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Apple's alleged UK encryption battle sparks political and privacy backlash
US politicians and privacy campaigners are calling for the private hearing between Apple and the UK government regarding its alleged encryption-busting order to be aired in public.…
AI running out of juice despite Microsoft's hard squeezing
Opinion I am so sick and tired of AI hype. I'm not the only one.…
Dash to Panel maintainer quits after donations drive becomes dash to disaster
The maintainer of one of the most popular extensions to customize the GNOME desktop is stepping down and seeking someone to take over development after a fundraising effort backfired.…
New kids on the ransomware block channel Lockbit to raid Fortinet firewalls
Researchers are tracking a newly discovered ransomware group with suspected links to LockBit after a series of intrusions were reported starting in January.…
Pirate Bay financier and far-right activist Carl Lundström dies in plane crash
One of the initial backers of infamous torrenting site The Pirate Bay, Carl Lundström, has died after crashing his aircraft in bad weather.…
User complained his mouse wasn’t working. But he wasn’t using a mouse
On Call Welcome once again to On Call, The Register's Friday column in which we share your astounding tales of being asked to tackle tech support jobs that seemingly defy common sense.…
Saturn runs rings around Jupiter
Saturn runs rings around Jupiter Ratification of 128 new moons put the smaller gas giant way ahead on satellite count The International Astronomical Union on Tuesday ratified the recent discovery of 128 previously unknown moons orbiting Saturn, taking the gas giant’s count of known natural satellites to 274.…
India investigates whether Uber makes iPhone users pay more to ride
India’s government has ordered an investigation into whether Uber and local ride-share champion charge Ola customers more if they use iPhones.…
Judge orders Feds re-hire workers falsely fired for lousy performance
A federal judge has ordered six US government agencies to immediately rehire employees fired this year by the Trump administration.…
Dems ask federal agencies for reassurance DOGE isn't feeding data into AI willy-nilly
House Democrats have sent letters to 24 federal agencies asking for assurances that Elon Musk's DOGE team is not feeding sensitive government data into "unapproved and unaccountable" AI systems.…
We did not have Brave clashing with Rupert Murdoch on our 2025 bingo card, but there it is
Brave has gone to court to head off potential legal action from News Corp over the browser maker's AI summaries of articles published by Rupert Murdoch's media empire.…
Google says it's rolling out a fix for stricken Chromecasts
Google has told The Register it's beginning to roll out a fix for Chromecast devices that were bricked due to an expired security certificate authority. We're assured this deployment will take place over the next few days.…
OpenAI asks Uncle Sam to let it scrape everything, stop other countries complaining
OpenAI wants the US government to ensure it has access to any data it wants to train GenAI models, and to stop foreign countries from trying to enforce copyright rules against it and other American AI firms.…
Starliner astronauts' stay drags on as Crew-10 launch scrubs
The launch of the next crew to the International Space Station (ISS) was postponed to no earlier than Friday, March 14, due to a hydraulic issue with a group support clamp arm for the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket during March 12's countdown.…
That 'angry guest' email from Booking.com? It's a scam, not a 1-star review
An ongoing phishing campaign disguised as a Booking.com email casts keystroke and credential-stealing malware into hospitality employees' inboxes for financial fraud and theft, according to Microsoft Threat Intelligence.…
Microsoft tempted to hit the gas as renewables can't keep up with AI
Microsoft says there is plenty of wind and solar to power datacenters in the US, but it is still eyeing natural gas generation as it juggles the growing energy needs of AI with its own net-zero commitments.…
CISA: We didn't fire our red team, we just unhired a bunch of them
The US cybersecurity agency is trying to save face by seeking to clear up what it's calling "inaccurate reporting" after a former senior pentester claimed it laid off the entire Red Team.…
DeepSeek can be gently persuaded to spit out malware code
DeepSeek's flagship R1 model is capable of generating a working keylogger and basic ransomware code, just as long as a techie is on hand to tinker with it a little.…
ESA cuts the ribbon on 34,000-core Space HPC center tailored for space workloads
The European Space Agency this week inaugurated its new supercomputing facility built with HPE.…
Frack to the future? Geothermal energy pitched as datacenter savior
An independent research body claims that geothermal power generation could provide an answer to the growing energy requirements of datacenters.…