Oracle could control Arm chipmaker Ampere in 2027 • The Register
WEB3 days ago · Oracle could choose to take control of Ampere Computing, the Arm processor designer it has backed and uses in its cloud. A proxy statement [PDF] filed on Wednesday reveals that Oracle held 29 percent stake in Ampere as of May 31, 2024, and has the option to gain majority control over the chip house in 2027. "The total carrying value of our investments in Ampere, after accounting for losses ...
Critical Linux bug is CUPS-based remote-code execution hole
WEB3 days ago · Thu 26 Sep 2024 // 17:34 UTC. Final update After days of anticipation, what was billed as one or more critical unauthenticated remote-code execution vulnerabilities in all Linux systems was today finally revealed. In short, if you're running the Unix printing system CUPS, with cups-browsed present and enabled, you may be vulnerable to attacks ...
You paid the ransom, and now the decryptor doesn't work
WEBSep 11, 2024 · After paying the ransom in exchange for a decryptor to restore the encrypted files, the decryptor did not work. The Register did not talk to the victim organization in this case – its executives declined to be interviewed about their experience – so we don't know the specifics including sector, ransom demand, what files were locked up, etc.
Human genome stored for 'eternity' in 5D memory crystal
WEBSep 21, 2024 · Researchers led by optoelectronics professor Peter Kazansky have used an ultra-fast laser to inscribe the human genome in a 5D memory crystal, a storage medium designed to last billions of years. Earth's deoxygenation is expected sooner than that, in about one billion years, and the Sun is expected to …
NASA, IBM want you to fine-tune their new AI climate model
WEB5 days ago · Wed 25 Sep 2024 // 07:25 UTC. Researchers at IBM and NASA this week released an open source AI climate model designed to accurately predict weather patterns while consuming fewer compute resources compared to traditional physics-based simulations. Developed as part of a collaboration between IBM and NASA with help from the US Department of ...
India flips the switch on three supercomputers • The Register
WEB3 days ago · Fri 27 Sep 2024 // 04:45 UTC. Indian prime minister Narendra Modi yesterday dedicated three new supercomputers, and made the machines a symbol of his economic, social, and industry policies. Those emphases mean Modi didn't detail the tech specs of the three "PARAM Rudra" machines – but the orgs that will run them have revealed some info.
Google successfully appeals €1.5B AdSense fine in EU
WEBBrandon Vigliarolo. Wed 18 Sep 2024 // 21:59 UTC. Google has some thank-you cards to send, as the European Union's General Court (GC) has nullified a €1.49 billion ($1.66 billion) fine levied against the tech giant for anti-competitive advertising behavior. Google was fined the aforementioned amount by the European Commission in 2019 for ...
AWS claims its cloud faces competition from on-premises IT
WEBDan Robinson. Tue 17 Sep 2024 // 15:16 UTC. Cloud behemoth AWS says it is facing stiff competition from on-premises infrastructure, which is a turnaround from its once-proud boast that all workloads would eventually move to the cloud. In a summary of evidence given to UK watchdog, the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA), AWS denies that ...
Amazon CEO wants his staff back in the office full time
WEBSep 16, 2024 · The COVID-19 work-from-home era is over, Amazon CEO Andy Jassy has told staff in a Monday memo, signaling his desire for staff to return to working in an office five days a week. The chief exec said the hybrid model of working partially at home and the rest in the office, which has been running for the past 15 months at the internet superpower ...
Cybercrook leaks 20 GB of data 'stolen' from Capgemini
WEBSep 12, 2024 · Updated A miscreant claims to have broken into Capgemini and leaked a large amount of sensitive data stolen from the technology services giant – including source code, credentials, and T-Mobile's virtual machine logs.. The French multinational IT and consulting firm did not immediately respond to The Register's request for comment, and has yet to formally confirm or deny the cyber-criminal's ...