- Binned off staff, slashed stock options. What's next? Ah yes, bigger C-suite bonuses
And really, nothing out of the ordinary for Silicon Valley After another round of mass layoffs and reports of slashed stock options for remaining employees, Meta has like clockwork opted to reward its top executives with a substantial bonus increase.…
- Docker delays Hub pull limits by a month, tweaks maximums, stalls storage billing indefinitely
Image fetches to be capped on hourly basis for Personal, unauthenticated use, paid-for plans get unlimited access Docker has delayed its plan to limit image pulls – the downloading of container images – from Docker Hub, by one month and has altered previously published quotas.…
- Data is very valuable, just don't ask us to measure it, leaders say
After fifteeen years decade of big hype, less than 25% of orgs measure value of data, analytics Fifteen years of big data hype, and guess what? Less than one in four of those in charge of analytics projects actually measure the value of the activity to the organization they work for.…
- Los Alamos boffins slap blinkers on satellites so we know who to blame in a crash
Extremely Low Resource Optical Identifier no brighter than LED, but readable with telescopes Scientists at the Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) have come up with a cheap and simple way for satellites to be identified from the ground using lights to blink out an ID code.…
- T-Mobile US puts NYC emergency services in the 5G fast lane with network slicing
911 gets VIP treatment in 'one of the most congested and demanding environments for connectivity' T-Mobile US has signed a deal to provide telecoms for emergency services in New York City using network slicing to their ensure calls and data traffic are prioritized above other users.…
- Elon Musk calls for International Space Station to be deorbited by 2027
Plus: ESA astronaut Andreas Mogensen not happy with SpaceX chief for 'lie' about 'abandoned' Starliner crew SpaceX boss Elon Musk has called for the International Space Station (ISS) to be deorbited as soon as possible, perhaps by 2027.…
- ST Micro skips in, arm in arm with AWS, bearing a chip for 1.6 Tbps pluggable optics
It's Friday. Quit the doomscrolling. Distract yourself with IT infra news Developed in collaboration with Amazon Web Services, ST Micro detailed a new photonic integrated circuit (PIC) on Thursday that it says will support pluggable optics capable of shuttling bits around the datacenter at up to 1.6 Tbps.…
- Experts race to extract intel from Black Basta internal chat leaks
Researchers say there's dissent in the ranks. Plus: An AI tool lets you have a go yourself at analysing the data Hundreds of thousands of internal messages from the Black Basta ransomware gang were leaked by a Telegram user, prompting security researchers to bust out their best Russian translations post haste.…
- HP ditches 15-minute wait time policy due to 'feedback'
It woz The Reg wot won it ... or maybe just common sense prevailed among management HP Inc today abruptly ditched the mandatory 15-minute wait time that it imposed on customers dialling up its telephone-based support team due to "initial feedback."…
- Hey programmers – is AI making us dumber?
If you don't need to think about easy questions, will you be able to answer complex questions? Opinion I don't want to sound like an aging boomer, yet when I see junior programmers relying on AI tools like Copilot, Claude, or GPT for simple coding tasks, I wonder if they're doing themselves more harm than good.…
- DIMM techies weren’t allowed to leave the building until proven to not be pilferers
Who knew a script could make RAM re-appear? On Call Another Friday is upon us, and The Register understands some of you would rather not retain memories of the last week. That's why we offer another instalment of On Call, our reader-contributed column that revives your happier recollections of wreaking revenge on colleagues who caused you tech support trauma.…
- As Amazon takes over the Bond franchise, we submit our scripts for the next flick
License To Kill -9 ... For Your iPhone Only ... AI Another Day ... The name's Bezos, Jeff Bezos As part of its quest for world domination, Amazon has bought the creative rights to fictional British spy James Bond.…
- Ivanti endpoint manager can become endpoint ravager, thanks to quartet of critical flaws
PoC exploit code shows why this is a patch priority Security engineers have released a proof-of-concept exploit for four critical Ivanti Endpoint Manager bugs, giving those who haven't already installed patches released in January extra incentive to revisit their to-do lists.…
- Lenovo isn't fussed by Trumpian tariffs or finding enough energy to run AI
Enterprise hardware biz produced record revenue, just $1M of profit, but execs think losses are behind it Lenovo believes its enterprise hardware business is finally on track to achieve consistent profits, if its customers can secure sufficient energy to buy more AI servers.…
- Thailand ready to welcome 7,000 trafficked scam call center victims back from Myanmar
It comes amid a major crackdown on the abusive industry that started during COVID Thailand is preparing to receive thousands of people rescued from scam call centers in Myanmar as the country launches a major crackdown on the pervasive criminal activity across its border.…
- National Science Foundation staff axed by Trump fear for US scientific future
An inside tale: Probation extended, tenure revoked, a scramble to merge research portfolios, and more Feature With the National Science Foundation cutting staff to comply with President Trump's order for sweeping federal government layoffs, concerns are growing over the impact of these layoffs on America's role in scientific and technological research. …
- Linux royalty backs adoption of Rust for kernel code, says its rise is inevitable
Nobody wants memory bugs. Penguinistas continue debate on how to squish 'em Updated Some Linux kernel maintainers remain unconvinced that adding Rust code to the open source project is a good idea, but its VIPs are coming out in support of the language's integration.…
- Microsoft expands Copilot bug bounty targets, adds payouts for even moderate messes
Said bugs 'can have significant implications' – glad to hear that from Redmond Microsoft is so concerned about security in its Copilot products for folks that it’s lifted bug bounty payments for moderate-severity vulnerabilities from nothing to a maximum of $5,000, and expanded the range of vulnerabilities it will pay people to find and report.…
- Oops, some of our customers' Power Pages-hosted sites were exploited, says Microsoft
Don't think this is SaaS and you can relax: Redmond wants a few of you to check your websites Microsoft has fixed a security flaw in its Power Pages website-building SaaS, after criminals got there first – and urged users to check their sites for signs of exploitation.…
- GitLab and its execs sued again and again over 'misleading' AI hype, price hikes
Bosses bragged about Duo Chat bot, buyers weren’t buying it – claim For the third time in five months, GitLab or its execs have been sued over allegedly misleading investors about AI capabilities and demand.…
- Laptop makers stalled on repairability improvements
Apple, Dell made some progress, but MacBooks are still the worst to crack open, says PIRG The right to repair movement has gained momentum, yet laptop makers have largely stalled on improving repairability.…
- Euro cloud biz trials 'server blades in a cold box' system
Hot air or a 50% energy saving? Exoscale datacenter runs proof-of-concept to test veracity of Digger's claims A1 Digital is testing liquid cooling tech for power-intensive AI servers that is claimed to save 50 percent of the energy previously required for cooling, doing away entirely with the need for air conditioning.…
- US minerals company says crooks broke into email and helped themselves to $500K
A painful loss for young company that's yet to generate revenue A NASDAQ-listed US minerals company says cybercriminals broke into its systems on Valentine's Day and paid themselves around $500,000 – money earmarked for a vendor.…
- Microsoft Azure faceplants in Norway, taking government services with it
Locals see red as public cloud's service health dashboard shows green Norwegians fell victim to a prolonged Microsoft Azure outage today, which impacted businesses and took down multiple government websites delivering online services to citizens.…
- NASA's on-again, off-again job cuts – what's the plan?
Lucky there isn't an asteroid headed for Earth for which a demoralized space agency might need to mount a redirect mission Comment The US space agency, NASA, is famous for looking to the future. However, the fiasco of the last few days has cast doubt on the present, let alone what the coming weeks, months, or years might hold.…
- Critical flaws in Mongoose library expose MongoDB to data thieves, code execution
Bugs fixed, updating to the latest version is advisable Security sleuths found two critical vulnerabilities in a third-party library that MongoDB relies on, which means bad guys can potentially steal data and run code.…
- Talk of Broadcom and TSMC grabbing pieces of Intel lights fire under investors
Chipzilla's design and manufacturing limbs said to be on the table Venture capitalists are circling Intel amid talk that the beleaguered chip giant may be carved up between Broadcom and TSMC, with one taking the design biz and the other the manufacturing fabs.…
- Insiders say IBM's broader return-to-office plan hits older, more expensive staff hard
IT giant doing whatever it takes to reach $300 a share IBM is looking to reduce expenses through what's described as a co-location program that, according to current and former employees who spoke with The Register, appears to be designed to drive out older, more expensive workers.…
- HP deliberately adds 15 minutes waiting time for telephone support calls
Stalling tactics designed to push print or PC users to online support, sorry, 'self-solve' Updated HP Inc is trying to force consumer PC and print customers to use online and other digital support channels by setting a minimum 15-minute wait time for anyone that phones the call center to get answers to troublesome queries.…
- UK tax authority eyes £880M overhaul for Northern Ireland trade services
Cost of post-Brexit arrangements revealed as HMRC looks at options following Fujitsu contract The UK's tax collector is looking for a tech supplier to take on a £370 million, seven-year contract to support a digital platform and call center to handle trading arrangements over the Northern Ireland border.…

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