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World's smallest violin spotted at Amazon HQ as exec pay packets deflate - (pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2026 17:45:25 GMT)C-suite forced to take sandwiches into work, cycle homeIt's going to be hard holding back our tears. The C-suite lieutenants at Amazon didn’t exactly get the bumper payday that many El Reg readers would expect, particularly compared with prior years.… |
AWS: Agents shouldn't be secret, so we built a registry for them - (pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2026 17:30:10 GMT)Your agent will be pushed, filed, stamped, indexed, briefed, debriefed, and numberedAI agents should not be secret agents, at least in corporate environments. But when companies deploy software automations, they don't always have visibility into what their roboscripts are actually doing.… |
'Several dozen' high-value corporations hit by new extortion crew in helpdesk phishing spree - (pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2026 17:11:41 GMT)Possible link to Mr. Raccoon's claimed Adobe break-inA new extortion crew has targeted “several dozen high-value” corporations through phishing and helpdesk social-engineering, according to Google.… |
Deere oh Deere: Tractor repair row heads for $99M settlement - (pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2026 17:00:07 GMT)FTC lawsuit lingers, while encouraging signs point to Iowa bill succeeding tooAgriculture manufacturing giant John Deere has agreed to a proposed $99 million settlement following a class action lawsuit in Illinois.… |
Spark creator bags computing gong for making big data a little bit smaller - (pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2026 16:30:06 GMT)ACM salutes Databricks co-founder Matei Zaharia with $250K prizeThe Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) has awarded its annual Prize in Computing to Matei Zaharia for his work developing open source data and analytics software, including the widely used Apache Spark analytics engine.… |
Nutanix to add KubeVirt support to run VMs on K8s at the edge - (pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2026 15:51:32 GMT)Arm support is on the agenda, too, because AI is going to run on everythingExclusive Nutanix plans to support KubeVirt to allow its customers to run both containers and VMs on the edge.… |
Chevin pulls the handbrake on FleetWave software after security scare - (pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2026 15:20:11 GMT)UK and US customers stuck waiting after fleet management SaaS vendor took affected environments offlineA cybersecurity incident has knocked FleetWave into a "major outage" across the UK and US after Chevin Fleet Solutions pulled parts of its SaaS platform offline and left customers scrambling for answers.… |
OpenAI puts Stargate UK on ice, blames energy costs and red tape - (pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2026 14:54:41 GMT)Sam Altman's datacenter dreams hit a wall of watts and wonkery, cooling Britain's AI ambitionsOpenAI is pausing its planned Stargate datacenter project in the UK just months after announcing it, citing the regulatory environment and cost of energy as reasons for putting it on hold.… |
Months-old Adobe Reader zero-day uses PDFs to size up targets - (pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2026 14:30:13 GMT)Malicious PDFs abuse legit features to harvest system data and decide which victims get a 2nd-stage payloadHackers have been quietly exploiting what appears to be a zero-day in Adobe Acrobat Reader for months, using booby-trapped PDFs to profile targets and decide who's worth fully compromising.… |
Microsoft locks out VeraCrypt and WireGuard devs, blames verification process - (pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2026 14:00:11 GMT)No emails, no warnings, no humans – just bots, catch-22s, and a 60-day appeals queueMicrosoft says that it will work on how it communicates with developers after two leading open source figures were suddenly locked out of their accounts, leaving them unable to sign updates.… |
Peace President's Iran war piles more pain on already battered PC market - (pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2026 13:38:09 GMT)Memory costs were already through the roof - now freight's spiking too, and budget systems face extinctionAmerica's war with Iran is jacking up the pressure on computing markets already struggling with memory shortages and component cost inflation, meaning buyers should brace themselves for even higher prices this year.… |
Security researchers tricked Apple Intelligence into cursing at users. It could have been a lot worse - (pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2026 13:00:06 GMT)Wash your mouth out with digital soapApple Intelligence, the personal AI system integrated into newer Macs, iPhones, and other iThings, can be hijacked using prompt injection, forcing the model into producing an attacker-controlled result and putting millions of users at risk, researchers have shown.… |
Microsoft developer chief Julia Liuson is logging off - (pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2026 12:38:38 GMT)Departure may accelerate further AI-centric moves for programming toolsJulia Liuson, president of Microsoft's developer division (DevDiv), will resign at the end of June, though she will continue in an advisory role.… |
Amazon put a filesystem on S3; I showed up with a test suite and bad intentions - (pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2026 11:52:19 GMT)The core product is solid and priced fairlyI've spent over a decade telling anyone who'd listen that S3 is not a filesystem, which in retrospect was a really weird way to start some conversations. So when AWS launched S3 Files on Tuesday – which lets you mount an S3 bucket as an NFS share – I did what any reasonable person would do: I spun up an EC2 instance and started trying to break it.… |
Zephyr Energy loses £700K in cyber hit that rerouted contractor payment - (pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2026 11:32:51 GMT)Attackers slipped into the process and redirected funds, leaving the company scrambling to recover the cashUK-listed oil and gas outfit Zephyr Energy plc has admitted a cyber incident siphoned off roughly £700,000 after a single payment to a contractor was quietly redirected to an attacker-controlled account.… |
UK.gov's top tech jobs pay more than prime minister earns - (pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2026 10:50:01 GMT)DSIT hiring directors general with packages reaching £260K plus pensionThe Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) is recruiting three directors general to lead aspects of the UK government's digital work, all on pay in excess of the prime minister's salary.… |
Capita's pension portal exposes civil servants' private data - (pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2026 10:15:13 GMT)As if the backlog, the bugs, and the chatbot fixes weren't enoughCapita has limited the online functionality of its Civil Service Pensions Scheme (CSPS) member portal after confirming an "issue" briefly exposed the personal data of public sector workers.… |
UK to spend £15M on AI-powered crime mapping in knife violence crackdown - (pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2026 09:30:17 GMT)Home Office hopes tech will help cops target hotspots as ministers push to halve offensesThe British government is spending £15 million over the next three years to improve crime mapping in England and Wales, partly to allow more targeted policing of knife crime.… |
Microsoft software resale appeal catches eye of £3.5B class action - (pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2026 08:45:10 GMT)Court of Appeal hearing in ValueLicensing dispute may shape parallel proceedingsThe Microsoft and ValueLicensing legal tussle will enter an appeals phase this month, attracting the attention of a multibillion-pound class action against the Windows giant.… |
Sticky-note security turned gym into hall of '80s horrors - (pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2026 08:00:08 GMT)Even fitness equipment is vulnerable to mischief makers these daysPWNED Welcome back to Pwned, the column where we share war stories from IT soldiers who shot themselves – or watched someone else shoot themselves – in the foot. Today's tale shows that even when you're setting up something as simple as fitness gear, there's no excuse for leaving security credentials lying around.… |
Cryptographers place $5,000 bet whether quantum will matter - (pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2026 07:00:10 GMT)The time is maybeQuantum computing exists in a sort of superposition with regard to cryptography – it's both a pending threat and a technology of no immediate consequence for decryption.… |
Meta's latest model is as open as Zuckerberg's private school - (pubDate>Wed, 08 Apr 2026 23:06:42 GMT)You were the chosen one! It was said that you would destroy the proprietary models, not join them!Nearly two years after extolling the virtues of open source AI, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg is singing a different tune. … |
Western Union zaps VMware and moves to Nutanix - (pubDate>Wed, 08 Apr 2026 22:35:54 GMT)South Korea’s biggest theme park is also riding the VM migration roller coasterWestern Union has commenced a migration from VMware to Nutanix after deciding it didn’t want to do business with Broadcom.… |
Atlassian gussies up Confluence for the AI era - (pubDate>Wed, 08 Apr 2026 22:02:37 GMT)Helps employees present data in Confluence in various waysAtlassian is modernizing Confluence for the AI era, testing tools and agentic capabilities that give users the chance to turn their written notes into graphics and their ideas into software applications.… |
Criminal wannabes even more dangerous than the pros, says ex-FBI cyber chief - (pubDate>Wed, 08 Apr 2026 21:09:51 GMT)If they don't know what they're doing, you might never get your data backinterview It's the biggest threat today, but it took her a while to appreciate it. After spending two decades at the FBI and much of that time working to intercept and stop cyber threats from the likes of China and Russia, Halcyon Ransomware Research Center SVP Cynthia Kaiser says she was a "latercomer to really wanting to focus on ransomware."… |
DARPA looking for battery that could power a laptop for months - (pubDate>Wed, 08 Apr 2026 20:52:10 GMT)Drawback: it’s radioactiveForget recharging or swapping out disposable AAs every day. What if you could power energy-hungry devices for months or even years at a time from a single, reasonably-sized battery? A Washington state-based fusion energy startup is helping to make that dream a reality for DARPA, which wants higher-power radioactive batteries for space. … |
Call your existing automation ‘zero-token architecture’ to become an instant agentic AI wiz - (pubDate>Wed, 08 Apr 2026 20:21:41 GMT)Kubernetes luminary Kelsey Hightower thinks IT pros need to get smart about thriving in a world that’s trying to hide deep techAs businesses drink the agentic AI Kool-Aid and go looking for productivity enhancements, IT professionals can deliver by rebranding their existing automations as “zero-token architecture,” according to Kelsey Hightower, a former Google distinguished engineer and a notable early promoter of Kubernetes.… |
Nvidia's Rubin GPU is likely to be late thanks to memory shortage and technical challenges - (pubDate>Wed, 08 Apr 2026 18:31:20 GMT)China-bound Hopper accelerators are also likely to ship in smaller volumes than previously forecast, industry watchers sayNvidia's next-gen Rubin GPUs may end up shipping later and in smaller volumes than anticipated due to supply chain challenges, TrendForce warned on Wednesday.… |
RAF eyes cheap drone-killer as Typhoon jet tests laser-guided rockets - (pubDate>Wed, 08 Apr 2026 17:58:46 GMT)BAE says trials could offer cheaper way to counter uncrewed aerial threatsBAE Systems has successfully tested a laser-guided rocket system with a Typhoon fighter jet from Britain's Royal Air Force (RAF) as a potential anti-drone weapon. It follows earlier trials in the US with the F-15E Strike Eagle.… |
Minnesota State payroll problems grew after Workday launch, auditors say - (pubDate>Wed, 08 Apr 2026 16:55:17 GMT)Sample testing found incorrect payments and delays after college system adopted new HR platformUpdated A Workday-based HR platform rollout at Minnesota State universities and colleges likely left more than a thousand faculty and staff with payroll errors.… |
Talk ain't cheap: DARPA offers grants for new AI-to-AI communication protocol - (pubDate>Wed, 08 Apr 2026 16:26:37 GMT)MATHBAC program wants better machine-to-machine chatter for scientific discoveryTo supercharge agents' ability to make scientific discoveries, DARPA is looking to improve cross-bot collaboration by developing a "science of AI communication" that will help the models work together to come up with better ideas. … |
Microsoft calls time on ASP.NET Core 2.3 on .NET Framework - (pubDate>Wed, 08 Apr 2026 14:43:32 GMT)Tangled tale nears end as Redmond classifies it as a tool, not a libraryMicrosoft has set an end-of-support date of April 7, 2027, for ASP.NET Core 2.3, the only supported version on .NET Framework, even though .NET Framework (and the original ASP.NET) will continue to be supported.… |
Supermicro launches probe after staff charged with China export violations - (pubDate>Wed, 08 Apr 2026 14:15:35 GMT)Board-led inquiry follows indictment of two employees and a contractor over alleged diversion of Nvidia GPU serversSupermicro has launched an independent investigation after three people associated with the company were charged with violating US export restrictions on China.… |
Amazon rewards loyal Kindle devotees by closing the book on old e-readers - (pubDate>Wed, 08 Apr 2026 12:42:51 GMT)To 'minimize disruption,' Bezoscorp offers a 20% discount on new hardware you didn't wantUpdated Amazon is rewarding long-time Kindle users by ditching support for aging devices, though it is trying to "minimize disruption" for existing customers by dangling a 20 percent discount for new models along with an eBook credit.… |
Showing the Windows 10 desktop was the yeast they could do - (pubDate>Wed, 08 Apr 2026 12:29:43 GMT)Fresh and healthy, just like Windows 11 isn'tBork!Bork!Bork! You might say this bork was bread to fail, but at least it involves a version of Windows that most people actually like.… |
Dutch healthcare software vendor goes dark after ransomware attack - (pubDate>Wed, 08 Apr 2026 11:30:48 GMT)ChipSoft's website remains down but emails are functioningA Dutch healthcare software vendor has been knocked offline following a ransomware attack, officials say.… |
Investors are going nuclear to keep UK's AI datacenters fed - (pubDate>Wed, 08 Apr 2026 11:21:10 GMT)Market watcher says money is pouring into British atomic and fusion startups amid massive energy demandInvestors are backing nuclear power as a solution to fuel the UK's datacenter buildout, according to researchers tracking investment activity.… |
DXC lands Metropolitan Police outsourcing deal that could climb to £1B - (pubDate>Wed, 08 Apr 2026 10:29:53 GMT)Supplier will support the current Oracle E-Business Suite and lead migration to a new Oracle Fusion SaaS platformThe UK's largest police force has awarded DXC Technology a contract worth up to £1 billion to develop and run a host of business process outsourcing services – including building a new Oracle ERP system.… |
NHS Scotland-linked domains caught serving pr0n and dodgy sports streams - (pubDate>Wed, 08 Apr 2026 10:00:14 GMT)Two practice web addresses appear to have been compromisedMultiple domains belonging to Scottish healthcare providers have been hijacked and are now pushing links to adult content and illegal sports streams, according to a researcher.… |
Virtual SG-41 project brings Nazi cipher machine to life in the browser - (pubDate>Wed, 08 Apr 2026 09:15:10 GMT)Martin Gillow's 3D recreation lets users explore would-be Enigma successor's mechanics and enciphering logic onlineAn enthusiast has built a digital 3D model of the SG-41 cipher machine, replete with wheels, levers, and stepping logic, accessible via a browser.… |
UK's grand plan to fuel AI with public data faces uphill battle - (pubDate>Wed, 08 Apr 2026 08:30:13 GMT)Agents will look for info elsewhere unless official sources sharpen upThe UK's hopes of fueling cutting-edge AI development and applications with a National Data Library (NDL) could be dashed unless it makes datasets easier to use.… |
Microsoft hints at bit bunkers for war zones - (pubDate>Wed, 08 Apr 2026 06:53:08 GMT)President Brad Smith tells an interviewer that Microsoft is reconsidering datacenter design in light of Iran warMicrosoft is reevaluating how it designs and builds datacenters in conflict-prone regions after Iran began targeting Middle Eastern bit barns in retaliation for US military operations.… |
Japan relaxes privacy laws to make itself the ‘easiest country to develop AI’ - (pubDate>Wed, 08 Apr 2026 04:48:21 GMT)Opting out of personal data use won't be an option because Minister says that's a 'very big obstacle' to AI adoptionJapan’s Minister for Digital Transformation Hisashi Matsumoto has declared the nation will become the easiest place in the world to develop AI apps, thanks to legal changes that mean organizations won’t need to secure consent to use some personal information.… |
Anthropic: All your zero-days are belong to Mythos - (pubDate>Tue, 07 Apr 2026 23:50:06 GMT)Hasn't released it to the public, because it would break the internet - in a bad wayFor years, the infosec community’s biggest existential worry has been quantum computers blowing away all classical encryption and revealing the world’s secrets. Now they have a new Big Bad: an AI model that can generate zero-day vulnerabilities.… |
Iran cyber actors disrupting US water, energy facilities, FBI warns - (pubDate>Tue, 07 Apr 2026 23:30:24 GMT)Your PLCs aren't internet-connected, right? Right?!Iranian-affiliated actors have escalated intrusions targeting critical US water and energy facilities, in some cases disrupting operations, the FBI and American cyber defense agencies said on Tuesday.… |
Nutanix thinks some Azure cloud desktops belong on-prem to make them usable - (pubDate>Tue, 07 Apr 2026 23:14:43 GMT)Also asserts it can beat Cisco's homebrew hypervisor for calling apps.NEXT Nutanix has teamed with Microsoft to bring cloudy desktops on-prem, using its extensive desktop virtualization (VDI) experience to make it work.… |
Cloudflare, GoDaddy team up to curb AI bot brigades - (pubDate>Tue, 07 Apr 2026 21:32:59 GMT)Pair backs scraper blocking and standards to separate trusted agents from bad botsCiting the need to adapt to an internet increasingly serving the needs of AI agents without considering the needs of site owners, Cloudflare and GoDaddy are partnering on efforts to control how AIs crawl the web and interact with web content.… |
AWS CEO: It's funny when people ask me if AI is overhyped - (pubDate>Tue, 07 Apr 2026 21:21:28 GMT)Matt Garman sounds the alarm but plays down the SaaS-pocalypse at Human[X]Stefan Weitz, CEO and co-founder of the Human[X] conference, welcomed attendees to the AI-focused bitshow in San Francisco with the promise that they would receive no certainty and no playbook.… |
Hundreds of orgs compromised daily in Microsoft device code phishing attacks - (pubDate>Tue, 07 Apr 2026 20:19:42 GMT)Who needs MFA when you've got EvilTokens?Hundreds of organizations have been compromised daily by a Microsoft device-code phishing campaign that uses AI and automation at nearly every stage of the attack chain to ultimately snoop through corporate email inboxes and steal financial data.… |
Intel gets trapped in Elon’s reality distortion field as it joins in megafab delusions - (pubDate>Tue, 07 Apr 2026 19:36:48 GMT)Space is just the next stop on the AI hype train, right after AGIIn the realm of his other unrealistic plans and potentially broken promises, Elon Musk's Terafab stands out as one of the biggest pipedreams, promising to boost semiconductor production by 50x for the benefit of orbital datacenters. But hey, this idea must have legs, because now Intel has announced it is joining the aspiring Bond villain's initiative.… |
