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Lees meerStockholders can keep shares in Huawei, SMIC, and Inpsur - they're just not allowed to sell The United States last week quietly eased its ban on investors holding stock in, or otherwise profiting from, Chinese companies that are felt to have ties to…
Lees meerPlan envisioned using drones to take down school shooters Nine members of non-lethal weapons-maker Axon's AI ethics board resigned Monday after the company's CEO announced plans to build drones equipped with tasers to prevent US school shootings. …
Lees meerBig Blue joins the hot market for infosec investment RSA Conference IBM has expanded its extensive cybersecurity portfolio by acquiring Randori – a four-year-old startup that specializes in helping enterprises manage their attack surface by identif…
Lees meerIt's going to become a human-rights issue, Jeetu Patel tells The Register RSA Conference Exclusive Establishing some level of cybersecurity measures across all organizations will soon reach human-rights issue status, according to Jeetu Patel, Cisco…
Lees meerM2 chip teased plus MacBooks, iOS 16, macOS 13, watchOS 9 and more WWDC Apple opened its 33rd annual Worldwide Developer Conference on Monday with a preview of upcoming hardware and planned changes in its mobile, desktop, and wrist accessory operat…
Lees meerRight as Texas AG sticks his oar in Elon Musk is prepared to terminate his takeover of Twitter, reiterating his claim that the social media biz is covering up the number of spam and fake bot accounts on the site, lawyers representing the Tesla CEO s…
Lees meerWhen an exec asked for help tackling supply-chain woes, were they told to 'just Google it' or what? Even in the waning days of the pandemic, extended lead times and delayed packages are an inescapable reality. Logistics giant XPO this week picked Go…
Lees meerAlready cut off from most x86 chips, the two countries lose out even more Taiwan's government has enacted a strict ban on the export of computer chips and chip-making equipment to Russia and Belarus, a move that will make it even harder for the two …
Lees meerRemember when ServiceNow said 'no acquisitions? Someone should tell Hitch Works IT helpdesk-turned-workflow software company ServiceNow is to acquire Hitch Works, which produces software to help organizations better use their employees' existing ski…
Lees meerThe "OpenLight" union aims for on-chip lasers with help from Intel's recent add, Tower Semiconductor Synopsys and Juniper Networks are targeting the silicon photonics market via a joint venture to let third parties produce devices with integrated on…
Lees meerCarbon offsets don't make you green when your datacenters are still rolling coal Comment It's hard to suppress an eyeroll when the world's largest consumers of datacenter resources talk about sustainability. Putting the planet ahead of profits is o…
Lees meerDesktops, inflation and other factors also shaping American demand US PC shipments fell by double digits in the first quarter of 2022, mostly due to the collapse of Chromebook orders, yet the effect of inflation and a greater mix of higher spec mach…
Lees meerFrom greener datacenters to data transparency and "conscious code", IBM, Dell and others push for better IT ops IBM and Dell are the founding members of a new initiative to promote sustainable development in IT by providing a framework of responsibl…
Lees meerWhat do we want? Open standards, just licensing and a level playing field, say OVHcloud, Scaleway and others If you're a cloud specialist in the EU, things like licensing, Euro digital sovereignty project Gaia-X, and a creating a level playing field…
Lees meerCome back Swype, all is forgiven. Don't you want our money, Redmond? There are lots of software keyboards for smartphones and tablets alike, but one stands head and shoulders above the rest… However you can't have it.…
Lees meerPlans to beam data to satellites, and between orbiting birds too Sony on Friday launched a subsidiary dedicated to optical communications – in space.…
Lees meerYou opted out, but you didn't uncheck the box on page 24, so your data's ours... Opinion "We value your privacy," say the pop-ups. Better believe it. That privacy, or rather taking it away, is worth half a trillion dollars a year to big tech and th…
Lees meerSupply and demand are in for a switcheroo, analyst tells El Reg Cloud service providers drove the datacenter switching market to its fifth consecutive quarter of year-over-year growth, but it won’t last forever, Dell’Oro Group analyst Sameh Boujelbe…
Lees meerWants private coins to have face value in Yen by 2023 Japan's parliament has passed legislation allowing Yen-linked stablecoin cryptocurrencies, thus becoming one of the first countries – and by far the largest economy – to regulate a form of non-fi…
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