OpenStack delivers ‘Epoxy’ release, which it hopes will unglue VMware more customers The BBC and Blizzard Entertainment have chipped in with contributions The Open InfraFoundation has delivered a new version of OpenStack named “Epoxy” and thinks it’s an even better option for those seeking a VMware alternative.… #theregister #IT
OpenStack delivers ‘Epoxy’ release, touts VMware migrations
: The BBC and Blizzard Entertainment have chipped in with contributions
OpenAI wants to bend copyright rules. Study suggests it isn’t waiting for permission GPT-4o likely trained on O’Reilly books without permission, figures appear to show Tech textbook tycoon Tim O'Reilly claims OpenAI mined his publishing house's copyright-protected tomes for training data and fed it all into its top-tier GPT-4o model without permission.… #theregister #IT
Study suggests OpenAI isn
: GPT-4o likely trained on O’Reilly books without permission, figures appear to show
Wikipedia's overlords bemoan AI bot bandwidth burden Crawlers snarfing long-tail content for training and whatnot cost us a fortune Web-scraping bots have become an unsupportable burden for the Wikimedia community due to their insatiable appetite for online content to train AI models.… #theregister #IT
Wikimedia Foundation bemoans AI bot bandwidth burden
: Crawlers snarfing long-tail content for training and whatnot cost us a fortune
Americans set to pay more on nearly all imports: Trump activates broad tariffs Tech slugged with higher duties, base 10% hike, semiconductors exempt for now US President Donald Trump has imposed a ten percent tariff on nearly all types of imports into America, and higher levies on goods from major producers of digital tech, such as China, South Korea, and Taiwan.… #theregister #IT
The price of all imports to the USA just rose by 10%+
World War Fee: Tech slugged with higher duties, broad base 10% hike, semiconductors avoid retaliatory levies for now
Raw Deel: Corporate spy admits role in espionage at HR software biz Rippling Double-oh-sh... The name's not Bond. It's O'Brien - Keith O'Brien, now-former global payroll compliance manager at the Dublin, Ireland office of HR software-as-a-service maker Rippling.… #theregister #IT
Raw Deel: Corporate spy admits role in Rippling espionage
: Double-oh-sh...
Pennsylvania’s once top coal power plant eyed for revival as 4.5GW gas-fired AI campus Seven gas turbines planned to juice datacenter demand by 2027 Developers on Wednesday announced plans to bring up to 4.5 gigawatts of natural gas-fired power online by 2027 at the site of what was once Pennsylvania's largest coal plant, as part of a proposed datacenter campus running AI and high-… #theregister #IT
PA’s largest coal plant to become 4.5GW gas-fired AI hub
: Seven gas turbines planned to juice datacenter demand by 2027
Crimelords at Hunters International told lackeys ransomware now too 'risky' Bosses say extortion now the name of the game with a shift in tactics, apparent branding Big-game ransomware crew Hunters International says its criminal undertaking has become "unpromising, low-converting, and extremely risky," and it is mulling shifting tactics amid an apparent rebrand.… #theregister #IT
Hunters International said ransomware now ‘too risky’
: Bosses say theft now the name of the game with a shift in tactics, apparent branding
Raspberry Pi not affected by Trump tariffs yet while China-tied rivals feel the heat CEO hails 'transformative year' as IPO puts 'puter maker on the big board Raspberry Pi hasn't felt the sting of US tariffs yet, and having its boards built outside China might give it an edge over rivals, analysts reckon.… #theregister #IT
Raspberry Pi not affected by orange tariffs say analysts
Updated: CEO hails 'transformative year' as IPO puts 'puter maker on the big board
Oracle's masterclass in breach comms: Deny, deflect, repeat Fallout shows how what you say must be central to disaster planning Opinion  Oracle is being accused of poor incident comms as it reels from two reported data security mishaps over the past fortnight, amid a reluctance to publicly acknowledge all of the events as well as allegedly deleting evidence from the web.… #theregister #IT
How Oracle took a security breach claim and made it worse
Opinion: Fallout shows how what you say must be central to disaster planning
Data doesn't lie, but Microsoft's new Power BI prices might make you cry Hike is no joke and users are not laughing Microsoft's Power BI price rises have arrived, with some tiers increasing by up to 40 percent.… #theregister #IT
Microsoft ups the price for Power BI Pro by 40 percent
: Hike is no joke and users are not laughing