We have one, yes – but what about a second death ray? Still shopping for the perfect death ray, the US Army has tapped Huntington Ingalls to build and test a prototype laser weapon designed to fry drones in flight.…
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Lees meerWe're told thousands may soon get a pink slip from Big Blue IBM insiders believe Big Blue is laying off thousands of people at various locations around the US, including a quarter of staff at the corp's Cloud Classic operation.…
Lees meerOther cities either started with rival kit, or had Chinese vendor core already built before any bans, says expert Interview Recent research found that London is ranked at the foot of the table when it comes to 5G mobile service, but why should that…
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Lees meerTime to update your firmware, if you can, to one with the security fixes, cough cough DrayTek router owners in the UK and beyond had a pretty miserable weekend after some ISPs began to notice a lot of their customers' gateways going offline.…
Lees meerHow many K8s systems are sat on the internet front porch like that ... Oh, thousands, apparently Cloudy infosec outfit Wiz has discovered serious vulnerabilities in the admission controller component of Ingress-Nginx Controller that could allow the …
Lees meerKari, OK, we'll see you in court An organization that bankrolls various internet security projects has asked a Washington DC court to prevent the Trump administration from cancelling its federal funding – and expressed fears that if the cash stops f…
Lees meerMassive OPSEC fail from the side who brought you 'lock her up' Senior Trump administration officials used the messaging app Signal to discuss secret government business – including detailed plans to attack Houthi rebels in Yemen - and accidentally i…
Lees meerOfficial PoE+ HAT+ for the Pi 5 still MIA The Raspberry Pi team has launched a Power-over-Ethernet Injector aimed at users who are seeking to add some juice to their network but who lack a network switch capable of doing so.…
Lees meer$280M of excess spending makes for a ripe - and reasonable - DOGE target After blowing deadlines and budgets for years, the Pentagon has finally pulled the plug on a troubled project to overhaul its outdated civilian HR IT systems.…
Lees meerEducation authority still searching for an alternative after 13 years A public body in Northern Ireland has granted Capita £208 million in additional contracts and extensions without competition after ditching a £485 million Fujitsu deal last Novemb…
Lees meerBe vewy vewy quiet, I'm hunting rackets The FCC is investigating whether Chinese manufacturers black-listed on its so-called Covered List - including Huawei - are still somehow doing business in America, either by misreading the rules or willfully i…
Lees meerEx-US Air Force officer says companies shouldn't wait for govt mandates Interview Former US Air Force cyber officer Sarah Cleveland worries about the threat of a major supply-chain attack from China or another adversarial nation. So she installed s…
Lees meerOfficial PoE+ HAT+ for the Pi 5 still MIA The Raspberry Pi team has launched a Power-over-Ethernet Injector aimed at users who are seeking to add some juice to their network but who lack a network switch capable of doing so.…
Lees meer$280 million of excess spending makes for a ripe - and reasonable - DOGE target After blowing deadlines and budgets for years, the Pentagon has finally pulled the plug on a troubled project to overhaul its outdated civilian HR IT systems.…
Lees meerAnd got away with it when someone else broke it even more comprehensively Who, Me? Welcome to another working week, and therefore to another instalment of Who, Me? It’s The Register’s reader-contributed Monday column that shares stories of your wor…
Lees meerCEO steps down after multiple failed attempts to take the DNA testing company private Beleaguered DNA testing biz 23andMe – hit by a massive cyber attack in 2023 – is filing for bankruptcy protection in the US following years of financial uncertaint…
Lees meerCEO steps down after multiple failed attempts to take the DNA testing company private Beleaguered DNA testing biz 23andMe - hit by a massive cyber attack in 2023 - is filing for bankruptcy protection in the US following years of financial uncertaint…
Lees meerReturn to office, hours and intensity of work cited as reasons to walk Two in five techies quit in the past year because their employer didn't offer requisite flexibility with respect to hours, location and the "intensity of work."…
Lees meerEducation authority still searching for an alternative after 13 years A public body in Northern Ireland has granted Capita £208 million in additional contracts and extensions without competition after ditching a £485 million Fujitsu deal last Novemb…
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