Unintended acceleration leads to recall of every Cybertruck produced so far: That isn't what Tesla meant by Full Self-Driving
theregister.com/2024/04/19/tesla_recalls_all_3878_cybertrucks/
Quick Glance: Tesla Cybertrucks Recall Issued
- Tesla responds to defective accelerator pedals in nearly 3,900 Cybertruck pickups causing unintended acceleration.
- The recall involves Cybertruck vehicles manufactured between November 2023 and April 2024.
- An unauthorized use of soap during the accelerator pedal assembly likely led to the defect.
- Tesla voluntarily recalled the vehicles on April 12 due to two customer complaints.
UK unions publish AI bill to protect workers from 'risks and harms' of tech: TUC questions government's approach so far
theregister.com/2024/04/19/uk_unions_publish_ai_bill/
A quarter of 5-7 year olds now use smartphones, says regulator: Social media use and gaming show steep increases within the age group, after UK comms watchdog ...
theregister.com/2024/04/19/kids_electronics_report/
Huawei's latest flagship smartphone contains no world-shaking silicon surprises: Kirin 9010 SoC powering the Pura 70 is impressive, but doesn't indicate ...
theregister.com/2024/04/19/huawei_pura_70_soc_advances/
Quick Glance: Huawei Begins Sales of New Pura 70 Smartphone Amid Chip Scrutiny
- Huawei started selling two models of its highly anticipated, high-end Pura 70 smartphone series that are expected to contain an advanced China-made chip like its Mate 60 handset.
- The Mate series by Huawei emphasizes performance and business features.
- Eric Xu, Huawei's acting chairman, announced that the company also plans to roll out a Mate 70 smartphone this year.
- According to Ivan Lam, a senior analyst at research firm Counterpoint, shipments of about 60 million units from Huawei are expected this year, with the Pura 70 series being an important catalyst.
Germany cuffs alleged Russian spies over plot to bomb industrial and military targets
theregister.com/2024/04/19/germany_arrests_alleged_russian_spies/
Meta lets Llama 3 LLM out to graze, claims it can give Google and Anthropic a kicking
theregister.com/2024/04/19/meta_debuts_llama3_llm/
Oracle scores big win with Fujitsu Japan for its Alloy partner cloud: But Big Red's $8 billion investment plan may not be all it seems
theregister.com/2024/04/19/oracle_fujitsu_japan_cloud/
Google fires 28 staff after sit-in protest against Israeli cloud deal ends in arrests
theregister.com/2024/04/18/google_firings_israel/
Quick Glance: Google terminates 28 employees after office occupation due to anti-Israel protests
- Google terminated 28 employees on Thursday who had occupied its offices to protest against contracts with the Israeli government, as confirmed by a Google spokesperson.
- The protesters were arrested and after refusing to leave the office of Google Cloud CEO Thomas Kurian in Sunnyvale or the workspace in New York City for nearly 10 hours, they were transferred to administrative positions to urge Google to terminate the Project Nimbus contract and cease business with the Israeli government.
- No Tech For Apartheid, a project by Jewish Voice for Peace and Linda Sarsour’s MPower Change, described the terminations as an "indiscriminate act of mass retaliation."
- The office occupations at Google were accompanied by demonstrations on-site and in Seattle, aiming to compel Google to withdraw from the project to establish cloud-based data centers and transition a significant portion of the Israeli government's IT infrastructure to cloud-based servers.
Cybercriminals threaten to leak all 5 million records from stolen database of high-risk individuals
theregister.com/2024/04/19/cybercriminals_threaten_to_leak_all/
Wing Commander III changed how the copy hotkey works in Windows 95: No, boss, I'm not just playing a game. I'm testing compatibility. Honest
theregister.com/2024/04/19/wing_commander_windows_95/
Some smart meters won't be smart at all once 2/3G networks mothballed: UK reckoning with prospect of millions of homes with obsolete hardware
theregister.com/2024/04/19/uk_smart_meters_pac/
Your trainee just took down our business and has no idea how or why: Oh, to have been a fly on the wall in the debrief meeting
theregister.com/2024/04/19/on_call/
Prolific phishing-made-easy emporium LabHost knocked offline in cyber-cop op: Police emit Spotify Wrapped-style videos to let crims know they're being hunted
theregister.com/2024/04/18/police_lab_host/
Google laying off staff again and moving some roles to 'hubs,' freeing up cash for AI investments
theregister.com/2024/04/18/google_laying_off_staff_again/
Quick Glance: Google Employees Rally Against Cloud Agreement with Israel's Government
- Google staff members are protesting a cloud deal with the Israeli government amid the Hamas conflict.
- Activists are staging sit-ins at Google offices in New York and California as a form of protest.
- These actions represent an intensification in the resistance against tech companies' association with the Israeli government.
- Employees are urging the immediate termination of the project and condemning the IDF's utilization of Google services.
Microsoft claims it didn't mean to inject Copilot into Windows Server 2022 this week
theregister.com/2024/04/18/copilot_on_windows_server_2022/
HPE sues China's Inspur Group over server patents: Middle Kingdom biz accused of IP theft and changing names to evade sanctions
theregister.com/2024/04/18/hpe_inspur_lawsuit/
911 goes MIA across multiple US states, cause unclear: Some say various cell services were out, others still say landlines were affected. What just happened?
theregister.com/2024/04/18/911_outage/
Quick Glance: 911 Emergency Call Issue Across Four States
- A widespread disruption on Wednesday affected residents' ability to dial the 911 emergency number in parts of Nebraska and Texas, the entire state of South Dakota, and Las Vegas, according to local authorities.
- In Las Vegas, calls to 911 on both landline and mobile phones were inaccessible for about two hours before service was reinstated around 9 p.m.
- Throughout the outage, operators observed efforts to place calls from mobile phones and would subsequently return the residents' calls, with all attempted calls being successfully answered.
OpenAI's GPT-4 can exploit real vulnerabilities by reading security advisories: While some other LLMs appear to flat-out suck
theregister.com/2024/04/17/gpt4_can_exploit_real_vulnerabilities/
Stability AI decimates staff just weeks after CEO's exit: More like Instability AI, right kids?
theregister.com/2024/04/18/stability_ai_layoff_staff/
Feds hit coding boot camp with big fine for allegedly conning students: Do not pass go, do not collect $200, says government agency
theregister.com/2024/04/18/feds_say_coding_boot_camp/
Novelty flip phone strips out almost every feature possible to be as boring as possible
theregister.com/2024/04/18/novelty_flip_phone_strips_out/
US Air Force says AI-controlled F-16 fighter jet has been dogfighting with humans
theregister.com/2024/04/18/darpa_f16_flight/
Micron scores $6.1B CHIPS Act cash for New York and Idaho fabs: Memorymaker to park mega plant in Syracuse, says senator
theregister.com/2024/04/18/micron_scores_61b_chips_act/
Europe gives TikTok 24 hours to explain 'addictive and toxic' new app: Commissioner Thierry Breton likens click-to-earn version to cigarettes
theregister.com/2024/04/18/tiktok_lite_eu_info_demand/
Quick Glance: ByteDance Given 24 Hours to Provide DSA Risk Assessment for TikTok Lite
- The EU demands TikTok owner ByteDance to submit a risk assessment for TikTok Lite within 24 hours to address compliance questions related to the Digital Services Act.
- EU's concerns focus on the launch of TikTok Lite, especially on a reward-linked engagement feature that could have a negative impact on young people's mental health.
- The EU has requested TikTok to provide more information on the risk assessment of the new program and the measures to mitigate systemic risks.
- The company has until April 26 to provide additional information before the EU decides on potential further steps, such as a formal investigation.
Ransomware feared as IT 'issues' force Octapharma Plasma to close 150+ centers: Source blames BlackSuit infection – as separately ISP Frontier confirms ...
theregister.com/2024/04/18/ransomware_octapharma_plasma/
Crooks exploit OpenMetadata holes to mine crypto – and leave a sob story for victims
theregister.com/2024/04/18/cryptojackers_openmetadata_kubernetes/
TSMC expects customers to pay more for chips fabbed overseas: It'll be pricier, but there are geopolitical benefits, says CEO
theregister.com/2024/04/18/tsmc_overseas_costs/
IBM accused of cheating its own executive assistants out of overtime pay: Big Blue bosses retaliate against those seeking overtime, lawsuit claims
theregister.com/2024/04/18/ibm_wage_theft/
NASA will send astronauts to patch up leaky ISS telescope: Thermal shield damage is screwing with daytime observations of X-ray bursts
theregister.com/2024/04/18/nasa_nicer_repair_spacewalk/
EU tells Meta it can't paywall privacy: Platforms should not confront users with 'binary choice' over personal data use
theregister.com/2024/04/18/eu_meta_subscription_privacy/
Quick Glance: EU instructs Meta against paywalling privacy
- The European Data Protection Board (EDPB) has clarified that large online platforms should not offer users a choice between paying for a service and consenting to the use of their personal data for targeted advertising.
- In an EDPB opinion published yesterday, the discussion revolves around the validity of processing personal data for behavioral advertising in the context of 'consent or pay' models introduced by Meta.
- According to the EDPB, it is generally not compliant with legal requirements for valid consent when users are only given the option to consent to the processing of personal data for advertising purposes or pay a fee.
- Meta is expected to maintain collaboration with the Irish Data Protection Commission, the primary regulatory authority in the EU. The opinion is projected to have no impact on Meta's services.
Microsoft aims to triple datacenter capacity to fuel AI boom: And it's far from the only hyperscaler getting in on the act
theregister.com/2024/04/18/microsoft_datacenter_capacity/
House passes bill banning Uncle Sam from snooping on citizens via data brokers: Vote met strong opposition from Biden's office
theregister.com/2024/04/18/congress_data_broker_surveillance/
October 2025 will be a support massacre for a bunch of Microsoft products: Not just Windows 10. Don't forget about Exchange Server, Skype for Business ...
theregister.com/2024/04/18/2025_support_end_microsoft/
Korean researcher details scheme abusing Apple's third-party pickup policy: Criminals make lucrative use of stolen credit cards
theregister.com/2024/04/18/blackhat_apple_korea/
Mars helicopter sends final message, but will keep collecting data: One last software update installed safely, reconfigured it as 'stationary testbed'
theregister.com/2024/04/18/mars_helicopter_ingenuity_final_message/
Devaluing content created by AI is lazy and ignores history: The answer is not to hide from ML, but to be honest about it
theregister.com/2024/04/17/devaluing_ai_content_is_lazy/
185K people's sensitive data in the pits after ransomware raid on Cherry Health: Extent of information seized will be a concern for those affected
theregister.com/2024/04/18/ransomware_cherry_health/
Official: EU users can swerve App Store and download iOS apps from the web: Anticompetitive remedies? We've heard of them
theregister.com/2024/04/17/apple_eu_ios_web_downloads/
Boston Dynamics' humanoid Atlas is dead, long live the ... new commercial Atlas: If the plan was to make this all-electric droid look mildly terrifying ...
theregister.com/2024/04/17/boston_dynamics_atlas_is_dead/
Quick Glance: Boston Dynamics' New Fully Electric Atlas Robot
- Boston Dynamics has retired its hydraulic Atlas robots after 11 years and introduced a new fully electric version, marking a significant evolution in the company's product lineup.
- The electric Atlas offers enhanced strength, range of motion, and versatile applications across various industries, starting with automotive manufacturing for parent company Hyundai.
- Boston Dynamics has had a tumultuous history, from its founding as a promising research-focused startup to multiple acquisitions, but now seems to be focusing more on commercial applications.
- The launch of the electric Atlas not only signifies a milestone in robotics but also provides a glimpse into the future where humanoid robots are poised to play an increasingly integral role in the industry.
ASML ships another high NA EUV lithography machine to mystery client: The cutting-edge chipmaking tool for a secret customer
theregister.com/2024/04/17/asml_ships_another_high_na/
Intel's neuromorphic 'owl brain' swoops into Sandia labs: Hala Point system crams more than a thousand neurochips into a 6U chassis to tackle real-time AI
theregister.com/2024/04/17/intel_hala_point_neuromorphic_owl/
Taiwanese film studio snaps up Chinese surveillance camera specialist Dahua: Stymied by sanctions, it had to go … but where?
theregister.com/2024/04/18/taiwanese_company_buys_dahua/
Debian spices up APT package manager with a dash of color, squishes ancient bug: 2.9 gives a taste of what's to come
theregister.com/2024/04/18/apt_3_debian/
Tesla asks shareholders to reinstate Musk's voided $56B pay package: Given the electric car maker's annus horribilis so far in 2024, does the chief even ...
theregister.com/2024/04/17/tesla_reinstate_musk_pay/
Quick Glance: Why Tesla Wants Approval for Elon Musk's $55 Billion Compensation Package
- Tesla is seeking shareholder approval for Elon Musk's compensation package, which was previously rejected by a judge.
- The company asserts that implementing the plan is crucial for Tesla's future growth.
- Elon Musk will be rewarded with stock options that become available when Tesla achieves specific financial objectives.
Valkey publishes release candidate and attracts new backer: Open source Redis alternative gathers momentum
theregister.com/2024/04/18/valkey_publishes_release_candidate/
FYI: This site claims to have harvested 4B+ Discord chats, today all yours for a price
theregister.com/2024/04/16/discord_network_sale/
Cisco creates architecture to improve security and sell you new switches: Hypershield detects bad behavior and automagically reconfigures networks to snuff out ...
theregister.com/2024/04/18/cisco_hypershield/
Kremlin's Sandworm blamed for cyberattacks on US, European water utilities: Water tank overflowed during one system malfunction, says Mandiant
theregister.com/2024/04/17/russia_sandworm_cyberattacks_water/
Singapore infosec boss warns China/West tech split will be bad for interoperability
theregister.com/2024/04/18/blackhat_koh_splinternet/
Hugely expanded Section 702 surveillance powers set for US Senate vote: Opponents warn almost anyone could be asked to share info with Uncle Sam
theregister.com/2024/04/17/fisa_section_702/
NASA confirms nuclear powered Dragonfly drone is going to Titan: Whew! Relief for boffins as rotorcraft slated to arrive at Saturn moon in 2034
theregister.com/2024/04/17/nasa_confirms_dragonfly_mission/
Software glitch saw Aussie casino give away millions in cash: Nobody cared enough to check why audits were out of whack
theregister.com/2024/04/18/software_glitch_casino_cash_giveaway/
NetBSD 10 proves old tech can still kick apps and take names three decades later: Proper old-school Unix, not like those lazy, decadent Linux types
theregister.com/2024/04/17/30yo_netbsd_releases_v10/
Torvalds intentionally complicates his use of indentation in Linux Kconfig: Paramount penguin forces more robust whitespace handling
theregister.com/2024/04/16/torvalds_complicates_his_indents/
Are we in a cost of living crisis? Maybe but more closer to home, we're in a cost of technology crisis
Our vultures weigh up the latest increases in ... Show more
Snowmobile, Amazon's truck-powered migration service, reaches the end of the road
theregister.com/2024/04/17/amazon_snowmobile_delay/
Samsung boosts LPDDR5X to 10.7 Gbps, ups efficiency and capacity for mobile and servers
theregister.com/2024/04/17/samsung_boosts_lpddr5x_to_107/
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 ...
theregister.com/2024/04/17/chips_act_smb_money/
America may end up with paid-for 5G fast lanes under net neutrality anyway: Or may not – but US folks are gonna find out one way or another
theregister.com/2024/04/17/net_neutrality_traffic/
Are we in a cost of technology crisis? Our vultures seem to think so: Won't somebody please think of the shareholders
theregister.com/2024/04/17/cost_of_technology_crisis/
Future Roku TVs may inject tailored ads into anything and everything when you pause
theregister.com/2024/04/17/roku_tv_ad_patent/
Crypto conferences liquidated after biblical flooding in Dubai: There's something nice about seeing Web3 fanatics in ankle-deep water
theregister.com/2024/04/17/dubai_crypto_conference_flood/
Whistleblower cries foul over alleged fuselage gaps in Boeing 787 Dreamliner: Company rejects claims as 'inaccurate'
theregister.com/2024/04/17/boeing_whistleblower_fuselage_gaps/
Quick Glance: Boeing Whistleblower Calls for Grounding of All 787 Dreamliners
- Boeing quality engineer Sam Salehpour is urging the planemaker to ground all 787 Dreamliners worldwide, citing potential structural issues.
- Salehpour alleges that Boeing took shortcuts during the construction of the 787 and 777 jets, compromising aircraft safety.
- After raising internal concerns with Boeing, Salehpour claims he faced retaliation and witnessed unsafe assembly practices in another program.
- Boeing defends the 787 Dreamliner's quality, while the FAA investigates Salehpour's claims, emphasizing the importance of aircraft safety.
Logitech intros free tool for ChatGPT prompts... plus a mouse with an AI button: For when the AI service cannot grok what it's being asked
theregister.com/2024/04/17/logitech_introduces_ai_prompt_tool/
Google will pump more than $100B into AI, says DeepMind boss: Not all at once, of course
theregister.com/2024/04/17/google_deepmind_funding/
Quick Glance: Google to Surpass Microsoft in AI Investment, DeepMind CEO Affirms
- Many of us have fallen under the spell of the foundation model in the past year and a half, triggered by OpenAI's unveiling of ChatGPT.
- DeepMind, acquired by Google in 2014 for a reported £400-650 million, has achieved more impressive milestones than most.
- Deep Mind's CEO Demis Hassabis confirmed at the TED 40th anniversary conference in Vancouver, Canada, that Google has no intention of slowing down investment in the technology, but rather the opposite.
- Hassabis emphasized the need to avoid an artificial intelligence arms race that could lead to risky decisions and highlighted the importance of society starting to think about the types of architectures being built as we approach achieving artificial general intelligence.
NYT reports US officials have told the UK that Julian Assange could seek First Amendment protections and won't face the death penalty if extradited...
AlmaLinux 9.4 beta prepares to tread where RHEL dares not: CIQ also has an alternative approach to compatible kernels with RockyLinux
theregister.com/2024/04/17/almalinux_94_ciq_lts_kernels/
Exploit code for Palo Alto Networks zero-day now public: Race on to patch as researchers warn of mass exploitation of directory traversal bug
theregister.com/2024/04/17/researchers_exploit_code_for/
Mega city council's Oracle ERP system still not legally safe, compliant... 2 years after rollout
theregister.com/2024/04/17/birmingham_city_councils_oracle_erp/
YouTube now sabotages ad-blocking apps that stream its vids: EFF lambastes latest 'lazy and deliberately malicious move'
theregister.com/2024/04/16/youtube_ad_blocking/
Tencent Cloud to revisit design after circular dependencies slowed emergency API fix
theregister.com/2024/04/17/tencent_cloud_api_error_outage/
Global IT spending forecast to reach $5.06 trillion this year: Comms services and AI contributing to increase, but vendors are taking 'risks'
theregister.com/2024/04/17/gartner_global_it_spending/
Latest AMD Ryzen Pro chips are similar silicon, more smarts: That other processor company really wants you to use AI at work
theregister.com/2024/04/16/amd_ryzen_pro_8040_8000/
NASA confirms Florida house hit by a piece of ISS battery pack: Who needs aircon when you have NASA to punch holes through your home?
theregister.com/2024/04/16/nasa_debris_florida_house/
Quick Glance: Fragment of ISS Battery Hits Florida Residence
- A confirmed piece of space debris hit a Florida home in March, originating from a discarded ISS battery pallet.
- The fragment that entered the house of Alejandro Otero in Naples, Florida, pierced through the roof and crossed 2 floors.
- Following thorough examination, the US space agency confirmed that the fragment was indeed part of the cargo pallet used to secure the batteries.
- NASA intends to update its predictive models for object decay during re-entry and the ISS team will investigate the disposal of the cargo pallet to enhance understanding of the debris's survival.
Japanese government rejects Yahoo! infosec improvement plan: Just doesn't believe it will sort out the mess that saw data leak from LINE messaging app
theregister.com/2024/04/17/japan_rejects_line_yahoo_security_plan/
Alibaba Cloud reveals network telemetry tool that helped cut number of engineers needed by 86%
theregister.com/2024/04/16/alibaba_cloud_zoonet_network_telemetry/
China scientists talk of powering hypersonic weapon with cheap Nvidia chip: Jetson module can efficiently process computational fluid dynamics models
theregister.com/2024/04/16/china_nvidia_hypersonic_weapon/
Indian PM's 25-year roadmap laid out with help from AI: AI is so good at drawing pictures and driving cars, why not let it govern a country?
theregister.com/2024/04/17/modi_roadmap_for_india_ai/
RISC-V AI chip upstart Rivos plans to undercut Nvidia, helped by a quarter-billion in VC lucre
theregister.com/2024/04/17/riscv_ai_startup_rivos_funded/
Fire in the Cisco! Networking giant's Duo MFA leaks message logs: Also warns of brute force attacks targeting its own VPNs, Check Point, Fortinet ...
theregister.com/2024/04/17/cisco_duo_vpn/
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