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Northern Ireland cops count human cost of August data breach

Tue, 2023-12-12 13:46
Officers potentially targeted by dissidents can't afford to relocate for their safety, while others seek support to change their names

An official review of the Police Service of Northern Ireland's (PSNI) August data breach has revealed the full extent of the impact on staff.…

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Ofcom proposes ban on UK telcos making 'inflation-linked' price hikes mid-contract

Tue, 2023-12-12 12:41
And it's not just inflation... it's inflation plus an additional percentage, it turns out

Brit telecoms regulator Ofcom is proposing fresh rules that take a swipe at companies who impose inflation-linked price rises in the middle of a contract, saying pricing should be more transparent for customers.…

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AWS S3 is 'pushing to become primary storage for a lot of applications'

Tue, 2023-12-12 11:33
We speak to Andy Warfield, AWS distinguished engineer

re:Invent At the recent AWS re:Invent conference, the hype was all around AI, but the big launch for many users was S3 (Simple Storage Service) Express One Zone – a S3 tier offering much lower latency than standard S3 buckets. This means S3 can be used directly by a wider range of applications, altering the storage cost and performance calculations.…

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Android iMessage app Beeper releases working update of blue-bubbled tool

Tue, 2023-12-12 10:37
Dev claims to have fixed 'issue that caused messages not to be sent or received'

The developer behind Beeper Mini just released an updated version of the standalone Android app that users say can sidestep the block Apple put in place over the weekend.…

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Kernel kerfuffle kiboshes Debian 12.3 release

Tue, 2023-12-12 09:30
A mis-merged patch causing corruption on ext4 volumes is to blame

The Debian maintainers have identified a problem in kernel 6.1 that can cause corruption on ext4 volumes. As a result, the planned 12.3 release won't happen.…

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BlackBerry squashes plan to spin out its IoT biz

Tue, 2023-12-12 08:23
Board and incoming CEO decide reorganizing is better than splitting

BlackBerry has decided its plan to split into two separate companies is not a good idea and will instead reorganize itself into two independent divisions.…

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British train system is getting another excuse for delays - solar storms

Tue, 2023-12-12 07:30
Let's choo-choo-choose safety, folks

Space weather can wreak havoc on electronic systems, but while most folks focus on protecting datacenters or the power grid, a group of UK researchers are warning that relatively mild solar storms could bork train signaling systems. …

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Interpol moves against human traffickers who enslave people to scam you online

Tue, 2023-12-12 06:30
Scum lure folks with promises of good jobs in crypto and then won't let them leave

Hundreds of suspected people smugglers have been arrested, and 163 potential victims rescued from servitude, as part of an Interpol-coordinated operation dubbed "Turquesa V" that targeted cyber criminals who lure workers into servitude to carry out their scams.…

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ByteDance slides around Indonesian social commerce ban with $1.5 billion buy

Tue, 2023-12-12 05:58
Takes huge stake in local superapp Tokopedia, for the good of the small business community

A mere two-and-a-half months after Indonesia imposed a ban on social commerce, made-in-China social media giant TikTok and local super-app company GoTo have announced a "strategic e-commerce partnership" in a form that appears to evade the ban.…

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China's SpaceX wannabe recycles a rocket after just 38 days

Tue, 2023-12-12 04:25
Interstellar Glory Space Technology gets a boost – even though it's yet to reach orbit

Chinese private space biz i-Space (not to be confused with Japanese aerospace concern iSpace) has recycled a rocket just 38 days after its previous flight.…

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Epic decision sees jury find Google's Play store is illegal monopoly

Tue, 2023-12-12 02:35
Fortnite dev hails 'a win for all app developers and consumers around the world'

Epic Games has won its antitrust battle against Google.…

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Proposed US surveillance regime would enlist more businesses

Tue, 2023-12-12 01:45
Expanded service provider definition could force cafes and hotels to spy for the feds

Many US businesses may be required to assist in government-directed surveillance – depending upon which of two reform bills before Congress is approved.…

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Broadcom halves subscription price for VMware's flagship hybrid cloud suite

Tue, 2023-12-12 00:37
Also kills perpetual licenses, adds a vSphere bundle for smaller users

+COMMENT Broadcom's VMware Cloud Foundation Division has announced what it's described as "a dramatic simplification of our product portfolio," plus the end of perpetual licenses and a move to subscriptions – some at half their previous price.…

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Boffins fool AI chatbot into revealing harmful content – with 98 percent success rate

Mon, 2023-12-11 23:47
This one weird trick works every time, most of the time

Investigators at Indiana's Purdue University have devised a way to interrogate large language models (LLMs) in a way that that breaks their etiquette training – almost all the time.…

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Microsoft partners with labor unions to shape and regulate AI

Mon, 2023-12-11 22:30
Redmond reassures AFL-CIO workers they won't be pushed out by technology

Microsoft is partnering with the largest US union group – representing 60 unions and more than 12 million workers – to explore how AI will impact labor, and help shape policies to support workers as the technology threatens to disrupt jobs.…

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British arms dealer BAE behind F-35 electronics first in line for US CHIPS funds

Mon, 2023-12-11 21:45
More awards imminent agency says

British arms dealer BAE Systems will be among the first beneficiaries of the $53 billion US Chips and Science Act.…

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Tesla says California's Autopilot action violates its free speech rights

Mon, 2023-12-11 20:36
Elon's biz claims 1st Amendment rights

It may have taken more than a year, but Tesla has finally responded to the California Department of Motor Vehicles allegations that it misrepresented Autopilot's capabilities, arguing that it's free to do so under the US Constitution. …

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2.5M patents infected with data loss in Norton Healthcare ransomware outbreak

Mon, 2023-12-11 20:01
AlphV lays claims to the intrusion

Norton Healthcare, which runs eight hospitals and more than 30 clinics in Kentucky and Indiana, has admitted crooks may have stolen 2.5 million people's most sensitive data during a ransomware attack in May.…

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New York set to host $10B semiconductor research facility with IBM and Micron

Mon, 2023-12-11 19:12
Elsewhere, BAE Systems bags first CHIPS Act funding

Upstate New York is set for a $10 billion semiconductor research facility to work on next-generation chip manufacturing, with IBM and Micron part of the scheme.…

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Memory-safe languages so hot right now, agrees Lazarus Group as it slings DLang malware

Mon, 2023-12-11 18:08
Latest offensive cyber group to switch to atypical programming for payloads

Research into Lazarus Group's attacks using Log4Shell has revealed novel malware strains written in an atypical programming language.…

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