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Nvidia's next Linux driver to be… just as open
Nvidia says its forthcoming release 560 driver will be as open as releases 515 and 555 were – and will support more devices.…
Russia’s FIN7 is peddling its EDR-nerfing malware to ransomware gangs
Prolific Russian cybercrime syndicate FIN7 is using various pseudonyms to sell its custom security solution-disabling malware to different ransomware gangs.…
TSMC boss predicts AI chip shortage through 2025, says Trump comments don't change his strategy
The CEO of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) is predicting that supply won't balance out demand for advanced chips until 2025 or 2026.…
Europe's largest council could face £12M manual audit bill after Oracle project disaster
Europe’s largest local authority faces a $15.58 million (£12 million) bill for manually auditing accounts which should have been supported by an Oracle ERP systems installed in April 2022.…
NASA swings budget axe, kills $400M+ VIPER lunar trundlebot
The budget axe has swung, and NASA's VIPER rover will not be trundling around the lunar surface any time soon.…
Maximum-severity Cisco vulnerability allows attackers to change admin passwords
Cisco just dropped a patch for a maximum-severity vulnerability that allows attackers to change the password of any user, including admins.…
Don’t blame AI for rise in carbon emissions, says Google exec
Google's chief scientist claims that AI is being unfairly blamed for the rise in his company's carbon dioxide emissions, and says the tech giant's efforts to switch to entirely clean energy by 2030 remains on track.…
Thunderbird is go: 128 now out with revamped 'Nebula' UI
Following the new ESR version of Firefox, upon which it is based, the latest Thunderbird is out too – with a fresh new look. …
Firms skip security reviews of major app updates about half the time
Cyber security workers only review major updates to software applications only 54 percent of the time, according to a poll of tech managers.…
Semiconductor shares slump – possibly thanks to Biden and Trump
The share price of several major semiconductor producers has taken a sharp dive, seemingly in response to a pair of political developments in the United States.…
Samsung buys UK AI startup to give its products the personal touch
Samsung announced the acquisition of UK knowledge graph startup Oxford Semantic Technologies on Thursday, to boost its AI smarts and offer more personalized experiences and content on its devices.…
Tech upgrade broke the casino – took slots offline for days
Australia's Star Entertainment Group, operator of three casinos down under, has seen its slot machines and other electronic games go offline for at least three days after an upgrade went awry.…
Release the hounds! Securing datacenters may soon need sniffer dogs
Sniffer dogs may soon become a useful means of improving physical security in datacenters, as increasing numbers of people are adopting implants like NFC chips that have the potential to enable novel attacks on access control tools.…
Merged Exabeam and LogRhythm cut jobs, face lawsuit
Exabeam and LogRhythm – a pair of cyber security firms – finalized their merger on Wednesday, an occasion The Register understands was marked by swift job cuts and shareholder action to investigate the transaction.…
Here we go again. And again. Musk threatens to pull Twitter, SpaceX out of California
Comment Elon Musk is threatening yet again to take his ball and go home, this time claiming he's going to move X and SpaceX from California to Texas because he's upset over a new state law designed to prevent teachers from being required to out LGBTQ students.…
Anthropic teams up with venture capital firm to kickstart $100M AI startup fund
Anthropic is setting up a $100 million fund for AI startups with the help of venture capital firm Menlo Ventures.…
Kaspersky gives US customers six months of free updates as a parting gift
Embattled Russian infosec shop Kaspersky is giving US customers six months of security updates for free as a parting gift as Uncle Sam kicks the antivirus maker out of the American market.…
SpaceX asks the FAA: 'Can we launch our rockets again, please?'
SpaceX wants to get back to launching Falcon 9 after one of the rockets experienced an upper stage malfunction last week, which forced it to ditch its satellites in a lower than planned orbit. It has requested a public safety determination from the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to allow it to return to flight.…
Light-weight solar-powered flying robots are coming
Researchers have developed very lightweight solar-powered flying robots in a bid to overcome the limitations of small-scale drone flyers.…
GlobalWafers scores $400M to help build US's first 300mm wafer plants in Texas and Missouri
US government is granting GlobalWafers up to $400 million in CHIPS Act cash to help fund its 300mm wafer manufacturing facilities in Texas and Missouri.…