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Exploit for under-siege SharePoint vuln reportedly in hands of ransomware crew
Security experts claim ransomware criminals have got their hands on a functional exploit for a nearly year-old critical Microsoft SharePoint vulnerability that was this week added to the US's must-patch list.…
Google to lay Asia-Pacific to South America undersea cable
Google says it is building the first ever subsea cable connecting South America to Asia-Pacific, in partnership with Chilean state-run infrastructure fund Desarrollo Pais and the Office of Posts and Telecommunications of French Polynesia (OPT).…
Secret multimillion-dollar cryptojacker snared by Ukrainian police
The criminal thought to be behind a multimillion-dollar cryptojacking scheme is in custody following a Europol-led investigation.…
US tech innovation dreams soured by changed R&D tax laws
A US federal tax change that took effect in 2022 thanks to a time-triggered portion of the Trump-era Tax Cuts and Jobs Act may leave entrepreneurs with massive tax bills. …
Going green Hertz: Rental giant axes third of EV fleet over lack of demand
Rental giant Hertz is backing away from electric vehicles (EVs) and plans to sell off a third of its global fleet of battery-powered cars.…
Media experts cry foul over AI's free lunch of copyrighted content
Tech companies should compensate news publishers for training AI models on their copyrighted content, media experts told senators in a hearing this week.…
Microsoft suggests command line fiddling to get faulty Windows 10 update installed
Microsoft sent yet another problematic patch into the wild this week in the form of KB5034441. However, rather than deal with a BitLocker vulnerability, the patch is failing to install for some users.…
So, are we going to talk about how GitHub is an absolute boon for malware, or nah?
The popularity of Github has made it too big to block, which is a boon to dissidents ducking government censors but a problem for internet security.…
It's uncertain where personal technology is heading, but judging from CES, it smells
Column Every January in Las Vegas a few hundred thousand folks gather to learn about the latest innovations from an ever-broadening range of gadget makers, appliance manufacturers, automobile companies – and, these days, an ever-growing number of "wellness" purveyors.…
Data regulator fines HelloFresh £140k for sending 80M+ spams
Food delivery company HelloFresh is nursing a £140,000 ($178k) fine by Britain’s data privacy watchdog after a probe found it had dispatched upwards of a staggering 79 million spam email and one million texts in just seven months.…
Your pacemaker should be running open source software
Opinion Software Freedom Conservancy's (SFC) Executive Director Karen Sandler was last year awarded an honorary doctorate by Belgium's Katholieke Universiteit Leuven for her work for open source and software freedom.…
While we fire the boss, can you lock him out of the network?
On Call Welcome once more, dear reader, to On Call, The Register's weekly reader-contributed column detailing the delights and dangers of working in tech support.…
Drivers: We'll take that plain dumb car over a flashy data-spilling internet one, thanks
CES Despite all the buzz around internet-connected smart cars at this year's CES in Las Vegas, most folks don't want vehicle manufacturers sharing their personal data with third parties – and even say they'd consider buying an older or dumber car to protect their privacy and security.…
Disease X fever infects Davos: WEF to plan response to whatever big pandemic is next
When the World Economic Forum meets in Davos next week, global leaders are set to discuss how to prevent a future unknown "Disease X" the World Health Organization predicts could kill 20 times more people than the recent coronavirus outbreak. …
Nvidia can't sell its best chips to China, but India is more than happy to take them
Nvidia may not be able to sell its top-specced GPUs in China, but across the border in India, datacenter operators are buying up tens of thousands of accelerators to bolster their AI capabilities.…
Daughter of George Carlin horrified someone cloned her dad with AI for hour special
The makers of an hour-long AI-generated comedy special mimicking the late and great American comedian and actor George Carlin have been criticized for, apparently, not obtaining explicit permission from his family to impersonate his voice and style for the vid.…
What to make of Google backing Right-to-Repair in Oregon? 'It gives me hope'
Google on Thursday voiced support for pending Right to Repair legislation in the US state of Oregon, calling it "a compelling model for other states to follow."…
Adios, dead zones: Starlink relays SMS in space for unmodified phones on Earth
SpaceX's Starlink has confirmed a successful test of its Direct to Cell (DTC) technology with a two-way text conversation held earlier this week. …
eBay to cough up $3M after cyber-stalking couple who dared criticize the souk
eBay will pay $3 million to settle criminal charges that its security team stalked and harassed a Massachusetts couple in retaliation for their website's critical coverage of the online tat bazaar.…
Why Google is waiving egress fees for disgruntled customers ditching GCP
Data egress fees aren't going away, but if you really want to ditch Google Cloud and take your data somewhere else, the search giant is willing to cut you a break.…