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Also, Amazon's Ring footage TV shows draws criticism, US v Societ spying docs found, and more

In Brief  The BlackCat ransomware gang, also known as ALPHV, has allegedly broken into IT firm NJVC, a provider of services to civilian US government agencies and the Department of Defense.…

Plus: Bruce Willis sells his image rights to AI biz creating deepfakes, and more

In brief  AI progresses rapidly. Just months after the release of the most advanced text-to-image models, developers are showing off text-to-video systems. …

300 red teamers walk into a bar…

Once they've broken into an IT environment, most intruders need less than five hours to collect and steal sensitive data, according to a SANS Institute survey of more than 300 ethical hackers. …

Wait, wait, hear us out

Prosthetic teeth turn out to be effective carriers of vibrations, making them suitable as potential hearing aids.…

Busineses get a little longer with Manifest v2, everyone else... it depends

Google has delayed its browser extension platform transition for enterprise customers, giving those using managed versions of Chrome with the deprecated Manifest v2 (MV2) extensions an extra six months of support.…

You will or won't do it voluntarily? Doesn't matter, we'll mandate it

The Federal Communications Commission today issued rules codifying a voluntary 2016 agreement between cellular networks that they cover for their competitors knocked offline during a natural or cyber disaster.…

Unless your app really needs AVX 512, AMD and Ampere's cores may be a cheaper, better bet

Google Cloud really, really wants enterprises to keep using its Intel-powered virtual machines. This week it unveiled a “white-glove” service to convince customers the silicon is worth paying extra for.…

IARPA unleashes TEI-REX to better track nuclear sources

The research arm of US intelligence has begun investigating methods for spotting low doses of ionizing radiation to better protect American service personnel and provide evidence of nuclear technology use.…

World's largest VRFB was built with inadvertent help from the Department of Energy

The world's largest vanadium redox flow battery (VRFB) has been connected to the grid in Dalian, China, where it was built using technology patented in the United States.…

Graviton2 processors trials with infrastructure vendors and telco as work on standalone 5G continues

NTT Docomo and NEC have conducted tests that demonstrate Arm-based Graviton2 processors consume 72 percent less power compared to X86 chips while running NEC's 5G core software as part of the NTT Docomo 5G network.…

Google-owned Wing said it was a 'precautionary controlled landing' – right into 11,000 volts

A delivery drone operated by Alphabet subsidiary Wing crashed into power lines in the Australian town of Browns Plains yesterday, knocking out power for more than 2,000 customers.…

Insert your Year of Linux joke here, we dare you

Amazon WorkSpaces, the company's persistent desktop virtualization product, now offers Ubuntu as an option.…

Researchers mince 'digital gold' claims with study showing cryptocurrency's impact

Far from being the "digital gold" some claim, Bitcoin's relative climate change impact is greater than the beef industry, and over seven times more than actual gold mining.…

Telescope hasn't been superseded by JWST, so why not try to keep it going?

Though it may have been eclipsed by the launch of its successor, the James Webb Space Telescope, long-lived Hubble continues to gaze deep into the universe.…

Despite having Atos board having €4.2b reasons from Onepoint to ditch Evidian strategy and sell up

Shape-shifting outsourcing biz Atos has rejected a joint bid of €4.2 billion ($4.09 billion) from tech consultancy Onepoint and Brit private equity fund ICG to buy its digital, big data and security divisions.…

Wafer starts cut back as slump in demand hurts bottom lines... especially Micron's

Chipmakers are cutting back on production capacity and investment as demand for semiconductors continues to fall away, with Micron and Kioxia the latest to announce adjustments in light of the worsening outlook.…

Vendor and resellers offer conflicting advice about subs and upgrades, though vendor says it's been 'clear'

SME accounting software vendor Sage stands accused of misleading customers following statements detailing when clients will be forced to migrate to subscription-based licensing, enraging the user community.…

The project with the thumbs up from CERN ... and China

Red Hat has released the latest iteration of its OpenStack Platform 17, with a strong slant towards network operators building out modern infrastructure such as that needed to deliver 4G and 5G services.…

Made your old computer faster but too quiet? Here's a fun fix

The best way to make a sluggish old computer quicker is to replace spinning rust with some flash chippery. The snag is that loses part of the experience: the sound.…

How to win friends and admit how you lost them earlier?

Open Source Summit  What's the difference between the Citrix Hypervisor and Xen? Well, one has quite a big crowd of upset current and former community members.…