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EquiLend back in the saddle as ransom payment rumors swirl
Global securities finance tech company EquiLend's systems are now back online after announcing a disruptive ransomware attack nearly two weeks ago.…
You could have heard a pin drop: Virgin Galactic reports itself to the FAA
Virgin Galactic has reported itself to the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) after discovering a detached alignment pin from the mechanism used to keep its suborbital spaceplane attached to the mothership aircraft.…
Japan stumps up more cash for Kioxia and Western Digital to make memory chips
Japan is set to provide more subsidies for chip companies Kioxia and Western Digital to boost memory production. The move follows reports that a cancelled merger between the two could be on again.…
Double trouble for Fortinet customers as pair of critical vulns found in FortiSIEM
Fortinet's FortiSIEM product is vulnerable to two new maximum-severity security vulnerabilities that allow for remote code execution.…
Oracle partner gets multimillion top-up after Edinburgh Uni disaster
Scotland's University of Edinburgh has awarded systems integrator and support company Inoapps an additional £3.6 million ($4.5 million) contract fee for "changes in requirements and additional work" following a troubled implementation of Oracle that left staff and suppliers paid late.…
GitOps pioneer Weaveworks unravels after funding fabric frays
Former cloud native darling Weaveworks has announced that it is closing its doors after failing to get acquired and suffering from a "volatile" cash position.…
KDE 6 misses boat to make it into Kubuntu 24.04
The next major release of KDE Plasma is getting close, but not close enough for the next major Ubuntu release.…
New kids on the ransomware block in 2023: Akira and 8Base lead dozens of newbies
At least 25 new ransomware gangs emerged in 2023, with Akira and 8Base proving the most "successful," research reveals.…
EU repair rights bill tells manufacturers to fix up or ship out
The European Parliament has reached a provisional deal on EU regulations to strengthen consumers' right to repair.…
AI models just love escalating conflict to all-out nuclear war
When high school student David Lightman inadvertently dials into a military mainframe in the 1983 movie WarGames, he invites the supercomputer to play a game called "Global Thermonuclear Warfare." Spoiler: This turns out not to be a very good idea.…
CERN seeks €20B to build a bigger, faster, particle accelerator
CERN wants to build a next-generation particle accelerator that could cost up to €20 billion.…
Microsoft brings its cloudy virtual desktops on-prem to AzureStack HCI
Microsoft has announced that its Azure Virtual Desktop offering is available on-prem.…
Samsung heir Lee Jae-yong acquitted of stock manipulation charges
Samsung chairman Lee Jae-yong was acquitted of stock manipulation charges related to a 2015 company merger in Seoul Central District Court on Monday.…
An established AI player is in nasty trouble – in this market? What? Why?
AI is so hot right now, and assumed to be the future of everything. But troubles at an Australian AI developer show the field is not all sunshine and roses.…
US research body sues chip tech company Japan’s government plans to buy
The Research Foundation for the State University of New York (SUNY RF) is suing a subsidiary of Japan's JSR Corporation over claims that photoresist materials developed by the foundation were commercialized and patented illegally.…
Singapore finally deletes its COVID-era contact tracing data
Singapore's government announced on Monday it had deleted almost all the personal data collected from its COVID tracking systems – TraceTogether (TT) and SafeEntry (SE) – as of February 1. Almost.…
Google throws $1m at Rust Foundation to build C++ bridges
Google on Monday donated $1 million to the Rust Foundation specifically to improve interoperability between the language and C++.…
Attempts to demolish guardrails in AI image generators blamed for lewd Taylor Swift deepfakes
The viral lewd deepfake images of popstar Taylor Swift reportedly stemmed from an online competition on 4chan, challenging contestants to break AI software content filters. …
Ivanti devices hit by wave of exploits for latest security hole
Various miscreants are attempting to exploit the latest Ivanti flaw, a server-side request forgery (SSRF) vulnerability tracked as CVE-2024-21893 that can be used to hijack equipment.…
Faraday plots a 64-core Arm chip with Intel inside
Intel Foundry Services (IFS) has found a customer in Faraday Technology, which plans to fab its Arm Neoverse-based processors using the x86 giant's 18A process tech.…