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Feds drop bomb on Multiplan in legal war over healthcare 'price-fixing' algorithms
The US Justice Department on Thursday weighed into an antitrust legal war that alleges algorithmic price fixing by healthcare services by MultiPlan and its health insurance clients.…
China’s FamousSparrow flies back into action, breaches US org after years off the radar
The China-aligned FamousSparrow crew has resurfaced after a long period of presumed inactivity, compromising a US financial-sector trade group and a Mexican research institute. The gang also likely targeted a governmental institution in Honduras, along with other yet-to-be-identified victims.…
IBM US cuts may run deeper than feared ‒ and the jobs are heading to India
Following our report last week on IBM's ongoing layoffs, current and former employees got in touch to confirm what many suspected: The US cuts run deeper than reported, and the jobs are heading to India.…
Panic averted: It was just a bug in Atop after all
Rachel Kroll has clarified the Atop alarm: Turns out it was just a weird little bug, and it's probably already been fixed.…
Dems dub Trump cuts to chip export controls a 'gift' to Xi and Putin
Keeping critical tech out of the hands of US adversaries is about to get harder for the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) with the Trump administration seemingly poised to slash its already meager budget by $20 million.…
Security shop pwns ransomware gang, passes insider info to authorities
Here's one you don't see every day: A cybersecurity vendor is admitting to breaking into a notorious ransomware crew's infrastructure and gathering data it relayed to national agencies to help victims.…
ISS resupply and trash pickup craft postponed indefinitely after Cygnus container crunch
Northrop Grumman's Cygnus cargo freighter, the NG-22, is being delayed indefinitely after engineers confirmed the Pressurized Cargo Module (PCM) had sustained damage in its shipping container.…
Tech suppliers await final grade as Trump prepares to flunk Department of Education
Tech vendors are awaiting the outcome of a constitutional battle to decide the fate of government contracts worth hundreds of millions of dollars after US President Donald Trump issued an executive order calling for the federal Department of Education to be dismantled.…
CrushFTP CEO's feisty response to VulnCheck's CVE for critical make-me-admin bug
CrushFTP's CEO is not happy with VulnCheck after the CVE numbering authority (CNA) released an unofficial ID for the critical vulnerability in its file transfer tech disclosed almost a week ago.…
Now Windows Longhorn is long gone, witness reflects on Microsoft's OS belly-flop
Retired Microsoft engineer Dave Plummer has taken to his YouTube channel to explain Redmond's missteps with Windows Longhorn and the background to the company's failed attempt at an XP follow-up.…
Newport Wafer Fab rebooted with £250M silicon carbide investment
The former Newport Wafer Fab (NWF) facility in South Wales is getting £250 million ($323 million) to start making silicon carbide semiconductors, a year after the sale of the site was approved by UK government.…
The passive aggression of connecting USB to PS/2
Before Bluetooth and USB, computers had PS/2 ports. Microsoft veteran Raymond Chen took another trip down memory lane this week to explain just how dumb the USB-to-PS/2 adapters that shipped with Microsoft Mouse devices really were.…
UK's first permanent facial recognition cameras installed in South London
The Metropolitan Police has confirmed its first permanent installation of live facial recognition (LFR) cameras is coming this summer and the lucky location will be the South London suburb of Croydon.…
Ransomwared NHS software supplier nabs £3M discount from ICO for good behavior
The UK's data protection watchdog is dishing out a £3.07 million ($3.95 million) fine to Advanced Computer Software Group, whose subsidiary's security failings led to a ransomware attack affecting NHS care.…
Today's jobs Microsoft thinks could use an AI assist: Researchers and analysts
Microsoft on Wednesday introduced out two "reasoning agents" it claims can handle research and analysis projects.…
Vivaldi bakes Proton VPN into browser to boost privacy
Vivaldi has become the latest browser to include a virtual private network (VPN) option with its product, working with Proton VPN to up user privacy.…
From MP3 to Web3 to now 3D, Napster gets a new owner
Napster, the original file-sharing troublemaker that shook the music industry, is about to change hands once again in yet another attempt to drag the brand into relevance.…
Even Google struggles to balance fast-but-pricey flash and cheap-but-slow hard disks
Google has revealed that it still relies on hard disk drives for most of its storage needs, but has been able to ‘dramatically’ improve the performance of its storage systems with a homebrew automated data tiering system.…
Dell sheds ten percent of staff for the second year in a row
Rumours of swingeing layoffs at Dell were not exaggerated, a statement The Register offers after reading the hardware giant’s most recent annual report which reveals its workforce shrank by 12,000 in the year to January 31st, 2025.…
Microsoft walking away from datacenter leases (probably) isn't a sign the AI bubble is bursting
Comment Microsoft has walked away from negotiations to lease two gigawatts worth of datacenter capacity in the US and Europe, and has deferred and cancelled other datacenter leases, according to a new report from investment bank TD Cowen.…