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Trump orders purge of 'woke' Anthropic from government

Fri, 2026-02-27 22:39
Without a single 'You're Fired' joke

updated President Trump has escalated Anthropic's dispute with the Defense Department with a social media post ordering the entire federal government purge the company's software from its systems. …

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PCs and phones to get more boring and expensive in 2026 thanks to memory drought

Fri, 2026-02-27 22:03
'This is perhaps the biggest challenge the industry has faced since its inception'

The next wave of smartphones and PCs will have less memory and fewer capabilities, yet are likely to cost consumers 14 percent more as AI ambitions eat all available memory supplies, according to researchers at IDC.…

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Amazon and Nvidia open their wallets to lock in OpenAI's business while SoftBank keeps the lights on

Fri, 2026-02-27 20:08
ChatGPT maker announces $110B in new investment amid flurry of self-serving deals

The headlines say OpenAI on Friday announced $110 billion in new investment from Amazon, Nvidia, and SoftBank at a $730 billion pre-money valuation, though terms and conditions apply.…

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Suspected Nork digital intruders caught breaking into US healthcare, education orgs

Fri, 2026-02-27 19:59
Who is knocking at the Dohdoor?

Digital intruders with possible links to North Korea have been infecting US education and healthcare sectors with a never-before-seen backdoor since at least December, according to security researchers.…

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Oak Ridge spawns institute to curb AI datacenter power surge

Fri, 2026-02-27 18:56
Lab aims to link power, cooling, and workload management to ease strain on the US grid

Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) is hoping to turn its technical expertise to the problem of growing electricity demand from AI datacenters.…

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Microsoft HoloLens finds second home in the military after failing battlefield tests

Fri, 2026-02-27 18:07
Let’s hope air cargo checks don’t trigger the same headaches

The US Army's attempt to turn Microsoft HoloLens headsets into battlefield kit may have failed, but the AR goggles aren't going into the garbage. Instead, they're being repurposed for remote cargo inspection support.…

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Harvard boffins finally crack the mystery of squeaky sneakers

Fri, 2026-02-27 17:50
Are they shoe-ins for an award? Hard to say

It is a sound evocative of high school: the characteristic squeak of sneakers on a basketball court. UK readers may, however, be familiar with the same sound from their trainers while playing badminton.…

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Lovable-hosted app littered with basic flaws exposed 18K users, researcher claims

Fri, 2026-02-27 16:36
Who's to blame – the vibey platforms or the humans who ignore security warnings?

Vibe-coding platform Lovable has been accused of hosting apps riddled with vulnerabilities after saying users are responsible for addressing security issues flagged before publishing.…

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Ransomware payments cratered in 2025, but attacks surged to record highs

Fri, 2026-02-27 16:15
Smaller crews piled in as old names splintered and rebranded

Ransomware payments cratered in 2025, but it seems like the cybercrooks launching the attacks didn't get the memo.…

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French DIY etailer ManoMano admits customer data stolen

Fri, 2026-02-27 15:15
Crooks claim they helped themselves to over 37M accounts during January hit on subcontractor

French online marketplace ManoMano is warning customers their personal data was siphoned off after a cyberattack hit one of its customer support subcontractors – and criminals are already claiming the haul is far larger than the company's carefully worded notice suggests.…

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Japan's Rapidus lands $1.7B to chase 2nm chip production by 2027

Fri, 2026-02-27 14:30
Government and 32 private-sector backers fund push to take on TSMC and Samsung at leading-edge nodes

Japan's fledgling foundry biz Rapidus has secured funding of $1.7 billion to help it progress to mass production of 2nm semiconductors by 2027, making it a potential rival for Taiwan's TSMC.…

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Cops back Dutch telco Odido after second wave of ShinyHunters leaks

Fri, 2026-02-27 13:54
Company refuses to pay ransom as attackers threaten larger daily dumps

The Netherlands' national police is backing Odido's refusal to pay a ransom after ShinyHunters leaked a second round of records belonging to the telco.…

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50 GW of datacenter demand queues up for UK grid access

Fri, 2026-02-27 13:13
To put that into perspective, 45 GW was peak electricity use for Britain so far this year

About 140 datacenters are in the queue to be connected to Britain's power grid, and their combined energy requirements are estimated to be more than the current peak electricity use for the entire country.…

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Half of German-speaking SAP users set to blow past 2027 ECC support deadline

Fri, 2026-02-27 12:14
Most DSAG members willing to pay a premium to stay on legacy platform until 2030

About half of German-speaking SAP users on its legacy ECC ERP system are set to ignore the 2027 support deadline, according to a survey of users in Germany, Switzerland, and Austria.…

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Sopra Steria sues UK government over £958M Capita outsourcing award

Fri, 2026-02-27 11:45
French firm claims DWP failed to identify rival's bid was 'abnormally low' and alleges govt breached procurement rules

Sopra Steria is suing the UK government, alleging it accepted a bid from rival Capita for an outsourcing contract worth up to £958.7 million that it failed to recognize as too low to comply with procurement rules.…

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Mondelēz picks Celonis as process backbone for SAP overhaul

Fri, 2026-02-27 10:15
Snack giant opts for vendor-neutral process mining as it shifts from ECC to S/4HANA

In the middle of a mammoth migration off SAP's legacy ERP systems, global snack giant Mondelēz has found an alternative to the German vendor's tech as the main platform for understanding its complex, fragmented business processes.…

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UK copper fired after faking keyboard taps using photo frame

Fri, 2026-02-27 09:30
Typing 8x more than your peers? You better have the work to show for it

Avon and Somerset Police this week confirmed a former officer was dismissed after she was found weighing her laptop keyboard down with photo frames to simulate activity.…

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Engineer held hostage by client who asked for the wrong fix

Fri, 2026-02-27 07:30
'I was no longer field support. I was collateral'

On Call Friday has arrived, bringing a promise of fleeting freedom – and a new instalment of On Call, The Register's reader-contributed column that retells your tales of tech support incidents that became memorable for all the wrong reasons.…

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NUC, NUC! Who’s there? ASUS with a thin client for Microsoft’s cloudy PCs

Fri, 2026-02-27 05:53
Dell also joins the basic devices for Windows 365 fun

Microsoft has found some friends to make desktop devices that boot into its Windows 365 cloud PCs.…

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China’s ‘The US hacks itself to make us look bad’ theorists return with a crypto conspiracy

Fri, 2026-02-27 04:10
Apparently Uncle Sam busted Binance to shore up the dollar, balance the budget, and achieve world domination

The Chinese agency that has accused the USA of cyberattacks on its own infrastructure to make Beijing look bad is back with another theory: Washington’s actions against cryptocurrency crooks are just attempts to dominate the global financial system.…

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