Malware testers spot attempt to attack Macs. But (try not to weep for the bad guys) there are still compatibility issues with MS exe files A variant of the bad penny that is Dridex, the general-purpose malware that has been around for years, now has…
Lees meerIn trouble somewhere remote with patchy cell coverage but able to see the sky? You can text for help CES Satellite messaging via mobile phone appears to be the in-thing at this year's CES show in Las Vegas, with the launch of two services from comm…
Lees meerNew family of carbon super-structures discovered for futurologists to fizz over Graphene, that much-hyped super-material yet to transform industry, has competition on the block in the form of a related 3D carbon structure made up of linked balls.…
Lees meerGerman automaker gets deeper into the GPU giant's hardware and software ecosystem CES Mercedes-Benz thinks it can create accurate digital twin simulations using Nvidia's Omniverse software to streamline automotive manufacturing operations.…
Lees meerAsking us to 'submit a receipt for consideration' just doesn't cut it, claims would-be class action The nationwide systems meltdown at Southwest Airlines should have prompted a quick return of funds to ticketed customers after thousands of flights w…
Lees meerBecause it's all going so well for Tesla and co Microsoft is reportedly considering investing $10 million in autonomous vehicle startup Gatik, a move in line with its strategy of supporting companies in the industry rather than launching its own com…
Lees meerAfter promising to return Covid-era data to NHS, UK govt ploughs on with extension, expansion Campaigners have warned publicly funded healthcare system NHS England that extending its contract with Palantir without meaningful consultation with patien…
Lees meerDon't masquerade with the guy in shades, oh no A New York federal judge told JP Morgan Chase Bank this week that he would not toss a lawsuit accusing the bank of ignoring red flags when cybercrooks stole $272 million from the New York account of the…
Lees meerThe natural enemy of the IT pro is the builder – they’ll cover you in dust, hose you down, or worse On Call Well, look at that: the clock says it's Friday morning so it must be time for a new installment of On Call, The Register's weekly column des…
Lees meerIf only there were some way to avoid...oh, there is? RTFM Security researchers at have identified multiple vulnerabilities arising from careless use of the Rust Hyper package, a very popular library for handling HTTP requests.…
Lees meerDangerous without a data protection law in place, says rights org An announcement from Indian government-owned telecom company, RailTel, detailing efforts to monetize existing free railway Wi-Fi in partnership with a private company has drawn critic…
Lees meerNot all of these concepts will end in tires If you want more proof that electric vehicles are taking over, just look to CES 2023, which had been overrun with EV concepts cars on the floor and teased vehicles to be revealed.…
Lees meerIs machine text plagiarism? Officials chairing this year's International Conference on Machine Learning event have banned academics from submitting papers containing text generated by large language models and tools like ChatGPT, and they aren't alo…
Lees meerMiscreants would face the wrath of Khan The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) on Thursday proposed a rule to ban non-compete agreements in employment contracts, a prohibition already in place in some US states.…
Lees meerPlay gang blamed, ProxyNotShell cleared and hosted Exchange doomed Rackspace has confirmed the Play ransomware gang was behind last month's hacking and said it won't bring back its hosted Microsoft Exchange email service, as it continues working to …
Lees meerNew high-end Ryzen laptop CPUs? Huzzah! Now what's the number again? Analysis AMD has revealed an expanded family of Ryzen 7000 processors for laptops and desktops, and, more than ever before, they resemble the alphanumeric soup Intel deploys on it…
Lees meerNo passwords, but planety of stuff for social engineering and doxxing More than 200 million Twitter users' information is now available for anyone to download for free.…
Lees meerPlaintiff was offered direct employment with an arbitration agreement, but never signed the letter Tesla's attempt to force a racial discrimination lawsuit into arbitration has failed potentially clearing the way for a class-action lawsuit brought b…
Lees meerWhat's the WiFly password again? The US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is considering opening a swath of 5GHz spectrum up for use by the growing number of unmanned aerial vehicles and drones.…
Lees meerEmployees believe directive to seek new internal positions is just a way to get rid of them IBM CEO Arvind Krishna told employees last year that he had no plans for further layoffs.…
Lees meerAn ounce of prediction is worth a pound of cure Machine learning techniques, such as deep learning, have proven surprisingly effective at identifying diseases like breast cancer. However, when it comes to identifying mutations at the genetic level, …
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