Fujitsu under fire for bidding on UK public sector deals despite Horizon scandal vow
The coordinator of a parliamentary campaign to end Fujitsu's grip on UK government contracting in the wake of the Post Office Horizon scandal has slammed the Japanese vendor's lack of transparency over its promise not to bid for new government work.…
Knock-on effects of software dev break-in hit schools trust
A major UK education trust has warned staff that their personal information may have been compromised following a cyberattack on software developer Intradev in August.…
Techie ended vendor/client blame game by treating managers like toddlers
On Call Welcome once again to On Call, The Register's Friday column in which we share your tech support stories.…
AI code assistants make developers more efficient at creating security problems
AI coding assistants allow developers to move fast and break things, which may not be ideal.…
Broadcom admits it’s sold a lot of shelfware to VMware customers
Broadcom has impressed investors by posting record revenues but admitted it has sold a lot of shelfware to VMware customers.…
Uber India starts offering drivers gigs collecting and classifying info for AI models
Uber’s Indian arm has started using its app to offer rideshare and delivery drivers the chance to make a Rupee by classifying data used by AI systems.…
Boffins detail new method to make neural nets forget private and copyrighted info
Researchers have found promising new ways to have AI models ignore copyrighted content, suggesting it may be possible to satisfy legal requirements without going through the lengthy and costly process of retraining models.…
Attackers snooping around Sitecore, dropping malware via public sample keys
Unknown miscreants are exploiting a configuration vulnerability in multiple Sitecore products to achieve remote code execution via a publicly exposed key and deploy snooping malware on infected machines.…
Boffins build automated Android bug hunting system
AI models get slammed for producing sloppy bug reports and burdening open source maintainers with hallucinated issues, but they also have the potential to transform application security through automation.…
Gigs in space: Amazon breaks bandwidth barrier with Kuiper's satellite broadband
Amazon showed off download speeds peaking at 1.28 Gbps from its nascent Project Kuiper internet satellite service and announced an airline deal with US commercial airline JetBlue to provide Wi-Fi in the sky.…
China-aligned crew poisons Windows servers to manipulate Google results
A new China-aligned cybercrime crew named GhostRedirector has compromised at least 65 Windows servers worldwide - spotted in a June internet scan - using previously undocumented malware to juice gambling sites' rankings in Google search, according to ESET researchers.…
It looks like you’re ransoming data. Would you like some help?
It's no secret that AI tools make it easier for cybercriminals to steal sensitive data and then extort victim organizations. But two recent developments illustrate exactly how much LLMs lower the bar for ransomware and other financially motivated cybercrime - and provide a glimpse to defenders about what's on the horizon.…
Sky-high budget gap: FAA launches air traffic overhaul, lacks cash to finish it
Get ready to start flying American skies with a renewed sense of confidence, at least eventually, as the Federal Aviation Administration has finally decided to start soliciting ideas for an overhaul of the US' antiquated air traffic control systems. In classic Trump administration style, the FAA wants a single private-sector integrator to run the overhaul, with the public footing the bill. …
No chips for you! Senator wants Americans to get first dibs on GPUs, restrict sales to others
+Comment US lawmakers are looking to apply Trump's America-First agenda to advanced semiconductors by giving US buyers first dibs while restricting the sale of most high-end chips needed for AI to the rest of the world.…
Microsoft inches toward Rusty Windows drivers, production use still a no-no
Developers keen to write Windows drivers in Rust now have improved tools and samples, but progress is slow and obstacles to production use remain.…
SpaceX Dragon gives International Space Station a kick up the orbit
SpaceX's Dragon spacecraft has successfully reboosted the International Space Station (ISS), raising the perigee of its orbit by approximately one mile and further eroding the complex's reliance on Russian rocketry.…
Windows starts asking for admin rights where it shouldn't after security fix
Microsoft's August 2025 Windows Security Update is causing pain for administrators after a fix for a vulnerability led to some unintended consequences.…
PostgreSQL 18 eyes analytics boost and distributed future
Users and developers can expect the release of PostgreSQL 18 in September, the new iteration of the popular open source database, promising new features to enhance analytics and distributed architectures.…
Atlassian acquisition drives dream of AI-powered ChromeOS challenger
Atlassian today revealed it has purchased New York startup The Browser Company, and it appears the pair have plans to reinvent the ChromeOS wheel with added... AI.…
Linux Lite relief: 7.6 keeps it simple, shiny, and mostly slim
Linux Lite 7.6 is the latest, slightly updated release of this technologically moderate distro from New Zealand.…
