Chipmachinefabrikant Besi ontvangt bestelling van 'vooraanstaande' chipproducent

De Nederlandse fabrikant van chipverpakkingsmachines Besi heeft een bestelling ontvangen van een ‘vooraanstaande’ chipproducent. Het bedrijf mag 26 hybrid bonding-machines leveren. De deal zou ongeveer 75 miljoen euro waard zijn.

CoreWeave plows £1B into UK HQ and datacenters as it eyes European expansion

Ah, just nod and smile when they talk about Britain and Europe American GPU cloud operator CoreWeave is expanding its operations across the pond, setting up a new European headquarters in London and revealing plans to build a pair of AI datacenters …

AP: pakketpunten mogen QR-code op ID-kaart en paspoort niet uitlezen

Nederlandse pakketpunten mogen de QR-code op recente identiteitskaarten niet zomaar uitlezen. Dat zegt de Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens. Volgens de privacytoezichthouder mag dat enkel bij doeleinden die duidelijk in de wet staan omschreven.

AWS CISO tells The Reg: In the AI gold rush, folks are forgetting application security

'Everybody's learning as they go. But there's a rush to get these apps out' RSAC  As corporations rush full tilt to capitalize on the AI craze and bring machine-learning-based apps to market, they aren't paying enough attention to application securi…

Google Wallet vereist vanaf 10 juni minstens Android 9 en Wear OS 2

Google Wallet zal vanaf 10 juni minstens Android 9 of Wear OS 2 vereisen om te kunnen blijven functioneren. Google neemt deze maatregel omdat sommige beveiligingsupdates vanaf dan niet beschikbaar zullen zijn voor de oudere versies van de besturings…

One bank's brilliant upgrade was another bank's crash

Who's the more foolish: the fool, or the fool who follows him? who, me?  Monday again? It seems like only yesterday it was Sunday. Oh well, that means it's time to kick off the working week with a dose of Who, Me? – The Reg's weekly confessional, wh…

Notepad++ 8.6.7

Versie 8.6.7 van Notepad++ is uitgekomen. Deze uitgebreide teksteditor heeft diverse mogelijkheden die vooral voor programmeurs handig zijn, zoals syntax-highlighting voor onder andere C, C++, Java, HTML, XML en PHP. Ook biedt het programma de mogel…

Encrypted mail service Proton hands suspect's personal info to cops again

Plus: Google patches another Chrome security hole, and more Infosec in brief  Encrypted email service Proton Mail is in hot water again from some quarters, and for the same thing that earned it flack before: Handing user data over to law enforcement…

Encrypted mail service Proton confirmed handing PII to cops again

PLUS: More data leaks at the US Patent Office; LockBit still tough enough for Wichita; and some critical vulnerabilities in brief  Encrypted email service Proton Mail is in hot water again, and for the same thing that earned it flack before: handing…

Ransomware negotiator weighs in on the extortion payment debate with El Reg

As gang tactics get nastier while attacks hit all-time highs Interview  Ransomware hit an all-time high last year, with more than 60 criminal gangs listing at least 4,500 victims – and these infections don't show any signs of slowing.…

Ransomware negotiator weighs in on the extortion payment debate with El Reg

As gang tactics get nastier while attacks hit all-time highs Interview  Ransomware hit an all-time high last year, with more than 60 criminal gangs listing at least 4,500 victims – and these infections don't show any signs of slowing.…

Jellyfin 10.9.0

Versie 10.9.0 van Jellyfin is uitgekomen. Deze mediaserver is een fork van Emby en is ontstaan nadat Emby closedsource werd en er voor zogenaamde premiumfeatures betaald moest gaan worden, zoals dat ook bij Plex het geval is. Jellyfin is echter voll…

Apple Store retail employees in New Jersey Vote Against Unionizing

According to Bloomberg, Apple retail employees in New Jersey have voted against unionization, the Communications Workers of America (CWA) said, calling this a setback for organizing efforts at the tech giant. Employees at the store, located within a…

Solar Storms are disrupting farmer GPS systems during critical planting time

US semiconductor building boom means staff shortages and talent slipping away

McKinsey's solution? Reach out to middle schoolers The US semiconductor industry is said to be struggling to hire as well as retain staff as the country cranks up its chipmaking capacity to reduce its reliance on foreign supplies.…

US semiconductor building boom means staff shortages and talent slipping away

McKinsey's solution? Reach out to middle schoolers The US semiconductor industry is said to be struggling to hire as well as retain staff as the country cranks up its chipmaking capacity to reduce its reliance on foreign supplies.…

Workers at Apple’s Towson, Maryland, retail store will go on strike

Workers at Apple’s retail store in Towson, Maryland, have voted in favor of authorizing a strike, the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (AIM) said in a statement late on Saturday — as noted by CNBC. The date for work stop…

Pc-gebruikers in niet-PSN-landen krijgen refund voor Ghost of Tsushima-preorders

Gebruikers die een preorder hebben geplaatst voor de pc-versie van Ghost of Tsushima, krijgen automatisch hun geld terug als ze in een land wonen waar PlayStation Network niet beschikbaar is. Voor de multiplayermodus moeten spelers verplicht een PSN…

Gerucht: OpenAI werkt aan AI-stemassistent die foto's kan herkennen

OpenAI zou werken aan een 'multimodale digitale AI-assistent'. Gebruikers kunnen er gesprekken mee voeren en de assistent zou objecten op foto's kunnen herkennen. Het bedrijf kondigt het stemmodel mogelijk maandag al aan.

What's with AI boffins strapping GoPros to toddlers? We take a closer look

Turns out the See 'n Say folks might have been on to something AI researchers looking for better ways to train large language models are turning to the masters of language acquisition – children – to find out how it's done.…

The rise of the audio-only video game