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No more 'Sanity Checks.' Inclusive language guide bans problematic tech terms
A Linux Foundation project has published an Inclusive Language Guide to recommend replacements for common tech terms deemed potentially offensive to some users.…
BlackSuit ransomware crew loses servers, domains, and $1m in global shakedown
In a display of bureaucratic bravado, US law enforcement agencies say they've “disrupted” the BlackSuit ransomware gang (also known as Royal), freeing millions of dollars in virtual currency from its clutches.…
Java 25 puts 32-bit x86 out to pasture, adds 17 shiny new features
Java 25, an LTS (long-term support) version, is now at release candidate (RC) stage with general availability scheduled for September 16.…
Arm juices mobile GPUs with neural tech for better graphics
Chip designer Arm is bringing dedicated neural accelerator hardware to its GPU blueprints used in phones. It expects this to deliver higher quality visuals while boosting AI performance.…
Debian 13 'Trixie' arrives: x86-32 and MIPS out, RISC-V in
Debian 13 has arrived, now with RISC-V and preconfigured "blends" right in the main installer.…
Trump does a 180 on Intel chief following White House meeting
US President Donald Trump has now reversed his opinion of Intel chief Lip-Bu Tan following their meeting at the White House yesterday, hinting that the two will work more closely together.…
Oh, great.Three notorious cybercrime gangs appear to be collaborating
Prolific cybercrime collectives Scattered Spider, ShinyHunters, and Lapsus$ appear to have come together in a new Telegram channel that shares news of their exploits.…
Hyundai: Want cyber-secure car locks? That'll be £49, please
Hyundai is charging UK customers £49 ($66) for a security upgrade to prevent thieves from bypassing its car locks.…
Ebuyer website bought by Fraser Group plc
London Stock Exchange-listed Fraser Group is understood to have bought struggling UK online tech bazaar Ebuyer from administrators in a pre-pack agreement, sources have told The Register.…
VS Code previews chat checkpoints for unpicking careless talk
The Microsoft Visual Studio Code (VS Code) team has rolled out version 1.103 with new features including GitHub Copilot chat checkpoints.…
Colo operators flock to emerging markets to build DCs
Lagos, Warsaw and Dubai are among the fastest growing cities for colocation services - with metro areas in the Asia-Pacific and EMEA regions expanding more rapidly than traditional datacenter hotspots.…
Defra doubles contract value for cloud and DC services
The UK's government department for agriculture and the countryside has upped the potential contract value on offer for cloud and datacenter hosting by more than £100 million.…
The White House could end UK's decade-long fight to bust encryption
Analysis The Home Office's war on encryption – its most technically complex and controversial aspect of modern policymaking yet – is starting to look like battlefield failure after more than ten years of skirmishes.…
UK.gov's nuclear strategy is 'slow, inefficient, and costly'
An independent taskforce commissioned by the UK government has warned of the nation's "unnecessarily slow, inefficient, and costly" approach to nuclear power (and weaponry).…
Poisoned telemetry can turn AIOps into AI Oops, researchers show
Automating IT operations using AI may not be the best idea at the moment.…
News from the future: ‘Rampant jellyfish cause AI outage by taking datacenter offline'
Proponents of increased use of nuclear energy to power datacenters have a new foe: Jellyfish.…
IBM Cloud hit by Severity One incident with the same symptoms as other recent SNAFUs
IBM Cloud experienced a Severity One outage on Monday that left customers unable to access resources.…
Nvidia gives its tiniest workstation GPUs a Blackwell boost
Nvidia’s latest Blackwell GPUs are a pair of itty-bitty workstation cards that aim to deliver the highest performance possible for professional visualization and local AI workloads within a 70-watt energy diet.…
FedRAMP government cloud software approvals double under new program
The US Government's process for certifying cloud services safe for official use has long been slow, but that's no longer the case. Approvals so far this fiscal year are more than double the total for all of FY 2024.…
Trump seeing green as he weighs deal to allow Nvidia Blackwell GPU sales to China
Nerfed versions of Nvidia's Blackwell GPUs could soon join its H20 on the list of AI accelerators approved for sale in China.…