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Iran seeks at least three cloud providers to power its government

Mon, 2025-07-14 05:15
Despite loathing the USA, Iran wants providers who match NIST’s definition of cloud computing

The Information Technology Organization of Iran (ITOI), the government body that develops and implements IT services for the country, is looking for suppliers of cloud computing.…

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Google Indonesia tangled up in $600 million Chromebook corruption probe

Mon, 2025-07-14 01:59
PLUS: China’s massive lithium find; Cisco’s new Asia boss; Japan and EU plan satcomms collab; and more

Asia In Brief Indonesia’s government is investigating possible corruption during a $600 million program that saw around a quarter of a million Chromebooks installed in schools.…

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Nvidia warns its GPUs – even Blackwells – need protection against Rowhammer attacks

Sun, 2025-07-13 23:46
PLUS: Bluetooth mess leaves cars exposed; Bitcoin ATMs attacked; Deepfakers imitate US secretary of state Marco Rubio; and more

Infosec In Brief Nvidia last week advised customers to ensure they employ mitigations against Rowhammer attacks, after researchers found one of its workstation-grade GPUs is susceptible to the exploit.…

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You have a fake North Korean IT worker problem - here's how to stop it

Sun, 2025-07-13 11:02
Thick resumes with thin LinkedIn connections are one sign. Refusing an in-person interview is another

By now, the North Korean fake IT worker problem is so ubiquitous that if you think you don't have any phony resumes or imposters in your interview queue, you're asleep at the wheel.…

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The price of software freedom is eternal politics

Sat, 2025-07-12 11:38
Many don't realize or forget, but the FOSS world has ideological wings, too

Comment The new fork of the X.org X11 server is conservative… and we don't mean just technologically conservative.…

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If MCP is the USB-C of AI agents, A2A is their Ethernet

Sat, 2025-07-12 10:58
Tell me, Mr. Smith ... what good is an agent if it's unable to speak?

We have protocols and standards for just about everything. It's generally helpful when we can all agree on how technologies should talk to one another. So, it was only a matter of time before the first protocols governing agentic AI started cropping up.…

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Looks like 1,300 Indeed and Glassdoor staffers will need their former employer's websites

Sat, 2025-07-12 00:00
No reason given for the 6% cull, but the CEO has previously talked up AI taking jobs

Recruit Holdings, the Japanese job site conglomerate that owns recruitment job site Indeed and employer reviewer Glassdoor, has eliminated about 1,300 positions.…

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AI coding tools make developers slower but they think they're faster, study finds

Fri, 2025-07-11 22:41
Predicted a 24% boost, but clocked a 19% drag

Artificial intelligence coding tools are supposed to make software development faster, but researchers who tested these tools in a randomized, controlled trial found the opposite.…

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Hegseth signs flying memo to expand military use of cheap drones in oddball video

Fri, 2025-07-11 21:05
An announcement so weird it could only come from the Trump administration

video Flanked by a pair of buzzing drones that threatened to drown out his voice, US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth reached up to grab a memorandum hung from a third drone hovering above his head. …

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Tech to protect images against AI scrapers can be beaten, researchers show

Fri, 2025-07-11 20:10
Data poisoning, meet data detox

ai-pocalypse Computer scientists say they've devised a way to remove image-based protection mechanisms developed to protect artists from unwanted use of their work for AI training.…

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ICANN fumes as AFRINIC offers no explanation for annulled election

Fri, 2025-07-11 19:16
As allegations fly regarding fraudulent powers of attorney, one member wants to wind up AFRINIC and start again

The receiver of the African Network Information Center (AFRINIC) has not explained why he chose to annul its recent election, prompting ICANN to again warn that it may need to step in, and longtime AFRINIC litigant Cloud Innovation to call for the body to be wound up.…

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CVSS 10 RCE in Wing FTP exploited within 24 hours, security researchers warn

Fri, 2025-07-11 18:15
Intruders looked up how to use curl mid-attack - rookie errors kept damage minimal

Huntress security researchers observed exploitation of the CVSS 10.0 remote code execution (RCE) flaw in Wing FTP Server on July 1, just one day after its public disclosure.…

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Rimini Street, Oracle edge toward truce after years of legal warfare

Fri, 2025-07-11 17:40
Hush-hush settlement follows decision to wind down PeopleSoft support

Enterprise software support giant Rimini Street has entered into a confidential settlement agreement with Oracle, signaling the two companies may be nearing the end of their long-running legal dispute.…

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British Perl guru Matt Trout dead at 42

Fri, 2025-07-11 17:13
A controversial and polarizing figure, but also widely hailed

obituary Matt Trout will be missed by many, even though he was a divisive figure who featured several times on The Register.…

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Pentagon snaps up ownership stake in America's only rare earths mine

Fri, 2025-07-11 17:09
Rare earth metals are vital to electronics, and most of them are mined in China

There is only one active rare earth mine in the whole of the United States. As of Friday, the Department of Defense has become the largest shareholder in the company that owns and operates it. …

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Datacenters feeling the heat as climate risk boils over

Fri, 2025-07-11 17:07
A warmer world will affect bit barn resilience, warn consultants

Many of the world's top 100 datacenter hubs are at risk from rising global temperatures, as growing cooling requirements push up costs and water consumption, while shutdowns to prevent overheating during heat waves may become more frequent.…

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Users of PostgreSQL in the cloud say the uptime just ain't up to it

Fri, 2025-07-11 15:29
One in five users hit by service failures in the last year, research finds

A survey of PostgreSQL users has found that the levels of uptime experienced using cloud providers falls well short of their expectations in terms of reliability.…

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Microsoft fixes the ESU blues for Windows 10 users

Fri, 2025-07-11 14:03
WIndows 11 might have a bigger market share, but Windows 10 is still alive. Kind of

Even as its market share is finally eclipsed by Windows 11, Windows 10 is still alive and in need of fixes. Alongside the replacement of the Blue Screen of Death in Windows 11, Microsoft has released a fix for the Extended Security Updates wizard to Windows 10 Insiders.…

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More license upheaval to come after SAP kills RISE with SAP products, users warn

Fri, 2025-07-11 12:33
Intro of package for cloud ERP is creating challenges, and more changes likely next year

Biz customers should expect further changes to SAP's licensing as the company introduces the reboot of its Business Suite construct into its product packages, the German-speaking user group has warned.…

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Telefónica Germany offloads VMware support to Spinnaker due to high renewal costs

Fri, 2025-07-11 11:32
'Our offer from Broadcom was five times higher than we expected'

The German arm of telecoms biz Telefónica has shifted support for its VMware installed base to Spinnaker after Broadcom quoted it a renewal figure five times the size of what it was previously paying.…

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