Bishopston Net consists of a number of Pentium IV 3Ghz PCs, all running the best and most stable operating system available today: FreeBSD ( Version 6.2. )

The name comes from the village of Bishopston, a village on the Gower Peninsula, near Swansea, South Wales, UK.

Updated: 03:15 Wed, May 08 2024. (+18 mins-failed) MITRE promises a cute little 17-PFLOPS AI super for the rest of Uncle Sam's agencies - (pubDate>Wed, 08 May 2024 01:51:11 GMT) No child process left behind Later this year, MITRE is getting its hands on a mini-supercomputer and planning to divvy out AI computing time to US government agencies.… Dell to color-code staff based on how hybrid they really are in RTO push - (pubDate>Wed, 08 May 2024 00:17:40 GMT) Sources slam aggressive 'back to school' grading system as HR vows to track VPN use, badge swipes Exclusive Dell has told workers it will track the onsite presence of hybrid employees – those who work part remotely, part in the office – using electronic badge swipes, VPN monitoring, and a rather creepy color-coding system.… America's War on Drugs and Crime will be AI powered, says Homeland Security boss - (pubDate>Tue, 07 May 2024 23:47:16 GMT) Or at least it might well be if these trial programs work out, with some civil lib oversight etc etc etc RSAC AI is a double-edged sword in that the government can see ways in which the tech can protect and also be used to attack Americans, says US Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas.… Watch out for rogue DHCP servers decloaking your VPN connections - (pubDate>Tue, 07 May 2024 21:50:23 GMT) Avoid traffic-redirecting snoops who have TunnelVision A newly discovered vulnerability undermines countless VPN clients in that their traffic can be quietly routed away from their encrypted tunnels and intercepted by snoops on the network.… IBM says these back-office, network edge Power 10 servers would be sweet for – yes, you guessed it – AI - (pubDate>Tue, 07 May 2024 20:39:11 GMT) Short on cores, big on threads and matrix math Not to be left out of the AI infrastructure game, on Tuesday IBM unveiled a pair of tiny Power 10 servers designed to preprocess data at the network edge.… CISA's early-warning system helped critical orgs close 852 ransomware holes - (pubDate>Tue, 07 May 2024 19:58:11 GMT) In the first year alone, that's saved us all a lot of money and woe Interview As ransomware gangs step up their attacks against healthcare, schools, and other US critical infrastructure, CISA is ramping up a program to help these organizations fix flaws exploited by extortionists in the first place.… Apple unveils M4 chip with neural engine capable of 38 TOPS, and some other kit - (pubDate>Tue, 07 May 2024 19:15:14 GMT) Oh, right – there's new iPad Pro and Air models, a pencil and some other stuff Apple held its anticipated iPad event today, and the most attention-grabbing news wasn't the new device models or the refreshed iPad Air lineup - it was the unveiling of Apple's homegrown M4 chip with a surprisingly powerful neural processing unit (NPU). … TikTok sues America to undo divest-or-die law - (pubDate>Tue, 07 May 2024 19:02:13 GMT) Nothing like folks in Beijing lecturing us on the Constitution TikTok and its China-based parent ByteDance sued the US government today to prevent the forced sale or shutdown of the video-sharing giant.… Windows Insiders to fly solo while Copilot rollout frozen - (pubDate>Tue, 07 May 2024 18:30:37 GMT) Perhaps just make sure the stuff that is already there works properly? Microsoft will temporarily halt the rollout of Copilot features based on feedback from Windows Insiders.… Infineon trims financial forecast amid order slowdown - (pubDate>Tue, 07 May 2024 17:45:13 GMT) Chipmaker outlines plans to save hundreds of millions and, hey presto, share price magically jumps Infineon, maker of chips for the automotive and industrial sectors, told investors that it is embarking on a cost purge after lowering revenue estimates for the full financial year amid weakened demand.… Lightweight Dillo browser springs back to life, still doesn't care about JavaScript - (pubDate>Tue, 07 May 2024 17:00:05 GMT) First new version in almost a decade now boasts TLS The Dillo web browser has returned with a new release, version 3.1. It's nearly nine years after version 3.05 appeared on the last day of June 2015.… US State Department launches cyber and digital policy strategy - (pubDate>Tue, 07 May 2024 16:16:06 GMT) Part of the race with Beijing to set standards and advance norms RSAC The US State Department's latest cybersecurity strategy will not be wildly different from current stances, but offers an alternative path to those presented by the country's adversaries.… Tesla layoff circus runs into fourth week with another round of cuts - (pubDate>Tue, 07 May 2024 15:30:15 GMT) Musk continues quest to make Tesla leaner, meaner, more profitable Another week, another round of layoffs at Tesla to report, and this time engineers are caught up in the mix. … Cops finally unmask 'LockBit kingpin' after two-month tease - (pubDate>Tue, 07 May 2024 15:08:58 GMT) Dmitry Yuryevich Khoroshev's $10M question is answered at last Updated Police have finally named who they firmly believe is the kingpin of the LockBit ransomware ring: Dmitry Yuryevich Khoroshev.… VMware waves goodbye to AWS middleman as Broadcom takes the reins - (pubDate>Tue, 07 May 2024 14:30:06 GMT) Customers brace for bumpy ride Updated Broadcom has ended the right of Amazon Web Services to resell VMware Cloud on AWS, meaning customers will now have a direct relationship only with VMware by Broadcom, casting doubt over the long-term future of the product.… Valve vexation: Boeing's Starliner grounded again - (pubDate>Tue, 07 May 2024 14:00:06 GMT) Problems with Centaur rocket keeps first crewed flight on terra firma Boeing's long-delayed Starliner crewed launch, which was scheduled for today, has been postponed yet again, this time due to a valve problem on the Centaur upper stage. Managers pushed back the next attempt to no earlier than May 10.… Palantir's CEO calls 'woke' a 'central risk to Palantir, America and the world' - (pubDate>Tue, 07 May 2024 13:30:10 GMT) Oh, and Alex Karp's forecasts disappoint the market after strong revenue growth Analytics platform biz Palantir saw its share price dip yesterday despite posting on-the-nose revenue growth of 21 percent year-over-year to reach $634 million in the first calendar quarter.… TSMC fully booked on advanced packaging until 2025 - (pubDate>Tue, 07 May 2024 13:00:11 GMT) TrendForce warns of 'potential crowding out effects on HBM' TSMC's advanced packaging capacity is fully booked for the next two years, thanks to Nvidia and AMD needs, according to reports that echo an earlier earnings call.… Spanish startups say 'no más' to Microsoft cloud dominance - (pubDate>Tue, 07 May 2024 12:31:12 GMT) Group alleges anticompetitive behavior Updated Microsoft is facing a complaint over alleged anticompetitive practices in the Spanish cloud market.… The truth about KEV: CISA’s vuln deadlines good influence on private-sector patching - (pubDate>Tue, 07 May 2024 11:30:11 GMT) More work to do as most deadlines are missed and worst bugs still take months to fix The deadlines associated with CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog only apply to federal agencies, but fresh research shows they're having a positive impact on private organizations too.… Brit security guard biz exposes 1.2M files via unprotected database - (pubDate>Tue, 07 May 2024 10:30:07 GMT) Thousands of ID cards plus CCTV snaps of suspects found online Exclusive A UK-based physical security business let its guard down, exposing nearly 1.3 million documents via a public-facing database, according to an infosec researcher.… A tale of two Chinas: Our tech governance isn't perfect, but we still get to say no - (pubDate>Tue, 07 May 2024 09:35:14 GMT) Too many folks who should know better saying info-slurping tactics of Big Tech are just as bad Opinion Which China do you want? The innovative good global citizen, adding to the storehouse of knowledge while making better products and services? Or the autocracy, determined to advance the interests of the leadership through any and all means, untrammeled by legal safeguards within its borders and, wherever possible, outside them?… First 9front release of the year is called DO NOT INSTALL - (pubDate>Tue, 07 May 2024 08:30:08 GMT) Possibly its most helpful codename yet 9front, the most active project continuing development of the sequel to Unix, Plan 9 from Bell Labs, emitted a new version. We did not follow its advice.… Council claims database pain forced it to drop apostrophes from street names - (pubDate>Tue, 07 May 2024 07:29:07 GMT) What next, trouble at tmill? A row in the UK has locals and council members at odds over apostrophes, and yes – this does actually have a tech angle. … Ransomware crooks now SIM swap executives' kids to pressure their parents - (pubDate>Tue, 07 May 2024 02:10:30 GMT) Extortionists turning to 'psychological attacks', Mandiant CTO says RSAC Ransomware infections have morphed into "a psychological attack against the victim organization," as criminals use increasingly personal and aggressive tactics to force victims to pay up, according to Google-owned Mandiant.… Meta, Spotify break Apple's device fingerprinting rules – new claim - (pubDate>Tue, 07 May 2024 01:05:27 GMT) And the iOS titan doesn't seem that bothered with data leaking out Updated Last week, Apple began requiring iOS developers justify the use of a specific set of APIs that could be used for device fingerprinting.… Dear Stack Overflow denizens, thanks for helping train OpenAI's billion-dollar LLMs - (pubDate>Tue, 07 May 2024 00:35:17 GMT) Microsoft-backed super-lab gets direct access to answers – and code forum gets its own AI Stack Overflow, a community-driven Q&A site, and OpenAI, maker of AI models, have agreed to work to improve each other's products, the latest deal in a series of tie-ups to feed machine learning models' thirst for data.… Fed-run LockBit site back from the dead and vows to really spill the beans on gang - (pubDate>Mon, 06 May 2024 23:42:35 GMT) After very boring first reveal, this could be the real deal Updated Cops around the world have relaunched LockBit's website after they shut it down in February – and it's now counting down the hours to reveal documents that could unmask the ransomware group.… Semiconductor digital twins to sip $285M from America's CHIPS Act funding pool - (pubDate>Mon, 06 May 2024 21:22:15 GMT) Fake it until you make it, literally The US government on Monday earmarked $285 million in CHIPS Act funding for the development of semiconductor digital twins.… Mastodon delays firm fix for link previews DDoSing sites - (pubDate>Mon, 06 May 2024 19:50:11 GMT) Decentralization is great until everyone wants to grab data from your web server Updated Mastodon has pushed back an update that's expected to fully address the issue of link previews sparking accidental distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks.… Warren Buffett voices AI fears, likens tech to atom bomb - (pubDate>Mon, 06 May 2024 18:45:11 GMT) 'Used in a pro-social way, it's got terrific benefits to society. But, I don't know how you make sure that happens' Video You can add Berkshire Hathaway chief Warren Buffett to the list of folks worried about the implications of artificial intelligence on society.… Cheyenne supercomputer sells at auction for just $480K - (pubDate>Mon, 06 May 2024 17:45:10 GMT) And you thought consumer electronics suffered from depreciation The Cheyenne Supercomputer, a 5.34 peak PFLOPS behemoth that was once one of the fastest systems in the world, has just been sold at auction for $480,085. … Consultant charged over $1.5M extortion scheme against IT giant - (pubDate>Mon, 06 May 2024 17:00:11 GMT) Accused of stealing data after losing his job A cybersecurity expert could face a 20-year prison sentence after being accused of trying to extort a multinational IT infrastructure services biz to the tune of $1.5 million.… Three years on from Biden infosec EO, and we're still trying to check all the boxes - (pubDate>Mon, 06 May 2024 15:00:14 GMT) It's taking time, but isn't a dead issue, US Government Accountability Office security director Marisol Cruz Cain says interview It's been several years since President Biden signed an executive order to improve America's cybersecurity. The US Government Accountability Office said recently there's still a number of critical goals stemming from that order to accomplish.… CISA says 'no more' to decades-old directory traversal bugs - (pubDate>Mon, 06 May 2024 13:37:07 GMT) Recent attacks on healthcare thrust infosec agency into alert mode CISA is calling on the software industry to stamp out directory traversal vulnerabilities following recent high-profile exploits of the 20-year-old class of bugs.… Has Windows 11 really lost marketshare to Windows 10? - (pubDate>Mon, 06 May 2024 11:32:10 GMT) Users continue to give Microsoft's latest and greatest a wide berth According to market share figures from Statcounter, the gap between Windows 11 and Windows 10 usage is slightly growing, and not in a way we imagine Microsoft wants.… Undersea bit-barn biz offers 90-day trial of submerged server system - (pubDate>Mon, 06 May 2024 08:30:08 GMT) Testing platform for those 'unfamiliar with the subsea environment' Subsea Cloud is offering potential customers the chance to try out its underwater datacenter facilities for up to 90 days before making any further commitments, in a bid to attract new customers to the project.… Techie's enthusiasm for decluttering fails to spark joy - (pubDate>Mon, 06 May 2024 07:37:21 GMT) Thankfully, luck – and a handy greybeard – came to the rescue Who, me? Welcome once again, dear readerfolk, to the sanctuary of Who, Me? in which Register readers can recount the times when their technical skills abandoned them, even if momentarily, without fear of judgment.… Germany points finger at Fancy Bear for widespread 2023 hacks, DDoS attacks - (pubDate>Mon, 06 May 2024 02:30:06 GMT) Also: Microsoft promises to git gud on cybersecurity; unqualified attackers are targeting your water systems, and more Infosec in brief It was just around a year ago that a spate of allegedly Russian-orchestrated cyberattacks hit government agencies in Germany, and now German officials claim to know for a fact who did it: APT28, or Fancy Bear, a Russian threat actor linked to the GRU intelligence service.… Google to relocate some US jobs to India and Mexico - (pubDate>Mon, 06 May 2024 01:30:52 GMT) Plus: Taiwan's subsea cables, Paytm says goodbye to its CEO, China uses WhatsApp despite roadblocks, and more. Asia in brief Google announced the layoff of 200 of its core team professionals last week while moving some roles to India and Mexico, according to reports.… Ten years ago Microsoft bought Nokia's phone unit – then killed it as a tax write-off - (pubDate>Sun, 05 May 2024 17:55:11 GMT) When bad management meets bad software, even great hardware is useless Retrospective Ten years ago Microsoft absorbed the handset division of Nokia. The world's biggest operating systems vendor was going mobile in a big way, and buying the erstwhile world leader in mobile phones to ensure its success.… End-to-end encryption may be the bane of cops, but they can't close that Pandora's Box - (pubDate>Sun, 05 May 2024 13:30:14 GMT) Internet Society's Robin Wilton tells us the war on privacy won't be won by the plod interview Police can complain all they like about strong end-to-end encryption making their jobs harder, but it doesn't matter because the technology is here and won't go away. … Dating apps kiss'n'tell all sorts of sensitive personal info - (pubDate>Sat, 04 May 2024 18:00:13 GMT) Privacy Not Included label slapped on 22 of 25 top lonely-hearts corners Interview Dating apps ask people to disclose all kinds of personal information in the hope of finding them love, or at least a hook-up.… Microsoft doesn't want cops using Azure AI for facial recognition - (pubDate>Sat, 04 May 2024 12:30:14 GMT) Facial recognition based on body cam footage? Absolutely not ... in our cloud, says Microsoft An update to Microsoft's Azure Open AI Service code of conduct makes it clear who Redmond doesn't want using its hottest new tech: Cops.… What do we make of Apple's plan B for a down quarter – that $110B buyback of shares? - (pubDate>Sat, 04 May 2024 09:32:12 GMT) Plus: What our vultures thought of the US v Google trial that's wrapping up Kettle Apple had a moderately glum first three months of the year, though the iGiant found a way to keep the most important people happy. Yes, we mean Wall St.… Oracle's database family gets trendy AI makeover - (pubDate>Sat, 04 May 2024 00:33:11 GMT) Say goodbye to 23c and hello to 23ai Oracle has celebrated the general availability of its latest database upgrade by renaming it.… Relax, Google's drop in search market share in April was just an illusion - (pubDate>Fri, 03 May 2024 23:30:12 GMT) Decline shown in data from StatCounter attributed to 'anomaly' Google's share of web searches appeared to suffer an unusually large drop in April, according to StatCounter. But the metrics biz now says that's incorrect.… RHEL stays fresh with 9.4 while CentOS 7 gets a Rocky retirement plan - (pubDate>Fri, 03 May 2024 22:31:10 GMT) Meanwhile, Alma Linux gets into supercomputers Good news for users of RHEL versions old and new – and for the freebie CentOS Linux 7, which is approaching its end of life next month.… Kaspersky hits back at claims its AI helped Russia develop military drone systems - (pubDate>Fri, 03 May 2024 21:30:05 GMT) Ready, set, sanctions? AI built by Russian infosec firm Kaspersky was used in Russian drones for its war on Ukraine, volunteer intelligence gatherers claim.… AI Catholic 'priest' defrocked after recommending Gatorade baptism - (pubDate>Fri, 03 May 2024 20:30:15 GMT) Devotees were speaking to an entity who didn't exist – imagine that An attempt by a Catholic advocacy group to spread the word of God using an AI model has backfired, and chat bot – Father Justin – has been pulled down and reworked.… Search the internet Search bishopston.com Search bishopston.net