Arecibo telescope might have failed because of weak sockets
Electromagnetic radiation contributed to that zincing feeling: analysts The collapse of the 305-meter telescope at Arecibo Observatory in 2020 is being attributed to zinc creep slow deformation due to stress in the telescope's cable spelter sockets, according to a committee report from the National Academies of Scien
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Een nieuw schadelijk pakket genaamd 'SteelFox' mijnbouwt voor cryptocurrency en steelt creditcardgegevens door gebruik te maken van de "breng je eigen kwetsbare driver"-techniek om SYSTEEM-rechten te ...
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The Register: Thanks Linus. Torvalds patch improves Linux performance by 2.6%
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Thanks Linus. Torvalds patch improves Linux performance by 2.6%
21 lines that show the big man still has what it takes A relatively tiny code change by penguin premier Linus Torvalds is making a measurable improvement to Linux's multithreaded performance.
Google Cloud says it will require Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) for all users by 2025, but we suggest adding it now. Your org can enable with your primary identity provider or through your account. Read more details
EU charges Corning with antitrust violations over Gorilla Glass dominance
US firm made OEMs, glass processors sign exclusivity deals, tattle on competitors, claims Euro Commish Corning's Gorilla Glass is found in countless tech products, from smartphones and wearables to automobile windshields, and the European Commission has an inkling its success is due in part to the US-based b
Hacker News: AWS EKS Security Best Practices Cheat Sheet
How Far is it?The Register: Schneider Electric ransomware crew demands $125k paid in baguettes
Operation Synergia II sees Interpol swoop on global cyber crims
22,000 IP addresses taken down, 59 servers seized, 41 arrests in 95 countries Interpol is reporting a big win after a massive combined operation against online criminals made 41 arrests and seized hardware thought to be used for nefarious purposes.
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Sysadmin shock as Windows Server 2025 installs itself after update labeling error
Screens sprayed with coffee after techies find Microsoft's latest OS in unexpected places Administrators are reporting unexpected appearances of Windows Server 2025 after what was published as a security update turned out to be a complete operating system upgrade.
My computer mouse is now on strike.
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Ma souris dordinateur est dsormais en grve.
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Hacker News: New Winos 4.0 Malware Infects Gamers Through Malicious Game Optimization Apps
Studying for a new certification about GenAI and LLMs and I've already risked falling asleep twice.
This is going to be tough.
The Register: Judge decides not to block Musk's $1M election giveaway
ATT settles claims it misappropriated subsidies, with partial admission of guilt
Changes at the telco giant called for to prevent future abuse AT&T settled with the FCC over claims it submitted false information to obtain funding from US broadband subsidy programs for low-income customers.
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UK orders Chinese biz to sell majority stake in Scottish chipmaker
Government invokes National Security and Investment Act The British government has ordered a China-owned entity to sell its stake in a Scottish chip company under the authority of the National Security and Investment Act 2021.
Former Facebook lobbyist joins UK comms regulator as non-exec director
Labour are well and truly captured and this is one part of the enfuckification. I ams sure that Zuke is delighted, Labour MPs future earning are delighted (not that it did so much for the Lib Dums when that incompetent coward Clegg cut and ran towards the money).
Little IT naming protip:
Do not use relative project version names like "next", "tng", "legacy", "old". It will eventually confuse people as newcomers won't know if "old was before next, but that was also before classic". It will eventually lose meaning as you release next-next and next-next-next.
Do use absolute project version names. 1, 2, 3, ... At best irrespective to what new-ism marketing department came with. They want project rebrand Fine, but we're now on Foo-4.3. So the next one will be Bar-5.0.
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The Register: Apple 'broke law' by pushing out labor-organizing dev
Cyberattackers stole Microlise staff data following DHL, Serco disruption
Experts say incident has 'all the hallmarks of ransomware' Telematics tech biz Microlise says an attack that hit its network likely did not expose customer data, although staff aren't so lucky.
Why SMEs are Turning to Managed Security Services
Small and medium-sized businesses (SMEs) are waking up to a hard truthcyber threats dont just target the big guys anymore. With limited resources and increasing digital vulnerabilities, SMEs are finding themselves in the crosshairs of hackers.
Die zwei IT Menschen im Bro waren von Anfang an dagegen, dass die Presseabteilung mit Macs arbeitet!
Aus Datenschutz Grnden! Ja ich habe herzlich gelacht
Egal, welches IT Problem auftaucht, es wird dicht gemacht und erklrt, dass sie mir nicht helfen knnen, weil sie selbst keine Macs haben!
Ich kann neuerdings im WLAN im Bro ber Mail keine E-Mails mehr senden. Empfang geht und in jedem anderen WLAN geht alles!
Liegt nicht am WLAN, sondern am Mac! Ja! Macht Sinn! Danke fr nichts!
I think we should stop using words like top, bottom, vers or switch.
Better tell if youre front office, back office or full stack.
I sense that in the next year we will have to deal with so many exit strategies from our customers currently using AWS, Azure, GCP etc.
I have a headache already.
On a slightly different election note, IT is a lot to blame here.
Google gives people only answers they want, preventing them seeing others' views.
Ditto Facebook, and, obvs, X.
If you're in IT and you want less Fascism (which you do, because you do know what Fascists do to Autists, right), you need to ensure your industry is way more inclusive than it is.
Otherwise, you're just going to keep giving life to autocrats without even knowing how you're doing it.
Fake Verkehrsbussen per SMS bzw. RCS. Es handelt sich um , nicht klicken!
Fausses amendes routires par SMS ou RCS. Il s'agit de , ne cliquez pas !
Finte multe stradali via SMS o RCS. Si tratta di , non cliccate!
Want advice from UK government website about tax 'n' stuff Talk to the chatbot
Need to know how to set up a business There's an (experimental) AI for that From the department of "this will go well" comes confirmation UK government is trialling an experimental chatbot with 15,000 business users, who can use it to ask questions about tax and available support.
Today and tomorrow, I am in on the 15th Symposium for Software Performance . The cool thing about not being a presenter this year and not having a project to do research on, I can just look at interesting stuff and maybe something is worth applying to the in Schleswig-Holstein.
Already had a nice overview of performance anti-parttern in distributed systems.
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The Register: Classic Outlook explodes when opening more than 60 emails
Why we're still waiting for Canonical's immutable Ubuntu Core Desktop
'First impressions matter' but a KDE flavor is in the making and more publicly at that Ubuntu Summit 2024 At this year's Ubuntu Summit in The Hague, we were really hoping to hear some news about Canonical's new immutable desktop distro.
Dow swaps Intel for Nvidia leaving no index free from wild AI volatility
Won't make a difference for institutional investors, but retail traders be warned, analyst tells El Reg On Friday, Nvidia will supplant Intel after 25 years as the semiconductor sector's representative on the Dow Jones Industrial Average.
Hacker News: South Korea Fines Meta $15.67M for Illegally Sharing Sensitive User Data with Advertisers