altered significantly over the last month after step-changes in quality mean vibe coding tools now generate code that’s good enough to rewrite expectations about how IT will operate before the end of this decade.… |
Galactic Brain space datacenter coming in 2027, pledges startup Aetherflux - (pubDate>Wed, 10 Dec 2025 07:17:09 GMT)Getting inferencing infrastructure into orbit may soon be cheaper than building it down hereSpace startup Aetherflux says it plans to put its first data center satellite into orbit during the first quarter of 2027.… |
Rocket Lab ready to send a Hungry Hippo into space - (pubDate>Wed, 10 Dec 2025 05:33:04 GMT)Signoff for re-usable faring should help Neutron launcher get off the groundSpace outfit Rocket Lab says its Hungry Hippo is ready to go into space, a fillip for the company’s plans to fly its new Neutron launch vehicle.… |
Diversion to power datacenters earns Boom Supersonic a ticket to revive fast air transport - (pubDate>Wed, 10 Dec 2025 01:45:15 GMT)Adapts its engines to power bit barns, and lands cash to fund its takeoff rollBoom Supersonic, the company that hopes to revive faster-than-sound air travel, has diverted into the datacenter power business.… |
Letting Nvidia sell H200s to China is closing the door after the horse has bolted - (pubDate>Tue, 09 Dec 2025 23:47:27 GMT)US export controls on AI accelerators have only succeeded in forcing China to develop its own techHalf a decade of US trade policy aimed at denying China access to America's most potent semiconductor tech has only served to spur China to develop homegrown alternatives.… |
Microsoft reports 7.8-rated zero day, plus 56 more in December Patch Tuesday - (pubDate>Tue, 09 Dec 2025 23:42:11 GMT)Plus critical critical Notepad++, Ivanti, and Fortinet updates, and one of these patches an under-attack security holeHappy December Patch Tuesday to all who celebrate. This month's patch party includes one Microsoft flaw under exploitation, plus two others listed as publicly known – but just 57 CVEs in total from Redmond.… |
Australia bans teens from social media, but nobody thinks it'll really work - (pubDate>Tue, 09 Dec 2025 23:11:31 GMT)Still, the ban has reset expectations and may reduce harm, and that’s kind of enoughAustralia's ban on children under 16 holding active social media accounts comes into force on Wednesday. While nobody expects this world-first policy to stop every kid using their favorite online communities, its backers take solace in the mere fact it's sparked global debate.… |
How to answer the door when the AI agents come knocking - (pubDate>Tue, 09 Dec 2025 21:46:07 GMT)Identity management vendors like Okta see an opening to calm CISOs worried about agents running amokThe fear of AI agents running amok has thus far halted the wide deployment of these digital workhorses, Okta's president of Auth0, Shiv Ramji, told The Register.… |
Congress quietly strips right-to-repair provisions from US military spending bill - (pubDate>Tue, 09 Dec 2025 20:19:50 GMT)A win for the contractorsCongress has released the final version of the 2026 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), and critics have been quick to point out that previously proposed rules giving the US military the right to repair its equipment without having to rely on contractors have gone missing. … |
Linux Foundation aims to become the Switzerland of AI agents - (pubDate>Tue, 09 Dec 2025 19:54:59 GMT)An attempt to provide vendor-neutral oversight as the agent train barrels onThe Linux Foundation on Tuesday said it has formed the Agentic AI Foundation (AAIF) to provide vendor-neutral oversight for the development of AI agent infrastructure.… |
Porsche panic in Russia as pricey status symbols forget how to car - (pubDate>Tue, 09 Dec 2025 17:16:59 GMT)Satellite silence trips immobilizers, leaving owners stuckHundreds of Porsches in Russia were rendered immobile last week, raising speculation of a hack, but the German carmaker tells The Register that its vehicles are secure.… |
Window Maker Live 13.2 brings 32-bit life to Debian 13 - (pubDate>Tue, 09 Dec 2025 17:02:15 GMT)Trixie may have gone 64-bit for installs, but WMLive still ships an i686-bootable buildWindow Maker Live 13.2 is stubbornly keeping 32-bit PCs alive on Debian 13 "Trixie," shipping a new release that boots on i686 hardware.… |
Activist groups urge Congress to pause US datacenter buildouts - (pubDate>Tue, 09 Dec 2025 17:00:27 GMT)Bad for consumers, bad for the environment, 230+ groups sayMore than 230 organizations across America have signed a letter calling for a moratorium on the construction of datacenters, claiming the current building boom represents a huge environmental and social threat.… |
Google's AI training tactics land it in another EU antitrust fight - (pubDate>Tue, 09 Dec 2025 16:05:12 GMT)Brussels probes whether unpaid web and YouTube content – and rivals' lock-outs – amount to abuse of dominanceThe European Commission is launching an antitrust probe at Google for allegedly using web and YouTube content to train its AI algorithms while putting competitors at a disadvantage.… |
Feds bust nefarious plot to ship Nvidia H200s to China and hurt US - (pubDate>Tue, 09 Dec 2025 15:28:54 GMT)As Trump gives green light to ship Nvidia H200s to China and boost USThree US-based businessmen face potential prison sentences after authorities dismantled a smuggling network accused of funneling hundreds of millions of dollars worth of Nvidia GPUs to China.… |
As humanoid robots enter the mainstream, security pros flag the risk of botnets on legs - (pubDate>Tue, 09 Dec 2025 15:00:10 GMT)Have we learned nothing from sci-fi films and TV shows?Interview Imagine botnets in physical form and you've got a pretty good idea of what could go wrong with the influx of AI-infused humanoid robots expected to integrate into society over the next few decades.… |
NASA nominee Isaacman moves to full Senate vote amid budget carnage - (pubDate>Tue, 09 Dec 2025 14:08:04 GMT)Billionaire's bid progresses while agency braces for sweeping reductions and program uncertaintyJared Isaacman has cleared another hurdle on his way to becoming the next NASA Administrator after the US Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation gave the billionaire SpaceX customer the nod.… |
AI mania to swell datacenter capex to $1.6T by 2030 – if the bubble doesn't pop first - (pubDate>Tue, 09 Dec 2025 13:46:12 GMT)Analysts say demand keeps rising despite constraints, shaky returns, and mounting investor nervesDatacenter capital expenditure is forecast to grow 17 percent annually through 2030, reaching $1.6 trillion, with supply chain constraints pushing up the price of components.… |
SAP users in the dark about vendor's plan for data analytics - (pubDate>Tue, 09 Dec 2025 13:19:09 GMT)February product launch fails to register, with concerns remaining about integrationSAP users admit they know very little about the vendor's data and analytics plans since the launch of the new product platform, Business Data Cloud (BDC), in February.… |
UK to Europe: The time to counter Russia's information war machine is now - (pubDate>Tue, 09 Dec 2025 12:49:33 GMT)Foreign secretary set to address senior diplomats later todayThe UK's foreign secretary is calling for closer collaboration with Europe to combat the growing threat of information warfare as hybrid attacks target countries on the continent.… |
Affection for Excel spans generations, from Boomers to Zoomers - (pubDate>Tue, 09 Dec 2025 12:26:58 GMT)Younger finance pros are just as loyal to Microsoft's venerable spreadsheet app as their eldersDespite its advancing years, Microsoft Excel is proving a hit with young finance professionals, many of whom reckon the aging number-cruncher has a bright future.… |
IBM touts progress on tech stack for AI-enabled airline with no passengers or alcohol - (pubDate>Tue, 09 Dec 2025 11:29:06 GMT)Digital native? Cloud native? No, we need to be AI native, says Riyadh AirIBM and Riyadh Air have upgraded their contracted agreement, meaning the Saudi operation will not be the world's first digitally native airline, but will instead be the first AI native operator.… |
Care leavers mired in red tape trying to get their own records - (pubDate>Tue, 09 Dec 2025 10:45:11 GMT)UK data watchdog demands public sector improves subject access request processingUK public sector organizations need to improve access for those who want to see their own records of growing up in care, the Information Commissioner says.… |
UK finally vows to look at 35-year-old Computer Misuse Act - (pubDate>Tue, 09 Dec 2025 10:15:13 GMT)As Portugal gives researchers a pass under cybersecurity lawPortugal has become the latest country to carve out protections for researchers under its cybersecurity law.… |
Whitehall rejects £1.8B digital ID price tag – but won't say what it will cost - (pubDate>Tue, 09 Dec 2025 09:30:09 GMT)Officials insist OBR relied on 'early estimate' and real figure won't emerge until next yearThe head of the department delivering the UK government's digital identity scheme has rejected the £1.8 billion cost forecast by the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR), but is not willing to provide an alternative until after a delayed consultation on the plans.… |
Researchers spot 700 percent increase in hypervisor ransomware attacks - (pubDate>Tue, 09 Dec 2025 06:41:27 GMT)Get your Hyper-V and VMware ESXi setups in order, peopleResearchers at security software vendor Huntress say they’ve noticed a huge increase in ransomware attacks on hypervisors and urged users to ensure they’re as secure as can be and properly backed up.… |
Intel to explore making chips with mega-corp Tata in India’s first fab - (pubDate>Tue, 09 Dec 2025 05:09:44 GMT)Chipzilla doesn’t need 28nm product, so maybe this is about landing another outsourced packaging partnerIntel will explore manufacturing some chips in India’s first fab after forming an alliance with Indian mega-corp Tata.… |
Trump says Nvidia can sell H200s to China – if Washington gets a 25 percent cut - (pubDate>Tue, 09 Dec 2025 02:17:50 GMT)Blackwell and Rubin kit remain off limitsUS President Donald Trump has signalled he will allow Nvidia to resume sales of its H200 accelerators to China.… |
Google says Chrome's new AI creates risks only more AI can fix - (pubDate>Tue, 09 Dec 2025 01:16:31 GMT)'User Alignment Critic' will review agentic actions so bots don't do things like emptying your bank accountGoogle plans to add a second Gemini-based model to Chrome to address the security problems created by adding the first Gemini model to Chrome.… |
Bezos-backed Unconventional AI aims to make datacenter power problems go away - (pubDate>Mon, 08 Dec 2025 23:20:16 GMT)Startup wagers the path to sustainable AI might be found in nature’s most amazing design - the brainInterview Naveen Rao founded AI businesses and sold them to Intel and Databricks. He’s now turned his attention to satisfying AI's thirst for power and believes his new company, Unconventional AI, can do it by building chips inspired by nature.… |
Publishers say no to AI scrapers, block bots at server level - (pubDate>Mon, 08 Dec 2025 22:41:36 GMT)The open web is closing down for unwanted automated trafficA growing number of websites are taking steps to ban AI bot traffic so that their work isn't used as training data and their servers aren't overwhelmed by non-human users. However, some companies are ignoring the bans and scraping anyway.… |
DJ Garman drops the ball instead of the bass in AWS re:Invent keynote - (pubDate>Mon, 08 Dec 2025 22:18:15 GMT)But the 25 announcements in the last 10 minutes included a few well worth waiting forAWS CEO Matt Garman's annual re:Invent keynote was the best kind of keynote, in that you could have slept in for nearly all of it and still been thrilled to pieces, provided you caught the last ten minutes. He concluded what was otherwise an AI-palooza chock full of boring guest speakers with an Andy Jassy style "twenty-five releases in ten minutes," complete with a basketball-style ten-minute shot clock counting down the time.… |
Meta and Google turn to NextEra to feed insatiable datacenter power hunger - (pubDate>Mon, 08 Dec 2025 22:13:23 GMT)The Chocolate Factory will also put its AI to work inside one of America’s biggest utilitiesNextEra Energy on Monday tightened its grip on hyperscaler power demand, adding 2.5 GW of new renewable projects for Meta while deepening its partnership with Google, which already covers about 3.5 GW of capacity.… |
ICE-tracking app developer sues Trump admin after Apple spikes the software - (pubDate>Mon, 08 Dec 2025 21:07:08 GMT)Suit argues forcing Apple to remove app, and threatening dev with legal action is a First Amendment violationDoes the first amendment allow citizens to track law enforcement activity? After publishing an iOS app that shows where ICE agents have deployed, ICEBlock developer Joshua Aaron saw the Trump admin pressure Apple into pulling the software and threaten him with prosecution. Now he's fighting back.… |
193 cybercrims arrested, accused of plotting 'violence-as-a-service' - (pubDate>Mon, 08 Dec 2025 18:45:28 GMT)Minors groomed to kill and intimidate victimsNearly 200 people, including minors accused of involvement in murder plots, have been arrested over the last six months as part of Europol's Operational Taskforce (OTF) GRIMM. The operation targets what cops call "violence-as-a-service" - crime crews recruiting kids and teens online to carry out contract killings and other real-world attacks.… |
Windows Insiders get a glimpse of Microsoft’s agentic future - (pubDate>Mon, 08 Dec 2025 17:35:24 GMT)Native MCP support lands in Insider Dev and Beta buildsMicrosoft has begun rolling out a public preview of native support for the Model Context Protocol (MCP) in the latest Windows 11 Insider builds, edging its much-touted “agentic OS” vision closer to reality.… |
Classic MacOS for non-Apple PowerPC kit rediscovered - (pubDate>Mon, 08 Dec 2025 17:17:49 GMT)Unreleased variants that Jobs killed off found – 7.6 on a G4, anyone?As well as the Mac clones, there were PC-style PowerPC machines – and a version of classic MacOS for them has just been rediscovered, enabling previously unimagined combinations.… |
Automakers' AI dreams may run out of road over the next five years - (pubDate>Mon, 08 Dec 2025 16:55:28 GMT)Analysts reckon only a handful of manufacturers will push ahead as the rest hit the brakesOnly five percent of carmakers will sustain heavy AI investments by the end of the decade as most fail to meet amibitous goals.… |
IBM straps AI to Db2 console in bid to modernize the old warhorse - (pubDate>Mon, 08 Dec 2025 16:53:05 GMT)Intelligence Center features aim to unify management across on-prem, cloud, and containerized estatesIBM has topped an autumn flurry of Db2 updates with new features for its Intelligence Center console, promising to let users manage deployments of the 42-year-old database across on-prem, cloud, and containerized environments from a single place.… |
