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Google reminds EU that Microsoft's cloudy licensing still stinks a year later

Thu, 2025-09-25 13:13
Mountain View gripes over slow-moving regulators while Redmond rakes it in

Google is like a dog with a bone over Microsoft's cloud licensing policies, not letting Euro regulators forget about what it sees as anti-competitive practices that penalize those wanting to run Windows software on rival cloud platforms.…

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Oracle saddles up with $18B debt amid AI infrastructure gamble

Thu, 2025-09-25 12:41
Ballooning leverage and shaky customer funding could strain Big Red's balance sheet

Oracle has raised $18 billion in debt, which could help fund massive datacenter investments aimed at meeting surging demand from AI model builders and enterprise customers.…

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Zero-day deja vu as another Cisco IOS bug comes under attack

Thu, 2025-09-25 11:40
The latest in a run of serious networking bugs gives attackers root if they have SNMP access

Cisco has confirmed a new IOS and IOS XE zero-day, the latest in a string of flaws that attackers have been quick to weaponize.…

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Bcachefs goes DKMS after Torvalds' kernel banishment

Thu, 2025-09-25 10:59
Performance of new version mostly good, but future uncertain

The bcachefs file system, now "externally maintained" outside the Linux kernel codebase, offers packages of its first version to be loadable on the fly.…

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SAP's 'simplified' licensing leaves users more confused

Thu, 2025-09-25 10:42
Business Suite nostalgia unlikely to ease customers' public cloud journey

SAP experts are doubting the enterprise software giant's message that it is simplifying licensing after the changes were discussed at the German-speaking user group conference.…

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EU starting registration of fingerprints and faces for short-stay foreigners

Thu, 2025-09-25 10:24
Biometric Entry/Exit System phased in from October to 29 Schengen countries

Travelers including Britons and Americans visiting most European countries will have to register their fingerprints and faces under a system that goes live next month.…

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Empty shelves, empty coffers: Co-op pegs cyber hit at £80m

Thu, 2025-09-25 09:30
Supermarket says the hack that shut down systems and emptied shelves has turned profits into losses

The Co-operative Group has revealed the cyberattack that knocked its systems offline earlier this year will leave it nursing an £80 million hangover. …

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Check your own databases before asking to see our passport photos, Home Office tells UK cops

Thu, 2025-09-25 08:48
Guidance follows privacy complaints over sharp increase in police searches of travel doc and visa pic libraries

The Home Office has told police forces to check their own photo databases before asking it to search its libraries of passport and visa facial images, as well as avoiding urgent requests "unless it is absolutely necessary."…

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