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Asia reaches 50 percent IPv6 capability and leads the world in user numbers
Asia has become the second region in the world to reach 50 percent IPv6 capability, according to data from labs run by the Asia Pacific Network Information Center (APNIC).…
India gets Google to unbundle Android and the Play Store on Smart TVs
Google has agreed to unbundle its Play Store and Android operating system in India, but only on smart TVs, and will also cough up a $2.4 million fine after being found to have breached competition law.…
Trump blinks: 'Substantially' lower China tariffs promised
World War Fee President Donald Trump on Tuesday said his administration plans to lower the 145 percent tariffs it levies on goods imported into America from China, continuing his pattern of unpredictable shifts in policy.…
Elon Musk makes another cut – to his time at DOGE
Government fixer Elon Musk says his days steering the Trump-blessed cost-trimming, data-scouring DOGE unit are all but done.…
Dentists sue ex-contractor for holding web domains hostage in biz fight
A group of pediatric dental practices in North Carolina have accused a longtime contractor of refusing to return control of several web domains after his contract was terminated.…
US to slap up to 3,521% tariffs on SE Asian solar imports – especially you, Cambodia
world war fee Solar panels made in a number of Southeast Asian countries face massive new import duties into America, some as steep as 3,521 percent, after a US Department of Commerce probe apparently found the countries were being used as tariff-dodging proxies for Chinese state-subsidized manufacturers.…
RIP, Google Privacy Sandbox
After six years of work, Google's Privacy Sandbox, technology for delivering ads while protecting privacy, looks like dust in the wind.…
Two CISA officials jump ship, both proud of pushing for Secure by Design software
Two top officials have resigned from Uncle Sam's Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, aka CISA, furthering fears of a brain drain amid White House cuts to the federal workforce.…
Fog ransomware channels Musk with demands for work recaps or a trillion bucks
Ransomware scumbags - potentially those behind the Fog gang - are channeling their inner Elon Musk with their latest ransom note, spotted by researchers at Trend Micro.…
A pot of $250K is now available to ransomware researchers, but it feeds a commercial product
Ransomware threat hunters can now collect rewards of $10,000 for each piece of intel they file under a new bug bounty that aims to squash extortionists.…
This is not just any 'cyber incident' … this is an M&S 'cyber incident'
UK high street mainstay Marks & Spencer told the London Stock Exchange this afternoon it has been managing a "cyber incident" for "the past few days."…
UN says Asian scam call center epidemic expanding globally amid political heat
Scam call centers are metastasizing worldwide "like a cancer," according to the United Nations, which warns the epidemic has reached a global inflection point as syndicates scale up and spread out.…
Relax, AWS reassessing colo lease talks is just 'routine capacity management'
Amazon has joined Microsoft in pausing some datacenter leasing deals, sparking fresh concerns about whether the AI hype train may be running out of steam.…
SpaceX Dragon cargo capsule docks to the International Space Station
SpaceX's latest cargo mission to the International Space Station (ISS) – CRS-32 – just successfully docked to the orbiting outpost, bringing extra crew supplies at the expense of several science payloads.…
<em>El Reg's</em> essential guide to deploying LLMs in production
Hands On You can spin up a chatbot with Llama.cpp or Ollama in minutes, but scaling large language models to handle real workloads – think multiple users, uptime guarantees, and not blowing your GPU budget – is a very different beast.…
UK-based self-driving car startup Wayve heads to Japan for more driving data
UK-based autonomous vehicle biz Wayve is continuing its global expansion by opening a testing and development center in Yokohama, Japan.…
How to stay on Windows 10 instead of installing Linux
You will have to reinstall everything, but there is another way to escape the end of Windows 10 support in October – and it's cheaper than a new PC.…
Bad trip coming for AI hype as humanity tools up to fight back
Opinion 6:56 PM. April 11, 2025. Write it down. That's the precise moment the tech-bro-niverse imploded due to the gravitational force of irony at its core. That was the moment Jack Dorsey posted "Delete all IP law" on X. A little later, Elon Musk added his approval with "I agree."…
Google's email spoofed by cunning phisherfolk who re-used DKIM creds
Infosec In Brief Email security outfit EasyDMARC recently spotted a phishing campaign that successfully spoofed Google with a sophisticated attack.…
It takes one click to join Uber One, but quitting might need 32 actions
The USA’s Federal Trade Commission on Monday launched a lawsuit against Uber, alleging the rideshare giant ripped off customers by enrolling them in its “Uber One” membership scheme without permission, failing to deliver promised savings, and making it devilishly difficult to opt out.…