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Enormous org has been hit by ransomware again and again, on multiple fronts, over the past year

Top cybersecurity officials within the UK government and the National Health Service (NHS) are asking CEOs of tech suppliers to pledge their allegiance to sound security by signing a public charter.…

Yard of Eden just doesn't have the right ring to it

Who, Me?  Translating one's life from the wonders of the weekend to the madness of a Monday is never easy, but The Register tries to ease the change by delivering a new installment of Who, Me? It's our reader-contributed column in which you admit to making messes and share your escape routes.…

DPM signs off 96MW bit barn, citing national policy shift

The British government has stepped in to overturn a local council's refusal of a proposed datacenter on green belt land, citing updated national planning policy that urges councils to find space for bit barns, labs, gigafactories, and other strategic infrastructure.…

PLUS: Euro-cops take down investment scammers; Fancy Bear returns to Ukraine; and more

Infosec In Brief  The Alabama state government is investigating an unspecified "cybersecurity event" that it said has affected some state systems, but didn't involve the theft of citizen's personal info.…

Plus, Co-op tells The Reg: 'we took early and decisive action' to block the crooks

INTERVIEW  The call came into the help desk at a large US retailer. An employee had been locked out of their corporate accounts. …

As long as you're quiet about it

Feature  This week, a bipartisan bill was introduced that would allow supersonic flight over the continental US for the first time in 52 years, as long as they're quiet.…

It'll even help you develop technical skills

Systems Approach  From 2014 to 2020 I had a title of CTO at VMware, first for the networking business and then for the Asia Pacific region as a Field CTO.…

It matters for everyone, because we'll all be disabled one day

Global Accessibility Awareness Day  Accessibility matters to everyone. If you think it doesn't: it will. Apple builds in some pretty good tools, and they're getting better. Here's why it's important.…

ZKLP system allows apps to confirm user presence in a region without exposing exactly where

Computer scientists from universities in Germany, Hong Kong, and the United Kingdom have proposed a way to provide verifiable claims about location data without surrendering privacy.…

Search giant to restore critical Android permission after user outcry

In a turn of events to warm our withered hearts, Google has offered to restore the permission that was revoked from Nextcloud's Files app for Android.…

Phony LinkedIn recruitment ads? Groundbreaking

Chinese government snoops - hiding behind the guise of fake consulting companies - are actively trying to recruit the thousands upon thousands of US federal employees who have been fired since President Trump took office.…

Bit barn operator to wedge 8,192 liquid-cooled MI325Xs into AI training cluster

Interview  After some teething pains, TensorWave CEO Darrick Horton is confident that AMD's Instinct accelerators are ready to take on large-scale AI training.…

Crooks must be licking their lips at the possibilities

Uncle Sam's consumer watchdog has scrapped plans to implement Biden-era rules that would've treated certain data brokers as credit bureaus, forcing them to follow stricter laws when flogging Americans' sensitive data.…

Epic's latest submission blocked right after CEO offered truce with Cupertino

Apple has blocked Epic Games' submission of Fortnite, just as it was set to return to iOS in the US. Now it cannot be found in the US App Store nor via the Epic Games Store for iOS in the European Union.…

Python, TypeScript, Azure SDK devs among those let go

Microsoft's recent round of layoffs appears to have fallen largely on software developers, including several prominent Python developers and a veteran TypeScript developer.…

An overdependence on hyperscalers and a mountain of debt could pull the rug out

Comment  CoreWeave this week said it would plow between $20 and $23 billion into GPU bit barns by year's end in order to meet growing demand from model builders and hyperscalers.…

Tax bods characterize it more as a brainstorming session, says Elon's unit wasn't involved

Congressional Democrats are again demanding answers from a federal agency over whether DOGE's latest tech makeover could put taxpayer data at risk.…

Microsoft giveth and Microsoft taketh away

Microsoft is pulling the free MS365 Business Premium licenses granted to non-profits and replacing them with Business Basic and discounts for its other services.…

We suspect Philippe Salle will need it, not to mention staff and customers

If at first you don't succeed, transform, transform, and transform again is the corporate motto at Atos these days. The lumbering French-based megacorp has created another blueprint to return to its glory days, and it includes job cuts, offshoring and... AI.…

'We hope it makes attendees feel safe reporting violations'

A Seattle court this week dismissed with prejudice the defamation case brought against DEF CON and its organizer Jeff Moss by former conference stalwart Christopher Hadnagy.…