Miscreants get their mits on the world’s KYC database

theregister.com The World-Check database used by businesses to verify the trustworthiness of users has fallen into the hands of cybercriminals. The Register was contacted by a member of the…

Some smart meters won't be smart at all once 2/3G networks mothballed

theregister.com Months after being quizzed by a committee of cross-party MPs, the UK government is still failing to clarify ways to support the substitution of millions of smart meters that…

Your trainee just took down our business and has no idea how or why

theregister.com On Call Welcome once more to On Call, The Register's Friday foray into tech support memories contributed by you, our much-appreciated readers. This week, meet a Reg-admirer…

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Ransomware feared as Octapharma Plasma closes 150+ centers

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Stability AI decimates staff just weeks after CEO's exit

theregister.com Stability AI is laying off staff in its search of steadier footing following the sudden departure of its CEO late last month. The British generative AI builder revealed the…

Google fires 28 staff after sit-in protest against Israeli cloud deal ends in arrests

theregister.com Google has fired more than two dozen employees after they staged sit-ins at the web giant's offices in protest of its cloud contract with the Israeli government. The sit-in…

Microsoft aims to triple datacenter capacity to fuel AI boom

theregister.com Microsoft is looking to significantly expand datacenter space to service expected AI demand, tripling the rate at which it adds capacity early in its next financial year.…

Korean researcher details scheme using Apple’s pickup policy

theregister.com Speaking at Black Hat Asia on Thursday, a Korean researcher revealed how the discovery of one phishing website led to uncovering an operation whose activities leveraged…

Multi-state 911 outage as mysterious as it was brief

theregister.com Widespread 911 outages in the US appear to have mostly been resolved, but that doesn't mean the cause is clear. Reports began coming in last night that 911 services were…

Google laying off staff again, moving some roles to 'hubs'

theregister.com Google is again firing the redundancy cannon for the second time this year, with a restructure being pushed through and teams in the finance and real estate units of the…

Everest Group Names Dayforce a Leader in People Analytics Platform PEAK Matrix® Assessment 2024

benzinga.com MINNEAPOLIS and TORONTO, April 18, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Dayforce, Inc. DAYDAY, a global human capital management (HCM) leader that makes work life better, today…

Prolific phishing-made-easy emporium LabHost knocked offline in cyber-cop op

theregister.com Feature Cops have brought down a dark-web souk that provided cyber criminals with convincing copies of trusted brands' websites for use in phishing campaigns. The…

Cisco unveils plan to improve security and sell new switches

theregister.com Cisco has developed a product called Hypershield that it thinks represents a new way to do network security. The core element of Cisco's plan is the deployment of…

Mars helicopter sends final message, still gathering data

theregister.com NASA's Ingenuity Mars Helicopter concluded its mission on Tuesday, sending a final signal in its role as a companion to the Perseverance Rover. The copter's last message…

HPE sues China's Inspur Group over server patents

theregister.com Hewlett Packard Enterprise has filed a lawsuit against Inspur Group, China's largest server maker, for allegedly violating five of its server technology patents. The…

Intel's neuromorphic 'owl brain' swoops into Sandia labs

theregister.com Intel Labs revealed its largest neuromorphic computer on Wednesday, a 1.15 billion neuron system, which it reckons is roughly analogous to an owl's brain. But don't worry,…

US Senate to vote on expanded Section 702 spying powers

theregister.com On Thursday the US Senate is expected to reauthorize the contentious warrantless surveillance powers conferred by Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act…

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Why we may get paid-for 5G fast lanes under net neutrality

theregister.com A law professor is warning a proposed reintroduction net neutrality in the US will allow cellular networks to create “fast lanes” for some applications, and that this…

Boston Dynamics' humanoid Atlas is dead, long live the ... new commercial Atlas

theregister.com Video Atlas, the humanoid robot that's been a centerpiece of Boston Dynamics' robot lineup for nearly a decade, has been retired. In its place is, well, Atlas - an…

Sandia National Lab takes delivery of Intel's latest brain in a box

theregister.com Intel Labs revealed its largest neuromorphic computer on Wednesday, a 1.15 billion neuron system, which it says is roughly analogous to an owl's brain. But don't worry,…

Whistleblower cries foul over alleged fuselage gaps in Boeing 787 Dreamliner

theregister.com A Boeing whistleblower has called for the embattled aircraft manufacturer's fleet of 787s to be grounded for gap checks. Engineer Sam Salehpour said the alleged flaw is "as…

Mega city council's Oracle ERP system still not legally safe, compliant... 2 years after rollout

theregister.com Birmingham City Council has failed to enter the new financial year with auditable accounting software after a disastrous implementation of Oracle Fusion, which has seen its…

Logitech intros free tool to help with ChatGPT prompts

theregister.com Logitech has launched a free software tool to help existing users of its kit with ChatGPT prompts, but those that splash out on the upcoming Signature AI Edition Mouse, get…

OpenAI's GPT-4 can exploit real vulnerabilities by reading security advisories

theregister.com AI agents, which combine large language models with automation software, can successfully exploit real world security vulnerabilities by reading security advisories,…

UnitedHealth says recent ransomware attack cost $872m

siliconrepublic.com A ransomware attack in February continues to impact UnitedHealth, while there are claims that stolen data is now up for sale by criminals online. UnitedHealth claims a…

Global IT spending forecast to reach $5.06 trillion this year

theregister.com Gartner expects global IT spending to grow 8 percent in 2024 to $5.06 trillion in a revised forecast from the 6.8 percent uptick which the analyst predicted in January.…

Japanese government rejects Yahoo's plan to fix security

theregister.com Japan's government has considered the proposed security improvements developed by Yahoo!, found them wanting, and ordered the onetime web giant to take new measures. Yahoo!…

Tencent Cloud to revisit design after slow emergency API fix

theregister.com Tencent Cloud has apologized for an outage that impacted customers last week – an unusual act by a Chinese cloud – and signalled it will review some aspects of its ops in…

Fire in the Cisco! Networking giant's Duo MFA leaks message logs

theregister.com Cisco is fighting fires on a couple fronts this week after security incidents involving its Duo multi-factor authentication (MFA) service and its remote-access VPN services.…

MGM sues FTC to halt probe into ransomware infection

theregister.com MGM Resorts wants the FTC to halt a probe into last year's ransomware infection of the mega casino chain – because the watchdog's boss Lina Khan was a guest at one of its…

In-N-Out owner Lynsi Snyder is one of America's youngest billionaires. Here's a look at the fast-food mogul's life

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Gentoo Linux tells AI-generated code contributions to fork off

theregister.com AI-generated and assisted code contributions are no longer allowed in the Gentoo Linux distribution. A ban on AI-made code was originally proposed on February 27 by Michał…

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Intel Set to Unveil Reduced-Performance AI Chips for China

asiafinancial.com US tech giant Intel has produced two AI chips with reduced capabilities for the Chinese market, in a bid to comply with Washington’s export controls and sanctions. The two…

US equalities agency: Workday AI may qualify as job agency

theregister.com The US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) says a claim against Workday should be allowed to continue, arguing the HR and finance software vendor may qualify as…

Intel (NASDAQ:INTC) Could Launch China-Specific Chips Later this Year

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Micron says it's first to QLC NAND with over 200 layers

theregister.com Micron is now mass producing 232-layer QLC NAND, claiming it's the first memory manufacturer to break the 200-layer mark in QLC chips. Among the different types of NAND…

Intel to launch two AI chips for China with reduced capabilities

theglobeandmail.com Intel INTC-Q will release two AI chips with reduced capabilities for the Chinese market, in order to comply with U.S. export controls and sanctions. The two chips, HL-328…

Blackstone wants to plug hyperscale datacenter into former Britishvolt battery site

theregister.com US private equity investor Blackstone has plans for a £10 billion ($12.45 billion) hyperscale datacenter in northern England on a site formerly owned by battery startup…

Google location tracking deal could be derailed by politics

theregister.com Google's plan to pay $62 million to settle allegations that it tracked people even when their Location History setting was switched off may have to be renegotiated based on…

NASA seeks new ideas for Mars Sample Return mission

theregister.com NASA still wants to proceed with its Mars Sample Return (MSR) mission but needs its cost to drop – so it's seeking help from the commercial space sector. MSR, which would…

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Royal Farms Unveils its Newest Chicken Destination: Bringing Fresh Flavors and Unmatched Convenience to Lumberton, North Carolina

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Tesla lays off 10% of staff amid ongoing performance struggles

theregister.com Tesla is starting the week on a low note by laying off "more than" 10 percent of its employees just days after Cybertruck production was reportedly halted to address an…

Why making pretend people with AGI is a waste of energy

theregister.com Interview While the likes of OpenAI and Google DeepMind chase after some fabled artificial general intelligence, not everyone thinks that's the best use of our time and…

Big Mac Inflation is Real -

allstarcharts.com This just in: It’s getting more expensive for people to get fat. While many investors are more confused than ever looking at “CPI”, whatever that is, the real inflation…

Tired techie 'fixed' a server, blamed Microsoft, and got away with it

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Microsoft hikes Dynamics 365 prices by around ten percent or more

theregister.com Microsoft has foreshadowed significant price rises for its Dynamics 365 cloudy business applications. Microsoft's corporate veep for Business Applications and Platform,…

Salesforce reporteldy in talks to acquire Informatica

theregister.com Reports in Bloomberg and The Wall Street Journal claim talks are advanced. The Register has often observed such news appearing over the weekend before a Monday (US time)…

US House approves FISA renewal

theregister.com Infosec in brief US Congress nearly killed a reauthorization of FISA Section 702 last week over concerns that it would continue to allow warrantless surveillance of…

BlueVPS web hosting goes down in Australia

theregister.com Asia In Brief The Australian operations of Estonian cloud and web hosting outfit BlueVPS have been struck by a multi-day outage that commenced on or about April 9 and is…

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How to coax ChatGPT into making better predictions: Get it to tell tales from the future

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