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Business Suite nostalgia unlikely to ease customers' public cloud journey

SAP experts are doubting the enterprise software giant's message that it is simplifying licensing after the changes were discussed at the German-speaking user group conference.…

Biometric Entry/Exit System phased in from October to 29 Schengen countries

Travelers including Britons and Americans visiting most European countries will have to register their fingerprints and faces under a system that goes live next month.…

Supermarket says the hack that shut down systems and emptied shelves has turned profits into losses

The Co-operative Group has revealed the cyberattack that knocked its systems offline earlier this year will leave it nursing an £80 million hangover. …

Guidance follows privacy complaints over sharp increase in police searches of travel doc and visa pic libraries

The Home Office has told police forces to check their own photo databases before asking it to search its libraries of passport and visa facial images, as well as avoiding urgent requests "unless it is absolutely necessary."…

TrendForce warns of Q4 hikes as suppliers squeeze consumer markets

PC memory prices are set to rise as the major suppliers allocate manufacturing capacity to the more lucrative server DRAM and HBM instead amid reports of tightening supplies.…

Big performance on offer, but be prepared to spend $200

HANDS ON  Raspberry Pi has unveiled a fully loaded version of its computer-in-a-keyboard, featuring oodles of RAM, an SSD, and a clicky, mechanical keyboard. However, you'll pay a relative premium for these features.…

By supporting efficient video codecs in hardware, which to be fair will also help punters

Google, Meta, and Vodafone have called on chipmakers and smartphone manufacturers to support the AV1 video codec in hardware, especially in midrange devices, a suggestion that’s not entirely altruistic.…

As ban on under-16s using some sites looms, cyber-safety regulator sends Microsoft’s code locker a letter

Australia’s eSafety Commissioner has written to GitHub to ask it to consider if it’s a social network that endangers children.…

More datacenters in familiar territories, too, and AI everywhere

Alibaba Cloud yesterday announced its first datacenters in Brazil, France, and The Netherlands, plus expansion of its presence in five other countries outside China.…

Redmond wants more flavors of ML than OpenAI can cook up

Microsoft has sealed a deal with Anthropic to give users of Microsoft 365 Copilot the option to use the Claude AI engine.…

Chipzilla can't say it's changed much, but could be a handy backup to TSMC

After a painful breakup and a bout of financial turmoil, Intel is looking to rekindle the relationship with its old flame Apple.…

Lambda's latest innovation with bit barn builder ECL only supports a handful of Nvidia racks, but it's a start

Rent-a-GPU outfit Lambda says its latest Nvidia GB300 NVL72 system is not only powered entirely by hydrogen fuel cells but doesn't consume a single ounce of water.…

In good news, battery replacement is a lot easier than earlier models

Video  Owners of Apple's iPhone 17 Pro and Pro Max have been reporting that the shell of their pricey handsets is getting scratched up already, and the reason appears to be a shift to aluminum.…

After air passenger travel hit across the Atlantic, organized crime agency strikes

The UK's National Crime Agency has arrested a man as part of an investigation into a ransomware attack that disrupted airports around the world last weekend.…

Mandiant CTO anticipates 'hearing about this campaign for the next one to two years'

Unknown intruders – likely China-linked spies – have broken into "numerous" enterprise networks since March and deployed backdoors, providing access for their long-term IP and other sensitive data stealing missions, all the while remaining undetected on average for 393 days, according to Google Threat Intelligence.…

It's all Biden's fault, Chocolate Factory claims

Google has taken a page out of Mark Zuckerberg's playbook, telling House Republicans that the Biden administration pressured it to push down COVID-19 content that didn't violate its rules, and pledging its commitment to free expression on political issues.…

If you recently got an email asking you to verify your credentials to a PyPI site, better change that password

The Python Software Foundation warned users of a new string of phishing attacks using a phony Python Package Index (PyPI) website and asking victims to verify their account or face suspension, and advised anyone who did provide their credentials to change their password "immediately."…

Windows, macOS, Cinnamon, even iPadOS – all just a layout switch away

Although Zorin doesn't aim to closely track its Ubuntu upstream, version 18 of its eponymous OS has been a long time coming.…

AWS, Google, and Oracle admitted they can't support current setup

Microsoft has the US Navy over a barrel, as the service admits it can't separate its custom-built cloud environment from Azure infrastructure without a complete rebuild "from the ground up." …

Covid-style financial support? Nothing to confirm yet, say MPs

The chair of the UK's business and trade committee says the situation at Jaguar Land Rover is likely to get "harder and harder over the next week or two," but stopped short of confirming that the government might intervene with financial support.…