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Oracle isn't done with Ampere yet as A4 instances arrive on OCI boasting 96 cores
Oracle isn't done with Ampere yet as A4 instances arrive on OCI boasting 96 cores
Big Red said it had sold its stake in its long-time silicon partner last week
Oracle last week announced that it had divested from Ampere Computing. But while Big Red may no longer own part of the Arm CPU maker, it's not ready to stop using the chips just yet.…
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December 15, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Oracle isn't done with Ampere yet as A4 instances arrive on OCI boasting 96 cores
IBM unleashes CUGA, an open-source AI agent that actually completes more than half its tasks
IBM unleashes CUGA, an open-source AI agent that actually completes more than half its tasks
Framework looks great for scenarios where a 62 percent completion rate is acceptable
IBM researchers have released an open source AI agent called CUGA that aspires to automate complex enterprise workflows and get it right about half the time, depending on the task.…
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December 15, 2025 at 10:18 PM
IBM unleashes CUGA, an open-source AI agent that actually completes more than half its tasks
ServiceNow mulls buying Armis to gain full visibility into the IT stack
ServiceNow mulls buying Armis to gain full visibility into the IT stack
If the buy happens, the big question is will they integrate the codebase or keep it separate?
ServiceNow is reportedly nearing a deal to buy security software company Armis for $7.1 billion to give its customers full stack visibility of their IT estate and eliminate security blindspots, according to Bloomberg.…
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December 15, 2025 at 10:13 PM
ServiceNow mulls buying Armis to gain full visibility into the IT stack
US gov't launches 'Tech Force' to replace IT staff DOGE fired
US gov't launches 'Tech Force' to replace IT staff DOGE fired
Washington rediscovers that modern IT doesn’t run itself
After dissolving several federal tech modernization units and shedding large numbers of technologists, the Trump administration has launched a new talent recruitment initiative, suggesting it still needs people to help drag the government's IT into the present.…
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December 15, 2025 at 9:42 PM
US gov't launches 'Tech Force' to replace IT staff DOGE fired
Delays? What delays? Oracle insists its $300B cloud contract with OpenAI is on track
Delays? What delays? Oracle insists its $300B cloud contract with OpenAI is on track
And don't sweat the debt either, we've got plenty of capital at our disposal
Despite Wall Street jitters and reports to the contrary, Oracle insists its $300 billion datacenter deal with OpenAI is on track and proceeding on schedule.…
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December 15, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Delays? What delays? Oracle insists its $300B cloud contract with OpenAI is on track
New Jolla phone and Sailfish 5 offer a break from iOS-Android monotony
New Jolla phone and Sailfish 5 offer a break from iOS-Android monotony
Powered by the original mobile Linux OS with crowdsourced specs
hands on After successful crowdfunding, the latest release of the original handheld Linux distro will power a new handset coming in mid-2026.…
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December 15, 2025 at 7:09 PM
New Jolla phone and Sailfish 5 offer a break from iOS-Android monotony
Bot invasion increases with Google scraping the way, Cloudflare says
Bot invasion increases with Google scraping the way, Cloudflare says
Mobile traffic now accounts for nearly half of requests
Global internet traffic grew by 19 percent during 2025, while nearly half of traffic now comes from mobile devices. A significant and growing portion also comes from bots, many designed to train AI.…
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December 15, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Bot invasion increases with Google scraping the way, Cloudflare says
China, Iran are having a field day with React2Shell, Google warns
China, Iran are having a field day with React2Shell, Google warns
Who hasn't exploited this max-severity flaw?
At least five more Chinese spy crews, Iran-linked goons, and financially motivated criminals are now attacking the React2Shell, a maximum-severity flaw in the widely used React JavaScript library, according to Google.…
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December 15, 2025 at 5:57 PM
China, Iran are having a field day with React2Shell, Google warns
Apple blocks dev from all accounts after he tries to redeem bad gift card
Apple blocks dev from all accounts after he tries to redeem bad gift card
Paris Buttfield-Addison literally wrote books on Swift
Apple has blocked a long-time developer from his Apple ID after he failed to redeem what support suggested was a dodgy $500 gift card, leaving him unable to work, cut off from personal files, and barred from what he calls his "core digital identity." …
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December 15, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Apple blocks dev from all accounts after he tries to redeem bad gift card
Salesforce willing to lose money on AI agent licenses when customers are locked in
Salesforce willing to lose money on AI agent licenses when customers are locked in
Flat-rate deals may sting now, but vendor expects payback over decades
Salesforce's chief revenue officer has said that he is relaxed about the CRM giant losing money on AI agent seat-based licensing in the long term because it will have many more years to "monetize" such customers.…
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December 15, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Salesforce willing to lose money on AI agent licenses when customers are locked in
GAO report details faltering Veteran’s Administration records upgrade program
GAO report details faltering Veteran’s Administration records upgrade program
Watchdog highlights slate of unmet priorities
A US spending watchdog has delivered another withering verdict on the Department of Veterans Affairs’ efforts to drag its health records program into the 21st century.…
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December 15, 2025 at 3:47 PM
GAO report details faltering Veteran’s Administration records upgrade program
Hyperscalers fuel $112B server spending spree in Q3
Hyperscalers fuel $112B server spending spree in Q3
IDC's latest tracker numbers were brought to you by the letters A and I
The global server market went into overdrive in the third quarter of 2025, racking up a record $112.4 billion in revenue as AI demand pushed vendor sales up 61 percent year-on-year, according to the latest figures from IDC.…
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December 15, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Hyperscalers fuel $112B server spending spree in Q3
Nutanix takes another swipe at VMware with sovereign cloud push
Nutanix takes another swipe at VMware with sovereign cloud push
On-prem control planes, dark-site upgrades, and multicloud policies target regulated deployments
Nutanix is taking a pop at VMware – again – as it unwraps features that it says allow customers to run distributed sovereign clouds.…
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December 15, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Nutanix takes another swipe at VMware with sovereign cloud push
Roomba maker iRobot gets cleaned out in Chapter 11
Roomba maker iRobot gets cleaned out in Chapter 11
Company vacuumed up by its own manufacturer
iRobit, the company behind autonomous vacuum cleaner brand Roomba, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, telling investors that its Chinese manufacturer will assume control going forward.…
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December 15, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Roomba maker iRobot gets cleaned out in Chapter 11
Delay to European Central Bank messaging project cost the Bank of England £23M
Delay to European Central Bank messaging project cost the Bank of England £23M
Watchdog links schedule change to replanning of UK payments system overhaul
The European Central Bank's (ECB) decision to delay its move to a new messaging standard in 2022 ended up costing the Bank of England £23 million as it was forced to adjust migration to a new settlement system to avoid compounding risks.…
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December 15, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Delay to European Central Bank messaging project cost the Bank of England £23M
JLR: payroll data stolen in cybercrime that shook UK economy
JLR: payroll data stolen in cybercrime that shook UK economy
Automaker admits raid that crippled its factories in August led to the theft of sensitive payroll data
Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) has reportedly told staff the cyber-raid that crippled its operations in August didn't just bring production to a screeching halt – it also walked off with the personal payroll data of thousands of employees.…
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December 15, 2025 at 12:10 PM
JLR: payroll data stolen in cybercrime that shook UK economy
Apple and Google forced into emergency patching 0-day
Apple and Google forced into emergency patching 0-day
Both vendors admit attackers were already exploiting the bugs, with scant detail and quiet hints of spyware-grade abuse.
Apple and Google have both issued emergency patches after zero-day bugs were caught being actively exploited in what the companies describe as "sophisticated" real-world attacks.…
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December 15, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Apple and Google forced into emergency patching 0-day
Denmark takes a Viking swing at VPN-enabled piracy
Denmark takes a Viking swing at VPN-enabled piracy
Minister insists 'modest' bill is not an assault on privacy-preserving tech
The Danish government wants the public to weigh in on its proposed laws restricting use of VPNs to access certain corners of the internet.…
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December 15, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Denmark takes a Viking swing at VPN-enabled piracy
Legal protection for ethical hacking is only the first step
Legal protection for ethical hacking is only the first step
I'm dreaming of a white hat mass
Opinion It was 40 years ago that four young British hackers set about changing the law, although they didn't know it at the time. It was a cross-platform attack including a ZX Spectrum, a BBC Micro, and a Tatung Einstein slamming British Telecom's Prestel service over dial-up modems at 75 bits per second.…
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December 15, 2025 at 9:33 AM
Legal protection for ethical hacking is only the first step
Techie 'forgot' to tell boss their cost-saving idea meant a day of gaming
Techie 'forgot' to tell boss their cost-saving idea meant a day of gaming
One keypress turned a tricky Windows NT balancing act into a life of leisure
Who, Me? After a weekend of R&R, The Register welcomes you back to the working week with a new installment of Who, Me? It's the reader-contributed column in which you confess to workplace errors and indiscretions and reveal how you survived to tell the tale.…
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December 15, 2025 at 7:35 AM
Techie 'forgot' to tell boss their cost-saving idea meant a day of gaming
Japan just sent origami to space to unfurl possibilities for outsized antennas
Japan just sent origami to space to unfurl possibilities for outsized antennas
That’s just one of 16 innovative and experimental sats that launched Sunday
Japan’s Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) is celebrating after the successful Sunday launch of its Innovative Satellite Technology Demonstration No. 4, which is packed with 16 intriguing payloads.…
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December 15, 2025 at 6:14 AM
Japan just sent origami to space to unfurl possibilities for outsized antennas
Starlink claims Chinese launch came within 200 meters of broadband satellite
Starlink claims Chinese launch came within 200 meters of broadband satellite
PLUS: Drugs found in ink cartridges; Chinse censorship fighters criticize Vultr; Coupang CEO resigns; And more!
Asia In Brief A SpaceX executive has claimed that a Chinese satellite launch came within 200 meters of hitting a Starlink satellite.…
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December 15, 2025 at 2:06 AM
Starlink claims Chinese launch came within 200 meters of broadband satellite
Honeypots can help defenders, or damn them if implemented badly
Honeypots can help defenders, or damn them if implemented badly
PLUS: Crims could burn your AI budgets thanks to weak defaults; CISA's top 25 vulns for 2025; And more
Infosec In Brief The UK's National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) has found that cyber-deception tactics such as honeypots and decoy accounts designed to fool attackers can be useful if implemented very carefully.…
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December 14, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Honeypots can help defenders, or damn them if implemented badly
The future of long-term data storage is clear and will last 14 billion years
The future of long-term data storage is clear and will last 14 billion years
SPhotoix moves its 5D Memory Crystalcold storage tech closer to deployment in data centers
After decades of research and development, humanity finally has a data storage medium that will outlast us.…
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December 14, 2025 at 10:03 AM
The future of long-term data storage is clear and will last 14 billion years
British Airways fears a future where AI agents pick flights and brands get ghosted
British Airways fears a future where AI agents pick flights and brands get ghosted
CEO warns airlines that don’t learn to sell themselves to machines could soon be flying under the radar
British Airways' chief executive has warned that the airline industry is fast heading for a future where AI agents, not humans, decide which brands get booked – and carriers that fail to adapt are at risk of quietly disappearing from the digital shop window.…
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December 13, 2025 at 10:03 AM
British Airways fears a future where AI agents pick flights and brands get ghosted