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The ups and down of a virtual trip to the Moon in Zero G's 727
interview Zero-G currently flies researchers and consumers in simulated lunar and zero gravity. And now a trip to Europe and beyond, as well as new aircraft are on the cards for the parabola specialist.…
Microsoft SQL Server 2019 shuffles out of mainstream support
Microsoft SQL Server 2019 quietly slipped out of mainstream support last week, accompanied by fellow retiree SQL Server Big Data Clusters.…
Cloudflare's bot bouncer blocks weirdo browsers
Users of some of the less well-known web browsers are getting blocked from accessing multiple sites by Cloudflare's flaky browser-detection routines.…
How Google tracks Android device users before they've even opened an app
Research from a leading academic shows Android users have advertising cookies and other gizmos working to build profiles on them even before they open their first app.…
Microsoft: So what if costs 4X as much to run Windows Server in AWS, Alibaba, and Google?
For AWS and Google to urge the UK competition regulator to "intervene and constrain the price" that Microsoft charges them to license its software in their clouds is both "extraordinary and unprecedented."…
It's bad enough we have to turn on cams for meetings, now the person staring at you may be an AI deepfake
High-profile deepfake scams that were reported here at The Register and elsewhere last year may just be the tip of the iceberg. Attacks relying on spoofed faces in online meetings surged by 300 percent in 2024, it is claimed.…
Microsoft signed a dodgy driver and now ransomware scum are exploiting it
Ransomware crooks are exploiting a third-party Windows kernel-level driver used and provided by disk management tool Paragon Partition Manager.…
Broadcom starts beta for VMware Cloud Foundation 9, the release it reckons will douse user anger
Exclusive Broadcom has quietly started a closed beta of VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) version 9, a major release that fully expresses the tech giant's vision for what a private cloud should be.…
TSMC plans $100B US expansion that Trump hails without clarifying tariff plans
Standing alongside US President Donald Trump, the CEO of Taiwanese chipmaking champ TSMC on Monday announced a plan to invest $100 billion on expanded operations in Arizona.…
So … Russia no longer a cyber threat to America?
Comment America's cybersecurity chiefs in recent days have been sending mixed messages about the threat posed by Russia in the digital world.…
America's National Science Foundation workers fired in bulk by Trump reinstated
The US government's National Science Foundation has reinstated most of its cadre of probationary employees after laying them off en masse last month. …
US stocks slip as Trump pulls trigger on Canada, Mexico, China tariffs
US stock markets have dipped after President Donald Trump confirmed the imposition of a 25 percent tariff on most goods coming into America from Canada and Mexico, and an extra ten percent tariff on China.…
Wanna save Intel? Fire the board, bring back Pat, ex-CEO Craig Barrett says
Comment Former Intel CEO Craig Barrett has a simple solution to the x86 giant's woes.…
Phantom of the Opera: AI agent now lurks within browser, for the lazy
The Opera web browser now boasts "agentic AI," meaning users can ask an onboard AI model to perform tasks that require a series of in-browser actions.…
Microsoft blames Outlook's wobbly weekend on 'problematic code change'
This weekend's Microsoft 365 outage, which left unlucky subscribers unable to login and use its Outlook email service as expected, has been blamed on a "problematic code change" by the Windows giant.…
Lenovo teases solar-powered and folding screen concept laptops
MWC Lenovo has used the MWC event in Barcelona to demo some unusual concept devices including a laptop with a folding screen and another that can be powered by the sun.…
Ex-SAP CTO walks away with €7.1M payout after scandal
SAP paid former CTO Jürgen Müller €7.1 million ($7.5 million) after he left the German software company by mutual agreement in September last year.…
Cybersecurity not the hiring-'em-like-hotcakes role it once was
Analysis It's a familiar refrain in the security industry that there is a massive skills gap in the sector. And while it's true there are specific shortages in certain areas, some industry watchers believe we may be reaching the point of oversupply for generalists.…
Windows 11 adoption picking up speed, but older sibling still ahead
There has been a clear uptick in the adoption of Windows 11 as enterprises migrate PC fleets ahead of the end of support date for Windows 10.…
SpaceX receives FAA blessing for another Starship test
SpaceX is set to have another go at launching its monster Starship rocket today after the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) gave the venture the green light.…