White House’s new fix for cyber job gaps: Serve the nation in infosec
Now do your patriotic duty and fill one of those 500k open roles, please?
Security05 Sep 2024 | 8
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House to grill CrowdStrike exec on epic IT meltdown... no, not the CEO
VP Adam Meyers to testify about that faulty software update which ruined July and some of August
Software02 Sep 2024 | 21
Zuckerberg admits Biden administration pressured Meta to police COVID posts
'The government pressure was wrong, and I regret that we were not more outspoken about it,' says Facebook founder
Personal Tech27 Aug 2024 | 182
Canceled meeting between US and UAE throws fresh scrutiny on Microsoft-G42 deal
All a simple misunderstanding, we're told
AI + ML31 Jul 2024 | 9
Kamala Harris's $7M support from LinkedIn founder comes with a request: Fire Lina Khan
FTC boss must be doing something right if folks will pay to get her binned
Public Sector26 Jul 2024 | 109
Oak Ridge casts nets in search of Frontier supercomputer's heir
US national lab expects Discovery to deliver 'three to five times more computational throughput'
HPC24 Jul 2024 | 9
Data pilfered from Pentagon IT supplier Leidos
Updated With numerous US government agency customers, any leak could be serious
Cyber-crime24 Jul 2024 | 2
Kamala Harris has a long history with Silicon Valley that could help – or hurt
Analysis The presumptive Democratic nominee has gone back and forth with Big Tech
Public Sector23 Jul 2024 | 51
Net neutrality in danger again: US appeals court puts FCC's resurrected rule on hold
'Likelihood of success is even clearer,' thanks to those Supremes
Networks15 Jul 2024 | 17
Engineers risk blasting US missile defense to smithereens, say auditors
Now the 2028 deadline is at risk
Public Sector27 Jun 2024 | 20
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
From network security to nyet work in perpetuity: What's up with the Kaspersky US ban?
Kettle It's been a long time coming. Now our journos speak their brains
Security22 Jun 2024 | 44
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
Snowflake tells customers to enable MFA as investigations continue
infosec in brief Also, industry begs Uncle Sam for infosec reg harmony, dueling container-compromise campaigns, and crit vulns
Security10 Jun 2024 | 2
Brit tech tycoon Mike Lynch cleared of all charges in US Autonomy fraud trial
Jury in San Francisco finds founder plus finance VP not guilty
Software06 Jun 2024 | 131
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
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
US senators' AI roadmap aims for $32B in R&D spending
'Reads like it was written by Sam Altman and Big Tech lobbyists,' say critics
AI + ML15 May 2024 | 4
Senate AI roadmap's piecemeal legislation is ideal, says former FTC tech chief
interview Smaller bills mean more fine-grained control over vastly different AI products
AI + ML15 May 2024 | 1
Biden admin shells out $120M to return chip startup to US ownership
Korean-controlled silicon slinger could be coming back to the fold
Systems13 May 2024 | 7
Ex-White House election threat hunter weighs in on what to expect in November
Interview Spoiler alert: We're gonna talk about AI
Public Sector09 May 2024 | 36
MITRE promises a cute little 17-PFLOPS AI super for the rest of Uncle Sam's agencies
No child process left behind
HPC08 May 2024 | 1
Three years on from Biden infosec EO, and we're still trying to check all the boxes
interview It's taking time, but isn't a dead issue, US Government Accountability Office security director Marisol Cruz Cain says
Public Sector06 May 2024 |
Lights about to go out on US Affordable Connectivity Program
A partial benefit in May then subsidy gets unplugged once and for all
Networks02 May 2024 | 17
State-by-state is the best approach for right to repair, says advocacy leader
Interview Gay Gordon-Byrne of the Repair Association says US at least is nearing a tipping point
Personal Tech27 Apr 2024 | 41
Jensen Huang and Sam Altman among tech chiefs invited to federal AI Safety Board
Stacking the deck – we've heard of it
AI + ML26 Apr 2024 | 5
TikTok ban could escalate US-China trade war, ex-White House CIO tells The Reg
interview Doing business in Beijing? 'You need to do a what-if scenario'
Personal Tech26 Apr 2024 | 167
FCC votes 3-2 to bring net neutrality back from the dead
Law responds again to pings
Networks25 Apr 2024 | 16
Shouldn't Teams, Zoom, Slack all interoperate securely for the Feds? Wyden is asking
Doctorow: 'The most amazing part is that this isn't already the way it's done'
Public Sector24 Apr 2024 | 29
Senate passes law forcing ByteDance to sell off TikTok – or face a US ban
Updated Somewhere in Beijing, someone's screaming: Mother, PFACAA!
Personal Tech24 Apr 2024 | 88
White House tweaks HIPAA to shield medical files of those seeking reproductive care
In theory, this should make it harder for states to compel data-sharing to enforce anti-abortion laws
Personal Tech24 Apr 2024 | 22
US House passes fresh TikTok ban proposal to Senate
Sadly no push to end stupid TikTok dances, but ByteDance would have year to offload app stateside
Security22 Apr 2024 | 37
Microsoft is a national security threat, says ex-White House cyber policy director
Interview With little competition at the goverment level, Windows giant has no incentive to make its systems safer
Public Sector21 Apr 2024 | 121
Uncle Sam earmarks $54M of CHIPS funding for small-biz semiconductor boffinry
Up to 24 outfits to bag taxpayer cash for projects 'developing a viable product or service' for US chip industry
Public Sector17 Apr 2024 | 1
America may end up with paid-for 5G fast lanes under net neutrality anyway
Damn you, network virtualization
Networks17 Apr 2024 | 22
FCC to reinstate net neutrality in the US until someone decides to scrap it again
Pendulum returns to the Obama era – don't be surprised if it swings right back
Networks03 Apr 2024 | 19
US House of Reps tells staff: No Microsoft Copilot for you!
At least not until Redmond's government edition is ready to roll
Public Sector01 Apr 2024 | 10
Ex-White House CIO tells The Reg: TikTok ban may be diplomatic disaster
Interview Theresa Payton on why US needs a national privacy law
Public Sector01 Apr 2024 | 63
Congress votes unanimously to ban brokers selling American data to enemies
At least we can all agree on something
Security21 Mar 2024 | 19
US CHIPS Act set to electrify semiconductor scene with billions
National Strategy focuses on four goals for silicon heaven
Systems18 Mar 2024 | 9
Bernie Sanders clocks in with 4-day workweek bill thanks to AI and productivity tech
Don't start planning your long weekend yet – proposal is likely to be a hard sell in work-obsessed America
Offbeat15 Mar 2024 | 91
Trump, who tried kicking TikTok out of the US, says boo to latest ban effort
Comment Florida man would rather have app stay so as not to give gift to 'true enemy of the people' ... Zuckerberg
Personal Tech09 Mar 2024 | 93
US wants ASML to stop servicing China-owned chip equipment
Dutch lithography giant caught in crossfire amid escalating tensions
Systems07 Mar 2024 | 56
Micron New York mega fab faces an environmental exam
At least the US Army is thinking about the frogs in those 226 acres of wetland
Systems04 Mar 2024 | 8
Biden asks Coast Guard to create an infosec port in a stormy sea of cyber threats
Oh hear us when we cry to thee for those in peril on the sea
Public Sector21 Feb 2024 | 8
Uncle Sam officially opens funding gates for silicon R&D
$5B investment part of $53B bet to reboot semiconductor industry
Systems12 Feb 2024 | 1
IT suppliers hacked off with Uncle Sam's demands in aftermath of cyberattacks
Plan says to hand over keys to networks – and report intrusions within eight hours of discovery
Public Sector08 Feb 2024 | 36
Biden will veto attempts to kill off SEC's security breach reporting rules
Senate, House can try but won't make it past the Prez, says White House
Security01 Feb 2024 | 18
US govt, tech sector team up to get academia making its own next-gen AI models
Launch National Artificial Intelligence Research Resource to help non-corporate boffins play catch-up
AI + ML24 Jan 2024 |
Nokia walks the walk about its RAN to play on Uncle Sam’s China fears
Comment It pays not to be Huawei, and the US military can be lucrative, too
Security17 Jan 2024 | 8
SEC Twitter hijacked to push fake news of hotly anticipated Bitcoin ETF approval
Updated Buy the hype, sell the, wait, what do we do now?!
Cyber-crime09 Jan 2024 | 11
Huawei finally gives up on US schmoozing efforts
So long, and thanks for all the sanctions as PR and government relations teams decamp
Networks05 Jan 2024 | 42
Biden urged to do something about Europe 'unfairly' targeting American tech
5 out of 6 'gatekeepers' are US-based so regulators across pond are just being mean to us, say lawmakers
Public Sector19 Dec 2023 | 107
Southwest Airlines lands $140M fine for that Christmas IT meltdown
Wrist, meet slap: Only a quarter will be paid to Treasury, the rest is vouchers and credits
Software18 Dec 2023 | 14
No new top boss at NSA until it answers questions about buying up location, browsing data
Senator Ron Wyden puts his foot down – for as long as he can
Public Sector02 Dec 2023 | 36
Senate bill aims to stop Uncle Sam using facial recognition at airports
Legislation would eliminate TSA permission to use the tech, require database purge in 90 days
Public Sector01 Dec 2023 | 40
After bashing Nvidia for ‘arming’ China, Cerebras's backer G42 alarms US govt with suspected Beijing ties
What was it they say about folks in silicon houses?
HPC28 Nov 2023 | 7
White House hopes to power up American battery factories with $3.5B fund
Now that's the kind of current affairs we're into
Public Sector16 Nov 2023 | 18
Don't worry about those new export rules, China – Nvidia's already got more sanctions-compliant GPUs for ya
Chips limbo-dance right under Biden's performance limits
AI + ML09 Nov 2023 | 10
Sales bonanza at ASML as China stockpiles chipmaking kit
Dutch exports skyrocket thanks to Washington restrictions
Systems08 Nov 2023 | 4
Developing AI models or giant GPU clusters? Uncle Sam would like a word
Analysis But the astronomical performance thresholds mean few ML operators will be required to report at this rate
HPC05 Nov 2023 | 18
Yeah, that oughta do the trick, Joe... Biden hopes to tackle AI safety with exec order
ML players must alert Uncle Sam if they're training a foundation model, and more
AI + ML30 Oct 2023 | 12
Biting the hand that feeds IT
