Who would willingly chews a 6:00AM Sunday callout? On-Call As the world gears up for a week that features a celebration of love, The Register brings you another instalment of On-Call, our weekly reader-contributed tale of the thing IT pros hate mos…
Lees meerAny act that sends so much as a ruble to seven named netizens now forbidden The US and UK have sanctioned seven Russians for their alleged roles in disseminating Conti and Ryuk ransomware and the Trickbot banking trojan.…
Lees meerState Dept already has one target, FBI is identifying sources of floating surveillance platform's components The Chinese surveillance balloon that drifted across the US last week looks set to spark a new round of sanctions against Middle Kingdom tec…
Lees meerRegulator wants to bust the oligopoly in mobile OS and app markets Japan's competition regulator has recommended big changes to local laws to reform the "oligopoly" it's assessed Google and Apple enjoy in the markets for mobile operating systems and…
Lees meerThe usual suspects - Hikvision and Dahua - named as a risk to national security, prompting the usual denials Australia's Defence Department removed all Chinese manufactured surveillance cameras after an audit detailed the number of Hikvision and Dah…
Lees meerDon't trust your super-hot military boyfriend you've never met. He doesn't exist As Valentine's Day approaches, if your offshore oil rig worker "boyfriend" – who looks like Bradley Cooper in his online pics and has hinted at proposing to you for mon…
Lees meerFor those relying on this cloud-based security thing It's difficult for security teams to quickly respond to potential threats if the data coming in and the detection rules around it are off.…
Lees meerPhishing hooked internal documents, code, and some internal business systems accessed, users’ personal info safe Colourful web forum Reddit has revealed it has suffered a security breach.…
Lees meerAnd the FCC ain't exactly helping, senators say Major US carriers are exaggerating the availability of fixed wireless services and leaving under-served communities at risk of missing out on billions in federal funding that would pay for improved ser…
Lees meerMedical payments expected to resume ... soon? IBM retirees have been forced to pay for some medical expenses out of their own pockets as a result of the IT giant's handling of their healthcare funding.…
Lees meerTranslation: Please, please, Vlad, don't shoot down our satellites While SpaceX continues sending its Starlink terminals to Ukraine - provided the cash keeps coming in - it isn't okay with its satellite internet gear being used directly in war, such…
Lees meerPlus: Microsoft's nu-Bing can't answer question on exoplanets correctly either Web content automatically generated by AI will be ranked according to its quality by Google Search, the internet titan confirmed this week, after previously suggesting it…
Lees meerIf you're having trouble with your games, this may be why Windows users who installed an update from November 2022 may run into problems rendering content and running their games if their systems are using particular versions of Intel graphics drive…
Lees meerA 31-day limit on how long you can be away from your home IP address is included too The age of freely sharing Netflix passwords is drawing to a close as the streaming service announced the expansion of account restrictions in four more countries al…
Lees meerA rippled rocky ridge suggests the presence of lakes and waves, all at a higher elevation than expected The Mars Curiosity rover has discovered what NASA said is its clearest evidence yet that the red planet used to be anything but dusty and dry - a…
Lees meerMove means possibility of new WebKit-free iPhone browsers is even more likely The UK competition watchdog's proposed iOS remedies in a probe of its "substantial and entrenched market power" in the mobile ecosystem "would effectively turn Apple into …
Lees meerPlus new developments in the world of the MNT Reform FOSDEM The Balthazar project is designing an all-Free Hardware laptop based around RISC-V and several existing standards.…
Lees meerWho even buys their children an Apple Watch? Comment There comes a time when every parent will glance up from their mobile device or busy work schedule and take a moment to ask: "Where are my kids?"…
Lees meerNo experience? Doesn't matter, companies claim Microsoft has partnered with quantum outfit Classiq for the launch of a research and education program that offers educational institutions access to Classiq's software platform and Microsoft's Azure Qu…
Lees meerStructure appears to be so far out, the Roche limit may need revising A ring system has been spotted around dwarf planet Quaoar at a distance astronomers didn't believe was possible, defying astronomical theories on how these structures form.…
Lees meerTells residents to turn in dongles and uninstall apps, but keeps registration system alive – just in case Singapore's Ministry of Health (MOH) announced on Thursday that it was finally pulling the plug on its COVID tracking program.…
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