Fujitsu to shutter operations in Republic of Ireland
Exclusive Fujitsu is effectively shuttering business operations in the Republic of Ireland and opening consultations with employee representatives before the majority of the workforce is made redundant.…
NVD slowdown leaves thousands of vulnerabilities without analysis data
Opinion The United States National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has almost completely stopped adding analysis to Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVEs) listed in the National Vulnerability Database. That means big headaches for anyone using CVEs to maintain their security. …
EU antitrust cops probe Microsoft ties between Entra ID and 365 services
Exclusive Google says the European Union's antitrust authorities have asked if Microsoft unfairly ties authentication to Azure, in a further sign that officials are considering multiple aspects of Redmond's policies.…
Vodafone, Three hustle to tie knot before regulators crash wedding
Vodafone and Three UK have mere days to convince Britain's competition authorities that a merger won't harm consumers. Failure to do so will result in a deeper probe of the proposed corporate marriage.…
CNCF boss talks 'irrational exuberance' in an AI-heavy Kubecon keynote
The European leg of the Cloud Native Computing Foundation's (CNCF) Kubecon shindig kicked off this week with an AI-infused keynote and a broken registration system that left many attendees locked out.…
Whistleblower raises alarm over UK Nursing and Midwifery Council's DB
Updated Exclusive The UK Information Commissioner's Office has received a complaint detailing the mismanagement of personal data at the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC), the regulator that oversees worker registration.…
What's brown and sticky and broke this PC?
On Call As another week ebbs away, The Register hopes that readers have a nice warm cup of whatever they fancy beside them as we present another instalment of On Call, our weekly reader-contributed tale of the trials and tribulations of tech support.…
Redis tightens its license terms, pleasing basically no one
Leading in-memory database vendor Redis is switching to a dual-license approach, imposing far more restrictive terms.…
Meta connects Threads to the Fediverse
Meta's totally-not-a-Twitter clone, Threads, has joined the Fediverse.…
Vigorous US lobbying reportedly reversed India PC import license scheme
India was subjected to intense US lobbying after suddenly imposing a requirement that computer importers obtain a license, according to a news report on Thursday.…
Vernor Vinge, first author to describe cyberspace and 'The Singularity,' dies at 79
Obituary Science fiction author and academic Vernor Vinge has departed this life, aged 79.…
Indian court halts operations of government-run social media fact checker
India's supreme court on Thursday halted a plan to activate a government-run fact-checking unit that would assess info posted about the nation's government posted to social media platforms – the day after it was told to commence operations.…
Japan's NTT and NEC reckon they can boost optical network capacities 12x
Japanese tech titans NTT and NEC reckon they've proven the performance of a novel fiber optic technology that could increase capacity of submarine cables by a factor of 12.…
Truck-to-truck worm could infect – and disrupt – entire US commercial fleet
Vulnerabilities in common Electronic Logging Devices (ELDs) required in US commercial trucks could be present in over 14 million medium- and heavy-duty rigs, according to boffins at Colorado State University.…
FBI v the bots: Feds urge denial-of-service defense after critical infrastructure alert
The US government has recommended a series of steps that critical infrastructure operators should take to prevent distributed-denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks.…
Microsoft faces bipartisan criticism for alleged censorship on Bing in China
Microsoft is the subject of growing criticism in the US over allegations that its Bing search engine censors results for users in China that relate to sensitive subjects the state wants blocked.…
Congress votes unanimously to ban brokers selling American data to enemies
The US House of Representatives has passed a bill that would prohibit data brokers from selling Americans' data to foreign adversaries with an unusual degree of bipartisan support: It passed without a single opposing vote.…
Microsoft's first AI PCs Surface with Intel cores and a Copilot key
At a virtual press conference on Thursday, Microsoft showed off the latest additions to its Surface hardware via an updated tablet and business laptops that Redmond assures us are built for using AI for just about everything.…
Licensing labyrinth for Power Apps and Dynamics 365 must be clarified, warns expert
Microsoft needs to clarify licensing arrangements around its low-code Power Apps and Dynamics 365 software to prevent users from receiving unexpected bills for their projects.…
World's first Neuralink patient enjoying online chess, long Civ 6 sessions
Neuralink's first human patient is now a public figure, with the company publishing a video yesterday showing him playing chess on a laptop and talking about how "freakin' lucky" he is to be involved in the tests.…