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'It's a high-stakes intelligence war,' analyst explains

exclusive  A mystery whistleblower calling himself GangExposed has exposed key figures behind the Conti and Trickbot ransomware crews, publishing a trove of internal files and naming names.…

$100 million+ deals are beholden to enterprises' on-prem upgrade cycles

Snowflake's ability to grow in the market for larger enterprise customers is hampered by the renewal cycle for older, on-prem data warehouse and analytics tech.…

Is that 'best' for customers or for shareholders? Any vendors that think they've got this 'all figured out is kidding themselves'

A senior Salesforce exec says users need to be flexible about AI pricing models while vendors determine which one works best.…

It's a bold strategy, Cotton. Let's see if it pays off for them

Microsoft is updating Notepad again. The latest indignity for the veteran Windows text wrangler? Text formatting.…

White House withdraws Isaacman pick amid potential $6B funding drop

More details are emerging about potential NASA budget cuts alongside the abrupt withdrawal of the nomination of Jared Isaacman as the agency's new administrator.…

29M customers, four radio suppliers, and one hell of a network headache

Network engineers can take solace from the completed merger of Three and Vodafone announced today, as the difficult technical work now starts to unify their separate networks over the next several years.…

Disclosure at MainStreet Bancshares comes as American finance orgs beg for looser reporting requirements

Community bank MainStreet Bancshares says thieves stole data belonging to some of its customers during an attack on a third-party provider.…

Vision AI won't be part of sale but strategic supercomputers will

Stumbling Euro tech giant Atos looks set to finally sell its Advanced Computing assets to the French state.…

Fancy getting rolling with something Qt and Italian?

OpenMamba is an independent Italian distribution which uses Fedora's packaging tools and offers a choice of KDE Plasma or LXQt.…

The word Microsoft does not appear in this article. Why would you think otherwise?

Opinion  Congratulations! As CEO of a giant tech company, head of a sovereign wealth fund, or a VC bored with megayacht leapfrog, you have billions of dollars of other people's cash to spend. You want to make a difference. You want to be a success.…

So much for cushy public sector roles – a non-IT manager at McDonalds makes more

How much is an IT manager worth?  Well, if you're working for a government agency, the answer seems to be about £60k (about $81k), according to a new vacancy being advertised.…

Some people will do anything to avoid an all-nighter

Who, Me?  Welcome once again to “Who, Me?”, the reader contributed column in which we invite Reg reader to tell tales of the times when they got things very wrong.…

Liberation Day not freeing consumers or businesses of their hard earned disposable income

World War Fee  Trump's tariffs may have been ruled unlawful, but they are still in place and continue to affect the market, with the threat of price hikes on smartphones causing prospective buyers to hold off until the situation becomes less volatile.…

PLUS: Equinix Singapore outage; Japan and India explore geocoding; APAC datacenter shortage predicted

Asia In Brief  Intel and Japan’s SoftBank have reportedly teamed up to develop low-power memory for AI.…

PLUS: Ransomware gang using tech support scam; Czechia accuses China of infrastructure attack; And more!

Infosec In Brief  Despite last week’s FBI announcement that it helped to take down the crew behind the Lumma infostealer, the malware continues to operate.…

Wants channel to be all in on private cloud as more details emerge on VCF 9 licensing and hardware

Broadcom’s VMware business unit has dropped the lowest tier of its channel program, a move one analyst told The Register will benefit its rivals.…

Move should help government track infections and plan new legislation

Australia now requires large companies to inform the government if they have paid off ransomware perps.…

National Science Foundation FY 2026 budget cut by more than 60%

To make America great again, the US National Science Foundation (NSF) aims to get by with less.…

Its driverless cars are already testing in Austin - good luck

Video  Tesla has been testing self-driving Model Ys on the streets of Austin, Texas. But according to the automaker's bête noire, the Dawn Project, kids should keep clear.…

System promises a 10x increase in 'scientific output' - not necessarily performance

The US Department of Energy's next supercomputer will be built by Dell Technologies and powered by Nvidia's next-gen Vera-Rubin accelerators - a notable switch from the usual Cray-AMD tag teams that build such machines. It's the first DOE win for Nvidia since the Venado system in 2022.…