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: 13:55 Thu, Oct 03 2024. (Last checked: 46 mins ago) Two British-Nigerian men sentenced over multimillion-dollar business email scam - (pubDate>Thu, 03 Oct 2024 12:30:18 GMT) Fraudsters targeted local government, colleges, and construction firms in Texas and North Carolina Two British-Nigerian men were sentenced for serious business email compromise schemes in the US this week, netting them millions of dollars from local government entities, construction companies, and colleges.… NASA switches off Voyager 2 plasma instrument to stretch out juice - (pubDate>Thu, 03 Oct 2024 11:45:13 GMT) Veteran probe set to score a half-century while still doing science Engineers have turned off Voyager 2's plasma science instrument in an effort to eke out the veteran probe's dwindling power supply.… The force is strong in Iceberg: Are the table format wars entering the final chapter? - (pubDate>Thu, 03 Oct 2024 11:01:13 GMT) Former Apple engineer and Apache PMC member Russell Spitzer describes efforts to unite around a single format Interview In June, Databricks shelled out $1 billion for Tabular, a startup backer of the open source Apache Iceberg table format, signalling just how important the rather niche topic had become. It was a move which shocked the Iceberg community.… Ransomware crew infects 100+ orgs monthly with new MedusaLocker variant - (pubDate>Thu, 03 Oct 2024 10:00:09 GMT) Crooks 'like a sysadmin, with a malicious slant' Exclusive An extortionist armed with a new variant of MedusaLocker ransomware has infected more than 100 organizations a month since at least 2022, according to Cisco Talos, which recently discovered a "substantial" Windows credential data dump that sheds light on the criminal and their victims.… Brits hate how big tech handles their data, but can't be bothered to do much about it - (pubDate>Thu, 03 Oct 2024 09:15:13 GMT) Managing the endless stream of cookie banners leaves little energy for anything else Fewer than one in five Brits report being happy with the way their personal data is handled by big tech companies, yet the furthest many will go is to reject optional cookies on the web.… Mega supermarket spots stock discrepancy of tens of millions amid ERP system migration - (pubDate>Thu, 03 Oct 2024 08:30:59 GMT) British retailer Asda admits tech divorce from former owner Walmart has been delayed again Exclusive Asda, the UK's third largest retailer, discovered a multi-million pound discrepancy between its distribution system and SAP ERP tech installed earlier this year, according to an internal Major Incident report seen by The Register.… MongoDB rebuts claims it's not ready for business critical workloads - (pubDate>Thu, 03 Oct 2024 07:26:09 GMT) Shifting battle-hardened systems to document model – are your skills and tools ready? MongoDB has used the release of version 8.0 to defend its viability as the underpinning of business-critical transactional systems.… Fujitsu, Supermicro, team for Arm-based servers - (pubDate>Thu, 03 Oct 2024 06:29:13 GMT) MONAKA processor due in 2027 to be worked into liquid-cooled rackscale hardware Fujitsu on Wednesday announced a collaboration that Supermicro to build liquid-cooled servers based on the Japanese giant’s forthcoming Arm-based MONAKA processor.… Microsoft lifts the price of System Center by ten percent - (pubDate>Thu, 03 Oct 2024 05:30:21 GMT) For version 2025, out on November 1st and adding various modern goodies Microsoft has revealed that the 2025 edition of its System Center management tool will debut on November 1st, at prices ten percent higher that it charged for its predecessor.… ‘Undigestible rate of change’ sees vendor supergroup create ‘The Open Compute of AI’ - (pubDate>Thu, 03 Oct 2024 04:34:10 GMT) It’s called ‘Cosmos’ and Nvidia, Cisco, X, SuperMicro and VAST Data all think it will help – them and you A group of top enterprise vendors feel that AI is changing so fast it’s “undigestible” to many, so they’ve created an org they hope will function like the Open Compute Project so you don’t make a meal of it.… OpenStack Dalmatian debuts with a new dashboard, better security and GPU-wrangling - (pubDate>Thu, 03 Oct 2024 02:30:15 GMT) If you think VMware has gone to the dogs, maybe check it out? OpenStack Dalmatian, the 30th edition of the open source cloud stack, has bounded out of the kennel.… Get ready: US port strike likely to snarl tech supply chains - (pubDate>Thu, 03 Oct 2024 01:31:38 GMT) Time to see if industry learned anything from the last shortage crisis Dockworkers at American ports from Maine to Texas have gone on strike, and experts are warning it won't be long before the tech sector feels a supply chain pinch that could easily stretch into the beginning of next year. … Another OpenAI founder moves to arch-rival Anthropic - (pubDate>Wed, 02 Oct 2024 23:50:59 GMT) Just two of the gang of eleven remain as safety concerns swirl Anthropic has hired yet another of OpenAI's founders, this time bringing on Durk Kingma in an unspecified role.… Latest in WordPress war: Automattic says it wanted 8% cut of WP Engine revenue - (pubDate>Wed, 02 Oct 2024 22:49:09 GMT) Trademark royalties is one way to force support of open source, we guess Updated WordPress developer Automattic on Wednesday published details of its efforts to pressure rival WP Engine to sign a trademark license agreement costing millions of dollars.… 700K+ DrayTek routers are sitting ducks on the internet, open to remote hijacking - (pubDate>Wed, 02 Oct 2024 21:33:09 GMT) With 14 serious security flaws found, what a gift for spies and crooks Fourteen newly found bugs in DrayTek Vigor routers — including one critical remote-code-execution flaw that received a perfect 10 out of 10 CVSS severity rating — could be abused by crooks looking to seize control of the equipment to then steal sensitive data, deploy ransomware, and launch denial-of-service attacks.… Two simple give-me-control security bugs found in Optigo network switches used in critical manufacturing - (pubDate>Wed, 02 Oct 2024 20:39:50 GMT) Poor use of PHP include() strikes again Two trivial but critical security holes have been found in Optigo's Spectra Aggregation Switch, and so far no patch is available.… Bank of America app glitch zeroes out people's balances - (pubDate>Wed, 02 Oct 2024 19:48:37 GMT) Unidentified tech issues now resolved Updated Some US customers using the Bank of America app to keep an eye on their accounts got a shock Wednesday morning when their checking and savings accounts were unexpectedly empty or out of date.… Tesla trounces shareholders who alleged Autopilot was all share-pumping lies - (pubDate>Wed, 02 Oct 2024 19:02:52 GMT) It's easy being Elon Tesla has managed to persuade a California judge to throw out a lawsuit that claimed the automaker misled shareholders about its Full Self-driving (FSD) system's true capabilities.… Cisco is abandoning the LoRaWAN space, and there's no lifeboat for IoT customers - (pubDate>Wed, 02 Oct 2024 18:03:40 GMT) Support stretches to end of 2029, no more maintenance beyond 2026 Networking giant Cisco is getting out of the LoRaWAN market for IoT device connectivity, announcing end-of-availability and end-of-life dates for its gateways and associated products, with no planned migration pathway for customers.… Gadget designers get chunky option as USB 20 Gbps controller arrives - (pubDate>Wed, 02 Oct 2024 16:01:12 GMT) Set to bring mighty performance in a small BGA package Infineon is rolling out its next generation of USB controller designed specifically for peripherals. Simply named the EZ-PD FX20, it will support 20 Gbps Type-C devices, including the latest USB4 standard – though USB 3.2 and Thunderbolt 3 are also supported.… Satellite phones are coming, but users not happy to pay much extra for the capability - (pubDate>Wed, 02 Oct 2024 15:13:08 GMT) Has someone told all the direct-to-cell investors? Two out of five mobile phone subscribers are unwilling to pay any extra for direct-to-cell satellite services, which may give operators pause for thought as they continue to pump cash into scaling the infrastructure.… Microsoft throws in the towel on HoloLens 2 - (pubDate>Wed, 02 Oct 2024 14:30:14 GMT) Five years of mixed reality – now just mixed feelings Microsoft has axed its HoloLens 2 mixed reality headset and there won't be a hardware replacement, The Register can confirm.… Two years after entering the graphics card game, Intel has nothing to show for it - (pubDate>Wed, 02 Oct 2024 13:45:10 GMT) Chipzilla's AIB market share a rounding error compared to Nvidia, AMD Comment Add-in board (AIB) market share figures for Q2 2024 are out and despite an uptick in overall sector shipments, relatively recent entrant Intel registered at zero percent.… Microsoft hits go on Windows 11 24H2: Fresh features, bugs, and a whole lotta AI - (pubDate>Wed, 02 Oct 2024 13:16:32 GMT) Complete with Copilot Vision – but sessions won't be stored, insists Redmond Microsoft has made Windows 11 24H2 generally available, dishing out several new features - some that are even useful and interesting - as well as a generous dollop of known issues.… NIST's security flaw database still backlogged with 17K+ unprocessed bugs. Not great - (pubDate>Wed, 02 Oct 2024 12:31:05 GMT) Logjam 'hurting infosec processes world over' one expert tells us as US body blows its own Sept deadline NIST has made some progress clearing its backlog of security vulnerability reports to process – though it's not quite on target as hoped.… After 27 years, Tcl/Tk 9 finally arrives with 64-bit power and Zip file magic - (pubDate>Wed, 02 Oct 2024 11:45:48 GMT) Now that's the kind of stability we like Tcl/Tk 9.0 has moved to Unicode and 64-bit data structures, and can now access compressed files as if they were file systems. It has been worth the considerable wait.… 'Patch yesterday': Zimbra mail servers under siege through RCE vuln - (pubDate>Wed, 02 Oct 2024 10:50:45 GMT) Attacks began the day after public disclosure "Patch yesterday" is the advice from infosec researchers as the latest critical vulnerability affecting Zimbra mail servers is now being mass-exploited.… Fresh court filing accuses Oracle of creating 'maze' of options 'hidden' in 'contract' - (pubDate>Wed, 02 Oct 2024 09:31:06 GMT) Big Red says claims are baseless and wants case thrown out Oracle faces a class action lawsuit over allegations it has failed to deliver on its promises including a new claim that it "obfuscates" onerous contract terms in "hidden" documents.… UK's Arm-based Isambard 2 supercomputer powers off for good - (pubDate>Wed, 02 Oct 2024 08:27:09 GMT) Isambard 3 and AI sibling set to pick up the torch The UK's Isambard 2, one of the early Arm-based supercomputers, has officially retired after just a few years of operation. It is superseded by the more powerful Isambard 3 and Isambard-AI, just as British supercomputing enters an uncertain period for funding.… AI agent promotes itself to sysadmin, trashes boot sequence - (pubDate>Wed, 02 Oct 2024 07:28:11 GMT) Fun experiment, but yeah, don't pipe an LLM raw into /bin/bash Buck Shlegeris, CEO at Redwood Research, a nonprofit that explores the risks posed by AI, recently learned an amusing but hard lesson in automation when he asked his LLM-powered agent to open a secure connection from his laptop to his desktop machine.… The fix for BGP's weaknesses has big, scary, issues of its own, boffins find - (pubDate>Wed, 02 Oct 2024 06:31:07 GMT) Bother, given the White House has bet big on RPKI – just like we all rely on immature internet infrastructure that usually works The Resource Public Key Infrastructure (RPKI) protocol has "software vulnerabilities, inconsistent specifications, and operational challenges" according to a pre-press paper from a trio of German researchers.… FBI claims corrupt LA cops helped crypto CEO's cash grab - (pubDate>Wed, 02 Oct 2024 05:19:08 GMT) Feds tell thrilling tale of crypto crooks, Facebook scams, fast cars, guns, betrayal … and leg extensions? Adam Iza, the founder of cryptocurrency trading platform Zort, has been charged with tax evasion and conspiracy in a bizarre tale of corrupt cops and Facebook employees, stolen digicash, and an alleged $30 million scam.… Singapore tires of Big Tech's slow and half-hearted help for abused users - (pubDate>Wed, 02 Oct 2024 04:06:08 GMT) PM promises agency to handle complaints as he outlines new digital nation plan Singapore is working on legislation and a dedicated agency that would hold online service providers more accountable for cyber bullying, according to prime minister Lawrence Wong.… China trains 100-billion-parameter AI model on home grown infrastructure - (pubDate>Wed, 02 Oct 2024 02:05:33 GMT) Research institute seems to have found Huawei to do it – perhaps with Arm cores - despite sanctions China Telcom's AI Research Institute claims it trained a 100-billion-parameter model using only domestically produced computing power – a feat that suggests Middle Kingdom entities aren't colossally perturbed by sanctions that stifle exports of Western tech to the country.… US govt hiding top hurricane forecast model sparks outrage after deadly Helene - (pubDate>Tue, 01 Oct 2024 19:59:08 GMT) Taxpayer-funded data locked behind insurance firm's paywall The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) cannot reveal weather forecasts from a particularly accurate hurricane prediction model to the public that pays for the American government agency – because of a deal with a private insurance risk firm.… Cruise fined $1.5M for failing to report right away its robo-car dragged a pedestrian - (pubDate>Tue, 01 Oct 2024 19:23:07 GMT) Code-controlled taxi biz tiptoes back with supervised driving in Phoenix and Dallas Embattled driverless taxi outfit Cruise has been fined $1.5 million for leaving some essential details out of its initial reports to the US government about an accident involving one of its robo-vehicles and a pedestrian last year.… Uncle Sam lends $1.5B to reignite Michigan nuclear plant in 2025 - (pubDate>Tue, 01 Oct 2024 18:33:44 GMT) Up and atom! The Biden administration has announced plans to reignite a shuttered Michigan nuclear power plant with a $1.5 billion loan that, combined with other nuclear announcements yesterday, suggests the US federal government is right now all in on nuclear energy.… Euro cops arrest 4 including suspected LockBit dev chilling on holiday - (pubDate>Tue, 01 Oct 2024 17:35:00 GMT) And what looks like proof stolen data was never deleted even after ransom paid Building on the success of what's known around here as LockBit Leak Week in February, the authorities say they've arrested a further four individuals with ties to the now-scuppered LockBit ransomware empire.… Got an idea for dealing with space waste? NASA wants to hear from you - (pubDate>Tue, 01 Oct 2024 16:27:11 GMT) Using a nearby crater as a landfill is not a sustainable way to live on the Moon NASA has launched a $3 million prize challenge for innovators with solutions for waste on the Moon and deep space habitats.… Evil Corp's deep ties with Russia and NATO member attacks exposed - (pubDate>Tue, 01 Oct 2024 15:35:16 GMT) Ransomware criminals believed to have taken orders from intel services The relationship between infamous cybercrime outfit Evil Corp and the Russian state is thought to be extraordinarily close, so close that intelligence officials allegedly ordered the criminals to carry out cyberattacks on NATO members.… After 3 years, Windows 11 has more than half Windows 10's market share - (pubDate>Tue, 01 Oct 2024 14:45:07 GMT) Microsoft's latest OS is performing dismally compared to predecessors Windows 11 has finally reached more than half of Windows 10's market share, with just over a year before support for Windows 10 ends.… NCA unmasks man it suspects is both 'Evil Corp kingpin' and LockBit affiliate - (pubDate>Tue, 01 Oct 2024 14:08:10 GMT) Aleksandr Ryzhenkov alleged to have extorted around $100M from victims, built 60 LockBit attacks The latest installment of the National Crime Agency's (NCA) series of ransomware revelations from February's LockBit Leak Week emerges today as the agency identifies a man it not only believes is a member of the long-running Evil Corp crime group but also a LockBit affiliate.… TSMC preps facilities as Taiwan braces for powerful Super Typhoon Krathon - (pubDate>Tue, 01 Oct 2024 13:26:07 GMT) Plants in Tainan and Kaohsiung face heavy rainfall Taiwan's TSMC disclosed to The Register on Tuesday that it was battening down the hatches at its facilities in preparation for the arrival of Super Typhoon Krathon.… Kyndryl follows in IBM's footsteps with rolling layoffs likely affecting thousands - (pubDate>Tue, 01 Oct 2024 12:45:12 GMT) Underutilized staff get sent to the 'bench' – and seldom return Special report Kyndryl, the IT services biz spun out of IBM in late 2021, has been following in the footsteps of its parent by discreetly shedding hundreds of workers, largely in the US.… Windows 11 user hurt by the KB5043145 update? Microsoft offers a way out - (pubDate>Tue, 01 Oct 2024 11:57:10 GMT) Might be best to give it a miss for now Microsoft has offered a Known Issue Rollback (KIR) for users affected by the many and varied problems with the KB5043145 build of Windows 11.… Germany's Sovereign Tech Fund throws cash at FreeBSD and Samba - (pubDate>Tue, 01 Oct 2024 11:14:12 GMT) Unix-like to work on infrastructure, SMB reimplementation on 'key milestones' EuroBSDCon Germany's Sovereign Tech Fund (STF), which is backed by the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action, is funding open source work again. This time, the recipients are the FreeBSD Foundation and SerNet, which is one of the backers of the Samba Project.… Three, Voda promise £10-a-month or below mobile tariffs in bid to sway CMA on merger - (pubDate>Tue, 01 Oct 2024 10:50:31 GMT) Tie-up probe concerned the pair's union would mean higher bills, hurt MNVOs Vodafone and Three UK have pledged to maintain retail mobile tariffs at £10 or below for at least two years after their proposed merger, in response to a British watchdog's insistence their alliance would lessen local competition.… Germany is monitoring Microsoft to thwart 'anti-competitive practices' - (pubDate>Tue, 01 Oct 2024 09:32:02 GMT) Wants to peer into gaps in DMA to keep Redmond honest in cloud and AI Germany plans to keep closer tabs on Microsoft to identify and "stop anti-competitive practices" that are not currently covered by the European Commission's Digital Markets Act (DMA), namely cloud computing and AI.… Earth's new mini-moon swings by, then ghosts us by late November - (pubDate>Tue, 01 Oct 2024 08:30:13 GMT) No need for farewells, 2024 PT5 may drop in again in 2055 Everybody be on their best behavior: Earth has a visitor. 2024 PT5 is an asteroid that took up residence in orbit on Sunday to become a "mini-moon."… Canon ships first nanoimprint chipmaking machine to R&D lab - (pubDate>Tue, 01 Oct 2024 07:33:08 GMT) Lithography technique does not require a light source, unlike ASML's complex extreme ultraviolet approach Canon has shipped its first ever nanoimprint lithography machine to the Texas Institute for Electronics for use in its R&D labs.… Search the internet Search bishopston.com Search bishopston.net