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- by Connor JonesCybercriminals lifted info including addresses, ID numbers, and financial records from agency systems A "significant amount of personal data" belonging to legal aid applicants dating back to 2010 in the UK was stolen by cybercriminals, the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) confirmed today.…
- by Lindsay ClarkHighest recorded jump in skills gap for more than a decade, recruiter finds The number of UK tech leaders reporting a dearth in AI skills has more than doubled in the last year, according to research.…
- by Connor JonesEnormous org has been hit by ransomware again and again, on multiple fronts, over the past year Top cybersecurity officials within the UK government and the National Health Service (NHS) are asking CEOs of tech suppliers to pledge their allegiance to sound security by signing a public charter.…
- by Simon SharwoodCEO Cristiano Amon teases plans for high-speed-low-power inferencing products Computex Qualcomm is preparing products for the datacenter.…
- by Simon SharwoodYard of Eden just doesn't have the right ring to it Who, Me? Translating one's life from the wonders of the weekend to the madness of a Monday is never easy, but The Register tries to ease the change by delivering a new installment of Who, Me? It's our reader-contributed column in which you admit to making messes and share your escape routes.…
- by Tobias MannOne of the two just needs to be made by Nv Computex Nvidia has opened the NVLink interconnect tech used to stitch its rack-scale compute platforms together to the broader ecosystem with the introduction of NVLink Fusion at Computex this week.…
- by Brandon VigliaroloPLUS: Euro-cops take down investment scammers; Fancy Bear returns to Ukraine; and more Infosec In Brief The Alabama state government is investigating an unspecified "cybersecurity event" that it said has affected some state systems, but didn't involve the theft of citizen's personal info.…
- by Simon SharwoodPLUS: South Korea signs for massive supercomputer; HCL gets into chipmaking; US tariffs slow APAC tech buying; and more Asia In Brief Chinese company Guoxing Aerospace last launched a dozen satellites, each packing a 744 TOPS of computing power, in the first step towards creating an orbiting constellation of 2,800 such satellites.…
- by Jessica LyonsPlus, Co-op tells The Reg: 'we took early and decisive action' to block the crooks INTERVIEW The call came into the help desk at a large US retailer. An employee had been locked out of their corporate accounts. …
- by Bruce DavieIt'll even help you develop technical skills Systems Approach From 2014 to 2020 I had a title of CTO at VMware, first for the networking business and then for the Asia Pacific region as a Field CTO.…
- by Liam ProvenIt matters for everyone, because we'll all be disabled one day Global Accessibility Awareness Day Accessibility matters to everyone. If you think it doesn't: it will. Apple builds in some pretty good tools, and they're getting better. Here's why it's important.…
- by Thomas ClaburnZKLP system allows apps to confirm user presence in a region without exposing exactly where Computer scientists from universities in Germany, Hong Kong, and the United Kingdom have proposed a way to provide verifiable claims about location data without surrendering privacy.…
- by Iain ThomsonAs long as you're quiet about it Feature This week, a bipartisan bill was introduced that would allow supersonic flight over the continental US for the first time in 52 years, as long as they're quiet.…
- by Richard SpeedSearch giant to restore critical Android permission after user outcry In a turn of events to warm our withered hearts, Google has offered to restore the permission that was revoked from Nextcloud's Files app for Android.…
- by Jessica LyonsPhony LinkedIn recruitment ads? Groundbreaking Chinese government snoops – hiding behind the guise of fake consulting companies – are actively trying to recruit the thousands upon thousands of US federal employees who have been fired since President Trump took office.…
- by Iain ThomsonCrooks must be licking their lips at the possibilities Uncle Sam's consumer watchdog has scrapped plans to implement Biden-era rules that would've treated certain data brokers as credit bureaus, forcing them to follow stricter laws when flogging Americans' sensitive data.…
- by Iain ThomsonAgitprop? Protest? An attempt to suck up to the boss? Elon Musk's xAI has apologized after its Grok generative chat-bot started spouting baseless conspiracy theories about White genocide in response to unrelated questions.…
- by Thomas ClaburnPython, TypeScript, Azure SDK devs among those let go Microsoft's recent round of layoffs appears to have fallen largely on software developers, including several prominent Python developers and a veteran TypeScript developer.…
- by Tobias MannAn overdependence on hyperscalers and a mountain of debt could pull the rug out Comment CoreWeave this week said it would plow between $20 and $23 billion into GPU bit barns by year's end in order to meet growing demand from model builders and hyperscalers.…
- by Brandon VigliaroloTax bods characterize it more as a brainstorming session, says Elon's unit wasn't involved Congressional Democrats are again demanding answers from a federal agency over whether DOGE's latest tech makeover could put taxpayer data at risk.…