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Microsoft teases agents that become ‘independent users within the workforce’ - (pubDate>Mon, 10 Nov 2025 02:31:21 GMT)Licensing expert worries they’ll be out of control on day oneMicrosoft has teased what it’s calling “a new class” of AI agents “that operate as independent users within the enterprise workforce.”… |
Data breach at Chinese infosec firm reveals cyber-weapons and target list - (pubDate>Sun, 09 Nov 2025 23:51:57 GMT)PLUS: India’s tech services exports growing fast; South Korea puts the bite on TXT spam; NTT gets into autonomous vehicles; and more!Asia In Brief Chinese infosec blog MXRN last week reported a data breach at a security company called Knownsec that has ties to Beijing and Chinas military.… |
Louvre's pathetic passwords belong in a museum, just not that one - (pubDate>Sun, 09 Nov 2025 22:34:07 GMT)PLUS: CISA layoffs continue; Lawmakers criticize camera security; China to execute scammers; And moreInfosec in brief There's no indication that the brazen bandits who stole jewels from the Louvre attacked the famed French museum's systems, but had they tried, it would have been incredibly easy.… |
Europe to decide if 6 GHz is shared between Wi-Fi and cellular networks - (pubDate>Sun, 09 Nov 2025 11:24:05 GMT)Two different groups want this valuable spectrum, but can they share?A row is brewing in Europe over the 6 GHz part of the wireless spectrum, between those who believe it should be licensed for use by cellular networks and others that want it reserved for Wi-Fi.… |
Here's one way to cut support ticket volume… send them to another company entirely - (pubDate>Sun, 09 Nov 2025 09:34:12 GMT)Misdirection is the new resolution at major video game houseThe CEO of the company behind note-taking app Obsidian says the well-known video game house of the same name has sent one of its customer queries to his own team – claiming that "off-the-shelf AI support software" is why the gaming firm gave a user the wrong email address.… |
Who's watching the watchers? This Mozilla fellow, and her Surveillance Watch map - (pubDate>Sat, 08 Nov 2025 11:08:06 GMT)Esra'a Al Shafei spoke with The Reg about the spy tech 'global trade'interview Digital rights activist Esra'a Al Shafei found FinFisher spyware on her device more than a decade ago. Now she's made it her mission to surveil the companies providing surveillanceware, their customers, and their funders.… |
Microsoft's lack of quality control is out of control - (pubDate>Sat, 08 Nov 2025 08:24:10 GMT)At one point, Microsoft's QC was legendary. Now, it's the wrong kind of legendOPINION I have a habit of ironically referring to Microsoft's various self-induced whoopsies as examples of the company's "legendary approach to quality control." While the robustness of Windows NT in decades past might qualify as "legendary", anybody who has had to use the company's wares in recent years might quibble with the word "quality."… |
Meta can't afford its $600B love letter to Trump - (pubDate>Sat, 08 Nov 2025 00:26:48 GMT)The Zuck better hope his finance bros have deep pockets and a whole lotta patience to pull this offMeta on Friday floated plans to invest $600 billion in US infrastructure and jobs by 2028 as part of a massive datacenter expansion.… |
ChatGPT, Claude, and Grok make very squishy jury members - (pubDate>Sat, 08 Nov 2025 00:06:41 GMT)All three acquitted a teen in a mock trial based on a case where a judge ruled guiltyLaw students at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Law last month held a mock trial to see how AI models administer justice.… |
Previously unknown Landfall spyware used in 0-day attacks on Samsung phones - (pubDate>Fri, 07 Nov 2025 21:38:35 GMT)'Precision espionage campaign' began months before the flaw was fixedA previously unknown Android spyware family called LANDFALL exploited a zero-day in Samsung Galaxy devices for nearly a year, installing surveillance code capable of recording calls, tracking locations, and harvesting photos and logs before Samsung finally patched it in April.… |
AI benchmarks are a bad joke – and LLM makers are the ones laughing - (pubDate>Fri, 07 Nov 2025 21:26:56 GMT)Study finds many tests don't measure the right thingsAI companies regularly tout their models' performance on benchmark tests as a sign of technological and intellectual superiority. But those results, widely used in marketing, may not be meaningful.… |
Blackwell a no-sell in China as trade deal fails to materialize - (pubDate>Fri, 07 Nov 2025 20:15:48 GMT)Xi and Trump haven't gotten to discuss the chips, though they were supposed toNvidia's latest generation of Blackwell accelerators won't be available in China anytime soon, according to CEO Jensen Huang, who said there were no "active discussions" about selling the coveted chips to the Middle Kingdom.… |
52-year-old data tape could contain only known copy of UNIX V4 - (pubDate>Fri, 07 Nov 2025 18:46:25 GMT)It might have the first-ever version of UNIX written in CA tape-based piece of unique Unix history may have been lying quietly in storage at the University of Utah for 50+ years. The question is whether researchers will be able to take this piece of middle-aged media and rewind it back to the 1970s to get the data off.… |
China warns Dutch away from Nexperia as it lets chip exports resume - (pubDate>Fri, 07 Nov 2025 18:29:17 GMT)Netherlands court still overseeing governance at the chipmakerTensions between China and the Netherlands over the state of chipmaker Nexperia have begun to ease, but the battle for company control doesn't appear to be entirely resolved yet. … |
Google's Gemini Deep Research can now read your Gmail and rummage through Google Drive - (pubDate>Fri, 07 Nov 2025 17:27:58 GMT)Even with more info, web giant says agent can't be trusted to keep you healthy, wealthy, and wiseGoogle's Gemini Deep Research tool can now reach deep into Gmail, Drive, and Chat to obtain data that might be useful for answering research questions.… |
Cybercrims plant destructive time bomb malware in industrial .NET extensions - (pubDate>Fri, 07 Nov 2025 15:26:22 GMT)Multi-year wait for destruction comes to an end for mystery attackersSecurity experts have helped remove malicious NuGet packages planted in 2023 that were designed to destroy systems years in advance, with some payloads not due to hit until the latter part of this decade.… |
Researchers want to kill the vibe, propose better model for AI coding - (pubDate>Fri, 07 Nov 2025 15:16:33 GMT)MIT researchers offer cure for illegible softwareA pair of MIT researchers have detailed a proposed new model for software that would help both humans and AI code generators alike create better and more transparent applications. No more vibing!… |
Musk gets approval for bumper Tesla payout but, unlike his robot, there are strings attached - (pubDate>Fri, 07 Nov 2025 14:34:06 GMT)Behold the one trillion dollar manTesla is awarding its CEO Elon Musk a package worth a possible $1 trillion, however, it relies in part on a dramatic increase in the value of the electric vehicle manufacturer.… |
'Windows sucks,' former Microsoft engineer says, explains how to fix it - (pubDate>Fri, 07 Nov 2025 14:09:53 GMT)Respecting users choices and offering a hardcore mode among key suggestions.Retired Microsoft engineer Dave Plummer has waded into the argument over where Microsoft has gone wrong with Windows, suggesting that perhaps the OS needs a hardcore mode to offset some of its fluffier edges.… |
25 years of meatbags permanently in space on the ISS - (pubDate>Fri, 07 Nov 2025 13:32:50 GMT)All good things come to an end, and the outpost is unlikely to reach 30Anyone turning 25 this week has never known a time when humans weren't living in space. The same might not be true when they're 30.… |
Microsoft's data sovereignty: Now with extra sovereignty! - (pubDate>Fri, 07 Nov 2025 12:22:18 GMT)Under shadow of US CLOUD Act, Redmond releases raft of services to calm customers in the EUMicrosoft is again banging the data sovereignty drum in Europe, months after admitting in a French court it couldn't guarantee that data will not be transmitted to the US government when it is legally required to do so.… |
Bank of England says JLR's cyberattack contributed to UK's unexpectedly slower GDP growth - (pubDate>Fri, 07 Nov 2025 11:44:18 GMT)This kind of material economic impact from online crooks thought to be a UK-firstThe Bank of England (BoE) has cited the cyberattack on Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) as one of the reasons for the country's slower-than-expected GDP growth in its latest rates decision.… |
UK tax collector falls short on digital efficiency, watchdog says - (pubDate>Fri, 07 Nov 2025 09:42:17 GMT)Treasury found £1.6 billion for extra tech investment expecting 15 percent efficiency saving. So far HMRC has underwhelmedThe UK’s tax collector is yet to reach the levels of efficiency its investment in digital services has led auditors to expect, according to a new report.… |
Help desk boss fell for ‘Internet Cleaning Day’ prank - then swore he got the joke - (pubDate>Fri, 07 Nov 2025 07:29:14 GMT)Lost packets would be cleaned out of routers, dead gopher servers would be pulled out of holes …On Call Welcome to another instalment of On Call, The Register’s Friday reader-contributed column that celebrates the fine art of tech support.… |
Foxconn hires humanoid robots to make servers at Nvidia's Texas factory - (pubDate>Fri, 07 Nov 2025 04:58:09 GMT)We're months away from AI building AITaiwanese contract manufacturer Foxconn has confirmed it will use humanoid robots to make Nvidia servers in America.… |
Rideshare giant moves 200 Macs out of the cloud, saves $2.4 million - (pubDate>Fri, 07 Nov 2025 02:08:42 GMT)Grab tried to virtualize macOS, but Apple doesn’t make that easySingaporean super-app company Grab has dumped 200 cloudy Mac Minis and replaced them with physical machines, a move it expects will save $2.4 million over three years.… |
Microsoft will force its 'superintelligence' to be a 'humanist' and play nice with people - (pubDate>Thu, 06 Nov 2025 22:59:10 GMT)Redmond's new AI boss is willing to sacrifice performance for the future of our speciesMicrosoft has joined the ranks of tech giants chasing superintelligent artificial intelligence, but the company's AI chief Mustafa Suleyman’s vision is markedly different from that articulated by other industry leaders… |
Gootloader malware back for the attack, serves up ransomware - (pubDate>Thu, 06 Nov 2025 22:45:53 GMT)Move fast - miscreants compromised a domain controller in 17 hoursGootloader JavaScript malware, commonly used to deliver ransomware, is back in action after a period of reduced activity.… |
Google’s Ironwood TPUs represent a bigger threat than Nvidia would have you believe - (pubDate>Thu, 06 Nov 2025 21:19:18 GMT)Chocolate Factory's homegrown silicon boasts Blackwell-level perf at massive scaleLook out, Jensen! With its TPUs, Google has shown time and time again that it's not the size of your accelerators that matters but how efficiently you can scale them in production.… |
OpenAI's Altman and Friar walk back remarks about federal loan guarantees - (pubDate>Thu, 06 Nov 2025 19:43:00 GMT)Money-losing biz says it does not need help to meet massive infrastructure commitmentsupdated After this story was published, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman took a turn at damage control, following remarks from CFO Sarah Friar suggesting that the company was seeking federal loan guarantees – lanugage she later walked back.… |
Cisco warns of 'new attack variant' battering firewalls under exploit for 6 months - (pubDate>Thu, 06 Nov 2025 18:51:12 GMT)Plus 2 new critical vulns - patch nowCisco warned customers about another wave of attacks against its firewalls, which have been battered by intruders for at least six months. It also patched two critical bugs in its Unified Contact Center Express (UCCX) software that aren't under active exploitation - yet.… |
Senate bill would require companies to report AI layoffs as job cuts reach 20-year high in October - (pubDate>Thu, 06 Nov 2025 18:23:09 GMT)Government agencies would also have to report losses due to automation.ai-pocalypse A bipartisan pair of US Senators has introduced a bill that would require companies and government agencies to report AI-related layoffs, and it couldn't come at a better time. October jobs data suggests AI is driving the largest wave of layoffs headed into the end of the year that we've seen since 2003. … |
Union brands Rockstar’s leak claim “a distraction” as protests hit Take-Two London - (pubDate>Thu, 06 Nov 2025 17:50:53 GMT)Rockstar says it fired staff for leaks, but the IWGB accuses the GTA maker of union-bustingRockstar Games denies claims that it fired several employees over their union activity, insisting that it sacked the team members for leaking confidential information.… |
FBI prevails over convicted fraudster in $345M destroyed Bitcoin dispute - (pubDate>Thu, 06 Nov 2025 17:14:59 GMT)Counterfeiter failed to conjure a credible claim, appeals court rulesA convicted identity thief has lost his appeal against Uncle Sam after claiming federal agents destroyed a seized hard drive containing cryptocurrency worth more than $345 million.… |
Agents of misfortune: The world isn't ready for autonomous software - (pubDate>Thu, 06 Nov 2025 16:46:53 GMT)Amazon's spat with Perplexity shows that technology is not the only blocker for the agentic eraOpinion The agentic era remains a fantasy world. Software agents, the notional next frontier for generative AI services, cannot escape the gravity of their contradictions, legal ambiguities, and competitive pressures. Not everyone, especially not competing businesses, wants a bot representing the customer.… |
Lenovo puts the 'cloud' in cloud computing, proposes mid-air datacenters - (pubDate>Thu, 06 Nov 2025 15:57:45 GMT)Sustainable vision? Who knowsLenovo says that traditional datacenters are not fit for purpose, and must evolve to future-proof businesses across EMEA. This is based on research, but the PC and server biz has come up with some wacky possible designs, including one that is almost literally in the clouds.… |
'Vibe coding' named Word of the Year. Developers everywhere faceplant - (pubDate>Thu, 06 Nov 2025 15:34:52 GMT)It's not a bug, it's a feelingVibe coding has broken free of tech circles to claim Collins Dictionary's Word of the Year 2025 — a choice that may prompt developers to ask: what could possibly go wrong?… |
Microsoft: Don't let AI agents near your credit card yet - (pubDate>Thu, 06 Nov 2025 14:20:12 GMT)Shopping bots pick first option and are 'vulnerable to manipulation', Magentic Marketplace trial findsReady to have your agent talk to my agent and arrange a sale? Microsoft has published a simulated marketplace to put AI agents through their paces and answer a question for the new age: Would you trust AI with your credit card?… |
You'll never guess what the most common passwords are. Oh, wait, yes you will - (pubDate>Thu, 06 Nov 2025 14:00:05 GMT)Most of you still can't do better than 123456?123456. admin. password. For years, the IT world has been reminding users not to rely on such predictable passwords. And yet here we are with another study finding that those sorts of quickly-guessable, universally-held-to-be-bad passwords are still the most popular ones.… |
Microsoft Configuration Manager to switch to an annual release cadence - (pubDate>Thu, 06 Nov 2025 13:00:26 GMT)Intune is where the party's at, even if admins might prefer the Configuration Manager kitchenMicrosoft has officially confirmed that Configuration Manager will transition to an annual release cadence, with Intune as the primary focus for innovation.… |
SonicWall fingers state-backed cyber crew for September firewall breach - (pubDate>Thu, 06 Nov 2025 12:26:00 GMT)Spies, not crooks, were behind digital heist – damage stopped at the backups, says US cybersec bizSonicWall has blamed an unnamed, state-sponsored collective for the September break-in that saw cybercriminals rifle through a cache of firewall configuration backups.… |
Colt gets greenlight for £2.5bn London datacenter splurge - (pubDate>Thu, 06 Nov 2025 11:35:47 GMT)Three hyperscale sheds to double capacity near HeathrowColt Data Centre Services has secured approval to invest £2.5 billion ($3.3 billion) in three hyperscale data centers at its Hayes Digital Park campus in west London.… |
Malware-pwned laptop gifts cybercriminals Nikkei's Slack - (pubDate>Thu, 06 Nov 2025 10:51:00 GMT)Stolen creds let miscreants waltz into 17K employees' chats, spilling info on staff and partnersJapanese media behemoth Nikkei has admitted to a data breach after miscreants slipped into its internal Slack workspace, exposing the personal details of more than 17,000 employees and business partners.… |
Boffins: cloud computing's on-demand biz model is failing us - (pubDate>Thu, 06 Nov 2025 10:15:13 GMT)Science loses when lab workers grapple with costs and availability, claim researchersCloud vendors’ commercial models poorly serve scientists, forcing them to struggle for value amid tightening budgets, according to research.… |
UK space sector 'lacks strategic direction,' Lords warn - (pubDate>Thu, 06 Nov 2025 09:30:13 GMT)Parliamentary report calls for sovereign launch capability and reduced dependence on US servicesThe UK's House of Lords UK Engagement with Space Committee has published a scathing report, "The Space Economy: Act Now or Lose Out," declaring that the 2021 National Space Strategy has "failed to turn its ambitions into reality."… |
China uses Mars orbiter to snap interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS - (pubDate>Thu, 06 Nov 2025 06:31:07 GMT)Middle Kingdom also postpones astronaut return mission after something hit its spaceshipChina has matched the European Space Agency’s feat of taking a snapshot of interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS from a Mars orbiter.… |
Qualcomm bets on inferencing in the cloud, which Arm says can’t run it all it forever - (pubDate>Thu, 06 Nov 2025 04:03:37 GMT)Awkward, seeing as they’re close partnersQualcomm and Arm have offered differing predictions regarding the market for inferencing silicon.… |
Microsoft apologizes for not explaining cheaper no-AI M365 plans, and all it took was a government lawsuit - (pubDate>Thu, 06 Nov 2025 00:51:35 GMT)Even offers refunds if users sign up for AI they don’t want, once it fixed a bad linkUpdated Microsoft Australia has apologized to users of its M365 suite after regulators accused it of steering them towards pricey bundles that include its Copilot AI service.… |
Perplexity shows how to run monster AI models more efficiently on aging GPUs, AWS networks - (pubDate>Wed, 05 Nov 2025 23:47:37 GMT)Some clever networking hacks open the doorAI search provider Perplexity's research wing has developed a new set of software optimizations that allows for trillion parameter or large models to run efficiently across older, cheaper hardware using a variety of existing network technologies, including Amazon's proprietary Elastic Fabric Adapter.… |
Azure stumbles in Western Europe, Microsoft blames 'thermal event' - (pubDate>Wed, 05 Nov 2025 23:09:56 GMT)Degraded performance and possible dependency problems across AZsMicrosoft has warned of a “thermal event” impacting Azure users in its West Europe region, and perhaps elsewhere.… |
