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Tribunal wonders if Microsoft has found a legal hero after pivot to copyright gambit
The long-running legal battle between ValueLicensing and Microsoft over the resale of software licenses has taken another turn following Microsoft's attempt to make the case about copyright.…
UK calls up Armed Forces veterans for digital ID soft launch
The UK's Armed Forces veterans are being tasked with one last mission – proving the government can successfully roll out a digital ID card scheme.…
Company that made power systems for servers didn’t know why its own machines ran out of juice
Who, Me? Each new Monday ushers in a week during which you might shine or flatline. The Register celebrates the times you end up doing the latter with a new instalment of Who, Me? It's the column in which you admit to making mistakes and execute cunning escapes.…
Ruby Central tries to make peace after 'hostile takeover'
Ruby Central, the non-profit that recently seized some Ruby open source tools from maintainers, is transferring the repository ownership of RubyGems and Bundler to the Ruby core team. The move appears to be an attempt to mollify the Ruby community following a divisive power grab, but it does not restore the control of those tools to the maintainers who previously oversaw them.…
Meta convinces Blue Owl to cut $30B check for its Hyperion AI super cluster
Facebook parent Meta has managed to convince private equity firm Blue Owl Capital to finance its 2.2 gigawatt Hyperion datacenter project in Richland Parish, Louisiana.…
Amazon spills plan to nuke Washington...with X-Energy mini-reactors
Despite technological and regulatory hurdles, Amazon remains convinced that small modular reactors (SMRs) are the answer to the cloud titan's power woes.…
American Airlines subsidiary Envoy caught in Clop's Oracle EBS raid
Envoy Air, an American Airlines subsidiary, has confirmed that it was among the dozens of organizations compromised via Oracle E-Business Suite (EBS) security flaws, following claims by Clop extortionists that its parent company was one of its victims.…
Thou shalt not let AI run amok: Vatican wants global rules
Recently, Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff warned investors to avoid the "false prophets" of AI. Now, the Pope has brought real theological weight to the bot debate, hosting a Vatican seminar that called for global AI regulation and fair distribution of the technology's benefits.…
Hyperscalers try to beat the heat with larger racks, more air flow
Datacenters are set to standardize on the larger, 21-inch rack format by 2030, according to Omdia, as hyperscalers and server makers fully embrace it, leaving enterprises to the existing 19-inch standard.…
Chamber of Commerce sues over Trump's $100K H-1B paywall
The US Chamber of Commerce (CoC) has filed a suit accusing President Trump of exceeding his authority by seeking to slap a $100,000 fee on H-1B visa applications.…
Have I Been Pwned logs 17.6M victims in Prosper breach
Data breach tracker HaveIBeenPwned claims the victim count of peer-to-peer lender Prosper's September cyberattack stands at 17.6 million.…
Windows 10, huh, what is it good for? PC upgrade cycles actually
It transpires that Windows 11 is indeed good for at least one thing – driving PC upgrades, according to the latest figures from Gartner.…
Labor unions sue Trump administration over social media surveillance
Lawyers at the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) are helping three US labor unions sue the Trump administration over a social media surveillance program that threatens to punish those who publicly express views that are not harmonious with the government's position.…
Carmakers fear chip crunch as Dutch sanctions hit Nexperia
Major car, van, truck and bus manufacturers are warning that the Dutch government placing semiconductor biz Nexperia under special administrative measures could result in a shortage of automotive chips.…
Microsoft parks Landsat and Sentinel satellite data in Azure's orbit
Microsoft has made NASA's Harmonized Landsat and Sentinel-2 (HLS) dataset available on Azure via the Windows giant's Planetary Computer platform.…
SAP users still wrestling with business case for S/4HANA
More than a decade after SAP's S/4HANA in-memory ERP system debuted, 95 percent of legacy users say building a positive case to migrate requires a big effort or is genuinely challenging.…
Boris Johnson confesses: He's fallen for ChatGPT
After a string of marriages and innumerable affairs, former UK prime minister Boris Johnson has come clean about his new squeeze.…
Literal crossed wires sent cops after innocent neighbors in child abuse case
Details have emerged of a troubling case in which a basic engineering mistake wrecked a digital evidence investigation and led to wrongful accusations.…
MIT boffins double precision of atomic clocks by taming quantum noise
Researchers at MIT say they have discovered a way to double the precision of optical atomic clocks by quieting the quantum noise that clouds their ticking.…
Britains's AI gold rush hits a wall: not enough electricity
Energy is essential for delivering the UK governments' AI ambitions, but Britain faces a critical question: how can it supply enough power for rapidly expanding datacenters without causing blackouts or inflating consumer bills?…