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What about notebooks, including AI-ready devices? Ah well, still months to go, eh Microsoft

With fewer than four months before Microsoft pulls the plug on standard support for Windows 10, businesses are replacing dusty – but in some cases perfectly working – desktop PCs in preparation for the migration to the little loved next generation of the Windows OS.…

Third-party provider pledges to support legacy ERP until 2040

Enterprise software support specialist Rimini Street has announced that it will continue to support SAP's ECC 6.0 until 2040, more than ten years after the German vendor plans to retire support for the legacy ERP platform.…

Services coming back online after legacy systems compromised

Oxford City Council says a cyberattack earlier this month resulted in 21 years of data being compromised.…

Probe into how to implement social media ban finds privacy risks, developer overreach, infosec uncertainties

Australia’s trial of age assurance technology has found it’s up to the task of preventing children under 16 years of age from using social media, despite many problems.…

Framework agreement may rescue some unis from 'financial abyss' after Oracle per-employee Java license, says insider

Exclusive  Oracle requested Java audits with UK higher education institutions leading up to the negotiation of a national framework agreement — set to be worth up to £9.86 million ($13.33 million) — which aims to save the institutions £45 million when compared to standard commercial pricing.…

'Black side down,' Lego style

Lego has released another NASA-themed set; this time, a version of the US space agency's Boeing 747-based Shuttle Carrier Aircraft with a Space Shuttle perched on top.…

Sometimes the 'R' in RTFM stands for 'Remember'

On Call  The trek through the working week can be long and tiring, which is why The Register always offers a little Friday morning refresher in the form of On Call – the reader-contributed column in which you share tech support stories.…

Regulator remains concerned about election integrity

Elections at troubled regional internet registry the African Network Information Centre (AFRINIC) will continue, after the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers’ (ICANN’s) attempt to appoint new officials to oversee the poll failed.…

Expects Huawei to start exporting AI chips soon, creating global fight for tech stack dominance

China’s AI and chipmaking prowess lags the USA’s by just two years, and America’s efforts to slow its progress could be hobbling its own semiconductor industry, according to Trump administration tech czar David Sacks.…

Fujitsu picked to build system using 'MONAKA-X' CPUs

Fujitsu has bagged the contract to design Japan's next-gen supercomputer to succeed the Fugaku system, and it looks set to be another Arm-based behemoth, using a CPU derived from its upcoming MONAKA datacenter silicon.…

Baseball, apple pie, and assisted programming

US-based software developers are the world's most prolific users of AI coding assistants, a trend that researchers believe has national economic implications.…

FrontPage Remote Procedure Call and others set to be blocked in the name of 'Secure by Default'

Microsoft has warned administrators that legacy authentication protocols will be blocked by default from July, meaning that anyone who hasn't made preparations already could be in for a busy summer.…

Case over bundling Play Store with Chrome and Google Search set to continue

A European court has advised [PDF] that Google's appeal against a ruling that found it had abused its market dominance should be dismissed.…

Feds told they can't demand a haystack to find a needle

The United States is requesting [PDF] a month-long extension to the deadline for its final decision regarding an appeal against a judge's ruling that obtaining tower dumps is unconstitutional.…

Experts note 'major red flags' in donut giant's security as 161,676 staff and families informed of attack details

Krispy Kreme finally revealed the number of people affected by its November cyberattack, and it's easy to see why analyzing the incident took the well-resourced company several months.…

Observatory maps datacenter hubs and power demand worldwide

The International Energy Agency (IEA) has unveiled an online platform to closely monitor and analyze the impact of AI across the energy sector worldwide.…

Veteran X-ray telescope discovery shows that... phew, current model of the cosmos still works

Astronomers have found a filament of hot gas, ten times as massive as our galaxy, that they reckon could explain where at least some of the universe's "missing" matter might be lurking.…

Good to see government that values its academics (cough cough). Plus: New board criticized for lacking 'ops' people

Cybersecurity experts have started a formal review into the UK cybersecurity market, at the government's request, to identify future growth opportunities as it looks to grow the industry that's core to the country's Industrial Strategy.…

Test fire trouble means Musk's rocketeers reset the 'days since Starship had a major anomaly' counter to zero

SpaceX has made excellent progress with its Starship rocket. The stainless steel vehicle can now explode before even leaving the Earth.…

Probably the easiest way to a Google-free smartphone or tablet

Murena's /e/ OS is arguably the most mainstream de-Googled Android OS, and the new version catches up with important features.…