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Top voices warn that political retaliation puts democracy and national defense at risk

The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) and numerous infosec leaders are lobbying US President Donald Trump to drop his enduring investigation into Chris Krebs, claiming that targeting the former CISA boss amounts to bullying.…

The OS came first, the foundation later – so what does it do?

Interview  Many FOSS projects are backed by nonprofit foundations. One such example is the FreeBSD Foundation, started by Meta software engineer Justin T Gibbs. He spoke with The Register about the project's copyright philosophy, what the foundation does, and why it matters.…

Artificial intelligence is helping Beijing's goons break in faster and stay longer

RSAC  The biggest threat to US critical infrastructure, according to FBI Deputy Assistant Director Cynthia Kaiser, can be summed up in one word: "China."…

Former Rear Admiral calls for National Guard online deployment and corporates to be held accountable

RSAC  Russia used to be considered America's biggest adversary online, but over the past couple of years China has taken the role, and is proving highly effective at it.…

Cloud storage biz says 'baseless allegations' are attempts by analysts to profit

Cloud storage and backup provider Backblaze has denied accusations made by financial analysts of "sham accounting" and "insider dumping," as well as claims it inflated cash flow forecasts to hide its real performance.…

The good news: everyone's using it. The bad news: have you seen how they're using it?

OpenLogic's 2025 State of Open Source Report offers a slightly different perspective on modern corporate adoption of FOSS – and it's not a reassuring one.…

HMRC kicks off procurement to modernize customer service after scathing reports

The UK's tax collector plans to appoint a new CRM vendor to manage its vast interactions with citizens over their tax affairs.…

Damning report says it set a moving target that was way too ambitious

The European Chips Act is unlikely to meet its target of hitting a 20 percent share of the global semiconductor market by 2030.…

They’re sorry/not sorry for testing if bots can change minds by pretending to be a trauma counselor or a victim of sexual abuse

Researchers from the University of Zurich have admitted to secretly posting AI-generated material to popular Subreddit r/changemyview in the name of science.…

One launch down, 80-plus to go, for a pittance compared to planned AWS spending

Amazon’s first attempt to hoist production versions of its Project Kuiper broadband-beaming satellites appears to have succeeded.…

Who could possibly be behind this attack on an ethnic minority China despises?

Researchers at Canada’s Citizen Lab have spotted a phishing campaign and supply chain attack directed at Uyghur people living outside China, and suggest it’s an example of Beijing’s attempts to target the ethnic minority group.…

Florida man altered allergen info, DoSed former colleagues

Former Disney employee Michael Scheuer was sentenced to 36 months in prison and fined almost $688,000 for screwing up a software application the entertainment giant used to cook up its restaurant menus.…

Cyberattack? Bad software update? International oopsie? The cause is unclear, but Iberia is dark

Updated  A massive power outage has left Spain, Portugal and parts of southern France without electricity, and the cause has yet to be identified.…

Demotion of cyberspace policy team, closure of others, not a great look

The US State Department announced a major reorg this month, and the changes could weaken America's ability to counter China's growing technological influence.…

But what it can't do is 'unilaterally claw back a community project and its infrastructure, assets, and branding'

The Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) has filed a petition with the US Patent and Trademark Office to prevent Synadia from using the logo and domain for NATS, the open source messaging system.…

Homeland Security boss Noem added as last-minute keynote, mind you

RSAC  There's a notable absence from this year's RSA Conference that kicked off today in San Francisco: The NSA's State of the Hack panel.…

Now that's a sum of all fears

The US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, aka DARPA, believes mathematics isn't advancing fast enough.…

Redmond reckons $1.50/core/month hotpatch service is worth it to avoid eight Patch Tuesday scrambles each year

Microsoft has announced its preview of hotpatching for on-prem Windows Server 2025 will become a paid subscription service in July.…

Dem Sens demand action to stop SpaceX oligarch from turning watchdogs into corporate yes-men

The Trump-blessed DOGE unit could help its boss Elon Musk avoid more than $2.37 billion in potential legal liabilities by stripping power from the regulators tasked with supervising the billionaire's businesses. …

Er, are we sure we want to outsource the welding?

Rise of the machines  Construction workers could soon find themselves laboring alongside 20-foot (6 meter) tall AI-powered autonomous robots capable of welding, carpentry, and 3D printing buildings. What could possibly go wrong?…