My parents were not lying to me but… who's the Finn? Something for the Weekend? Later in life, my father used to make bizarre claims of Russian ancestry, which I put down to his Alzheimer's at the time.…
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Lees meerByteDance, Alibaba, and Tencent team on improvement to WebRTC's startup times Chinese web giants Alibaba, Tencent, and ByteDance – the latter through its Volcano Engine hyperscale cloud service – have teamed up to create, in their terms, a new video…
Lees meerThey’re not bothering to be particularly polite about it either Toshiba's plan to split itself into two companies has been opposed by two significant groups of investors.…
Lees meerWith millions of euros, we'll do you a QSolid, say scientists Germany is getting more serious about quantum computing with the foundation of the QSolid project which aims to build a complete quantum computer based on cutting-edge native technology.…
Lees meerMeanwhile, Anonymous claims it's popped Putin's comms regulator Moscow has set up its own certificate authority to issue TLS certs to Russians affected by sanctions or otherwise punished for president Putin's invasion of Ukraine.…
Lees meerSanctions work, who knew? The screw is tightening on Russian chip makers as America moves to further cut off semiconductor supplies to Vladimir Putin's regime.…
Lees meerMore than $28m in crypto-coins found in home, it is claimed US prosecutors on Thursday said they have extradited a Canadian man to America to face charges that he conspired to distribute ransomware.…
Lees meerNot only is this payback sweet, it gives network defenders valuable intelligence It was a Ukrainian security specialist who apparently turned the tables on the notorious Russia-based Conti, and leaked the ransomware gang's source code, chat logs, an…
Lees meerXie claims his custom chips lower infosec computing costs by up to 10x As security and networking converge, Fortinet CEO Ken Xie said the company he co-founded will win this particular $200bn market with its custom application-specific ICs, or ASIC …
Lees meerGee, could this be something Intel or IBM actually lead? Neuromorphic chips that mimic the way brains work may have broad applicability for high-performance computing applications and could be a better fit than CPUs and GPUs in some cases, according…
Lees meerWe seem to give away stuff for free at just the right time, says CFO If Cloudflare CFO Thomas Seifert's take on his company's direction is accurate, expect future strategy to focus on how it can use its slew of newly announced tools to make the bigg…
Lees meerFocused on price point, energy-efficiency compute for midsized enterprise Lenovo is rolling out customized infrastructure bundles for midsize organizations that include new servers and a range of new services, mostly focused on bolstering security.…
Lees meerLittle doubt about US federal court outcome A Ukrainian national alleged to be a member of the REvil ransomware gang has been extradited to the US and charged with multiple criminal offences.…
Lees meerSets is still dead, but perhaps some more Tabs might help? Microsoft has sent a fresh build of Windows 11 into the Dev Channel, and eagle-eyed insiders have already spotted some hidden treats among the updates.…
Lees meerEnergy and air costs rise, inflation is up... and Russia 'likely turn to Chinese vendors' says analyst The pandemic revived the fortunes of PC makers but now another crisis, the gut-wrenching invasion of Ukraine by Russia, threatens to disrupt the s…
Lees meerOne malicious network packet can theoretically spark billions more against a victim Miscreants have launched massive, amplified distributed denial-of-service attacks by exploiting a vulnerability in Mitel collaboration systems.…
Lees meerFall is coming: Devs encouraged to prune 'leaf packages' Following discussion on the mailing list, the Fedora team is taking another small step away from x86-32 support, with developers urged to stop building i686 versions of "leaf packages" – in ot…
Lees meerNo more than 10 alphanumerics, no special characters – in 2022? A Register reader has raised concerns over UK ISP Virgin Media's password policies after discovering he couldn't set a password longer than 10 characters or one that includes non-alphan…
Lees meerThe plan? Pay for low code and Azure services subscription in one shot. The price? Double pre-paid plans Microsoft is adding a pay-as-you-go tier for users of its low-code Power Apps platform, linking usage to an Azure subscription. However, this co…
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