Russia expected to pass experimental law that tracks foreigners in Moscow via smartphones 4-year trial is second major initiative this year that clamps down on 'illegal immigrants' Applications22 May 2025 | 53
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Irish privacy watchdog OKs Meta to train AI on EU folks' posts Case in Germany could derail Zuck's plans, noyb tells El Reg fight isn't over AI + ML22 May 2025 | 22
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User unboxed a PC so badly it 'broke' and only a nail file could fix it On Call For once, the IT department was rewarded for finding the fix, and the perfect-if-unexpected fixer Personal Tech23 May 2025 | 82
Chinese snoops tried to break into US city utilities, says Talos Intrusions began weeks before Trimble patched the Cityworks hole Cyber-crime22 May 2025 | 2
US Navy sailor charged in horrific child sextortion case Blackmailed teen allegedly scared into carving his handle onto her arm Cyber-crime23 May 2025 | 15
Microsoft dumps AI into Notepad as 'Copilot all the things' mania takes hold in Redmond A simple text editor that dates back to Windows 1.0 is getting smartified AI + ML23 May 2025 | 57
Ivanti makes dedicated fans of Chinese spies who just can't resist attacking its buggy kit If it ain't broke? CSO23 May 2025 | 1
BT managers' union mulls options after 'derisory or non-existent pay rise Annoyed at poor or missing salary increase offer as Brit telco pays out dividend Networks23 May 2025 | 6
How Java changed the development landscape entirely as code turns 30 Feature The coffee shows no signs of cooling Software23 May 2025 | 22
Suspected creeps behind DanaBot malware that hit 300K+ computers revealed And the associated fraud'n'spy botnet is about to be shut down Cyber-crime23 May 2025 | 1
Bain launches datacenter biz for Euros worried about climate change and Trump Data sovereignty fears fuel pitch to hyperscalers Systems22 May 2025 | 8
Feds finger Russian 'behind Qakbot malware' that hit 700K computers Agents thought they shut this all down in 2023, but the duck quacked again Cyber-crime22 May 2025 | 2
Space Force tech mission threatened by staff and funding black hole Budget slashing has 'outsized impact' on us, says commander who fears branch not ready for orbital war Public Sector22 May 2025 | 11
SAP users grapple with 50% premium for industry-standard service levels Vendor's AI-infused pitch at Sapphire marred by backlash over support costs Databases22 May 2025 | 4
CISA says SaaS providers in firing line after Commvault zero-day Azure attack Cyberbaddies are coming for your M365 creds, US infosec agency warns Security23 May 2025 |
Grandpa-conning crook jailed over sugar-coated drug scam Callous fraudster tricked elderly gents into smuggling meth hidden in chocolate truffles Offbeat23 May 2025 | 13
Lenovo thought it could surf geopolitics, until Trump's sudden tariff changes Worries about uncertainty, even as AI pushes revenue and profit higher On-Prem23 May 2025 | 10
Ransomware scum leaked Nova Scotia Power customers' info Bank accounts, personal details all hoovered up in the attack Cyber-crime23 May 2025 | 4
Nvidia ain't done with x86 as it taps Intel Xeons to babysit GPUs Computex AI-optimized CPUs promise 4.6GHz clocks, at least for one in eight cores Systems23 May 2025 | 1
One of Britain's largest health trusts says 'no ta' to Palantir-run data platform – for now Care board defers decision to adopt national system Databases23 May 2025 | 5
FAA gives SpaceX the nod for Starship Flight 9 but doubles the danger zone Updated Aircraft Hazard Area now stretches 1,600 nautical miles Science23 May 2025 | 13
Microsoft stitches transactional databases to Fabric analytics system SQL Server and Cosmos DB added to data lake platform as lure for building AI features into transactional systems Databases23 May 2025 | 1
Rideshare companies in India are asking for tips before the trip Consumer affairs Minister is not happy with Uber for following local players with this scheme to encourage rapid pickups Public Sector23 May 2025 | 20
Stargate to land its first offshore datacenters in the United Arab Emirates Says it will serve half of humanity but testing that claim produced a hilarious ChatGPT fail AI + ML23 May 2025 | 25
BOFH: The Boss meets the unbearable weight of innovation Episode 10 The future of snacks is here, and it's a bit unsteady BOFH23 May 2025 | 33
Datacenter biz wants to turn heat and carbon waste into biomass for sale From bit barn to algae farm? On-Prem23 May 2025 | 11
Glitch hits kill switch on app web hosting, citing 'bad actors' and worse architecture Fastly acquisition asks that redirects be set up before December 31 PaaS + IaaS23 May 2025 | 3
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