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Bill Gates-backed startup aims to revive Moore's Law with optical transistors - (pubDate>Sat, 24 Jan 2026 11:30:14 GMT)Neurophos is developing a massive optical systolic array clocked at 56GHz good for 470 petaFLOPS of FP4 computeAs Moore's Law slows to a crawl and the amount of energy required to deliver generational performance gains grows, some chip designers are looking to alternative architectures for salvation.… |
UK border tech budget swells by £100M as Home Office targets small boat crossings - (pubDate>Sat, 24 Jan 2026 09:29:14 GMT)Drone, satellite, and other data combined to monitor unwanted vesselsThe UK Home Office is spending up to £100 million on intelligence tech in part to tackle the so-called "small boats" issue of refugees and irregular immigrants coming across the English Channel.… |
CISA won't attend infosec industry's biggest conference this year - (pubDate>Sat, 24 Jan 2026 00:22:51 GMT)But ex-CISA boss and new RSAC CEO Jen Easterly will be thereexclusive The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency won't attend the annual RSA Conference in March, an agency spokesperson confirmed to The Register.… |
Ofcom probes Meta over WhatsApp info it was legally required to provide - (pubDate>Fri, 23 Jan 2026 22:45:04 GMT)UK watchdog investigates accuracy of data handed over for SMS market reviewOfcom is formally investigating whether Meta complied with legally binding information requests regarding WhatsApp's role in the UK business messaging ecosystem.… |
Patch or die: VMware vCenter Server bug fixed in 2024 under attack today - (pubDate>Fri, 23 Jan 2026 22:04:13 GMT)If you skipped it back then, now’s a very good timeYou've got to keep your software updated. Some unknown miscreants are exploiting a critical VMware vCenter Server bug more than a year after Broadcom patched the flaw.… |
Surrender as a service: Microsoft unlocks BitLocker for feds - (pubDate>Fri, 23 Jan 2026 20:41:07 GMT)If you're serious about encryption, keep control of your encryption keysupdated If you think using Microsoft's BitLocker encryption will keep your data 100 percent safe, think again. Last year, Redmond reportedly provided the FBI with encryption keys to unlock the laptops of Windows users charged in a fraud indictment.… |
ShinyHunters claims Okta customer breaches, leaks data belonging to 3 orgs - (pubDate>Fri, 23 Jan 2026 18:46:37 GMT)'A lot more' victims to come, we're toldShinyHunters has claimed responsibility for an Okta voice-phishing campaign during which the extortionist crew allegedly gained access to Crunchbase and Betterment.… |
China’s Deepin Linux gets a slick desktop - and, yes, built-in AI - (pubDate>Fri, 23 Jan 2026 18:13:48 GMT)Where FOSS desktop OSes meet geopoliticsHands On Uniontech's Deepin 25.0.10 release shows that the Chinese desktop world isn't waiting on Western tech. It's modern and good-looking, and (pausing only to sigh deeply) has built-in "AI".… |
Hacker taps Raspberry Pi to turn Wi-Fi signals into wall art - (pubDate>Fri, 23 Jan 2026 17:38:41 GMT)Pipe local wireless noise through an SDR into an RPi, and 64 LED filaments do the restUnless you live in a Faraday cage, you're surrounded at all times by invisible radio signals, from Bluetooth and Wi-Fi to cellular traffic. French artist Théo Champion has found a way to make that wireless noise visible, with an intense piece of Raspberry Pi-driven art that turns nearby radio activity into light.… |
NASA planet hunter resumes operations after low power incident - (pubDate>Fri, 23 Jan 2026 17:30:06 GMT)Pointing problem left TESS in the darkGood news for planet hunters – NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) is back online after a short flirtation with safe mode.… |
AI-powered cyberattack kits are 'just a matter of time,' warns Google exec - (pubDate>Fri, 23 Jan 2026 17:10:12 GMT)Security chief says criminals are already automating workflows, with full end-to-end tools likely within yearsCISOs must prepare for "a really different world" where cybercriminals can reliably automate cyberattacks at scale, according to a senior Googler.… |
Microsoft shifting to cloud management software brings possibility of it peeking into your estate - (pubDate>Fri, 23 Jan 2026 16:44:30 GMT)Deprecation of popular management tool requires a new look at Azure-based systemMicrosoft recently announced it will deprecate System Center Operations Manager (SCOM) Management Packs (MPs) for SQL Server Reporting Services, Power BI Report Server,and SQL Server Analysis Services.… |
Tesla Full Self Driving subscription to rise alongside its capabilities - (pubDate>Fri, 23 Jan 2026 13:52:08 GMT)One-time FSD purchase no longer available as Elon Musk talks up future where drivers can be asleep at the wheelHaving confirmed Tesla will start charging $99 a month for supervised Full Self-Driving (FSD), CEO Elon Musk has told the faithful that the cost will rise "as FSD's capabilities improve."… |
As Oracle loses interest in MySQL, devs mull future options - (pubDate>Fri, 23 Jan 2026 13:33:13 GMT)As Big Red's governance of the popular database comes into question, contributors to MySQL consider wresting controlDevelopers in the MySQL community are working together to challenge Oracle to improve transparency and commitment in its handling of the popular open source database, while considering other options, including forking the code.… |
Fortinet admits FortiGate SSO bug still exploitable despite December patch - (pubDate>Fri, 23 Jan 2026 12:43:03 GMT)Fix didn't quite do the job – attackers spotted logging inFortinet has confirmed that attackers are actively bypassing a December patch for a critical FortiCloud single sign-on (SSO) authentication flaw after customers reported suspicious logins on devices supposedly fully up to date.… |
Qualcomm CEO pockets 15% pay rise as profits fall 45% - (pubDate>Fri, 23 Jan 2026 11:43:01 GMT)Cristiano Amon took home almost $30M in 2025 as the chipmaker booked higher revenues despite earnings slideQualcomm CEO Cristiano Amon saw his pay packet swell to $29.7 million in fiscal 2025, up from $25.91 million the year before, even as Qualcomm's full-year net income fell 45 percent.… |
Microsoft 365 outage drags on for nearly 10 hours during bad night for North American infra - (pubDate>Fri, 23 Jan 2026 11:10:33 GMT)Down to 364.5 already: Redmond's crappy 2026 continuesMicrosoft 365 suffered a widespread outage last night affecting multiple services including Outlook – adding to the megacorp's troubled start to 2026.… |
British government caves on datacenter approval after legal challenge - (pubDate>Fri, 23 Jan 2026 10:45:11 GMT)Ministry admits greenlighting London-based megabit barn without proper environmental safeguardsThe British government has conceded it should not have approved a campus near London's M25 orbital motorway and that the decision should be quashed, following a legal challenge by campaign group Foxglove.… |
London boroughs limping back online months after cyberattack - (pubDate>Fri, 23 Jan 2026 10:34:57 GMT)Direct debits? Maybe February. Birth certificates? Dream on. Council tax bills? Oh, those are comingHammersmith & Fulham Council says payments are now being processed as usual, two months after a cyberattack that affected multiple boroughs in the UK's capital city.… |
UK trade department put civil servants' feelings first during Windows 11 migration - (pubDate>Fri, 23 Jan 2026 10:15:11 GMT)Is that the cloud? No, it's incense wafting through WhitehallThere was a time when an operating system upgrade meant wailing, gnashing of teeth, and a dive in productivity as computers and staffers stopped working for... well, as long as it took.… |
Marching orders delayed: Veterans' Digital ID off to a slow start - (pubDate>Fri, 23 Jan 2026 09:28:07 GMT)Much owed to the few, but takeup is under 1%More than 15,000 former members of the UK's armed forces have successfully applied for a digital version of their veterans ID card since its launch in October, according to the Government Digital Service (GDS). … |
Tech support detective solved PC crime by looking in the carpark - (pubDate>Fri, 23 Jan 2026 07:30:14 GMT)Overnight action made for a sticky situation in the candy factoryOn Call Some tech support jobs are sweet, and others go sour. Whatever taste they leave in your mouth, The Register celebrates them all each week in On Call – the reader-contributed column that shares your support experiences.… |
Oracle, Michael Dell, named as investors in JV that will run TikTok's US operations - (pubDate>Fri, 23 Jan 2026 02:56:34 GMT)Big Red gets to store data, advise on security, and store the 'I'll watch just one more video' algoMade-in-China social network TikTok has announced the formation of a joint venture that will run its US operations, the condition lawmakers required for its flagship app to continue operating in America.… |
Intel puts consumer chip production on back burner as datacenters make a run on Xeons - (pubDate>Fri, 23 Jan 2026 01:41:23 GMT)CFO David Zinsner says foundry capacity should improve starting in Q2If you notice PC prices creeping up over the next few months, the rising cost of memory won’t be the only reason, because on Thursday Intel said it is reallocating foundry capacity from client chips to meet surging demand for Xeon processors used in AI servers.… |
Former crypto-mining company building 430 MW datacenter in secret location for secret client - (pubDate>Fri, 23 Jan 2026 01:24:03 GMT)Keeps location under wraps after communities opposed past projectsCrypto miner turned AI infrastructure provider Applied Digital announced it has broken ground on a 430 MW data center somewhere in the southern US, but it isn’t yet ready to reveal the location of its new facility.… |
Crims hit the easy button for Scattered-Spider style helpdesk scams - (pubDate>Thu, 22 Jan 2026 23:08:58 GMT)Teach a crook to phish…Criminals can more easily pull off social engineering scams and other forms of identity fraud thanks to custom voice-phishing kits being sold on dark web forums and messaging platforms.… |
Trump says he got a deal for rare earths in Greenland, but they won't come easy - (pubDate>Thu, 22 Jan 2026 22:04:45 GMT)You can't just grab 'em by the mine shafts - there aren't anyThe US invasion of Greenland might be off the table for now, but the Trump administration won't have an easy time using the rare earth elements and critical minerals it claims it's getting access to as part of a deal with NATO. … |
AI conference's papers contaminated by AI hallucinations - (pubDate>Thu, 22 Jan 2026 21:52:37 GMT)100 vibe citations spotted in 51 NeurIPS papers show vetting efforts have room for improvementGPTZero, a detector of AI output, has found yet again that scientists are undermining their credibility by relying on unreliable AI assistance.… |
Raspberry Pi flashes new branded USB drives that promise speedy performance - (pubDate>Thu, 22 Jan 2026 20:58:16 GMT)The aluminum sticks come in 128GB and 256GB variantsOver the past few years, Raspberry Pi has released a slew of peripherals and accessories that offer great build quality and premium features, whether you’re using them with everyone’s favorite single-board computer or not. Today’s entry: a USB flash drive that promises high speeds, good looks, and strong durability.… |
Crims compromised energy firms' Microsoft accounts, sent 600 phishing emails - (pubDate>Thu, 22 Jan 2026 19:18:58 GMT)Logging in, not breaking inUnknown attackers are abusing Microsoft SharePoint file-sharing services to target multiple energy-sector organizations, harvest user credentials, take over corporate inboxes, and then send hundreds of phishing emails from compromised accounts to contacts inside and outside those organizations.… |
Female-dominated careers among most exposed to AI disruption - (pubDate>Thu, 22 Jan 2026 18:56:27 GMT)Dentists least likely to get an LLM kick in the teethMost US workers in jobs exposed to AI are also relatively well placed to adapt if disruption leads to displacement, according to research summarized by the Brookings Institution. However, there are some careers with high percentages of female workers that are in a bad position.… |
Windows fails to tip the scales in grocery store deployment - (pubDate>Thu, 22 Jan 2026 18:10:28 GMT)Recovery from an excess of sprouts, or something else?Bork!Bork!Bork! Microsoft's flagship OS can power everything from a mini PC to a giant workstation or even a server. But using it for a grocery-store scale might just be overkill.… |
Palantir helps Ukraine train interceptor drone brains - (pubDate>Thu, 22 Jan 2026 17:46:01 GMT)Beleaguered country, unfortunately, has plenty of data from its conflictUkraine is getting a little AI help with its war against Russia. The country is giving Palantir a new level of access to critical warfighting data so its interceptor drones can become more autonomous. … |
PowerShell architect retires after decades at the prompt - (pubDate>Thu, 22 Jan 2026 17:28:34 GMT)After Microsoft, Google, and a long fight for automation, Jeffrey Snover hangs up his keyboardA really important window is closing. Jeffrey Snover, chief PowerShell boffin and hero of Windows administrators around the world, has retired.… |
Cursor used agents to write a browser, proving AI can write shoddy code at scale - (pubDate>Thu, 22 Jan 2026 16:23:06 GMT)Project kind-of worked but left a lot of messes for humans to clean upA week ago, Cursor CEO Michael Truell celebrated what sounded like a remarkable event.… |
FortiGate firewalls hit by silent SSO intrusions and config theft - (pubDate>Thu, 22 Jan 2026 16:07:06 GMT)Admins say attackers are still getting in despite recent patchesFortiGate firewalls are getting quietly reconfigured and stripped down by miscreants who've figured out how to sidestep SSO protections and grab sensitive settings right out of the box.… |
Uncle Sam's VMware 'bargain' doesn't include the actual hypervisor - (pubDate>Thu, 22 Jan 2026 14:00:11 GMT)GSA trumpets 64% discounts on Broadcom's VMware portfolio, core vSphere platform mysteriously absent from agreementThe US General Services Administration is flogging discounts of up to 64 percent under a OneGov Agreement covering Broadcom's VMware portfolio – though the actual hypervisor that made VMware famous isn't included.… |
EU's Digital Networks Act sets telcos squabbling before the ink is dry - (pubDate>Thu, 22 Jan 2026 13:57:14 GMT)Comms harmonization plan already drawing fire from operators and Big Tech alikeThe European Commission's proposed Digital Networks Act (DNA) to harmonize telecoms regulation is drawing criticism from industry bodies who either say it oversteps the mark or doesn't go far enough to galvanize the sector.… |
Notepad will now tell you all the ways Microsoft has enshittified it - (pubDate>Thu, 22 Jan 2026 13:55:47 GMT)Veteran text editor gets more AI enhancements while Paint will be able to generate coloring booksMicrosoft is meddling with Notepad again, this time adding a "What's New" screen so users know the latest indignities heaped on the once-humble text editor.… |
Europe's GDPR cops dished out €1.2B in fines last year as data breaches piled up - (pubDate>Thu, 22 Jan 2026 13:39:04 GMT)Regulators logged over 400 personal data breach notifications a day for first time since law came into forceGDPR fines pushed past the £1 billion (€1.2 billion) mark in 2025 as Europe's regulators were deluged with more than 400 data breach notifications a day, according to a new survey that suggests the post-plateau era of enforcement has well and truly arrived.… |
Bank of England: Financial sector failing to implement basic cybersecurity controls - (pubDate>Thu, 22 Jan 2026 13:23:25 GMT)Mind the cyber gap – similar flaws highlighted multiple years in a rowConcerned about the orgs that safeguard your money? The UK's annual cybersecurity review for 2025 suggests you should be. Despite years of regulation, financial organizations continue to miss basic cybersecurity safeguards.… |
Ancient telnet bug happily hands out root to attackers - (pubDate>Thu, 22 Jan 2026 12:13:58 GMT)Critical vuln flew under the radar for a decadeA recently disclosed critical vulnerability in the GNU InetUtils telnet daemon (telnetd) is "trivial" to exploit, experts say.… |
House of Lords votes to ban social media for Brits under 16 - (pubDate>Thu, 22 Jan 2026 12:12:05 GMT)As public consultation kicks off, members of UK Parliament's second chamber highlight damage to childrenUK government is edging closer to following Australia in blocking under-16s from social media accounts after the House of Lords voted in favor of a ban.… |
Turing Institute Chief Scientist takes acting CEO role amid defense push - (pubDate>Thu, 22 Jan 2026 11:52:49 GMT)Professor Mark Girolami keeps seat warm after Jean Innes bailed following ministerial arm-twistingThe Alan Turing Institute's Chief Scientist has temporarily stepped into the hot seat at the UK's flagship AI research organization after the long-flagged departure of CEO Jean Innes.… |
Rocket Lab's Neutron schedule under pressure after unexpected tank rupture - (pubDate>Thu, 22 Jan 2026 10:59:15 GMT)Launch vehicle due to make maiden flight this year, company promises update in February earnings callRocket Lab suffered a setback after a Neutron Stage 1 tank ruptured overnight while the company was performing a hydrostatic pressure trial at its Space Structures Complex in Middle River, Maryland.… |
Another week, another emergency patch as Cisco plugs Unified Comms zero-day - (pubDate>Thu, 22 Jan 2026 10:54:36 GMT)The critical-rated flaw leaves unpatched systems open to full takeoverCisco has finally shipped a fix for a critical-rated zero-day in its Unified Communications gear, a flaw that's already being weaponized in the wild, and which CISA previously flagged as an emergency priority.… |
Debian's FreedomBox Blend promises an easier home cloud - (pubDate>Thu, 22 Jan 2026 10:15:07 GMT)There are other home server, NAS, and media-streaming distros, but this aspires to much moreHands On Want to get off someone else's cloud, especially if it's hosted in a country you don't trust? FreedomBox is an off-ramp, and it's included in Debian in the form of a Blend.… |
SAP scores £275M award from UK tax collector – sans competition - (pubDate>Thu, 22 Jan 2026 09:30:11 GMT)System handling £800B must be SaaS and sovereign. Only German vendor fits the bill, says HMRCUpdated The UK tax collector has awarded SAP a £275 million ($370 million) contract to move the system, which handles over £800 billion (c $1 trillion) in tax revenue and payments annually, off an aging legacy platform and onto its latest software.… |
British Army's drone degree program set to take flight - (pubDate>Thu, 22 Jan 2026 08:15:11 GMT)Program will train just 20 people per yearThe UK government is investing in a defense-focused degree course to train both civilian students and soldiers to become drone technology specialists. However, it's only targeting a small number of people.… |
Splash-screen memories from a Bangkok ticket machine - (pubDate>Thu, 22 Jan 2026 07:33:10 GMT)When the operating system is older than the transport networkBork!Bork!Bork! There's no keeping an obsolete operating system down, although keeping it operational can sometimes be a challenge, if public terminals are any indication. Today's bork uses an OS that dates back 26 years, but is still serving up train tickets.… |
