Microsoft facing multibillion legal claim over how it sells software
Updated A legal claim has been brought against Microsoft over alleged licensing practices that could result in a multibillion-pound payout for UK customers.…
Meta's still violating GDPR rules with latest plan to train AI on EU user data, says noyb
There's a Max Schrems-shaped object standing in the way of Meta's plans to train its AI on the data of its European users, and he's come armed with several justifications for why Zuckercorp might be violating EU regulations with its stated plans. …
Uncle Sam pulls $2.4B Leidos deal to support CISA after rival alleges foul play
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) scrapped a highly lucrative cybersecurity contract originally awarded to Leidos following a legal challenge from rival bidder Nightwing, yet insists the pushback had nothing to do with it.…
Intel needs external foundry customers to make 14A process node pay off
Intel is wooing external chip customers for its 14A process node to justify the high costs involved, and aims for the foundry division to break even by 2027 - as part of ongoing effort to shake off the struggles of recent years.…
Ivanti patches two zero-days under active attack as intel agency warns customers
Australia's intelligence agency is warning organizations about several new Ivanti zero-days chained for remote code execution (RCE) attacks. The vendor itself has said the vulns are linked to two mystery open source libraries which it declined to name.…
VPN Secure parent company CEO explains why he had to axe thousands of 'lifetime' deals
Customers are blasting VPN Secure's new parent company after it abruptly axed thousands of "lifetime" accounts. The reason? The CEO admits in an interview with The Register that his team didn't dig deep enough before acquiring the virtual private network outfit, and simply can't afford to honor those legacy deals.…
Saudi CubeSat gets golden ticket on doomed SLS rocket
NASA will launch a Saudi satellite aboard what could be its penultimate SLS rocket on the Artemis II mission following a deal announced in Riyadh by US President Donald Trump and de facto Saudi ruler Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.…
Go ahead and ignore Patch Tuesday – it might improve your security
Patch Tuesday has rolled around again, but if you don't rush to implement the feast of fixes it delivered, your security won't be any worse off in the short term – and may improve in the future.…
C-suite at Alphabet make B-A-N-K from 2024 equity awards
The C-suite at Google's parent Alphabet collectively scooped up more than $215 million in compensation for 2024, and the CEO was the worst paid among them.…
Everyone's deploying AI, but no one's securing it – what could go wrong?
CYBERUK Peter Garraghan – CEO of Mindgard and professor of distributed systems at Lancaster University – asked the CYBERUK audience for a show of hands: how many had banned generative AI in their organizations? Three hands went up.…
Post Office finally throttles delayed in-house EPOS project
The UK Post Office has confirmed it is ending in-house efforts to replace the troubled Horizon accounting and point of sale system as it launches a £410 million (c $540 million) procurement for alternative suppliers.…
Ransomware scum have put a target on the no man's land between IT and operations
Criminals who attempt to damage critical infrastructure are increasingly targeting the systems that sit between IT and operational tech.…
OpenAI wants to build a subscription for something like an AI OS, with SDKs and APIs and 'surfaces'
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman says his company doesn’t have a master plan but does hope to develop a product that’s akin to a subscription operating system, but for AI, and models that ingest every experience you have in your life…
AMD is Ryzen to the SMB occasion with a bundle of baby Epycs
AMD on Tuesday revealed its latest chips to get a Zen 5 refresh with the launch of its itty bitty Epyc 4005-series CPUs.…
Trump ends Biden-era dream to cap US AI chip exports
Biden's controversial AI Diffusion rules, which were set to restrict the sale of American GPUs and AI accelerators beginning this week, are officially dead.…
NSF director memo to staff: Don't worry about those job cuts, at least for now
Employees at Uncle Sam's National Science Foundation (NSF) are relieved that the Trump administration's plan to downsize the federal government collided with the US court system on Friday – but they're worried that the relief is only temporary.…
Intel's data-leaking Spectre defenses scared off yet again
Researchers at ETH Zurich in Switzerland have found a way around Intel's defenses against Spectre, a family of data-leaking flaws in the x86 giant's processor designs that simply won't die.…
Microsoft boots 3% of staff in latest cull, middle managers first in line
Microsoft is axing 3 percent of its global workforce - its biggest purge since chopping 10,000 jobs in early 2023 - this time to flatten its management structure.…
OS-busting bug so bad that Microsoft blocks Windows Insider release
The Windows team has come up with a bug so bad that Microsoft has had to postpone some Insider builds until the issue is dealt with.…
Bosses weren’t being paranoid: Remote workers more likely to start own biz
Companies with higher levels of remote work during the COVID-19 pandemic saw more of their employees launch startups, economists have found. They argue this entrepreneurial spillover is a factor policymakers and firms should weigh when shaping remote work policies.…
