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Ubuntu upgrade had our old Nvidia GPU begging for a downgrade
The Reg FOSS desk spent some quality time downgrading Ubuntu to restore graphics acceleration. How and why would we do this?…
Microsoft signs eviction notice on Dev Home
Microsoft is killing off its unloved Dev Home control center after the app spent less than two years in preview.…
Memories fade. Archives burn. All signal eventually becomes noise
Column When moving house a few months back I found several heavy plastic tubs that, upon inspection, I saw contained my life's work in print. They were full of articles, magazines, books and book chapters.…
Spending watchdog blasts UK govt over sloth-like cyber resilience progress
The UK government is significantly behind on its 2022 target to harden systems against cyberattacks by 2025, with a new report from the spending watchdog suggesting it may not achieve this goal even by 2030.…
AI revoir, Lucie: France's answer to ChatGPT paused after faux pas overdrive
As China demonstrates how competitive open source AI models can be via the latest DeepSeek release, France has shown the opposite.…
The curious story of Uncle Sam's HR dept, a hastily set up email server, and fears of another cyber disaster
Two anonymous US government employees have sued Uncle Sam's HR department – the Office of Personnel Management – claiming the Trump administration's rapid roll out of a new federal email system broke the law.…
SLAP, Apple, and FLOP: Safari, Chrome at risk of data theft on iPhone, Mac, iPad Silicon
Many recent Apple laptops, desktops, tablets, and phones powered by Cupertino's homegrown Silicon processors can be exploited to reveal email content, browsing behavior, and other sensitive data through two newly identified side-channel attacks on Chrome and Safari.…
Baguette bandits strike again with ransomware and a side of mockery
Hellcat, the ransomware crew that infected Schneider Electric and demanded $125,000 in baguettes, has aggressively targeted government, education, energy, and other critical industries since it emerged around mid-2024.…
You probably have more CIO experience than the incoming White House CIO
The US has a new federal chief information officer who, based on his resume, has no prior experience as a CIO but is now tasked with overseeing IT operations and strategy for the entire federal government.…
OpenAI cozies up to Uncle Sam with ChatGPT government edition
OpenAI has announced ChatGPT Gov, a variant of the Enterprise version of the product specifically tailored for use by the US government.…
Trump eyes up to 100% tariffs on foreign semiconductors, TSMC in crosshairs
Americans could soon see the price of electronics skyrocket in response to a 25-100 percent import tariff on computer chips promised by US President Donald Trump on Monday.…
DARPA asking for ideas on automating money laundering detection
Tracking down and preventing money laundering is a slow, time-consuming, manual procedure. DARPA is hoping it can provide some relief for exhausted analysts by automating the process. …
US AI shares battered, bruised, and holding after yesterday's DeepSeek beating
US tech shares, rattled yesterday by the release of a supposedly more efficient AI model by Chinese outfit DeepSeek, appear to have staunched the bleeding, but not recovered. …
Google Maps to roll out Trump-approved Denali and Gulf of Mexico rebrands
Among the flurry of executive orders expelled from Donald J Trump following his inauguration as US President last week, one of the more impotent was "Restoring Names That Honor American Greatness."…
SAP extends support deadline for getting off legacy software – in very special circumstances
SAP has confirmed that it will extend support for legacy systems beyond its previously stated deadlines for customers who have already signed up for a specific ERP cloud transition deal.…
Cloud market working well... if you're AWS and Microsoft
The UK's market regulator says "competition is not working as well as it could" in the local cloud services sector, and it plans to look harder at what AWS and Microsoft are doing – while giving Google a pass – in its Cloud Services Investigation.…
Microsoft admits January's Windows Update broke USB Digital to Audio Convertor
The list of known issues in the Windows January 14 update continues to grow with USB audio device users the latest to be hit.…
Security pros more confident about fending off ransomware, despite being battered by attacks
IT and security pros say they are more confident in their ability to manage ransomware attacks after nearly nine in ten (88 percent) were forced to contain efforts by criminals to breach their defenses in the past year.…
Fear of the unknown keeps Broadcom's VMware herd captive. Don't be cowed
Opinion With Broadcom putting the bite on VMware customers with more abandon than Dracula in a blood bank, one has to wonder. Why hang around? Why better bled than fled?…
Meta blocked Distrowatch links on Facebook while running Linux servers
Facebook has lifted a temporary ban preventing users from posting links to popular OS comparison site Distrowatch – after going so far as to lock the account of the site's editor.…