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Hm, why are so many DrayTek routers stuck in a bootloop?
DrayTek router owners in the UK and beyond had a pretty miserable weekend after some ISPs began to notice a lot of their customers' gateways going offline.…
Linus Torvalds forgot to release Linux 6.14 for a whole day
Linux kernel development boss Linus Torvalds has admitted his own “pure incompetence” led him to forget to deliver version 6.14 of the project.…
Public-facing Kubernetes clusters at risk of takeover thanks to Ingress-Nginx flaw
Cloudy infosec outfit Wiz has discovered serious vulnerabilities in the admission controller component of Ingress-Nginx Controller that could allow the total takeover of Kubernetes clusters – and thinks more than 6,000 deployments of the software are at risk on the internet.…
OTF, which backs Tor, Let's Encrypt and more, sues to save funding from Trump cuts
An organization that bankrolls various internet security projects has asked a Washington DC court to prevent the Trump administration from cancelling its federal funding – and expressed fears that if the cash stops flowing, the tools it supports could become harder to access.…
Top Trump officials text classified Yemen airstrike plans to journo in Signal SNAFU
Senior Trump administration officials used the messaging app Signal to discuss secret government business – including detailed plans to attack Houthi rebels in Yemen - and accidentally invited a journalist to join the group in which they chatted.…
FCC on the prowl for Huawei and other blocked Chinese makers in America
The FCC is investigating whether Chinese manufacturers black-listed on its so-called Covered List - including Huawei - are still somehow doing business in America, either by misreading the rules or willfully ignoring them.…
As nation-state hacking becomes 'more in your face,' are supply chains secure?
Interview Former US Air Force cyber officer Sarah Cleveland worries about the threat of a major supply-chain attack from China or another adversarial nation. So she installed solar panels on her house: "Because what if the electric grid goes down?" …
FaunaDB shuts down but hints at open source future
FaunaDB - the database that promised relational power with document flexibility - will shut down its service at the end of May. The biz says it plans to release an open-source version of its core tech.…
Raspberry Pi Power-over-Ethernet Injector zaps life into networks lacking spark
The Raspberry Pi team has launched a Power-over-Ethernet Injector aimed at users who are seeking to add some juice to their network but who lack a network switch capable of doing so.…
DoD kills off HR IT project after 780% budget overrun, years of delays
After blowing deadlines and budgets for years, the Pentagon has finally pulled the plug on a troubled project to overhaul its outdated civilian HR IT systems.…
AI agents swarm Microsoft Security Copilot
Microsoft's Security Copilot is getting some degree of agency, allowing the underlying AI model to interact more broadly with the company's security software to automate various tasks.…
Fedora 42 beta has so many spins, it'll make your head whirl
Fedora 42 is now in beta testing, with more desktops and editions than ever.…
23andMe's genes not strong enough to avoid Chapter 11
Beleaguered DNA testing biz 23andMe - hit by a massive cyber attack in 2023 - is filing for bankruptcy protection in the US following years of financial uncertainty.…
NASA rewrites Moon mission goals in quiet DEI retreat
The purge of DEI language from US federal websites has claimed another victim. This time, it is NASA's pledge to land the first woman and the first person of color on the Moon as part of the Artemis program.…
2 in 5 techies quit over inflexible workplace policies
Two in five techies quit in the past year because their employer didn't offer requisite flexibility with respect to hours, location and the "intensity of work."…
Is Washington losing its grip on crypto, or is it a calculated pivot to digital dominance?
Analysis Is the US retreating from its hardline stance on crypto? On Friday, the US Treasury Department lifted sanctions imposed on notorious crypto mixer Tornado Cash, once accused of washing billions in illicit crypto for criminals and nation-states alike.…
GNOME 48 lands with performance boosts, new fonts, better accessibility
GNOME 48 is here, with some under-the-hood tweaks to improve performance even on low-end kit.…
Capita's Northern Ireland school IT deal swells to over half a billion after Fujitsu exit
A public body in Northern Ireland has granted Capita £208 million in additional contracts and extensions without competition after ditching a £485 million Fujitsu deal last November.…
Microsoft tastes the unexpected consequences of tariffs on time
Opinion Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity. This works well in sane times, less so when "but it's both" is the default. Apply it to Microsoft's decision to make bug reports include not only a working example but a video of the same, and the meter oscillates wildly. What were they thinking? What did they expect?…
After three weeks of night shifts, very tired techie broke the UK’s phone network
Who, Me? Welcome to another working week, and therefore to another instalment of Who, Me? It’s The Register’s reader-contributed Monday column that shares stories of your worst moments at work, and how you kept your career alive once the extent of the damage was discerned.…