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Aeroflot aeroflops over 'IT issues' after attackers claim year-long compromise

Mon, 2025-07-28 12:14
Russia's top airline cancels 49 flights, delays affect many more

Russia's largest airline, Aeroflot, canceled numerous flights on Monday morning following what it says was a failure in its IT systems - something hacktivists are claiming responsiblity for.…

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'Impossible hill to climb': US clouds crush European competition on their home turf

Mon, 2025-07-28 11:32
Local providers squeezed out despite market growth, leaving sovereignty hopes in question

European cloud infrastructure companies make up just 15 percent of their own market, and the huge investment the US giants can wield makes their dominance "an impossible hill to climb" for any would-be challengers.…

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UK VPN demand soars after debut of Online Safety Act

Mon, 2025-07-28 10:51
1,400% jump in sign-ups as users try to avoid age verification checks when surfing adult sites

Searches and sign-ups for VPN providers have surged in the wake of online age checks that were introduced on July 25 as part of the UK's Online Safety Act.…

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Intel cutting cutting-edge node funds would mean no more Moore's Law

Mon, 2025-07-28 09:28
At least at Chipzookie... TSMC and Global Foundaries may yet continue to try to defy physics

Intel chief executive Lip-Bu Tan has warned that he may pull investment from Intel's leading-edge 14A semiconductor process node unless "a meaningful external customer" can guarantee profits – a move which may finally spell the end of the chipmaker's loyal adherence to Moore's Law.…

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UK needs to pick up handsets for troubled Emergency Services Network project

Mon, 2025-07-28 08:31
Up to £925M on table as government pushes ahead with project likely to be a decade late

The UK government is talking to tech suppliers to provide handsets for the country's emergency services' voice and data network, in a procurement which could be worth up to £925 million ($1.24 billion).…

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Intern did exactly what he was told and turned off the wrong server

Mon, 2025-07-28 07:32
And was then blamed for not knowing about inaccurate labels

Who, Me? Returning to work on Monday morning can feel like a mistake, which is why The Register welcomes readers back to their desks with a fresh instalment of Who, Me? It's the reader-contributed column in which we tell your tales of making a mess at work, and somehow surviving.…

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US spy satellite agency breached, but insists no classified secrets spilled

Mon, 2025-07-28 00:29
Plus, leak site for BlackSuit seized, Tea spilt, and avoid crime if you've got a famous dad

Infosec in brief A computer intrusion hit the US spy satellite agency, but officials insist no classified secrets were lost - just some unclassified ones, apparently.…

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Seeing is believing in biomedicine, which isn't great when AI gets it wrong

Sun, 2025-07-27 11:31
'It looks sexy but it's wrong' - like the improbably well-endowed rat

Biomedical visualization specialists haven't come to terms with how or whether to use generative AI tools when creating images for health and science applications. But there's an urgent need to develop guidelines and best practices because incorrect illustrations of anatomy and related subject matter could cause harm in clinical settings or as online misinformation.…

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Congress tries to outlaw AI that jacks up prices based on what it knows about you

Sat, 2025-07-26 13:15
Surveillance-based pricing? Two lawmakers say enough

Two Democratic members of Congress, Greg Casar (D-TX) and Rashida Tlaib (D-MI,) have introduced legislation in the US House of Representatives to ban the use of AI surveillance to set prices and wages.…

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Blame a leak for Microsoft SharePoint attacks, researcher insists

Sat, 2025-07-26 11:28
MAPP program to blame?

A week after Microsoft told the world that its July software updates didn't fully fix a couple of bugs, which allowed miscreants to take over on-premises SharePoint servers and remotely execute code, researchers have assembled much of the puzzle — with one big missing piece.…

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Intel to throw networking biz over the side of its rapidly shrinking ship

Fri, 2025-07-25 21:20
Chipzilla hopes it can pull an Altera with its NEX division, and is now looking for buyers

Intel isn't just laying off employees and closing plants in a bid to cut costs – it's also reportedly planning to get rid of its entire Network and Edge Group (NEX) to help right the ship. …

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Senator to Google: Give us info from telco Salt Typhoon probes

Fri, 2025-07-25 19:55
AT&T and Verizon refused to hand over the security assessments, says Cantwell

US Senator Maria Cantwell (D-WA) has demanded that Google-owned incident response firm Mandiant hand over the Salt Typhoon-related security assessments of AT&T and Verizon that, according to the lawmaker, both operators have thus far refused to give Congress.…

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First release candidate of systemd 258 is here

Fri, 2025-07-25 19:14
The latest version of systemd looks to be a big one, with substantial new functionality. More to love – right?

Like it or not, systemd is the industry-standard init system these days. A new release is coming, and it's a big one.…

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