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Fried chips: UK's nascent semi industry risks faltering

donderdag 21 augustus 2025 inThe Register Headlines (Tech News)

Good start, but you have to keep it up, say key players Feature  It's not easy to grow a national chip industry. Semiconductor startups are a risky investment. They chew through early-stage capital, often with little to show for it, making them a lo…

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Colt changes tune, admits data theft as Warlock gang begins auction

donderdag 21 augustus 2025 inThe Register Headlines (Tech News)

Worried about your data? No probs, says firm, we'll check the dark web crims' list for you! Yes really A week after its services were disrupted by a cyberattack, UK telco Colt Technology Services has gone back on its initial statement to confirm tha…

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Orange Belgium mega-breach exposes 850K customers to serious fraud

donderdag 21 augustus 2025 inThe Register Headlines (Tech News)

Everything a criminal needs for targeted attacks exposed, but telco insists 'no critical data compromised' A significant data theft at Orange Belgium has opened hundreds of thousands of its customers to serious cybersecurity risks.…

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US cops wrap up RapperBot, one of world's biggest DDoS-for-hire rackets

donderdag 21 augustus 2025 inThe Register Headlines (Tech News)

Feds say Mirai-spawned botnet blasted 370K attacks before AWS and pals helped yank its servers RapperBot, a botnet-for-hire blamed for hundreds of thousands of DDoS attacks, has been yanked offline by the Feds, who also hauled in its alleged Oregon-…

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Colt changes tune, admits data theft as Warlock gang begins auction

donderdag 21 augustus 2025 inThe Register Headlines (Tech News)

Worried about your data? Not to worry, we'll check the dark web for you! Yes really A week after its services were disrupted by a cyberattack, UK telco Colt Technology Services has gone back on its initial statement to confirm that data has indeed b…

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Apple rushes out fix for active zero-day in iOS and macOS

donderdag 21 augustus 2025 inThe Register Headlines (Tech News)

Another 'extremely sophisticated' exploit chewing at Cupertino's walled garden Apple has shipped emergency updates to fix an actively exploited zero-day in its ImageIO framework, warning that the flaw has already been abused in targeted attacks.…

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Chinese funding backs sale of British microLED specialist

donderdag 21 augustus 2025 inThe Register Headlines (Tech News)

Plessey sold to Haylo Labs, financed by $100M Goertek loan The UK's Plessey Semiconductors has been acquired by Haylo Labs, using funding supplied by a Chinese company, Goertek Inc. The move was cleared by the British government.…

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AI crawlers and fetchers are blowing up websites, with Meta and OpenAI the worst offenders

donderdag 21 augustus 2025 inThe Register Headlines (Tech News)

One fetcher bot seen smacking a website with 39,000 requests per minute Cloud services giant Fastly has released a report claiming AI crawlers are putting a heavy load on the open web, slurping up sites at a rate that accounts for 80 percent of all …

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Google yet to take down 'screenshot-grabbing' Chrome VPN extension

donderdag 21 augustus 2025 inThe Register Headlines (Tech News)

Researcher claims extension didn't start out by exfiltrating info... while dev says its actions are 'compliant' Security boffins at Koi Security have warned of a shift in behavior of a popular Chrome VPN extension, FreeVPN.One, which recently appear…

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Commvault releases patches for two nasty bug chains after exploits proven

donderdag 21 augustus 2025 inThe Register Headlines (Tech News)

Researchers disclosing their findings said 'it's as bad as it sounds' Updated  Researchers at watchTowr just published working proof-of-concept exploits for two unauthenticated remote code execution bug chains in backup giant Commvault.…

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AI crawlers and fetchers are blowing up websites, with Meta and OpenAI the worst offenders

donderdag 21 augustus 2025 inThe Register Headlines (Tech News)

One fetcher bot seen smacking a website with 39,000 requests per minute Cloud services giant Fastly has released a report claiming AI crawlers are putting a heavy load on the open web, slurping up sites at a rate that accounts for 80 percent of all …

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Chinese funding backs sale of British microLED specialist

donderdag 21 augustus 2025 inThe Register Headlines (Tech News)

Plessey sold to Haylo Labs, financed by $100M Goertek loan The UK's Plessey Semiconductors has been acquired by Haylo Labs, using funding supplied by a Chinese company, Goertek Inc. The move was cleared by the British government.…

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Microsoft makes MCP in Visual Studio GA but researchers warn of risks

donderdag 21 augustus 2025 inThe Register Headlines (Tech News)

Compositional risk from multiple MCP Servers highlighted by report Microsoft has declared general availability for MCP (model context protocol) servers in Visual Studio, likely to be the second most popular IDE after Visual Studio Code and with wide…

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Baidu robocabs break even on one metric in low-fare China, company expects to cash in elsewhere

donderdag 21 augustus 2025 inThe Register Headlines (Tech News)

Web giant reworks AI infra to improve utilization, with mix of chips from home and away Chinese web giant Baidu's robot taxi operations in China are breaking even when measured as a standalone business - and is confident they will be profitable once…

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AWS CEO says using AI to replace junior staff is 'Dumbest thing I've ever heard'

donderdag 21 augustus 2025 inThe Register Headlines (Tech News)

They're cheap and grew up with AI … so you're firing them why? Amazon Web Services CEO Matt Garman has suggested firing junior workers because AI can do their jobs is "the dumbest thing I've ever heard."…

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The UK Online Safety Act is about censorship, not safety

donderdag 21 augustus 2025 inThe Register Headlines (Tech News)

US policymakers should take heed, says the Electronic Frontier Foundation opinion  Implementation of the UK's Online Safety Act is giving internet users around the globe – including those in US states moving to enact their own age verification laws …

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FydeOS offers ChromeOS without the Google strings attached

donderdag 21 augustus 2025 inThe Register Headlines (Tech News)

Fork runs Android apps and keeps old PCs ticking over ... all without signing into an account with the mothership FydeOS is an alternative to ChromeOS Flex, but with a few significant differences – including Google-account-free operation.…

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AWS CEO says using AI to replace junior staff is ‘Dumbest thing I’ve ever heard’

donderdag 21 augustus 2025 inThe Register Headlines (Tech News)

They’re cheap and grew up with AI … so you’re firing them why? Amazon Web Services CEO Matt Garman has suggested firing junior workers because AI can do their jobs is “the dumbest thing I've ever heard.”…

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The UK Online Safety Act is about censorship, not safety

donderdag 21 augustus 2025 inThe Register Headlines (Tech News)

US policymakers should take heed, says the Electronic Frontier Foundation opinion  Implementation of the U.K.'s Online Safety Act is giving internet users around the globe – including those in U.S. states moving to enact their own age verification l…

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Microsoft stays mum about M365 Copilot on-demand security bypass

donderdag 21 augustus 2025 inThe Register Headlines (Tech News)

Redmond doesn't bother informing customers about some security fixes UPDATED  Microsoft has chosen not to tell customers about a recently patched vulnerability in M365 Copilot.…

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China cut itself off from the global internet for an hour on Wednesday

donderdag 21 augustus 2025 inThe Register Headlines (Tech News)

Took out all traffic to port 443 at a time Beijing didn't have an obvious need to keep its netizens in the dark China cut itself off from much of the global internet for just over an hour on Wednesday.…

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