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Omdia says education, consumer, commercial, and public sector demand will weaken through 2026

US PC shipments are set to fall by 13 percent this year thanks to the ongoing memory and storage crisis, and things are not expected to get better until next year at the earliest, with budget PCs hardest hit.…

Also, EU probes Snapchat, RedLine suspect extradited, AstraZeneca leak claim surfaces, and more

infosec in brief  The cybercrime crew linked to the Trivy supply-chain attack has struck again, this time pushing malicious Telnyx package versions to PyPI in an effort to plant credential-stealing malware on developers’ systems.…

But critics say stopping some engineering tests is not the sort of corner you want to cut

America's telecoms regulator has unveiled new measures to speed the transition to modern high-speed networks, but critics argue the move could leave behind those in rural areas or with special needs.…

Regulator says payments totaling £635K reached entity owned and controlled by a designated person

The UK government has fined an Apple subsidiary £390,000 for breaching sanctions on Russia after it sent more than £600,000 to a developer linked to a designated entity.…

Orion's four astronauts edge toward liftoff for humanity's first lunar voyage in more than 50 years

NASA is preparing to send astronauts around the Moon, with the Artemis II mission countdown set to begin tonight.…

Funding round comes ahead of planned IPO

GPU-makers like Nvidia and AMD may dominate the AI infrastructure market, but there are still more than a few AI chip startups knocking around.…

Merger positioned to boost appeal of ERP giant's Business Data Cloud

SAP is to acquire master data management and data integration specialist Reltio with the promise of helping integrate data from outside the vendor's broad application portfolio into its AI platform.…

Researchers say attackers are already looting vulnerable boxes

In-the-wild exploitation of a critical Citrix NetScaler bug has begun less than a week after disclosure, with researchers warning that attackers are already poking and pillaging vulnerable boxes.…

Could help break silos, but users should take wait-and-see approach to system limited to Microsoft DBs and DBaaS

Microsoft's new Fabric Database Hub is a "partial solution" for enterprises relying on systems outside the vendor's portfolio, but within these confines, it could make databases more connected and manageable, say analysts reacting to the news.…

KB5079391 pulled after some devices hit errors, adding to recent quality woes

Microsoft has halted the rollout of a Windows update after some users encountered installation errors.…

Torso on a trolley tries its hands in warehouse role

That's one small step for Humanoid, or rather a short factory floor traversal. The UK-based robotics biz says it has completed a proof-of-concept test showing its rolling robot can be deployed in a production environment to help with automotive manufacturing.…

Brussels notifying 'Union entities' whose data may've been snatched in websites breach

The European Commission has admitted that attackers broke into its public-facing web infrastructure and siphoned off data in a bare-bones disclosure that answers the what but ducks most of the how.…

Canny planning or dangerous compromise? Matt Brittin takes the hotseat at a pivotal moment

Opinion  The BBC has a new head honcho in waiting, the Director-General designate Matt Brittin. His job: helming one of the world's most famous and oldest international media brands, one with a vast and sensitive domestic position. His last job: President of EMEA Business and Operations at Google. You can imagine a greater culture clash, but you'll have to work at it.…

PAC grilling reveals £239M bought a system that couldn't handle the work, the volumes, or placeholder text

A UK government official has admitted Capita did not reach the expected level of performance following the disastrous launch of the Civil Service Pension Scheme (CSPS) web portal late last year.…

This week on the Kettle, we predict that AI software development won't make you want to fire your devs anytime soon

kettle  Tell an AI to write you a poem and it'll do it, just in a way that requires a human touch to perfect; the same goes for writing code.…

Career-limiting stupidity and rudeness exposed, with terminal consequences

Who, Me?  The week before Easter may be a short one for many in the Reg-reading world, but that won't stop us from opening it with a fresh installment of Who, Me? It's the reader-contributed column in which you share stories of things you did at work that had interesting consequences.…

Public policy professor says it will make America less secure but hits Netgear’s lobbying goals

The United States’ ban on foreign-made SOHO routers won’t improve security, and only makes sense as “industrial policy disguised as cybersecurity,” according to Milton Mueller, Professor at the University of Georgia’s School of Public Policy and founder of its Internet Governance Project.…

PLUS: Iran war may slow APAC IT spend; Toshiba, Mitsubishi, talk chip biz combo; Fusion plasma control networks; And more!

Asia In Brief  Staff at services giant DXC’s Australian outpost will go on strike this week after 14 months of negotiations over a new pay agreement failed.…

And developers should be confident it won't kill the craft

Secret CEO  In 1991, when I was 16, a Norwegian Exchange student gave an inspirational performance of the Three Billy Goats Gruff, in the original Norwegian, at my high school talent night. She delivered this performance with such gusto that every word of her performance stuck in my mind and, to this day, I can recite the Three Billy Goats Gruff in Norwegian.…

Alcohol turns up in most floral nectar, meaning pollinators are drinking tiny cocktails without ever getting drunk

Bees and hummingbirds are effectively day-drinking on the job because their lunch is quietly fermenting.…