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DHS warns of sharp rise in Chinese-made signal jammers it calls 'tools of terrorism'
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is concerned about the rate at which outlawed signal-jamming devices are being found across the US.…
Broadcom's answer to VMware pricing outrage: You're using it wrong
Customers dismayed by Broadcom's move to selling costly bundles such as VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) will realize its value if they'd just use more of the components, the company's CTO says.…
Windows 11 migration heats up... on desktops
With fewer than four months before Microsoft pulls the plug on standard support for Windows 10, businesses are replacing dusty – but in some cases perfectly working – desktop PCs in preparation for the migration to the little loved next generation of the Windows OS.…
SAP ECC 6.0 lives to fight another decade under Rimini Street
Enterprise software support specialist Rimini Street has announced that it will continue to support SAP's ECC 6.0 until 2040, more than ten years after the German vendor plans to retire support for the legacy ERP platform.…
Attack on Oxford City Council exposes 21 years of election worker data
Oxford City Council says a cyberattack earlier this month resulted in 21 years of data being compromised.…
Deal to 'save' UK colleges £45M in Oracle Java licensing fees followed audit requests
Exclusive Oracle requested Java audits with UK higher education institutions leading up to the negotiation of a national framework agreement — set to be worth up to £9.86 million ($13.33 million) — which aims to save the institutions £45 million when compared to standard commercial pricing.…
Remembering when NASA stuck a Space Shuttle on top of a Boeing 747
Lego has released another NASA-themed set; this time, a version of the US space agency's Boeing 747-based Shuttle Carrier Aircraft with a Space Shuttle perched on top.…
Techie traveled 4 hours to fix software that worked perfectly until a new hire used it
On Call The trek through the working week can be long and tiring, which is why The Register always offers a little Friday morning refresher in the form of On Call – the reader-contributed column in which you share tech support stories.…
Australia finds age detection tech has many flaws but will work
Australia’s trial of age assurance technology has found it’s up to the task of preventing children under 16 years of age from using social media, despite many problems.…
AFRINIC election proceeds after ICANN’s attempt to replace officials fails
Elections at troubled regional internet registry the African Network Information Centre (AFRINIC) will continue, after the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers’ (ICANN’s) attempt to appoint new officials to oversee the poll failed.…
China just two years behind USA on chip design, says White House tech Czar
China’s AI and chipmaking prowess lags the USA’s by just two years, and America’s efforts to slow its progress could be hobbling its own semiconductor industry, according to Trump administration tech czar David Sacks.…
Japan's sequel to Fugaku supercomputer will be Arm'd to the teeth
Fujitsu has bagged the contract to design Japan's next-gen supercomputer to succeed the Fugaku system, and it looks set to be another Arm-based behemoth, using a CPU derived from its upcoming MONAKA datacenter silicon.…
American coders are most likely to use AI
US-based software developers are the world's most prolific users of AI coding assistants, a trend that researchers believe has national economic implications.…
Boffins devise voice-altering tech to jam 'vishing' schemes
Researchers based in Israel and India have developed a defense against automated call scams.…
Microsoft 365 brings the shutters down on legacy protocols
Microsoft has warned administrators that legacy authentication protocols will be blocked by default from July, meaning that anyone who hasn't made preparations already could be in for a busy summer.…
EU Advocate General advises top court to toss Google appeal against €4B fine
A European court has advised [PDF] that Google's appeal against a ruling that found it had abused its market dominance should be dismissed.…
Uncle Sam seeks time in tower dump data grab case after judge calls it 'unconstitutional'
The United States is requesting [PDF] a month-long extension to the deadline for its final decision regarding an appeal against a judge's ruling that obtaining tower dumps is unconstitutional.…
Interactive IEA tracker shows where AI is guzzling the most energy
The International Energy Agency (IEA) has unveiled an online platform to closely monitor and analyze the impact of AI across the energy sector worldwide.…
Glazed and confused: Hole lotta highly sensitive data nicked from Krispy Kreme
Krispy Kreme finally revealed the number of people affected by its November cyberattack, and it's easy to see why analyzing the incident took the well-resourced company several months.…
ESA's XMM-Newton finds huge filament of missing matter
Astronomers have found a filament of hot gas, ten times as massive as our galaxy, that they reckon could explain where at least some of the universe's "missing" matter might be lurking.…