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Sometimes, silence is the best option

Updated  An Oklahoma City cybersecurity professional accused of installing spyware on a hospital PC confirmed on LinkedIn key details of the drama.…

'When we look at the outcomes, it really has not moved the needle'

Instead of depressing wages or taking jobs, generative AI chatbots like ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini have had almost no significant wage or labor impact so far – a finding that calls into question the huge capital expenditures required to create and run AI models.…

FBI and others list how to spot NK infiltrators, but AI will make it harder

RSAC  Concerned a new recruit might be a North Korean stooge out to steal intellectual property and then hit an org with malware? There is an answer, for the moment at least.…

Good intentions, terrible wording – and Trump can't wait to use it because 'nobody gets treated worse than I do'

Federal legislation that would protect people from having explicit images of themselves posted and shared online without their consent is set to become law in the USA after passing the House on Monday.…

Luis von Ahn says small quality hits are a price worth paying to ride the wave

Duolingo has become the latest tech outfit to attempt to declare itself 'AI-first,' with CEO Luis von Ahn telling staff the biz hopes to gradually phase out contractors for work neural networks can take over.…

Top voices warn that political retaliation puts democracy and national defense at risk

The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) and numerous infosec leaders are lobbying US President Donald Trump to drop his enduring investigation into Chris Krebs, claiming that targeting the former CISA boss amounts to bullying.…

The OS came first, the foundation later – so what does it do?

Interview  Many FOSS projects are backed by nonprofit foundations. One such example is the FreeBSD Foundation, started by Meta software engineer Justin T Gibbs. He spoke with The Register about the project's copyright philosophy, what the foundation does, and why it matters.…

Artificial intelligence is helping Beijing's goons break in faster and stay longer

RSAC  The biggest threat to US critical infrastructure, according to FBI Deputy Assistant Director Cynthia Kaiser, can be summed up in one word: "China."…

Former Rear Admiral calls for National Guard online deployment and corporates to be held accountable

RSAC  Russia used to be considered America's biggest adversary online, but over the past couple of years China has taken the role, and is proving highly effective at it.…

Cloud storage biz says 'baseless allegations' are attempts by analysts to profit

Cloud storage and backup provider Backblaze has denied accusations made by financial analysts of "sham accounting" and "insider dumping," as well as claims it inflated cash flow forecasts to hide its real performance.…

The good news: everyone's using it. The bad news: have you seen how they're using it?

OpenLogic's 2025 State of Open Source Report offers a slightly different perspective on modern corporate adoption of FOSS – and it's not a reassuring one.…

HMRC kicks off procurement to modernize customer service after scathing reports

The UK's tax collector plans to appoint a new CRM vendor to manage its vast interactions with citizens over their tax affairs.…

Damning report says it set a moving target that was way too ambitious

The European Chips Act is unlikely to meet its target of hitting a 20 percent share of the global semiconductor market by 2030.…

They’re sorry/not sorry for testing if bots can change minds by pretending to be a trauma counselor or a victim of sexual abuse

Researchers from the University of Zurich have admitted to secretly posting AI-generated material to popular Subreddit r/changemyview in the name of science.…

One launch down, 80-plus to go, for a pittance compared to planned AWS spending

Amazon’s first attempt to hoist production versions of its Project Kuiper broadband-beaming satellites appears to have succeeded.…

Who could possibly be behind this attack on an ethnic minority China despises?

Researchers at Canada’s Citizen Lab have spotted a phishing campaign and supply chain attack directed at Uyghur people living outside China, and suggest it’s an example of Beijing’s attempts to target the ethnic minority group.…

Florida man altered allergen info, DoSed former colleagues

Former Disney employee Michael Scheuer was sentenced to 36 months in prison and fined almost $688,000 for screwing up a software application the entertainment giant used to cook up its restaurant menus.…

Cyberattack? Bad software update? International oopsie? The cause is unclear, but Iberia is dark

Updated  A massive power outage has left Spain, Portugal and parts of southern France without electricity, and the cause has yet to be identified.…

Demotion of cyberspace policy team, closure of others, not a great look

The US State Department announced a major reorg this month, and the changes could weaken America's ability to counter China's growing technological influence.…

But what it can't do is 'unilaterally claw back a community project and its infrastructure, assets, and branding'

The Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) has filed a petition with the US Patent and Trademark Office to prevent Synadia from using the logo and domain for NATS, the open source messaging system.…