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Mozilla rolls out Firefox 140 with ESR status and fresh features

Tue, 2025-06-24 17:43
Say hello to a year's support, but bid goodbye to Pocket

The latest Mozilla Firefox is trickling out – and it's an Extended Support Release (ESR).…

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Beware of fake SonicWall VPN app that steals users' credentials

Tue, 2025-06-24 17:22
A good reminder not to download apps from non-vendor sites

Unknown miscreants are distributing a fake SonicWall app to steal users' VPN credentials.…

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HPE puts all its chips in the agentic AI pot

Tue, 2025-06-24 16:30
Another OEM has decided we're now in the agentic AI age

HPE Discover 2025 In another sign that AI agents have taken over the enterprise zeitgeist, the theme at HPE Discover this year is all about cramming the automated workflow bots anywhere they'll fit, whether or not agentic AI is mature for all use cases. …

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Bezos beams up batch two as Project Kuiper plays catch-up with Starlink

Tue, 2025-06-24 15:45
ULA's Atlas V deploys second load of Amazon's broadband satellites

The second batch of Amazon's Project Kuiper broadband satellites has launched, but Team Bezos has a long way to go to match the coverage of Elon Musk's Starlink.…

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AI may be after your job, but this AI agent promises to help you get a new one

Tue, 2025-06-24 15:00
'Jobright Agent' can apply for jobs on your behalf

The jury is still out on whether AI will take your job, but there's a new AI tool that promises to help you find a new one if you're pressed.…

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Microsoft is about to retire default outbound access for VMs in Azure

Tue, 2025-06-24 14:29
'Things will break,' Aviatrix CPO tells El Reg

Interview In September, Microsoft will retire default outbound access for VMs in Azure. "It's not quite a Y2K moment," says Aviatrix CPO Chris McHenry, "but things will break."…

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Xlibre forks to the rescue – but Kubuntu gives X11 the boot

Tue, 2025-06-24 13:32
Summer Solstice release lands as another distro ditches the old display protocol

Depending on who you ask, the recent turbulent times in the world of X11 could be a new dawn – or the eddies around a sinking ship.…

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World's largest camera shows galaxy in 3,200 megapixel glory as Rubin telescope goes online

Tue, 2025-06-24 12:32
20TB of galactic shots a day, backed by Microsofties

High on a Chilean mountain the Vera C. Rubin Observatory is, at last, photographing the galaxy and the first shots have found 2,104 new asteroids in the Solar System in its initial ten hours of operation.…

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Four REvil ransomware crooks walk free, escape gulag fate, after admitting guilt

Tue, 2025-06-24 11:46
Russian judge lets off accused with time served – but others who refused to plead guilty face years in penal colony

Four convicted members of the once-supreme ransomware operation REvil are leaving captivity after completing most of their five-year sentences.…

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Google faces UK clampdown as watchdog floats market power rules

Tue, 2025-06-24 10:23
CMA roadmap outlines potential restrictions on how ad slinger operates in the country

Google is one step closer to strategic market status (SMS) designation in the UK following a proposal from the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) regarding search and advertising.…

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Datacenter market offers us captive customer base, say investors

Tue, 2025-06-24 09:25
AI boom sparks surge in bit barn funding as firms tout high barriers and sticky clients

What do investors find most attractive about datacenters? One of the simple answers is customer lock-in. "When your contracts come to an end, your customers typically prefer to stay at your datacenter," said one asset firm exec.…

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Tiling terminal multiplexers for the console connoisseur

Tue, 2025-06-24 08:30
Split your shell for fun and profit – even over remote connections

All the fun of a tiling window manager right on the console, without needing a GUI at all. What's not to like?…

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China’s trying to slim down, which will fatten the smartwatch market

Tue, 2025-06-24 07:32
Sales are already surging thanks to Beijing's subsidies and Trump's tariffs

China recently launched an initiative to reduce the incidence of obesity in the country, a move analyst firm IDC thinks will fatten the market for smartwatches and smart wristbands.…

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Lenovo shows what a Chromebook packing a MediaTek Kompanio Ultra can do

Tue, 2025-06-24 06:34
Nothing startling, even with Google’s AI extras

Lenovo has released the first Chromebook Plus packing MediaTek’s Kompanio Ultra, the system-on-chip that includes a 50 TOPS neural processing unit, and at first glance it looks speedy and includes some AI features but is otherwise mundane.…

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'Psylo' browser tries to obscure digital fingerprints by giving every tab its own IP address

Tue, 2025-06-24 06:32
Gotta keep 'em separated so the marketers and snoops can't come out and play

Psylo, which bills itself as a new kind of private web browser, debuted last Tuesday in Apple's App Store, one day ahead of a report warning about the widespread use of browser fingerprinting for ad tracking and targeting.…

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Omnissa brings VDI-style app packaging to physical PCs

Tue, 2025-06-24 04:34
VMware spin-out is making friends and choosing some enemies

Omnissa, the independent company that acquired VMware’s former end-user compute portfolio, has tweaked its App Volumes product that packages and deploys desktop apps for use on virtual PCs so it works on physical machines too.…

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Typhoon-like gang slinging TLS certificate 'signed' by the Los Angeles Police Department

Mon, 2025-06-23 23:45
Chinese crew built 1,000+ device network that runs on home devices then targets critical infrastructure

A stealthy, ongoing campaign to gain long-term access to networks bears all the markings of intrusions conducted by China’s ‘Typhoon’ crews and has infected at least 1,000 devices, primarily in the US and South East, according to Security Scorecard's Strike threat intel analysts. And it uses a phony certificate purportedly signed by the Los Angeles police department to try and gain access to critical infrastructure.…

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America and Britain gear up with Project Flytrap to bring anti-drone kit to the battlefield

Mon, 2025-06-23 21:33
Prepping to fight the next war, not the last one

video The US Army, alongside British and other NATO partners, is testing the latest counter-drone kit at a training area in Germany. Early feedback is promising, even if most of the hardware isn't American-made.…

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Huawei’s latest notebook shows China is still generations behind in chipmaking

Mon, 2025-06-23 20:35
Kirin X90 SoC made on two-year-old 7nm N+2 process

Despite concerted efforts by the Chinese to bolster domestic semiconductor production in defiance of US trade policy, new evidence uncovered by Canadian research outlet TechInsights suggests SMIC, the Middle Kingdom's top chip manufacturer, remains generations behind the rest of the world.…

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Iran cyberattacks against US biz more likely following air strikes

Mon, 2025-06-23 18:41
Plus 'low-level' hacktivist attempts

The US Department of Homeland Security has warned American businesses to guard their networks against Iranian government-sponsored cyberattacks along with "low-level" digital intrusions by pro-Iran hacktivists.…

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