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NetApp claims ex-CTO built a secret cloud platform then sold it to VAST Data
NetApp has accused its former senior vice president and CTO of secretly building a rival cloud control platform while still on its payroll, triggering an urgent legal scramble.…
Linus Torvalds is OK with vibe coding as long as it's not used for anything that matters
Linux and Git inventor Linus Torvalds discussed AI in software development in an interview earlier this month, describing himself as "fairly positive" about vibe coding, but as a way into computing, not for production coding where it would likely be horrible to maintain.…
Cloudflare coughs, half the internet catches a cold
Breaking Internet services provider Cloudflare is suffering a major outage that has knocked chunks of the web offline – including The Register.…
Zoomers are officially worse at passwords than 80-year-olds
Gen Z can get off their digital high horses because their passwords are no more secure than their grandparents'.…
Dutch turbine engineer tried to turn wind into crypto, ends up generating community service
A Dutch wind farm operator learned the hard way that its turbines weren't just spinning to generate electricity – they were also powering someone else's crypto wallet.…
Rust on the Moon? Far-side dirt says yes, actually
A Chinese-led team of boffins has uncovered tiny grains of hematite and maghemite in materials scooped from the Moon's far-side South Pole-Aitken Basin by the Chang'e 6 probe – iron oxides more at home on rusty tools on Earth than on our bone-dry satellite.…