Enterprise Technology News and Analysis
- UK govt data people not 'technical,' says ex-Downing St data science headby Lindsay Clark on March 28, 2025 at 10:29 am
Despite pockets of excellence, many wouldn't make the grade in business, AI advisor implies A former director of data science at the UK prime minister's office has told MPs that people working with data in government are not typically technical and would be unlikely to get a similar job in the private sector.…
- Nuclear center must replace roof on 70-year-old lab so it can process radioactive wasteby Lindsay Clark on March 28, 2025 at 9:30 am
Project sees 7-year delay and budget swell to £1.5B, but nuclear leadership 'confident' it has an alternative The center of the UK's nuclear industry has agreed on alternatives for how it will process waste into the next decade after delays and overspending hit a lab project.…
- Tech support session saved files, but probably ended a marriageby Simon Sharwood on March 28, 2025 at 8:28 am
Self-described 'visionary' made life hell for our hero, then some oily vids returned the favor On Call The working week can be ugly, which is why The Register beautifies each Friday morning with a new instalment of On Call, the reader-contributed column in which we tell your tales of tech support splendor.…
- VMware distributor Arrow says minimum software subs set to jump from 16 to 72 coresby Simon Sharwood on March 28, 2025 at 7:24 am
Claims Broadcom will levy 20 percent penalty for customers who don’t pay before renewal deadlines The French limb of global tech distributor Arrow has emailed VMware partners it serves with news of big price increases.…
- After Chrome patches zero-day used to target Russians, Firefox splats similar bugby Iain Thomson on March 28, 2025 at 6:34 am
Single click on a phishing link in Google browser blew up sandbox on Windows Google pushed out an emergency patch for Chrome on Windows this week to stop attackers exploiting a sandbox-breaking zero-day vulnerability, seemingly used by snoops to target certain folks in Russia.…
- SK hynix has probably already sold most of the HBM DRAM it will make next yearby Simon Sharwood on March 28, 2025 at 3:59 am
As this year’s buyers rush to beat Trump’s tariffs Korean chipmaker SK hynix has told investors the future looks bright thanks to strong demand for its memory products and early delivery of its first HBM4 samples.…
- TSMC's US builds won't make America great at chips again, says ex-Intel boss Gelsingerby Tobias Mann on March 28, 2025 at 1:58 am
Argues making stuff using foreign-designed tech isn't leadership, as x86 giant shakes up board Intel ex-CEO Pat Gelsinger has thrown shade on Taiwanese chipmaker TSMC's plans to build fabrication plants in the USA, saying the factories will do nothing to advance American semiconductor leadership.…
- Cyber-crew claims it cracked American cableco, releases terrible music video to prove itby Iain Thomson on March 28, 2025 at 1:17 am
WOW! DID! SOMEONE! REALLY! STEAL! DATA! ON! 400K! USERS?! A cyber-crime ring calling itself Arkana has made a cringe music video to boast of an alleged theft of subscriber account data from Colorado-based cableco WideOpenWest (literally, WOW!)…
- Feds drop bomb on Multiplan in legal war over healthcare 'price-fixing' algorithmsby Thomas Claburn on March 28, 2025 at 12:38 am
DoJ suggests it sure looks like collusion when several big players use the same cost-saving software The US Justice Department on Thursday weighed into an antitrust legal war that alleges algorithmic price fixing by healthcare services by MultiPlan and its health insurance clients.…
- China’s FamousSparrow flies back into action, breaches US org after years off the radarby Jessica Lyons on March 27, 2025 at 10:06 pm
Crew also cooked up two fresh SparrowDoor backdoor variants, says ESET The China-aligned FamousSparrow crew has resurfaced after a long period of presumed inactivity, compromising a US financial-sector trade group and a Mexican research institute. The gang also likely targeted a governmental institution in Honduras, along with other yet-to-be-identified victims.…
- IBM US cuts may run deeper than feared ‒ and the jobs are heading to Indiaby Thomas Claburn on March 27, 2025 at 8:42 pm
Big Blue 'might as well move its headquarters' to Bengaluru since it 'no longer prioritizes' America Following our report last week on IBM's ongoing layoffs, current and former employees got in touch to confirm what many suspected: The US cuts run deeper than reported, and the jobs are heading to India.…
- Panic averted: It was just a bug in Atop after allby Liam Proven on March 27, 2025 at 6:33 pm
Warning of possible problems sparks controversy: Was it OverDAtop? Rachel Kroll has clarified the Atop alarm: Turns out it was just a weird little bug, and it's probably already been fixed.…
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