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Moody's raises Big Red flag over Oracle's AI datacenter buildout blueprint
Ratings agency Moody's has pointed to the dangers inherent in Oracle's $300 billion agreement with OpenAI - one of the deals contributing to a staggering $455 billion pipeline of obligations for Big Red's cloud infrastructure.…
Don't despair. iFixit says you can still repair that iPhone Air
iFixit has given Apple's slimline new smartphone, the iPhone Air, a thumbs-up for repairability, praising its easy access to key components, despite being the thinnest handset Cupertino has built so far.…
EU’s cyber agency blames ransomware as Euro airport check-in chaos continues
The EU's cybersecurity agency today confirmed that ransonmware is the cause of continued disruption blighting major airports across Europe.…
Windows 11 update leaves Blu-ray and TV apps stuttering
Microsoft has added another entry to its growing list of problematic updates in the Windows Hall of Shame, this time causing Digital TV and Blu-ray applications to stutter and freeze when playing protected content.…
Car giant Stellantis says customer data nicked after partner vendor pwned
Car giant Stellantis is admitting that attackers targeted one of its third-party partners, spilling its own customers' details in the process.…
Brit scientists over the Moon after growing tea in lunar soil
British boffins say they've discovered a way of taking one of the country's favorite pastimes – having a nice cup of tea – into outer space.…
Linux has the lineage to out-evolve the deadliest of cyber threats, given the right push
Opinion The IT industry is not only full of sharks, it has shark nature itself. It must keep moving forward to survive. Not all sharks are obligate ram ventilators, and not all IT changes all the time, but without innovation the sector would curdle and die.…
'Technical debt' in police database built to respond to child murders causing a 'failing service'
The risk rating of the UK's crime intelligence database is being elevated to "Red" by the governments projects' watchdog as the DB struggles to migrate from a legacy Oracle platform.…
FOMO? Brit banking biz rolls out AI tools, talks up security
Lloyds Banking Group is leaning into 21st century tech - yet trying to do so in a way that the data of its 28 million customers is kept away from untested AI models developers might be tempted to deploy.…
Bored developers accidentally turned their watercooler into a bootleg brewery
Who, Me? The world of work can sometimes drive IT pros to drink, leaving them more likely to make the sort of mistakes that The Register celebrates each week in Who, Me? It’s our reader-contributed column in which you share stories of making a mess at work, and cleaning up afterwards to the best of your ability.…
Trump says Michael Dell is part of the team buying TikTok, with Larry Ellison and maybe some Murdochs
Dell CEO Michael Dell is part of the consortium that intends to acquire TikTok’s US operations, according to US president Donald Trump.…
Tech troubles create aviation chaos on both sides of the Atlantic
Technology problems hit the commercial aviation industry hard over the weekend, leading to hundreds of cancelled flights and myriad delays on both sides of the Atlantic.…
Huawei used its own silicon to re-educate DeepSeek so its output won’t bother Beijing
Asia In Brief Huawei last week revealed that China’s Zhejiang University used its Ascend 1000 accelerators to create a version of DeepSeek’s R1 model that improves on the original by producing fewer responses that China’s government would rather avoid.…
Ransomware attack linked to museum break-in and theft of golden exhibits
Infosec in brief Online criminals prefer to deal in digital assets, but a side effect of a ransomware attack has seen a French museum robbed of $705,000 in physical gold nuggets.…
Firewall upgrade linked to three deaths after Australian telco cut off emergency calls
Australian telco Optus says its staff may not have followed established processes when a firewall upgrade they conducted resulted in customers not being able to call emergency emergency services for fourteen hours – a period during which it is thought three of the carrier’s customers died after trying to seek help, according to the company's CEO.…
Make Windows 11 more useful and less annoying with these 11 Registry hacks
hands on Windows 11 has a number of puzzling or annoying UI changes from Windows 10 that power users might wish to change. But you can't make these tweaks from the Settings menu or even the legacy Control Panel. To make these changes, you’ll need to edit the Registry.…
SaaS vendors are hiking costs faster than inflation, but squeaky wheels can still get deals
SaaS vendors are increasing prices faster than both inflation and the typical growth rate of corporate IT budgets, but Gartner VP analyst Jo Liversidge thinks that canny buyers can reduce their bills by anticipating price hikes and planning to negotiate hard.…
Britain jumps into bed with Palantir in £1.5B defense pact
The UK has struck a defense deal with US spy-tech biz Palantir, which the government says will unlock £1.5 billion ($2 billion) of investment in Britain.…
Trump admin says tech companies are abusing H-1B visas, slaps $100k a year to allow entry
On Friday, President Trump signed a presidential proclamation to sharply raise the cost of employing H-1B workers by restricting entry unless employers make a $100,000 payment with the petition.…
Zuck has the power! Meta applies to sell excess electricity
AI model training and serving require vast quantities of power, but not necessarily all at once. With the first of several gigawatt-scale datacenters due to come online next year, Meta is looking at ways to offload excess energy capacity by selling it on the wholesale market.…