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Cassandra rival releases new DBaaS relying on consensus algorithm

ScyllaDB, the wide-column database used by Comcast, Samsung, and banking giant Santander, has released a new database service it claims improves scalability and lowers cost.…

Some servers can't renew IP addresses, and there's no fix yet

Microsoft has admitted that June's Patch Tuesday updates could break the DHCP service on Windows Server.…

Amid growing unease that US may compel cloud providers to hand over European data

Capitalizing on the new interest in sovereign cloud, UK datacenter biz Pulsant has teamed up with Nine23, a firm specializing in high-assurance managed services for users such as the government, law enforcement, and defense sectors.…

UK needs skills task force to get slice of $1.8 trillion pie, Lords told

The British space industry is struggling to compete for math, physics, and engineering graduates against a banking sector that can offer £90,000 ($120,000) salaries.…

For that laptop feel without the laptop

Logitech has embraced the sound of silence with its Signature Slim Wired K620 keyboard and M520 mouse combo.…

Meanwhile, next-gen script kiddies are levelling up faster thanks to agentic AI

Interview  Iran's state-sponsored cyber operatives and hacktivists have all increased their activities since the military conflict with Israel erupted last week – but not necessarily in the way that Amazon chief information security officer CJ Moses expected.…

Mozilla, at least, has warmed to the Chocolate Factory's attempt to improve mic, camera, and location permissions

Google has been testing a new way for websites to ask permission to access sensitive browser controls, such as the microphone and camera, despite longstanding opposition from Mozilla and Apple. Following recent refinements to the proposal, Mozilla now appears to be warming to the changes.…

France announced its own effort to build re-usable engines on the same day

Japanese automotive giant Honda has successfully launched and landed a small rocket.…

Quick reminder: The law that banned the app is called ‘Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act’

The Trump administration is set to again waive the 2024 law that requires the made-in-China social network TikTok to either sell its US operations to a local company or stop operating on US soil.…

Expect headcount reductions over the next few years, says Andy Jassy

Amazon staff on Tuesday got an email from their CEO advising that some of them will probably be replaced by bots.…

Little agents everywhere

Salesforce is raising prices for a bunch of its products and claims that increasing integration with AI justifies the increased bills, even after one of its own researchers recently said that AI agents are often underdelivered on basic CRM tasks.…

They're taking the data from IRSengard, claim Dems; officials tell us that's not true

A coalition of House and Senate Democrats has sent an aggressive letter to Palantir CEO Alex Karp questioning whether the controversial data intelligence biz is breaking federal law by allegedly helping the IRS build a searchable "mega database" of taxpayer information, and, likening his firm to US companies accused of aiding human rights violations in apartheid South Africa, Nazi Germany, and the People's Republic of China. …

Plus adds a ton more security capabilities for cloud customers at re:Inforce

Amazon Web Services hit a major multi-factor authentication milestone, achieving 100 percent MFA enforcement for root users across all types of AWS accounts.…

A symbolic political move

Taiwan has added China's leading foundry operator Semiconductor Manufacturing International Co. (SMIC) and IT giant Huawei to its export control list. The move effectively blacklists the duo from doing business with the chip manufacturing mecca.…

DoD says deal covers 'warfighting'. OpenAI merely mentions healthcare and 'supporting proactive cyber defense'

The US Department of Defense has contracted OpenAI to run a pilot program that will create "frontier AI," but it's not clear what they're building together.…

The group has previously threatened to SWAT cancer patients and leaked pre-op plastic surgery photos

UPDATED  An extortion gang claims to have breached Freedman HealthCare, a data and analytics firm whose customers include state agencies, health providers, and insurance companies, and is threatening to dump tens of thousands of sensitive files early Tuesday morning.…

Third time's a charm?

Apple has escaped a $300 million patent infringement damages penalty – for now – due to what a trio of judges said comes down to faulty jury instructions.…

Amazon's satellite constellation hits another snag as ULA rocket aborts on pad

A hardware glitch on United Launch Alliance's (ULA) workhorse Atlas V rocket delayed the launch of the second batch of Project Kuiper satellites.…

Hardcoded passwords and path traversals keeping bug hunters in work

Security researchers have issued a warning about a pre-authentication exploit chain affecting a CMS used by some of the biggest companies in the world.…

Layoffs loom at Foundry biz despite CHIPS Act relief on the horizon

Intel is reportedly set to shed 15 to 20 percent of its fabrication plant staff from next month, blaming company finances for the move, but the chip giant may get a boost from increased tax credits in a draft bill passing through the US Senate.…