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Meanwhile, in Japan, train stations are being 3D-printed in an afternoon
You've seen small 3D printed models, heard about 3D printers being used to make guns, and even read news about printed food, but a 3D printed train station? Where else could this be but Japan?…
Windows 11 roadmap great for knowing what's coming next week. Not so good for next year
Microsoft has introduced a roadmap for Windows 11 that takes customers all the way to ... April 2025.…
From concept to cosmos: Webb engineers on the telescope that changed everything
Interview The team behind the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) just scored the Simon Ramo Medal, given by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) for exceptional achievement in systems engineering and systems science.…
Cardiff's children's chief confirms data leak 2 months after cyber risk was 'escalated'
Cardiff City Council's director of children's services says data was leaked or stolen from the organization, although she did not clarify how or what was pilfered.…
Windows Server 2025 locking up after February patch, no word of when a fix will land
Microsoft is warning that a faulty patch pushed out in February is causing Windows Server 2025 Remote Desktop sessions to freeze under certain circumstances.…
UK govt data people not 'technical,' says ex-Downing St data science head
A former director of data science at the UK prime minister's office has told MPs that people working with data in government are not typically technical and would be unlikely to get a similar job in the private sector.…
Nuclear center must replace roof on 70-year-old lab so it can process radioactive waste
The center of the UK's nuclear industry has agreed on alternatives for how it will process waste into the next decade after delays and overspending hit a lab project.…
Tech support session saved files, but probably ended a marriage
On Call The working week can be ugly, which is why The Register beautifies each Friday morning with a new instalment of On Call, the reader-contributed column in which we tell your tales of tech support splendor.…
VMware distributor Arrow says minimum software subs set to jump from 16 to 72 cores
The French limb of global tech distributor Arrow has emailed VMware partners it serves with news of big price increases.…
After Chrome patches zero-day used to target Russians, Firefox splats similar bug
Google pushed out an emergency patch for Chrome on Windows this week to stop attackers exploiting a sandbox-breaking zero-day vulnerability, seemingly used by snoops to target certain folks in Russia.…
SK hynix has probably already sold most of the HBM DRAM it will make next year
Korean chipmaker SK hynix has told investors the future looks bright thanks to strong demand for its memory products and early delivery of its first HBM4 samples.…
TSMC's US builds won't make America great at chips again, says ex-Intel Gelsinger
Intel ex-CEO Pat Gelsinger has thrown shade on Taiwanese chipmaker TSMC's plans to build fabrication plants in the USA, saying the factories will do nothing to advance American semiconductor leadership.…
Cyber-crew claims it cracked American cableco, releases terrible music video to prove it
A cyber-crime ring calling itself Arkana has made a cringe music video to boast of an alleged theft of subscriber account data from Colorado-based cableco WideOpenWest (literally, WOW!)…
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.…