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Lees meerRemoves references to the NSA, adds KSMBD in-kernel server SMB networking After a typically calm development process, Linus Torvalds has given the world a new cut of the Linux kernel – version 6.6 to be precise.…
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Lees meerHistory suggests Arm’s place in the PC market will be anything but 'insignificant' Opinion Pat Gelsinger may not be worried about Arm-compatible PCs eating into Intel's profit margins, but, if recent history tells us anything, he probably should be…
Lees meerAfter a week of incidents, Register vultures pick over the innards Kettle In this week's Kettle the topic is one that's been much in the news this week - the much-underrated insider threat issue.…
Lees meerIrish eyes may not be smiling Interview Last week, privacy advocate (and very occasional Reg columnist) Alexander Hanff filed a complaint with the Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) decrying YouTube's deployment of JavaScript code to detect the…
Lees meerMinimum of $15,000 per plaintiff, after lawyers' fees. Justice is done! After over seven years of legal battles, a group of former HP employees who claim the venerable firm discriminated against older staff when culling jobs has won a $18 million se…
Lees meerNot exactly the MAC daddy Three years after Apple introduced a menu setting called Private Wi-Fi Address, a way to spoof network identifiers called MAC addresses, the privacy protection may finally work as advertised, thanks to a software fix.…
Lees meerI'll huff and I'll puff and Masimo will blow your sales down The Apple Watch is once again facing a possible US import ban again after the International Trade Commission determined the wearable violated patents held by Masimo for measuring blood oxy…
Lees meer$15,000 per plaintiff, after lawyers' fees. Justice is done! After over seven years of legal battles, a group of former HP employees who claim the venerable firm discriminated against older staff when culling jobs has won a $18 million settlement.…
Lees meerPlus Linux Mint 22 to be based on Ubuntu 'Noble Numbat' The creators of Linux Mint and the Cinnamon desktop are experimenting with the Wayland protocol – and so is the original developer of Xfce.…
Lees meerDecision comes after CA revokes firm's driverless license and NHTSA signal an investigation Robotaxi operator Cruise's bad week just keeps getting worse: Now the GM-backed business has paused driverless operations across the entire fleet.…
Lees meerFixes came earlier than scheduled as vulnerability became known to outsiders F5 has issued a fix for a remote code execution (RCE) bug in its BIG-IP suite carrying a near-maximum severity score.…
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