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Linux admin hated downtime so much he schlepped a live UPS during office move
On Call The working week can be burdensome, so each Friday morning The Register tries to lighten the load by bringing you a new instalment of On Call, the reader-contributed column in which you let go of tech support stories that weigh on your memory.…
Open Compute Project figuring out how to get quantum computers into classical datacenters
The Open Compute Project (OCP) has commenced a workstream to learn how to deploy quantum computers alongside classical high performance computers in the same datacenter.…
Google links Android’s Quick Share to Apple’s AirDrop, without Cupertino’s help
Google has linked Android’s wireless peer-to-peer file sharing tool Quick Share to Apple’s equivalent AirDrop.…
Veeam bets on more VMware alternatives, including Red Hat and China’s Sangfor
Backup software vendor Veeam has thrown its weight behind more alternatives to VMware.…
SEC drops SolarWinds lawsuit that painted a target on CISOs everywhere
The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has abandoned the lawsuit it pursued against SolarWinds and its chief infosec officer for misleading investors about security practices that led to the 2020 SUNBURST attack.…
SC25 gets heavy with mega power and cooling solutions
SC25 Hydrogen-fueled gas turbines, backup generators, and air handlers probably aren't the kinds of equipment you'd expect on the show floor of a supercomputing conference. But your expectations would be wrong.…
Gemini tries to sniff out AI slop images while also making them easier to create
hands on Google Gemini users can now use the AI's app and website to figure out whether an image is AI-generated, though with some considerable limitations.…
PHP 8.5 lays down long-awaited pipe operator, adds new URI tools
PHP 8.5 landed on Thursday with a long-awaited pipe operator and a new standards-compliant URI parser, marking one of the scripting language's more substantial updates.…
Another Salesforce-linked data breach has ShinyHunters’ fingerprints all over it
Salesforce has disclosed another third-party breach in which criminals - likely ShinyHunters (again) - may have accessed its customers' data.…
LLM-generated malware is improving, but don't expect autonomous attacks tomorrow
LLMs are getting better at writing malware - but they're still not ready for prime time.…
Don't spill your guts to your chatbot friend - it'll hoover up that info for training
The US House of Representatives has heard that LLM builders can exploit users’ conversations for further training and commercial benefit with little oversight or concern for privacy risks.…
Trump, Republicans try again to stop states from regulating AI
The Trump administration and congressional Republicans are trying again to eliminate state-level AI regulations in favor of a federal standard. The plan faces opposition from many state governments and civil-society organizations, while AI vendors have welcomed it.…
Thunderbird 145 finally adds ‘native’ Exchange support
It's easy to forget in the FOSS world, but Exchange still runs most corporate email – and the new version of Thunderbird can talk to it directly.…
Fired techie admits sabotaging ex-employer, causing $862K in damage
An Ohio IT contractor has pleaded guilty to breaking into his former employer's systems and causing nearly $1 million worth of damage after being fired.…
Nvidia pushes out hotfix after Windows 11 October update tanks gaming performance
The Windows 11 October 2025 Update is still causing headaches for users of Microsoft's flagship operating system.…
AWS under pressure as big three battle to eat the cloud market
The big three cloud companies are all growing thanks to an expanding market, but Amazon is under increasing pressure from Microsoft and Google, while newcomers are on the rise.…
TP-Link accuses rival Netgear of 'smear campaign' over alleged China ties
TP-Link is suing rival networking vendor Netgear, alleging that the rival and its CEO carried out a smear campaign by falsely suggesting, it says, that the biz had been infiltrated by the Chinese government.…
Education boards left gates wide open for PowerSchool mega-breach, say watchdogs
Canadian privacy watchdogs say that school boards must shoulder part of the blame for the PowerSchool mega-breach, not just the ed-tech giant that lost control of millions of student and staff records.…
Google and Westinghouse lean on AI to speed US nuclear plant builds
Google and atomic power biz Westinghouse Electric claim that AI will speed construction and cut the cost of building the new US power plants it is planning in response to rising demands for energy to fuel AI.…
Palo Alto kit sees massive surge in malicious activity amid mystery traffic flood
Malicious traffic targeting Palo Alto Networks' GlobalProtect portals surged almost 40-fold in the space of 24 hours, hitting a 90-day high and putting defenders on alert for whatever comes next.…