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Stalkerware firm gets scooped by SQL-slinging security snoop

Sun, 2025-07-06 20:10
Also, Swiss ransomware posture looks like its cheese, the CVE Program wants YOU, more sus checks and more

Infosec In Brief A security researcher looking at samples of stalkerware discovered an SQL vulnerability that allowed him to steal a database of 62,000 user accounts. …

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Ingram Micro confirms ransomware behind multi-day outage

Sun, 2025-07-06 13:09
SafePay crew claims responsibility for intrusion at one of world's largest tech distributors

Ingram Micro, one of the world’s largest distributors, has confirmed it is trying to restore systems following a ransomware attack.…

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UK puts out tender for space robot to de-orbit satellites

Sun, 2025-07-06 08:27
Got to be a 'clean space superpower' – right, Brits?

Britain's space agency is looking for a supplier to build a robotic spacecraft to capture and de-orbit two defunct UK-licensed satellites from low Earth orbit.…

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Massive spike in use of .es domains for phishing abuse

Sat, 2025-07-05 12:43
¡Cuidado! Time to double-check before entering your Microsoft creds

Cybersecurity experts are reporting a 19x increase in malicious campaigns being launched from .es domains, making it the third most common, behind only .com and .ru.…

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iFixit gives new Fairphone 6 top marks for repairability: 10/10

Sat, 2025-07-05 11:30
It's not cheap or high end, but it should last you for years to come

The sixth generation of the Fairphone repairable mobile was launched at the end of June. Now spunger-flingers iFixit have got their hands on it, and liked the result.…

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Financial 'stretch' for UK to join Europe's Starlink rival, says minister

Sat, 2025-07-05 08:36
Possibility of joining IRIS² remote as Britain grapples with fiscal squeeze

A UK minister has told Parliament that joining Europe's answer to Starlink — Elon Musk's satellite-based mobile internet service — would be a "stretch" given the nation's current financial challenges.…

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Ousted US copyright chief argues Trump did not have power to remove her

Fri, 2025-07-04 18:58
Shira Perlmutter lost her job after her office published report on generative AI and fair use limits

The former head of the US Copyright Office has pushed back against arguments from President Donald Trump's team that her dismissal was lawful.…

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Microsoft finally bids farewell to PowerShell 2.0

Fri, 2025-07-04 17:28
Venerable command line tool to depart Windows

Users still clinging on to PowerShell 2.0 just received notice to quit as the command-line tool is officially leaving Windows.…

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Amazon built a massive AI supercluster for Anthropic called Project Rainier – here's what we know so far

Fri, 2025-07-04 15:32
It's almost like AWS is building its own Stargate

deep dive Amazon Web Services (AWS) is in the process of building out a massive supercomputing cluster containing "hundreds of thousands" of accelerators that promises to give its model building buddies at Anthropic a leg up in the AI arms race.…

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Mars was once a desert with intermittent oases, Curiosity data suggests

Fri, 2025-07-04 13:32
New modeling of carbon cycle shows unsteady but habitable history before liquid water disappeared

New models from recent Martian probe data suggest the fourth planet from the Sun once hosted a fluctuating desert environment with intermittent oases of water.…

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We're number 1! Windows 11 finally overtakes Windows 10

Fri, 2025-07-04 12:03
Three months to go until support ends, and Microsoft's flagship operating system squeaks past its predecessor

Windows 11 has finally overtaken the market share of its predecessor, with just three months remaining until Microsoft discontinues support for Windows 10.…

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14-hour+ global blackout at Ingram Micro halts customer orders

Fri, 2025-07-04 10:39
Fears mount while distie remains silent and phone lines down

Exclusive Widespread outages across Ingram Micro's websites and client service portals are being attributed to "technical difficulties." …

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Former and current Microsofties react to the latest round of layoffs

Fri, 2025-07-04 09:26
'JFC, again?'

Microsoft's latest round of layoffs has triggered an outpouring of emotion from inside and outside the company, with at least one former staffer asking, "How many billions must be burned in the AI furnace before this stops?"…

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Wikidata: Attempting to bridge FOSS ideals and direct democracy

Fri, 2025-07-04 08:30
There's more to the Wikimedia organization than the famous encyclopedia

Comment Multiple other projects also use the vast linked data store that underpins ubiquitous internet encyclopaedia Wikipedia, and some of them are helping the fight for democracy.…

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'Trained monkey' from tech support saved know-it-all manager's mistake with a single keypress

Fri, 2025-07-04 07:30
Righteous mockery entranced execs in ways slideware could not

On Call Friday dawns with the promise of precious freedom, yet the world of tech support is seldom free from trouble. The Register always finds a way to celebrate anyway, by bringing you a fresh instalment of On Call, the reader-contributed column that tells your tales of breaking away from bad bosses and ungrateful users.…

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EU businesses want a pause on AI regulations so they can cope with unregulated Big Tech players

Fri, 2025-07-04 06:33
Mistral fears continental companies may not get time to escape 'distant, behemoth corporations'

French AI business Mistral on Thursday announced an initiative called “AI for Citizens,” which it says offers a way to work with governments and public institutions to transform public services using AI.…

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Won’t somebody care for the European children? Meta and Google put up their hands to help on the same day

Fri, 2025-07-04 05:59
Zuck backs a ‘digital majority age’ and Google open sources tech that might enforce it

Google and Meta have independently taken actions to support a safer internet for kids – and given blockchain boosters a moment to celebrate.…

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Kawasaki and Foxconn build robot nursing assistant to tackle hospital scutwork

Fri, 2025-07-04 03:01
If you come out of a coma in 2026, this is the machine you might see staring down at you

Taiwanese tech manufacturer Foxconn and Japan’s Kawasaki Heavy Industries have revealed a jointly developed robotic nursing assistant they hope to start selling in 2026.…

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Microsoft leaves Pakistan but promises customers won't notice the change

Thu, 2025-07-03 23:36
Job cuts aren’t big, symbolism of quitting the world’s fifth-most-populous nation might be

Exclusive Microsoft has decided to close its presence in Pakistan.…

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Cold without the compressor: Boffins build better ice box

Thu, 2025-07-03 22:51
A thermoelectric material called CHESS is pretty cool

Scientists at Johns Hopkins and Samsung have developed a nano-engineered thermoelectric material that is twice as efficient at material-level cooling as existing alternatives, paving the way for broader adoption of solid-state refrigeration technology.…

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