Open source maintainers are really feeling the squeeze State Of Open Overworked, under pressure, and subjected to abuse – is it really worth it?
Nearly 10 years after Data and Goliath, Bruce Schneier says: Privacy’s still screwed Interview 'In 50 years, I think we'll view these business practices like we view sweatshops today'
Backup software vendor Veeam deleted forum data after restoration SNAFU DevOps team did the dirty on a database
There's a slight chance Asteroid 2024 YR4 could hit Moon in 2032 Very unlikely, but could make for a neat light show if it does Science17 Feb 2025 | 8
XCSSET macOS malware returns with first new version since 2022 Known for popping zero-days of yesteryear, Microsoft puts Apple devs on high alert Research17 Feb 2025 |
UK court says Chinese operation must sell Scottish chip biz stake without delay 'Satisfied' the risk to national security is 'a real and significant one' that should not be 'prolonged' Systems17 Feb 2025 | 4
Loken: An easy interactive way to better looking websites Interview A 'synthesizer for websites' lets you experiment and improvize your way to CSS Software17 Feb 2025 | 2
Bank of England Oracle Cloud bill balloons – but when you print money, who's counting? Old Lady of Threadneedle Street to pay millions for 'amended implementation methodology' Databases17 Feb 2025 | 12
TechUK demands that Britain's chip strategy is crisped up Trade body wants recommendations fast-tracked and fabs designated critical national infrastructure Systems17 Feb 2025 | 5
Techie pointed out meetings are pointless, and was punished for it Who, Me? When asked to offer honest feedback, maybe pause to ponder how well you play office politics On-Prem17 Feb 2025 | 60
Broadcom reportedly investigates acquiring Intel’s chip design biz Shhh. Don’t tell Hock Tan about those Xeons that unlock functions when you pay a fee Systems17 Feb 2025 | 10
Twin Google flaws allowed researcher to get from YouTube ID to Gmail address in a few easy steps Infosec In Brief PLUS: DOGE web design disappoints; FBI stops crypto scams; Zacks attacked again; and more! Security17 Feb 2025 | 9
Fujitsu worries US tariffs will see its clients slow digital spend Asia In Brief PLUS: Pacific islands targeted by Chinese APT; China’s new rocket soars; DeepSeek puts Korea in a pickle; and more Public Sector16 Feb 2025 |
This open text-to-speech model needs just seconds of audio to clone your voice Hands on El Reg shows you how to run Zyphra's speech-replicating AI on your own box AI + ML16 Feb 2025 | 31
Diversity, equity, and inclusion is not an illusion, but it soon might be Don't miss Global tech corps wrestle with policy disparity on either side of the Atlantic
Why AI benchmarks suck Anyone remember when Volkswagen rigged its emissions results? Oh... AI + ML15 Feb 2025 | 28
UK's new thinking on AI: Unless it's causing serious bother, you can crack on Comment Plus: Keep calm and plug Anthropic's Claude into public services AI + ML15 Feb 2025 | 67
If you dread a Microsoft Teams invite, just wait until it turns out to be a Russian phish Roses aren't cheap, violets are dear, now all your access token are belong to Vladimir CSO15 Feb 2025 | 23
SonicWall firewalls now under attack: Patch ASAP or risk intrusion via your SSL VPN Roses are red, violets are blue, CVE-2024-53704 is sweet for a ransomware crew Networks14 Feb 2025 | 9
Our world faces 'unprecedented' spike in electricity demand And it's not just datacenters driving the need for 3,500 TWh of new energy generation by 2027 On-Prem14 Feb 2025 | 64
Users await the fine print on SAP Business Suite reboot Cloud-based revival should come with 'a corresponding discount scale,' customers say Applications14 Feb 2025 | 4
Datacenter energy demand in bitbarn 'capital of the world' Virginia nearly doubled in second half of 2024 Dominion Energy already eyeing another 26 GW worth of datacenter demand On-Prem14 Feb 2025 | 4
Microsoft drops Azure Data Studio in favour of Visual Studio Code extension – despite missing features
Why do younger coders struggle to break through the FOSS graybeard barrier? FOSDEM 2025 The hurdles are higher than you might imagine Software14 Feb 2025 | 106
Critical PostgreSQL bug tied to zero-day attack on US Treasury High-complexity bug unearthed by infoseccers, as Rapid7 probes exploit further Research14 Feb 2025 | 21
International Space Station's out-of-this-world selfie booth turns 15 The Cupola continues to offer the best views in the universe Science14 Feb 2025 | 14
AWS vacates its board seat at European cloud crew CISPE ... weeks after US titan was outvoted by other members to let Microsoft join the Euro cloud trade association PaaS + IaaS14 Feb 2025 |
2 charged over alleged New IRA terrorism activity linked to cops' spilled data Officer says mistakenly published police details were shared 'a considerable amount of times' Security14 Feb 2025 | 20
Voda-Three name post-merger top team, keep schtum on layoffs Union estimates up to 1,600 job on the line Networks14 Feb 2025 | 25
Watchdog ponders why Apple doesn't apply its strict app tracking rules to itself Germany's Federal Cartel Office voices concerns iPhone maker may be breaking competition law Security14 Feb 2025 | 21
Techie cleaned up criminally bad tech support that was probably also an actual crime On Call Outsourcing is not supposed to involve taking clients' hardware out of their building to your house Storage14 Feb 2025 | 97
HPE says blocking Juniper buy is a sure Huawei to ensure China and Cisco thrive Analyst argues stopping the deal benefits Switchzilla by preventing rise of strong challenger for AI networks Networks14 Feb 2025 | 9
Chinese AI marches on as Baidu makes its chatbot free, Alibaba scores Apple deal New ‘Deep Search’ thinking and planning bot to go up against peoples’ champion DeepSeek AI + ML14 Feb 2025 | 2
Lawyers face judge's wrath after AI cites made-up cases in fiery hoverboard lawsuit Talk about court red-handed AI + ML14 Feb 2025 | 88
Chinese spies suspected of 'moonlighting' as tawdry ransomware crooks Some employees steal sticky notes, others 'borrow' malicious code Cyber-crime14 Feb 2025 | 11
After clash over Rust in Linux, now Asahi lead quits distro, slams Linus' kernel leadership I fought the Torv and ... the Torv won OSes13 Feb 2025 | 152
Reddit’s first public year shows growth, but Wall Street’s still not happy User numbers fall short, triggering investor sell-off Personal Tech13 Feb 2025 | 27
More victims of China's Salt Typhoon crew emerge: Telcos just now hit via Cisco bugs Networks in US and beyond compromised by Beijing's super-snoops pulling off priv-esc attacks Networks13 Feb 2025 | 5
Analysts welcome ACID transactions on real-time distributed Aerospike The little database company with big users gaining fans as it adds consistency to speed and scale Databases13 Feb 2025 | 3
US lawmakers press Trump admin to oppose UK's order for Apple iCloud backdoor Senator, Congressman tell DNI to threaten infosec agreements if Blighty won't back down Security13 Feb 2025 | 51
WD told to pay half a billion in patent damages before biz splits With drivemaker poised to become 2 publicly traded companies, judge says he has 'concerns' over restructuring Storage13 Feb 2025 | 11
Accelerating Europe’s digital future Europe’s most global, collaborative and cross-industry tech and startup event takes centre stage Partner Content
Ignorance really is bliss when you’re drowning in information Column If only the joy of missing out was easier to achieve
SAP snared in revenue trap unless it extends legacy ERP support User can still push for perpetual licenses despite vendor's craving for subscription deals Databases13 Feb 2025 | 7
North Korea targets crypto developers via NPM supply chain attack Yet another cash grab from Kim's cronies and an intel update from Microsoft Research13 Feb 2025 | 8
Undergrad and colleagues accidentally shred 40-year hash table gospel Student shows 'uniform hashing is optimal' was just wishful thinking Science13 Feb 2025 | 26
LibreOffice still kicking at 40, now with browser tricks and real-time collab FOSDEM 2025 Standard FOSS office suite continues to evolve in interesting new directions
Insurance giant finds claims rep that gives a damn (it's AI) Tech shows customers more humanity than its human staff
WordPress war latest: Ploy to trademark Hosted WordPress, Managed WordPress derailed Objection from open source community heralded as 'great victory for the ecosystem'
Mysterious Palo Alto firewall reboots? You're not alone Limited-edition hotfix to get wider release before end of month
Cisco says it’s already dug in to protect itself – and customers – if trade war breaks out Also reckons it can dodge DOGE
Have I Been Pwned likely to ban resellers from buying subs, citing 'sh*tty behavior' and onerous support requests 'What are customers actually getting from resellers other than massive price markups?' asks Troy Hunt
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Feds want devs to stop coding 'unforgivable' buffer overflow vulnerabilities FBI, CISA harrumph at Microsoft and VMware in call for coders to quit baking avoidable defects into stuff CSO13 Feb 2025 | 74
Sophos sheds 6% of staff after swallowing Secureworks De-dupes some roles, hints others aren't needed as the infosec scene shifts CSO13 Feb 2025 | 6
Larry Ellison wants to put all America's data, including DNA, in one big Oracle system for AI to study From the billionaire who said real-time surveillance is good for keeping us in check AI + ML12 Feb 2025 | 63
IBM return-to-office order hits finance, ops teams amid push to dump staff for AI Demand described as a 'soft layoff' On-Prem12 Feb 2025 | 33
Open source maintainers are really feeling the squeeze State Of Open Overworked, under pressure, and subjected to abuse – is it really worth it?
Techie pointed out meetings are pointless, and was punished for it Who, Me? When asked to offer honest feedback, maybe pause to ponder how well you play office politics
This open text-to-speech model needs just seconds of audio to clone your voice Hands on El Reg shows you how to run Zyphra's speech-replicating AI on your own box
Trump’s cyber chief pick has little experience in The Cyber GOP lawyer Sean Cairncross will be learning on the fly, as we also say hi to new intelligence boss Tulsi Gabbard Public Sector12 Feb 2025 | 53
Arizona laptop farmer pleads guilty for funneling $17M to Kim Jong Un 300+ US companies, 70+ individuals hit by the fraudsters Cyber-crime12 Feb 2025 | 20
Ransomware isn't always about the money: Government spies have objectives, too Feature Analysts tell El Reg why Russia's operators aren't that careful, and why North Korea wants money AND data Cyber-crime12 Feb 2025 | 7
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DARPA skips the lab, will head to orbit to test space manufacturing tech Previous NOM4D experiments have gone so well, says project leader, that it's time to get real Science12 Feb 2025 | 4
Russia's Sandworm caught snarfing credentials, data from American and Brit orgs 'Near-global' initial access campaign active since 2021 Research12 Feb 2025 | 8
James Webb Space Telescope to size up asteroid 2024 YR4 before it rocks our world 40 m or 90 m? The difference matters in the case of impact Science12 Feb 2025 | 32
Running hot? Server shipments forecast to cool in 2025 Supply chain and regulatory hurdles likely to shrink figures On-Prem12 Feb 2025 | 2
SpaceX Crew Dragons swapped so ISS crew can go home early 'Stranded' Starliner astronauts set for a March homecoming Science12 Feb 2025 | 8
Crimelords and spies for rogue states are working together, says Google Only lawmakers can stop them. Plus: software needs to be more secure, but what's in it for us? Cyber-crime12 Feb 2025 | 20
EU plans to 'mobilize' €200B to invest in AI to catch up with US and China Captain's Log, Stardate 3529.7 – oh yeah, Commish also withdrawing law that would help folks sue over AI harms AI + ML12 Feb 2025 | 15
Why SAP may be mulling 2030 end of maintenance for legacy ERP Users' sluggish migration of critical apps mean current deadline not workable, says analyst Databases12 Feb 2025 | 21
UK government insiders say AI datacenters may be a pricey white elephant Economy-boosting bit barn? Not in my back yard, some locals expected to say On-Prem12 Feb 2025 | 117
AI summaries turn real news into nonsense, BBC finds Updated Research after Apple Intelligence fiasco shows bots still regularly make stuff up AI + ML12 Feb 2025 | 104
Murena boss says customers about to wake up from its cloud storage nightmare Interview Four months since cloud drive kicked the bucket, but resolution comes today... hopefully Storage12 Feb 2025 | 15