WhisperGate suspect indicted as US offers a $10M bounty for his capture
Russian national accused of attacks in lead-up to the Ukraine war
Public Sector27 Jun 2024 | 6
Public Sector
Supreme Court won't stop Biden leaning on social media giants to tackle disinfo
White House can get back to asking Facebook and co to kindly bin off what the Feds say is misinformation
Public Sector26 Jun 2024 | 26
Julian Assange pleads guilty, leaves courtroom a free man
Now, about that bill for the private jet that's taking him home to Australia …
Security26 Jun 2024 | 201
US mayors urge Congress to ditch red-tape-slaying broadband expansion bill
What's the matter, you want China to win, huh?
Networks25 Jun 2024 | 17
Julian Assange to go free in guilty plea deal with US
WikiLeaks boss already out of Blighty and, if all goes to plan, ultimately off to home in Australia
Security25 Jun 2024 | 144
China and the EU agree to consultations over EV anti-subsidy investigation
Tit for tat spat could be avoided
Personal Tech24 Jun 2024 | 15
Britain's Ministry of Defence accused of wasting £174M on 'external advice'
Morpheus comms system online by 2025? You must be dreaming
Public Sector24 Jun 2024 | 51
Uncle Sam sanctions Kaspersky's top bosses – but not Mr K himself
Here's America's list of the supposedly dirty dozen
CSO21 Jun 2024 | 17
Since joining NATO, Sweden claims Russia has been borking Nordic satellites
If Putin likes jammin', we hope NATO likes jammin' too
Security21 Jun 2024 | 56
How Europe can force Apple to support competition
Exclusive Open Web Advocacy report calls for these extensive changes to iGiant's rules
Personal Tech21 Jun 2024 | 56
Biden bans Kaspersky: No more sales, updates in US
Blockade begins July 20 on national security grounds as antivirus slinger vows to fight back
CSO20 Jun 2024 | 111
EU attempt to sneak through new encryption-eroding law slammed by Signal, politicians
If you call 'client-side scanning' something like 'upload moderation,' it still undermines privacy, security
Security18 Jun 2024 | 75
IMF suggests tax on AI's CO2 emissions, but not AI itself
Be afraid … be very afraid: AI could also revolutionize tax itself, money boffins argue
Public Sector18 Jun 2024 | 14
Vietnam's internet again in trouble as three of five submarine cables go down
Outages came a day after nation launched giveaway of .VN domains in pursuit of improved digital sovereignty
Public Sector18 Jun 2024 | 11
Shoddy infosec costs PwC spinoff and NMA $11.3M in settlement with Uncle Sam
Updated Pen-testing tools didn't work – and personal info of folks hit by pandemic started appearing in search engines
CSO17 Jun 2024 | 2
US Surgeon General wants cigarette-style health warning labels on social networks
Something like ... Side effects may include low self esteem, short attention span, and intrusive ads?
Personal Tech17 Jun 2024 | 31
Microsoft answered Congress' questions on security. Now the White House needs to act
Feature Business as usual needs a real change
Public Sector15 Jun 2024 | 45
Stanford Internet Observatory wilts under legal pressure during election year
Because who needs disinformation research at times like these
Research14 Jun 2024 | 85
Meta won't train AI on Euro posts after all, as watchdogs put their paws down
Facebook parent calls step forward for privacy a 'step backwards'
AI + ML14 Jun 2024 | 41
Mozilla defies Kremlin, restores banned Firefox add-ons in Russia
Browser maker decided not to follow Putin's orders. Well done
Applications14 Jun 2024 | 53
Pakistan punishes tax dodgers with new measures to ensure telcos cut off their mobile phones
Already doxxed and ordered disconnection for half a million of its own citizens suspected of not paying their share
Public Sector14 Jun 2024 | 8
Microsoft bigwig says the Feds catching Chinese spies in Exchange Online is the cloud working as intended
'It's not our job to find the culprits – That's what we're paying you for' lawmaker scolds Brad Smith
CSO14 Jun 2024 | 57
US Space Force wanted $77M to reinforce GPS – and Congress shot it down
Can't we do this another way, like without these mini-sats costing $1B over 5 years, House reps wonder
Public Sector13 Jun 2024 | 23
US senators propose guardrails for government AI purchases and operations
Bill proposes appointment of chief AI officers, privacy safeguards, and lots of testing
Public Sector13 Jun 2024 | 2
Preventing another chip shortage on G7 summit agenda
Group will also look into protecting subsea communications infrastructure
Public Sector13 Jun 2024 | 1
Japan forces Apple and Google to allow third-party app stores and payments
DMA-like law passes in pursuit of a more innovative and open smartphone market
Public Sector13 Jun 2024 | 10
No, an AI bot isn't running for mayor of Cheyenne, Wyoming
But candidate Victor Miller tells The Reg he'll use machine learning to help govern
AI + ML12 Jun 2024 | 10
Beijing wants more outfits like Temu teeming around the world
Calls for massive cross-border e-commerce expansion at home and abroad
Public Sector12 Jun 2024 | 14
Brazil recruits OpenAI in brave bid to slash court battle costs
Bills from legal fights reach 1% of GDP. Hallucination rate no doubt higher
AI + ML11 Jun 2024 | 5
UK education department awards contract uplift to Horizon scandal-plagued Fujitsu
Japanese supplier gets £4.75M contract extension amid promise not to bid for govt work
Public Sector11 Jun 2024 | 13
EU grants €15M funding for ICARUS inflatable heat shield
Exclusive Just don't let it fly too close to the Sun
Science10 Jun 2024 | 24
China's new sanctions loophole: Use export-controlled chips inside the US
Oracle, Nvidia accused of working with ByteDance, others to provide access to advanced parts within America
Systems06 Jun 2024 | 5
Tokyo takes on Tinder by developing its own dating app it hopes will arrest population decline
We're from the government and we want you to find love and procreate
Public Sector06 Jun 2024 | 17
After contentious Amazon datacenter fight, US county says it has learned a lesson
Interview 'We love our farms' says Culpeper, but we also like internet mega-souk and others setting up servers
On-Prem05 Jun 2024 | 5
Airbus shows off uncrewed AI-powered Wingman for fighter pilots
Updated I feel the need, the need for ... a Euro-made military drone
AI + ML05 Jun 2024 | 27
India's IT minister defeated in bid for lower house seat
Probably won't cost him his job, meaning India's messy tech to-do list remains his problem
Public Sector05 Jun 2024 | 2
Australia drops legal action that aimed to have X take down stabbing vid
Musky network celebrates free speech win ... after not opposing takedown of similar fare
Public Sector05 Jun 2024 | 41
Command senior chief busted for secretly setting up Wi-Fi on US Navy combat ship
In the Navy, no, you cannot have an unauthorized WLAN. In the Navy, no, that's not a good plan
CSO04 Jun 2024 | 91
Pentagon 'doubling down' on Microsoft despite 'massive hack,' senators complain
Meanwhile Mr Smith goes to Washington to testify before Congress
Public Sector04 Jun 2024 | 5
Intel CEO says sanctions on China squanders opportunity for US chipmakers like Intel
Computex When the Middle Kingdom starts making its own processors, it won’t buy ones made by me!
On-Prem04 Jun 2024 | 32
NIST turns to IT consultants to clear National Vulnerability Database backlog
Aims to get CVE logjam cleared by the end of FY 24
CSO03 Jun 2024 | 5
STMicro bags €2B from Europe for Sicily car chip fab
Eurocrats made them an offer they couldn't refuse
Public Sector03 Jun 2024 | 1
DARPA awards in-orbit manufacturing contract to Momentus
In the not too distant future agency wants to found factories in the sky
Science02 Jun 2024 | 3
Do you really need that GPU or NPU for your AI apps?
Kettle And how do we feel about Palantir selling its ML-based targeting system to the entire US military? Tune in!
AI + ML01 Jun 2024 | 8
FlyingYeti phishing crew grounded after abominable Ukraine attacks
Kremlin-aligned gang used Cloudflare and GitHub resources, and they didn't like that one bit
Cyber-crime31 May 2024 | 1
Singapore to offer enterprises incentives to buy greener hardware
Tropical nation ends DC build hiatus and calls for energy optimization everywhere – even software
Public Sector31 May 2024 | 1
OpenAI is very smug after thwarting five ineffective AI covert influence ops
That said, use of generative ML to sway public opinion may not always be weak sauce
AI + ML30 May 2024 | 11
California's Governor Newsom is worried AI will be smothered in regulation
OTOH, 'If we chase a shiny object, we could put ourselves in a perilous position'
AI + ML30 May 2024 | 17
Palantir bags $480M from Pentagon to inject battlefield AI into the entire military
Uncle Sam wants Maven Smart System to be in use across DoD by 2029
Public Sector30 May 2024 | 12
Amazon Prime Air delivery drones allowed off line-of-sight leash
Sky shipping can now go beyond visual range of operators – starting in Texas and then maybe airspace near you
Personal Tech30 May 2024 | 7
Malaysia stakes claim to become semiconductor superpower by luring $100B investment from … somewhere
Suggests itself as the place to do high-end manufacturing without upsetting anyone
Public Sector30 May 2024 | 3
China shows off machine-gun-toting robot dog and its AI-powered puppy
Training exercises test suitability for both reconnaissance and lethal kinetic action
AI + ML29 May 2024 | 77
Indonesia's president orders government to stop developing new applications
Nation of 17,000 islands operates 27,000 bits of software
Public Sector28 May 2024 | 14
China creates $47B chiptech investment fund
Third 'Big Fund' is close to the level of US and EU subsidy programs
Public Sector28 May 2024 | 8
South Korea targets Moon and Mars landings after launching unified space agency
Meanwhile, North Korea's latest rocket fails
Public Sector28 May 2024 |
How's Uncle Sam getting on with Biden's AI exec order? Pretty good, we're told
Interview Former Pentagon deputy CIO Rob Carey tells us guardrails should steer Feds away from bad ML
Public Sector27 May 2024 | 7
Man behind deepfake Biden robocall indicted on felony charges, faces $6M fine
FCC wants to hit this political genius with first-of-a-kind punishment
Cyber-crime24 May 2024 | 46
Capgemini to keep the legacy lights on at HMRC for £245.5M
That's half a billion from generous taxpayers in 2.5 years
Public Sector24 May 2024 | 20
AWS pledges to spend €15.7B expanding Spanish operations
Much of the money will go to mountainous Aragón – not mainly in the plain
Off-Prem24 May 2024 | 7
Japan's space agency enlists train operator's AI to foresee in-orbit failures
Shinkansen maintenance tricks boost reliability on the ground, so why not?
AI + ML24 May 2024 | 4
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