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WEBEx-senior New York State staffer charged in cash-for-favors scandal with China. Bagging two posh properties, three luxury cars on a govt salary a bit of a giveaway – allegedly.
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WEBCybersecurity regulation stepping up. Understanding new NIS2, DORA, and Tiber-EU legislation is essential to improving IT security, explains SANS. Webinar. Upgrading Linux with Rust looks like a new challenge. It's one of our oldest. Opinion From the crooked timber of humanity, no straight thing was ever built. Not even a kernel.
Microsoft patches CVE-2024-38063 IPv6 RCE vulnerability
WEBAug 14, 2024 · Six ransomware gangs behind over 50% of 2024 attacks. Microsoft listed four vulnerabilities as publicly disclosed, albeit not yet exploited, so maybe put these high on your to-patch list: CVE-2024-38200 – a Microsoft Office Spoofing Vulnerability with a 6.5 CVSS rating. CVE-2024-38199 – a Windows Line Printer Daemon (LPD) Service RCE ...
Enterprises spent whopping $80B on cloud in Q2 • The Register
WEBAug 5, 2024 · Plus: Oracle nudges to top of second tier providers. Dan Robinson. Mon 5 Aug 2024 // 18:34 UTC. Enterprise spending on cloud infrastructure services continues to grow, now nearing $80 billion per quarter, with the big three continuing to dominate and Oracle emerging as leader of the second tier providers. The second quarter of 2024 was …
Yes, I am feeling smug – I ignored you and saved the project
WEBAug 2, 2024 · The boss was "not happy about my smugness, but extremely grateful that I'd saved the relationship with that client." "Ever since that experience, the boss developed a newfound respect for my attention to detail," Nina smugly told The Register. She signed off with advice to "Always check the little things you take for granted first, because it ...
Who needs GitHub Copilot when you roll your own • The Register
WEBSun 18 Aug 2024 // 17:37 UTC. Hands on Code assistants have gained considerable attention as an early use case for generative AI – especially following the launch of Microsoft's GitHub Copilot. But, if you don't relish the idea of letting Microsoft loose on your code or paying $10/month for the privilege, you can always build your own.
NASA's VIPER rover might still reach the lunar surface
WEBAug 14, 2024 · At the time of the rover's cancellation, NASA was planning for a 2025 lunar landing. Altemus told analysts that VIPER wouldn't reach the Moon before 2027 if the bid was successful. It's all bold stuff and by no means a sure thing. And then there is the question of Intuitive Machines' financial stability. While it reported a more than doubling ...
Microsoft 365 remains 'degraded' as Azure outage resolved
WEBJul 19, 2024 · Updated Microsoft's 365 subscription services are down for some users, as the software titan also reports the Central US region of its Azure cloud is experiencing problems.. Azure's status page advises that since approximately 21:56 UTC on July 18 "a subset of customers may experience issues with multiple Azure services in the Central …
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WEBDatacenters to emit 3x more carbon dioxide because of generative AI. Carbon capture outfits could be making up to $45B, say analysts. FTC urged to stop tech makers downgrading devices after you've bought them. Some brick devices they'd rather not support, kill apps that drive functions, or add post-sale subscriptions.
BT puts old phone books online - The Register
WEBNov 29, 2007 · BT is putting its entire archive of old phone books online for genealogists, or anyone else, to browse, and a commercial genealogy company is opening up access to all UK burial records since 1538. The phone books date back to 1880 and contain 280 million names. They can be used to track down relatives, but you can also use the service to …