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Fraudster hacked hotel system, paid 1 cent for luxury rooms, Spanish cops say
Spanish police arrested a hacker who allegedly manipulated a hotel booking website, allowing him to pay one cent for luxury hotel stays. He also raided the mini-bars and didn't settle some of those tabs, police say.…
Windows 11 finally hits right note: MIDI 2.0 support arrives
Microsoft has finally ushered in the era of MIDI 2.0 for Windows 11, more than a year after first teasing the functionality for Windows Insiders.…
Texas sues TP-Link over China links and security vulnerabilities
TP-Link is facing legal action from the state of Texas for allegedly misleading consumers with "Made in Vietnam" claims despite China-dominated manufacturing and supply chains, and for marketing its devices as secure despite reported firmware vulnerabilities exploited by Chinese state-sponsored actors.…
German train line back on track after DDoS yanks the brakes
If you wanted to book a train trip in Germany recently, you would have been out of luck. The country's national rail company says that its services were disrupted for hours because of a cyberattack.…
6,000 execs struggle to find the AI productivity boom
A survey of almost 6,000 corporate execs across the US, UK, Germany, and Australia found that more than 80 percent detect no discernible impact from AI on either employment or productivity.…
Your AI-generated password isn't random, it just looks that way
Generative AI tools are surprisingly poor at suggesting strong passwords, experts say.…
Tesla drops 'Autopilot' branding in California after DMV order
Tesla has complied with an order by the California Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) and stopped using the term "Autopilot" in its marketing of electric vehicles, having already modified use of "Full Self-Driving" to clarify that it requires driver supervision.…
Cabinet Office probes digital ID minister over think tank's journalist investigation
Josh Simons, the Cabinet Office minister responsible for the UK government's digital identity program, is being probed by the department for his actions running a Labour think tank that commissioned an investigation into journalists.…
Godot maintainers struggle with 'draining and demoralizing' AI slop submissions
Rémi Verschelde, a maintainer of the open source Godot game engine, is the latest to complain about the impact of "AI slop PRs [pull requests]", which he says "are becoming increasingly draining and demoralizing for Godot maintainers."…
Notepad++ declares hardened update process 'effectively unexploitable'
Notepad++ has continued beefing up security with a release the project's author claims makes the "update process robust and effectively unexploitable."…
You can jailbreak an F-35 just like an iPhone, says Dutch defense chief
Lockheed Martin's F-35 fighter aircraft can be jailbroken "just like an iPhone," the Netherlands' defense secretary has claimed.…
Windows 11 Start menu makes unscheduled stop in Saint Moritz
Bork!Bork!Bork! The curse of bork is not limited to obsolete operating systems or obscure hardware. Today's example of railway signage disruption is something bang up to date from the Swiss town of Saint Moritz.…
Europe's 5G Standalone stall risks falling behind US, Asia
North American and Asian markets are enjoying the benefits of a transition to 5G Standalone (SA) mobile networks, but much of Europe lags behind, risking a growing disadvantage as new capabilities roll out.…
HackerOne 'updating' Ts&Cs after bug hunters question if they're training AI
HackerOne has clarified its stance on GenAI after researchers fretted their submissions were being used to train its models.…
Microsoft asks UK Parliament to correct Trump sanction evidence
Exclusive Microsoft has said one of its leading spokespeople gave a testimony to the UK Parliament containing an "inaccuracy" with regard to its dealings with the International Criminal Court (ICC) in response to US sanctions.…
Linus T tells The Reg how Linux solo act became a global jam session
If you know anything about Linux's history, you'll remember it all started with Linus Torvalds posting to the Minix Usenet group on August 25, 1991, that he was working on "a (free) operating system (just a hobby, won't be big and professional like gnu) for 386(486) AT clones." We know that the "hobby" operating system today is Linux, and except for PCs and Macs, it pretty much runs the world.…
Qualcomm set to triumph in UK smartphone ‘patent tax’ case
The UK’s Competition Appeal Tribunal has indicated that it will find Qualcomm did not abuse its market power, leading consumer advocacy group Which? to withdraw a case it hoped would see Brits compensated for increased smartphone prices.…
Palo Alto CEO says AI isn’t great for business, yet
If enterprises are implementing AI, they’re not showing it to Palo Alto Networks CEO Nikesh Arora, who on Tuesday said business adoption of the tech lags consumer take-up by at least a couple of years – except for coding assistants.…
Indian conglomerate Adani plans very slow $100 billion AI datacenter build
Giant Indian industrial conglomerate Adani has said it will spend up to $100 billion on AI datacenters to equip the nation with sovereign infrastructure, but will do so at slower pace than Big Tech tech companies plan to bring their own bit barns to Bharat.…
Anthropic's latest Sonnet gets better at using computers, amid bouts of existential angst
Anthropic has updated its Sonnet model to version 4.6 and claims the upgrade is better at coding and using computers, and also possesses improved reasoning and planning capabilities.…