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Ofcom comes knocking after BT, Three mobile outages cut 999 access - (pubDate>Tue, 16 Dec 2025 09:30:10 GMT)Watchdog reviews if failures breached availability rules after downtime left millions unable to make callsOfcom has opened formal investigations into BT and Three after mobile outages this summer left Britons unable to make calls – including to emergency services.… |
No, SoundCloud hasn’t started tuning out VPNs. It’s mopping up after a cyberattack - (pubDate>Tue, 16 Dec 2025 05:20:04 GMT)Bum note for 20 percent of users whose data leakedMusic hosting and streaming service SoundCloud has admitted it suffered a cyberattack.… |
Ford shifts gears to build batteries for datacenters - (pubDate>Tue, 16 Dec 2025 02:05:52 GMT)EV sales didn’t accelerate as hoped, so it will repurpose idling factoriesAutomotive giant Ford has decided to start a business building big batteries, in part to cash in on the datacenter construction boom.… |
Repent ye inefficient – the ‘Palantir-ization’ of IT services is upon us - (pubDate>Tue, 16 Dec 2025 00:19:59 GMT)Palantir's former IT boss just took over as CEO of Thrive-backed AI MSP platformFormer Palantir CIO Jim Siders has departed the company to join Shield Technology Partners as CEO, in a bid he says is meant to bring AI to bear in the sprawling managed services landscape.… |
Amazon security boss blames Russia's GRU for years-long energy-sector hacks - (pubDate>Mon, 15 Dec 2025 23:34:40 GMT)'Sustained focus on Western critical infrastructure'Russia's Main Intelligence Directorate (GRU) is behind a years-long campaign targeting energy, telecommunications, and tech providers, stealing credentials and compromising misconfigured devices hosted on AWS to give the Kremlin's snoops persistent access to sensitive networks, according to Amazon's security boss.… |
Oracle isn't done with Ampere yet as A4 instances arrive on OCI boasting 96 cores - (pubDate>Mon, 15 Dec 2025 22:26:12 GMT)Big Red said it had sold its stake in its long-time silicon partner last weekOracle last week announced that it had divested from Ampere Computing. But while Big Red may no longer own part of the Arm CPU maker, it's not ready to stop using the chips just yet.… |
IBM unleashes CUGA, an open-source AI agent that actually completes more than half its tasks - (pubDate>Mon, 15 Dec 2025 22:12:49 GMT)Framework looks great for scenarios where a 62 percent completion rate is acceptableIBM researchers have released an open source AI agent called CUGA that aspires to automate complex enterprise workflows and get it right about half the time, depending on the task.… |
ServiceNow mulls buying Armis to gain full visibility into the IT stack - (pubDate>Mon, 15 Dec 2025 22:10:12 GMT)If the buy happens, the big question is will they integrate the codebase or keep it separate?ServiceNow is reportedly nearing a deal to buy security software company Armis for $7.1 billion to give its customers full stack visibility of their IT estate and eliminate security blindspots, according to Bloomberg.… |
US gov't launches 'Tech Force' to replace IT staff DOGE fired - (pubDate>Mon, 15 Dec 2025 21:39:50 GMT)Washington rediscovers that modern IT doesn’t run itselfAfter dissolving several federal tech modernization units and shedding large numbers of technologists, the Trump administration has launched a new talent recruitment initiative, suggesting it still needs people to help drag the government's IT into the present.… |
Delays? What delays? Oracle insists its $300B cloud contract with OpenAI is on track - (pubDate>Mon, 15 Dec 2025 19:16:23 GMT)And don't sweat the debt either, we've got plenty of capital at our disposalDespite Wall Street jitters and reports to the contrary, Oracle insists its $300 billion datacenter deal with OpenAI is on track and proceeding on schedule.… |
New Jolla phone and Sailfish 5 offer a break from iOS-Android monotony - (pubDate>Mon, 15 Dec 2025 19:04:35 GMT)Powered by the original mobile Linux OS with crowdsourced specshands on After successful crowdfunding, the latest release of the original handheld Linux distro will power a new handset coming in mid-2026.… |
Bot invasion increases with Google scraping the way, Cloudflare says - (pubDate>Mon, 15 Dec 2025 18:14:12 GMT)Mobile traffic now accounts for nearly half of requestsGlobal internet traffic grew by 19 percent during 2025, while nearly half of traffic now comes from mobile devices. A significant and growing portion also comes from bots, many designed to train AI.… |
China, Iran are having a field day with React2Shell, Google warns - (pubDate>Mon, 15 Dec 2025 17:53:52 GMT)Who hasn't exploited this max-severity flaw?At least five more Chinese spy crews, Iran-linked goons, and financially motivated criminals are now attacking React2Shell, a maximum-severity flaw in the widely used React JavaScript library, according to Google.… |
Apple blocks dev from all accounts after he tries to redeem bad gift card - (pubDate>Mon, 15 Dec 2025 17:51:56 GMT)Paris Buttfield-Addison literally wrote books on SwiftApple has blocked a long-time developer from his Apple ID after he failed to redeem what support suggested was a dodgy $500 gift card, leaving him unable to work, cut off from personal files, and barred from what he calls his "core digital identity." … |
Salesforce willing to lose money on AI agent licenses when customers are locked in - (pubDate>Mon, 15 Dec 2025 16:28:44 GMT)Flat-rate deals may sting now, but vendor expects payback over decadesSalesforce's chief revenue officer has said that he is relaxed about the CRM giant losing money on AI agent seat-based licensing in the long term because it will have many more years to "monetize" such customers.… |
GAO report details faltering Veteran’s Administration records upgrade program - (pubDate>Mon, 15 Dec 2025 15:44:34 GMT)Watchdog highlights slate of unmet prioritiesA US spending watchdog has delivered another withering verdict on the Department of Veterans Affairs’ efforts to drag its health records program into the 21st century.… |
Hyperscalers fuel $112B server spending spree in Q3 - (pubDate>Mon, 15 Dec 2025 15:02:56 GMT)IDC's latest tracker numbers were brought to you by the letters A and IThe global server market went into overdrive in the third quarter of 2025, racking up a record $112.4 billion in revenue as AI demand pushed vendor sales up 61 percent year-on-year, according to the latest figures from IDC.… |
Nutanix takes another swipe at VMware with sovereign cloud push - (pubDate>Mon, 15 Dec 2025 14:00:10 GMT)On-prem control planes, dark-site upgrades, and multicloud policies target regulated deploymentsNutanix is taking a pop at VMware – again – as it unwraps features that it says allow customers to run distributed sovereign clouds.… |
Roomba maker iRobot gets cleaned out in Chapter 11 - (pubDate>Mon, 15 Dec 2025 13:02:08 GMT)Company vacuumed up by its own manufactureriRobot, the company behind autonomous vacuum cleaner brand Roomba, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, telling investors that its Chinese manufacturer will assume control going forward.… |
Delay to European Central Bank messaging project cost the Bank of England £23M - (pubDate>Mon, 15 Dec 2025 12:50:09 GMT)Watchdog links schedule change to replanning of UK payments system overhaulThe European Central Bank's (ECB) decision to delay its move to a new messaging standard in 2022 ended up costing the Bank of England £23 million as it was forced to adjust migration to a new settlement system to avoid compounding risks.… |
JLR: Payroll data stolen in cybercrime that shook UK economy - (pubDate>Mon, 15 Dec 2025 12:08:20 GMT)Automaker admits raid that crippled its factories in August led to the theft of sensitive infoJaguar Land Rover (JLR) has reportedly told staff the cyber raid that crippled its operations in August didn't just bring production to a screeching halt – it also walked off with the personal payroll data of thousands of employees.… |
Apple, Google forced to issue emergency 0-day patches - (pubDate>Mon, 15 Dec 2025 11:01:11 GMT)Both admit attackers were already exploiting the bugs, with scant detail and hints of spyware-grade abuseApple and Google have both issued emergency patches after zero-day bugs were caught being actively exploited in what the companies describe as "sophisticated" real-world attacks.… |
Denmark takes a Viking swing at VPN-enabled piracy - (pubDate>Mon, 15 Dec 2025 10:40:06 GMT)Minister insists 'modest' bill is not an assault on privacy-preserving techThe Danish government wants the public to weigh in on its proposed laws restricting use of VPNs to access certain corners of the internet.… |
Legal protection for ethical hacking under Computer Misuse Act is only the first step - (pubDate>Mon, 15 Dec 2025 09:30:15 GMT)I'm dreaming of a white hat massOpinion It was 40 years ago that four young British hackers set about changing the law, although they didn't know it at the time. It was a cross-platform attack including a ZX Spectrum, a BBC Micro, and a Tatung Einstein slamming British Telecom's Prestel service over dial-up modems at 75 bits per second.… |
Techie 'forgot' to tell boss their cost-saving idea meant a day of gaming - (pubDate>Mon, 15 Dec 2025 07:30:12 GMT)One keypress turned a tricky Windows NT balancing act into a life of leisureWho, Me? After a weekend of R&R, The Register welcomes you back to the working week with a new installment of Who, Me? It's the reader-contributed column in which you confess to workplace errors and indiscretions and reveal how you survived to tell the tale.… |
Japan just sent origami to space to unfurl possibilities for outsized antennas - (pubDate>Mon, 15 Dec 2025 06:09:16 GMT)That’s just one of 16 innovative and experimental sats that launched SundayJapan’s Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) is celebrating after the successful Sunday launch of its Innovative Satellite Technology Demonstration No. 4, which is packed with 16 intriguing payloads.… |
Starlink claims Chinese launch came within 200 meters of broadband satellite - (pubDate>Mon, 15 Dec 2025 02:02:22 GMT)PLUS: Drugs found in ink cartridges; Censorship fighters criticize Vultr; Coupang CEO resigns; And more!Asia In Brief A SpaceX executive has claimed that a Chinese satellite launch came within 200 meters of hitting a Starlink satellite.… |
Honeypots can help defenders, or damn them if implemented badly - (pubDate>Sun, 14 Dec 2025 23:26:27 GMT)PLUS: Crims could burn your AI budgets thanks to weak defaults; CISA's top 25 vulns for 2025; And moreInfosec In Brief The UK's National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) has found that cyber-deception tactics such as honeypots and decoy accounts designed to fool attackers can be useful if implemented very carefully.… |
The future of long-term data storage is clear and will last 14 billion years - (pubDate>Sun, 14 Dec 2025 10:00:15 GMT)SPhotoix moves its 5D Memory Crystal cold storage tech closer to deployment in data centersAfter decades of research and development, humanity finally has a data storage medium that will outlast us.… |
British Airways fears a future where AI agents pick flights and brands get ghosted - (pubDate>Sat, 13 Dec 2025 10:00:15 GMT)CEO warns airlines that don’t learn to sell themselves to machines could soon be flying under the radarBritish Airways' chief executive has warned that the airline industry is fast heading for a future where AI agents, not humans, decide which brands get booked – and carriers that fail to adapt are at risk of quietly disappearing from the digital shop window.… |
Microsoft RasMan DoS 0-day gets unofficial patch - and a working exploit - (pubDate>Fri, 12 Dec 2025 22:29:33 GMT)Exploit hasn't been picked up by any malware detection engines, CEO tells The RegA Microsoft zero-day vulnerability that allows an unprivileged user to crash the Windows Remote Access Connection Manager (RasMan) service now has a free, unofficial patch - with no word as to when Redmond plans to release an official one - along with a working exploit circulating online.… |
New React vulns leak secrets, invite DoS attacks - (pubDate>Fri, 12 Dec 2025 18:23:30 GMT)And the earlier React2Shell patch is vulnerableIf you're running React Server Components, you just can't catch a break. In addition to already-reported flaws, newly discovered bugs allow attackers to hang vulnerable servers and potentially leak Server Function source code, so anyone using RSC or frameworks that support it should patch quickly.… |
Trump gives state AI regulation the presidential middle finger - (pubDate>Fri, 12 Dec 2025 16:41:49 GMT)Executive order sidesteps Congress and sets up Litigation Task ForcePresident Trump and his patrons in big tech have long wanted to block states from implementing their own AI regulations. After failing twice to do so in Congress, the US president has issued an executive order that would attempt to punish states that try to restrain the bot business.… |
Workday project at Washington University hits $266M - (pubDate>Fri, 12 Dec 2025 16:17:08 GMT)Protests force disclosure of costs totaling $16,000 per student over 7 year rollout replacing 80 legacy systemsThe total cost of a Workday implementation project at Washington University in St. Louis is set to hit almost $266 million, it was revealed after the project was the subject of protests from students.… |
The CRASH Clock is ticking as satellite congestion in low Earth orbit worsens - (pubDate>Fri, 12 Dec 2025 14:28:43 GMT)It's getting crowded up thereEarth's orbit is starting to look like an LA freeway, with more and more satellites being launched each year. If you're worried about collisions and space debris making the area unusable – and you should be – scientists have proposed a new metric to contribute to your anxiety: the CRASH Clock.… |
AI datacenter boom could end badly, Goldman Sachs warns - (pubDate>Fri, 12 Dec 2025 14:24:50 GMT)Bank sketches four scenarios in which monetization falters or demand swamps supply by 2030Goldman Sachs warns that datacenter investments may fail to pay off if the industry is unable to monetize AI models, but hedges its bets by saying that demand could also overwhelm available capacity by 2030.… |
Microsoft promises more bug payouts, with or without a bounty program - (pubDate>Fri, 12 Dec 2025 13:35:12 GMT)Critical vulnerabilities found in third-party applications eligible for award under 'in scope by default' moveMicrosoft is overhauling its bug bounty program to reward exploit hunters for finding vulnerabilities across all its products and services, even those without established bounty schemes.… |
Uncle Sam sues ex-Accenture manager over Army cloud security claims - (pubDate>Fri, 12 Dec 2025 13:25:09 GMT)Justice Department alleges federal auditors were misled over compliance with FedRAMP and DoD requirementsThe US is suing a former senior manager at Accenture for allegedly misleading the government about the security of an Army cloud platform.… |
Here we go again: Microsoft in UK court over cloud licensing - (pubDate>Fri, 12 Dec 2025 13:07:09 GMT)Competition Appeal Tribunal to decide if multibillion-pound overcharging case can go to trialStop us if you've heard this one before. Microsoft is in court regarding allegedly sharp software licensing practices.… |
UK watchdog urged to probe GDPR failures in Home Office eVisa rollout - (pubDate>Fri, 12 Dec 2025 12:36:34 GMT)Rights groups say digital-only record is leaking data and courting troubleCivil society groups are urging the UK's data watchdog to investigate whether the Home Office's digital-only eVisa scheme is breaching GDPR, sounding the alarm about systemic data errors and design failures that are exposing sensitive personal information while leaving migrants unable to prove their lawful status.… |
Half of exposed React servers remain unpatched amid active exploitation - (pubDate>Fri, 12 Dec 2025 11:31:09 GMT)Wiz says React2Shell attacks accelerating, ranging from cryptominers to state-linked crewsHalf of the internet-facing systems vulnerable to a fast-moving React remote code execution flaw remain unpatched, even as exploitation has exploded into more than a dozen active attack clusters ranging from bargain-basement cryptominers to state-linked intrusion tooling.… |
Salesforce opts for seat-based AI licensing as customers demand predictability - (pubDate>Fri, 12 Dec 2025 10:15:14 GMT)Analysts say the shift offers stability, but embedded usage caps ensure vendors keep controlSalesforce CEO Marc Benioff last week came closer to answering a multibillion-dollar question when he said seat-based pricing – with some caveats – was becoming the norm for its AI agents after flirting with pricing based on consumption and per-conversation payments.… |
Home Office staff still leaning on 25-year-old asylum case management system - (pubDate>Fri, 12 Dec 2025 09:30:10 GMT)Replacement rollout plagued by bad data and missing features, says watchdogDespite completing its rollout of a new case management system, Home Office caseworkers are still referring back to data in a 25-year-old legacy system when processing asylum claims, according to a public spending watchdog.… |
User insisted their screen was blank, until admitting it wasn't - (pubDate>Fri, 12 Dec 2025 07:30:07 GMT)Getting that confession took hours, during which L1 and L2 support gave upOn Call Welcome once more to On Call, the Friday column in which we share stories of tech support incidents that went pear-shaped until cunning Reg readers stepped in to save the day.… |
Reddit sues Australia to exempt itself from kids social media ban - (pubDate>Fri, 12 Dec 2025 06:26:57 GMT)Forum site says it’s potentially more harmful to users who don’t log inForum site Reddit has filed a case that seeks to exempt itself from Australia’s ban on children under 16 holding social media accounts.… |
Crypto-crasher Do Kwon jailed for 15 years over $40bn UST bust - (pubDate>Fri, 12 Dec 2025 01:53:15 GMT)Judge said his fraud was on 'epic, generational scale'Terraform Labs founder Do Kwon will spend 15 years in jail after pleading guilty to committing fraud.… |
Silicon photonics won’t matter ‘anytime soon’ says Broadcom CEO - (pubDate>Fri, 12 Dec 2025 00:48:28 GMT)Chips ’n’ code giant sitting on $50bn of custom AI accelerator orders, sees more to comeSilicon photonics won’t matter in the datacenter “anytime soon,” according to Broadcom CEO Hock Tan.… |
AI superintelligence is a Silicon Valley fantasy, Ai2 researcher says - (pubDate>Thu, 11 Dec 2025 22:44:50 GMT)The dream of electric sheep gets a reality check from Moore’s LawYou want artificial general intelligence (AGI)? Current-day processors aren't powerful enough to make it happen and our ability to scale up may soon be coming to an end, argues well-known researcher Tim Dettmers.… |
VMware kills vSphere Foundation in parts of EMEA - (pubDate>Thu, 11 Dec 2025 22:06:08 GMT)Broadcom told The Register that EMEA customers need to check with their local dealer to see if VVF remains on the menuExclusive Broadcom has recently killed off VMware vSphere Foundation in parts of EMEA, the company told The Register, dealing a blow to smaller customers, one of whom told us they would likely switch to a rival hypervisor as a result.… |
Disney turns to dark side, licenses IP to OpenAI for videos, images - (pubDate>Thu, 11 Dec 2025 21:03:21 GMT)Begun, these AI wars haveAmid controversy over its ability to generate content with copyrighted characters, OpenAI has struck a three-year deal with Disney to license more than 200 Disney, Pixar, Marvel, and Star Wars characters for use in Sora videos and ChatGPT Images.… |
