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Meta's still violating GDPR rules with latest plan to train AI on EU user data, says noyb
There's a Max Schrems-shaped object standing in the way of Meta's plans to train its AI on the data of its European users, and he's come armed with several justifications for why Zuckercorp might be violating EU regulations with its stated plans. …
VPN Secure parent company CEO explains why he had to axe thousands of 'lifetime' deals
Customers are blasting VPN Secure's new parent company after it abruptly axed thousands of "lifetime" accounts. The reason? The CEO admits in an interview with The Register that his team didn't dig deep enough before acquiring the virtual private network outfit, and simply can't afford to honor those legacy deals.…
Saudi CubeSat gets golden ticket on doomed SLS rocket
NASA will launch a Saudi satellite aboard what could be its penultimate SLS rocket on the Artemis II mission following a deal announced in Riyadh by US President Donald Trump and de facto Saudi ruler Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.…
Go ahead and ignore Patch Tuesday – it might improve your security
Patch Tuesday has rolled around again, but if you don't rush to implement the feast of fixes it delivered, your security won't be any worse off in the short term – and may improve in the future.…
Europe plots escape hatch from the enshittification of search
As search engines are intentionally made worse, and software grows ever bigger and more complex, a possibly unexpected ally emerges: the European Union.…
C-suite at Alphabet make B-A-N-K from 2024 equity awards
The C-suite at Google's parent Alphabet collectively scooped up more than $215 million in compensation for 2024, and the CEO was the worst paid among them.…
Everyone's deploying AI, but no one's securing it – what could go wrong?
CYBERUK Peter Garraghan – CEO of Mindgard and professor of distributed systems at Lancaster University – asked the CYBERUK audience for a show of hands: how many had banned generative AI in their organizations? Three hands went up.…
Post Office finally throttles delayed in-house EPOS project
The UK Post Office has confirmed it is ending in-house efforts to replace the troubled Horizon accounting and point of sale system as it launches a £410 million (c $540 million) procurement for alternative suppliers.…
EuroHPC lines up AI upgrade for Leonardo supercomputer
Italy's Leonardo supercomputer is to get an AI upgrade to beef up support for the development of Large Language Models (LLMs) and multi-modal generative AI, in addition to the 13 AI factories now being procured around the EU.…
Ransomware scum have put a target on the no man's land between IT and operations
Criminals who attempt to damage critical infrastructure are increasingly targeting the systems that sit between IT and operational tech.…
US tech titans rejoice in $600B Saudi shopping spree
The Saudi government on Tuesday announced a massive $600 billion investment in US defense, transportation, energy, and IT infrastructure.…
Apple patched one first, but Microsoft’s blasted five exploited flaws this Pa-Tu
Patch Tuesday It's that time of the month again, and Microsoft has made it extra spicy by revealing five flaws it says are under active exploitation – but rates as important rather than critical fixes.…
NSF director memo to staff: Don't worry about those job cuts, at least for now
Employees at Uncle Sam's National Science Foundation (NSF) are relieved that the Trump administration's plan to downsize the federal government collided with the US court system on Friday – but they're worried that the relief is only temporary.…
Trump ends Biden-era dream to cap US AI chip exports
Biden's controversial AI Diffusion rules, which were set to restrict the sale of American GPUs and AI accelerators beginning this week, are officially dead.…
Intel's data-leaking Spectre defenses scared off yet again
Researchers at ETH Zurich in Switzerland have found a way around Intel's defenses against Spectre, a family of data-leaking flaws in the x86 giant's processor designs that simply won't die.…
Qatar’s $400M jet for Trump is a gold-plated security nightmare
The Trump administration is set to accept a $400 million luxury 747-8 from the royal family of Qatar – a lavish "palace in the sky" meant as a temporary Air Force One. But getting it up to presidential security standards could take years and cost hundreds of millions more.…