About a quarter million Comcast subscribers had their data stolen from debt collector Cable giant says ransomware involved, FBCS keeps schtum
Comcast says data on 237,703 of its customers was in fact stolen in a cyberattack on a debt collector it was using, contrary to previous assurances it was given that it was unaffected by that intrusion.…
SpaceX accuses 'meme-stock' rival of 'misinformation' over Starlink signals waiver AST SpaceMobile partners 'provide zero technical support for their opposition,' letter to FCC rages
The competition to deliver satellite-based phone connections is getting nasty, with SpaceX accusing AST SpaceMobile of a misinformation campaign.…
TSMC and Amkor link up to bring advanced packaging stateside Arizona looks like the place to be for US semiconductor manufacturing
Taiwan's TSMC has inked a deal with US semiconductor outfit Amkor Technology to beef up advanced chip packaging on American soil.…
Revenge for being fired is best served profitably Why yes, I will help you again – for a price
On Call The exchange of labor for currency can be a grim business, which is why <em>The Register</em> ends each working week with a new instalment of On Call – the reader contributed column in which you tell cathartic tales of Working For The Man.…
Google Cloud to help India export its Digital Public Infrastructure Bundles free government apps to help digital diplomacy – and maybe find some new customers
Google Cloud will help India to spread its Digital Public Infrastructure – the suite of government apps it offers to help other nations – through the development of a "DPI in a box" tool.…
Not just AI datacenters needing own power: Taiwanese server-maker Quanta has bought microgrids California utilities couldn't deliver for hyperscalers' favorite hardware slinger
It's not just datacenters running AI that need their own energy sources. Taiwanese hardware manufacturer to the clouds Quanta has revealed the purchase of three sets of fuel cell microgrid systems to power one of its California plants, after purchasing two in April of this year.…
AI’s energy appetite too big for Texas grid, regulators warn Datacenters coming online in the next 15 months will need to supply at least some of their own power
Updated As the saying goes, everything is bigger in Texas, but as datacenter footprints explode amid the AI boom, regulators fear even the Lone Star state's utilities won't be able to keep up for much longer.…
Cloudflare beats patent troll so badly it basically gives up Networking giant pockets $225K, foe promises to stop suing and abandons IP
Cloudflare on Thursday celebrated a victory over Sable Networks, which the former described as a "patent troll."…
John Deere accused of being full of manure with its right-to-repair promises Tractor maker has only turned over shoddy tools, half-baked info, may be breaking the law, says senator
US Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) has sent a letter to John May, CEO of agricultural equipment maker Deere & Company, questioning whether John Deere is living up to the promises it made to support people's right to repair.…
It's true, social media moderators do go after conservatives Because they're most likely to share crappy misinformation online
Since Elon Musk bought Twitter nearly two years ago – a $44 billion acquisition he tried to pull out of – the mogul has driven a narrative that moderation of the microblogging website disproportionately targeted conservatives, libertarians, and Trump supporters.…
Fujitsu teams up with Supermicro on Arm-based server CPU Liquid cooling on the mind
Fujitsu and server maker Supermicro are jointly working on a platform featuring Fujitsu's upcoming Arm-based high-performance MONAKA processor, as well as liquid cooling systems.…<!--#include virtual='/data_centre/_whitepaper_textlinks_top.html' -->
Average North American CISO pay now $565K, mainly thanks to one weird trick Best way to boost your package is to leave, or pretend to
A survey of nearly 700 CISOs in the US and Canada has found their pay has risen over the past year to an average of $565,000 and a median of $403,000, with the top 10 percent of execs pulling in over $1 million.…
Submer dives into $55.5M funding to cool down hot-blooded AI datacenters Tech's consumption of water and energy driving interest in liquid cooling
Cooling specialist Submer has scored $55.5 million in a fresh funding round to fuel expansion, touting its tech as part of a more sustainable way to operate datacenters – something sorely needed in the era of AI.…
‘Undigestible rate of change’ sees vendor supergroup create ‘The Open Compute of AI’ It’s called ‘Cosmos’ and Nvidia, Cisco, X, SuperMicro and VAST Data all think it will help – them and you
A group of top enterprise vendors feel that AI is changing so fast it’s “undigestible” to many, so they’ve created an org they hope will function like the Open Compute Project so you don’t make a meal of it.…
Get ready: US port strike may snarl tech supply chains Time to see if industry learned anything from the last shortage crisis
Updated Dockworkers at American ports from Maine to Texas have gone on strike, and experts are warning it won't be long before the tech sector feels a supply chain pinch that could easily stretch into the beginning of next year. …
700K+ DrayTek routers are sitting ducks on the internet, open to remote hijacking With 14 serious security flaws found, what a gift for spies and crooks
Fourteen newly found bugs in DrayTek Vigor routers — including one critical remote-code-execution flaw that received a perfect 10 out of 10 CVSS severity rating — could be abused by crooks looking to seize control of the equipment to then steal sensitive data, deploy ransomware, and launch denial-of-service attacks.…
Bank of America app glitch zeroes out people's balances Unidentified tech issues now resolved
Updated Some US customers using the Bank of America app to keep an eye on their accounts got a shock Wednesday morning when their checking and savings accounts were unexpectedly empty or out of date.…
Logical Biological appoints Stephane Argivier as new CEO Logical Biological, a leader in the provision of high-quality biological specimens, announces the appointment of Stephane Argivier as its new Chief Executive Officer, effective from 1st September 2024.
HOBA Tech Welcomes Innorendering as Certified Gold Partner HOBA Tech, a leader in business transformation solutions, is thrilled to announce that Innorendering, a renowned consulting firm based in Mexico, has joined the Certified HOBA Partner program as a Gold Partner.
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An IR35 bill for HS2 of £6.2m underlines OPW’s complexity The latest public sector IR35 bill is pretty swingeing -- but the overall trend suggests public sector bodies are getting to grips with the OPW rules, after seven long years.