Cunningly camouflaged cable routed around WAN-sized hole in project budget
On Call Welcome once again, dear reader, to On Call, The Register’s weekly reader-contributed tales of tortuous tech support traumas and triumphs.…
This malicious PyPI package mixed source and compiled code to dodge detection
Researchers recently uncovered the following novel attack on the Python Package Index (PyPI).…
Bookings open for first all-electric flights around Scandinavia … in 2028
Scandinavian Airlines (SAS) will today start to take bookings for its first-ever commercial flights on electricity-powered planes – scheduled for 2028.…
You might have been phished by the gang that stole North Korea’s lousy rocket tech
The United States and the Republic of Korea have issued a joint cyber security advisory [PDF] about North Koreas "Kimsuky" cyber crime group.…
What supply chain crisis? Supermicro lifts rack-scale system production
Computex Supermicro CEO Charles Liang has revealed his business has increased its production of rackscale systems by 25 percent.…
US Air Force AI drone 'killed operator, attacked comms towers' in simulation
An AI-powered drone designed to identify and destroy surface-to-air missile sites decided to kill its human operator in simulation tests, according to the US Air Force's Chief of AI Test and Operations. …
Millions of Gigabyte PC motherboards backdoored? What's the actual score?
FAQ You may have seen some headlines about a supply-chain backdoor in millions of Gigabyte motherboards. Here's the lowdown.…
Amazon finds something else AI can do better than humans: Spotting damaged goods
Amazon is reportedly deploying artificial intelligence to inspect goods and look for signs of damage before they are packed and shipped to people.…
Deployed publicly accessible MOVEit Transfer? Oh no. Mass exploitation underway
Security researchers and the US government have sounded the alarm on a flaw in Progress Software's MOVEit Transfer that criminals have been "mass exploiting" for at least a month to break into IT environments and steal data.…
California rolls closer to requiring drivers in driverless trucks
The California State Assembly on Wednesday approved a law bill that will prevent autonomous trucks from operating on the US state's roads without a driver on board.…
Kremlin claims Apple helped NSA spy on diplomats via iPhone backdoor
Russian intelligence has accused American snoops and Apple of working together to backdoor iPhones to spy on "thousands" of diplomats worldwide.…
Meta threatens to pull all news from California rather than pay El Reg a penny
Here we go again: Meta has threatened to block journalism content for California users after the US state's legislature read a bill that would require it, and other large internet organizations, to pay publishers for using their work. …
Watchdog calls for automatic braking to be standard in cars
To help cut down on car crashes and road deaths, the US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) is proposing a rule that would mandate automated emergency braking (AEB) technology in all new vehicles. …
Microsoft embraces Apple Mac loyalists – as long as they're using its software
Microsoft is seeing the work environment – both in office and remote – become more heterogeneous, with a healthier mix of Windows and Apple Mac devices being embraced by enterprises and workers alike.…
Boffins snap X-ray closeup of single atom – and by closeup we mean nanometres
Scientists in the US have managed to capture the first X-ray image of a single atom, and it only took 12 years of work developing a technique and a super-powered X-ray instrument to do it.…
Smartphone recovery that's always around the corner is around the corner
Things aren't going to get better for smartphone brands anytime soon as households and businesses weigh up monthly bills versus discretionary spending, and decide a shiny handset perhaps isn't the wisest use of funds.…
India official fined after draining reservoir to recover phone
Picture the scene. You're on holiday and intend to go for a swim in a nearby dam. You pull out your phone for a selfie to make sure everyone knows you're having a lovely time, but you fumble the handset and it falls into the water.…
Linux Foundation and pals – including Intel – back software ecosystem around RISC-V
Linux Foundation Europe and a number of big names in tech have banded together to drive development of a comprehensive software ecosystem that supports the open standard RISC-V processor architecture.…
CRM giant Salesforce's focus on margins sees sales growth slip
Salesforce has disappointed the markets as it failed to lift its revenue forecast and saw professional services projects stall.…
Google veep calls out Microsoft's cloud software licensing 'tax'
Google is very publicly adding to the chorus of complaints about Microsoft's alleged restrictive cloud software licensing policies, claiming that unless the European Union formally tackles it, the industry and customers will suffer lasting damage.…