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Supply chain attacks now fuel a 'self-reinforcing' cybercrime economy
Cybercriminals are turning supply chain attacks into an industrial-scale operation, linking breaches, credential theft, and ransomware into a "self-reinforcing" ecosystem, researchers say.…
The big FOSS vendors don't eat their own dogfood – they pay for proprietary groupware
Open Source Policy Summit 2026 SUSE recommends that companies should run on FOSS – but an accidental revelation from a company exec, live on stage, reveals it doesn't practice what it preaches. It's not alone.…
UK unveils telecoms charter to curb mid-contract bill shocks
The UK government claims a new Telecoms Consumer Charter will stop customers being hit by unexpected bill increases and offer clearer pricing when signing up to deals.…
Feeling brave? Ministry of Defence seeks £300K digital boss to manage £4.6B spend
The UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) is offering between £270,000 to £300,000 for a senior digital leader who will oversee more than £4.6 billion in spending and more than 3,000 specialist staff.…
The UK government isn't spending much taxpayer cash on X
Most UK government departments have spent little or nothing with social media platform X since July 2024 following an unpublished 2023 evaluation by the Cabinet Office. But the Department for Education has bucked the trend, spending £27,118.…
Google: China's APT31 used Gemini to plan cyberattacks against US orgs
A Chinese government hacking group that has been sanctioned for targeting America's critical infrastructure used Google's AI chatbot, Gemini, to auto-analyze vulnerabilities and plan cyberattacks against US organizations, the company says.…
Starlink speeds past terrestrial networks – and regulators
APRICOT 2026 Starlink can sometimes shift data more quickly than is possible on terrestrial networks, and improves connectivity in remote areas. But the space broadband service also presents new technical and regulatory challenges, according to speakers who took to the stage on Tuesday at the Asia Pacific Regional Internet Conference on Operational Technologies (APRICOT) in Jakarta, Indonesia.…
Cisco hikes prices to cover memory cost rises, says you don’t much care
Cisco has increased the prices for its hardware to cover the increased cost of memory and says the resulting bigger bills are not changing customers’ buying habits.…
Microsoft warns that poisoned AI buttons and links may betray your trust
Amid its ongoing promotion of AI’s wonders, Microsoft has warned customers it has found many instances of a technique that manipulates the technology to produce biased advice.…
Anthropic promises its datacenters totally won't drive up your utility bill
Model-maker and SaaS-y AI outfit Anthropic has committed to covering any increases in energy prices paid by consumers caused by its power-hungry datacenters.…
Devilish devs spawn 287 Chrome extensions to flog your browser history to data brokers
They know where you've been and they're going to share it. A security researcher has identified 287 Chrome extensions that allegedly exfiltrate browsing history data for an estimated 37.4 million installations.…
Meta will let users tweak Threads algorithms as long as they ask nicely
Meta has decided to let Threads users make custom tweaks to its all-important algorithm, but don't expect your preferences to stick and do expect to bring your best manners.…
Lawmakers demand great wall to keep advanced chipmaking gear out of China
Banning sales to Chinese-government-affiliated companies, apparently, is not enough. A bipartisan group of American lawmakers this week called on the Trump administration to enact a blanket ban on the sale of equipment used in the production of advanced semiconductors to all of China.…
AI spurs employees to work harder, faster, and with fewer breaks, study finds
A Harvard Business Review study is answering the question ‘what will employees do if AI saves them time at work?’ The answer: more work.…
T-Mobile announces its network is now full of AI by rolling out real-time translation
T-Mobile is claiming it's now the first wireless carrier to integrate generative AI "directly into a wireless network," and it's rolling out real-time call translation as the first feature delivered on top of its new AI-filled cellular network. …
Posting AI-generated caricatures on social media is risky, infosec killjoys warn
If you've seen the viral AI work pic trend where people are asking ChatGPT to "create a caricature of me and my job based on everything you know about me" and sharing it to social, you might think it's harmless. You'd be wrong.…
Attending GTC? Join The Register for an exclusive dinner on scaling AI data platforms
Promo AI projects fail at scale not because models don't work or GPUs lack performance. They fail because data can't keep pace.…
Fukushima's radioactive hybrid terror pig boom was driven by amorous mothers
Back in 2021, in the thick of pandemic mania, The Register gleefully reported that "radioactive hybrid terror pigs" were thriving in Japan's Fukushima exclusion zone.…
Microsoft rolls out Windows 11 26H1, but you can't have it
Microsoft has released Windows 11 26H1 but is warning the vast majority of users that it is not for them.…
Were telcos tipped off to *that* ancient Telnet bug? Cyber pros say the signs stack up
Telcos likely received advance warning about January's critical Telnet vulnerability before its public disclosure, according to threat intelligence biz GreyNoise.…