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HPE tells customers to patch fast as OneView RCE bug scores a perfect 10

Fri, 2025-12-19 13:03
Maximum-severity vuln lets unauthenticated attackers execute code on trusted infra management platform

Hewlett Packard Enterprise has told customers to drop whatever they're doing and patch OneView after admitting a maximum-severity bug could let attackers run code on the management platform without so much as a login prompt.…

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UK prepares to wave goodbye to 3G telecoms as tri-hard tech retires

Fri, 2025-12-19 12:28
Virgin Media the last to go as users of older mobiles warned to upgrade

Britain is set to become a post-3G nation as Virgin Media O2 (VMO2) prepares to be the last of the country's mobile networks to switch off its 3G service, although it may linger for a while at a few sites.…

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Airbus to migrate critical apps to a sovereign Euro cloud

Fri, 2025-12-19 11:49
Tech exec admits not dead cert it'll find the right solution

Exclusive Airbus is preparing to tender a major contract to migrate mission-critical workloads to a digitally sovereign European cloud – but estimates only an 80/20 chance of finding a suitable provider.…

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Ministers confirm breach at UK Foreign Office but details remain murky

Fri, 2025-12-19 11:14
Officials admit 'there certainly has been a hack,' but refuse to confirm China link or data theft

The UK's Foreign Office is investigating a confirmed cyberattack it learned about in October, senior ministers say.…

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Faith in the internet is fading among young Brits

Fri, 2025-12-19 10:30
Ofcom survey finds 18-34s increasingly see life online as bad for society and their mental health

Young Brits are souring on the internet, with increasing numbers seeing it as damaging to society and their mental health, according to latest research published by Ofcom.…

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GOV.UK to unleash AI chatbot on confused citizens

Fri, 2025-12-19 10:00
Coming with added 'filters and rules' after prototype spat out inaccurate or outright wrong responses

The UK's Government Digital Service (GDS) will add an AI chatbot to its GOV.UK app in early 2026, before rolling it out across the GOV.UK website used by most government departments and services.…

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Cornish recycling drive sows confusion among Reg Standards Bureau

Fri, 2025-12-19 09:30
Are pasties a proxy for weight? Or a cypher for circumference?

The Reg Standards Bureau was plunged into uproar this week when a reader suggested a new unit for weight, inspired by Cornwall's revamped food recycling service.…

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User found three reasons – all of them wrong – to dispute tech support's diagnosis

Fri, 2025-12-19 07:30
Hey, teacher, leave that cabling alone

On Call Welcome once more to On Call, The Register's reader-contributed Friday column in which we share your stories of tech support jobs so wrong, they're right.…

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