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Samsung Galaxy S25 is so smart it wears Crocs, resists quantum decryption

Wed, 2025-01-22 18:10
This year's model adds lots of AI, improved management, and support for biz buyers

First fondle Samsung has announced the Galaxy S25, the latest version of its flagship smartphone range, and, as you'd expect, made new AI features the hero.…

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NASA spacewalkers to swab the ISS for microbial life

Wed, 2025-01-22 17:02
Learning how to deal with the microorganisms hitching a ride with humans

Two NASA astronauts are set to venture outside the International Space Station (ISS) in search of signs of life.…

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Microsoft issues out-of-band fix for Windows Server 2022 NUMA glitch

Wed, 2025-01-22 16:17
Update addresses boot failures on multi-node systems

Microsoft is releasing an out-of-band patch to deal with a problem that prevented some Windows Server 2022 machines from booting.…

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Silk Road's Dread Pirate Roberts walks free as Trump pardons dark web kingpin

Wed, 2025-01-22 15:30
Ross Ulbricht's family are now appealing for donations to support his reintegration into society

Silk Road founder Ross Ulbricht is now a free man after US President Donald Trump made good on his promise to issue a federal pardon upon taking office.…

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Better power management, security, and scheduling in Linux kernel 6.13

Wed, 2025-01-22 14:45
But no changes to bcachefs

Linux kernel 6.13 is here, but don't get too excited. It's not a biggie and, given the timing, probably won't appear in many familiar distros.…

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Analysts say real datacenter emissions are a dirty secret

Wed, 2025-01-22 14:00
Amazon doesn't break out figures, but then again neither do Microsoft nor Google

As more businesses shift an ever greater number of workloads to the cloud, hyperscalers aren't doing enough to help CIOs or tech buyers, who are already under legislative pressure, to be more transparent about their own corporation's carbon footprint regarding compute services.…

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Infosec was literally the last item in Trump's policy plan, yet major changes are likely on his watch

Wed, 2025-01-22 13:15
Everyone agrees defense matters. How to do it is up for debate

Feature The Trump administration came to office this week without a detailed information security policy, but analysis of cabinet nominees’ public remarks and expert comments suggest it will make significant changes in the field.…

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UK tax collector's phone service 'deliberately' bad to push users online, say MPs

Wed, 2025-01-22 12:50
Cut off nearly 44k peeps who had been waiting 70 minutes for advice on unavoidable chore

The UK tax collector must "take responsibility for its own failings to offer sufficiently effective digital services to customers," according to a committee of MPs which accused HMRC of "deliberately" poor phone service to push callers online.…

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Former Amazon exec appointed as chair of UK's competition watchdog

Wed, 2025-01-22 12:12
Interim appointment after former head booted out for not being 'sufficiently focused on growth'

The UK's Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has a new chair after the sudden departure of the previous incumbent.…

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Business value from GenAI remains elusive despite IT spending boom

Wed, 2025-01-22 10:15
The nascent tech enters Hype Cycle’s downward slope, says Gartner

Tech analysts have forecast 9.8 percent year-over-year growth in worldwide IT spending in 2025, reaching $5.61 trillion and driven by continuing AI investments, despite “moonshot” projects seeing a high failure rate.…

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Ransomware scum make it personal for <i>Reg</i> readers by impersonating tech support

Wed, 2025-01-22 09:29
That invitation to a Teams call on which IT promises to mop up a spamstorm may not be what it seems

Two ransomware campaigns are abusing Microsoft Teams to infect organizations and steal data, and the crooks may have ties to Black Basta and FIN7, according to Sophos.…

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China claims major fusion advance and record after 17-minute Tokamak run

Wed, 2025-01-22 08:29
1,066 seconds of steady-state high-confinement plasma operation and all that

China’s Hefei Institutes of Physical Science has claimed a new world record for maintaining a steady-state high-confinement plasma operation, a feat needed to create a fusion reactor that in theory will produce vast amounts of energy at little cost.…

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Google DeepMind CEO says 2025's the year we start popping pills AI helped invent

Wed, 2025-01-22 07:28
Nobel Prize winner Demis Hassabis thinks human trials will happen soon

Clinical trials of the first drugs designed with the help of artificial intelligence could commence this year, Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis suggested Tuesday.…

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Apple Intelligence turned on by default in upcoming macOS Sequoia 15.3, iOS 18.3

Wed, 2025-01-22 06:32
Plus: Google stuffs Gemini into Workspace, with a hidden off switch?

Ready or not, generative AI assistants and productivity aids are getting harder to avoid with a growing number of software vendors enabling them by default.…

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OpenAI to blow through $500B on AI infrastructure for itself with help from pals

Wed, 2025-01-22 02:37
SoftBank, Oracle, MGX form Stargate Project with ChatGPT maker, intend to outspend Microsoft this year

OpenAI, Oracle, SoftBank, and investment firm MGX on Tuesday announced plans to spend $500 billion on AI infrastructure in America over the next four years, to be used by the ChatGPT super-lab.…

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PowerSchool theft latest: Decades of Canadian student records, data from 40-plus US states feared stolen

Wed, 2025-01-22 01:02
Lawsuits pile up after database accessed by miscreants

Canada's largest school board has revealed that student records dating back to 1985 may have been accessed by miscreants who compromised software provider PowerSchool.…

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App stores unconvinced by Trump's TikTok ban pause, which may itself be on shaky legal ground

Tue, 2025-01-21 22:45
El Reg asked a lawyer to explain WTH is going on

Analysis President Trump's executive order stalling the enforcement of the TikTok ban in the United States has created legal uncertainty for companies hosting or distributing the app. To further confuse the matter, it's not even clear that Trump's decree is within his power to issue or enforce. …

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Atlassian's Bitbucket Cloud went down 'hard' today

Tue, 2025-01-21 20:15
Same, Big A, same

If you were unable to access Atlassian's Bitbucket Cloud today, it's because in the words of the IT giant, the service was "hard down."…

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Patch procrastination leaves 50,000 Fortinet firewalls vulnerable to zero-day

Tue, 2025-01-21 18:45
Seven days after disclosure and little action taken, data shows

Fortinet customers need to get with the program and apply the latest updates as nearly 50,000 management interfaces are still vulnerable to the latest zero-day exploit.…

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Trump hits undo on Biden AI order, EV mandate, emissions standards, and more

Tue, 2025-01-21 17:30
Also, prepare for paused wind projects and the Gulf of America from Trump 2.0 – and that's just day 1

US President Donald Trump has wasted no time in culling Biden-era programs, including the elimination of the prior administration's executive orders on AI safety and electric vehicles, and freezing funds for EV infrastructure.…

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