Mediatek wants to make Chromebooks more like Copilot+ PCs Arm-based silicon to help Google hardware muscle in on territory of Microsoft's own Arm-based PCs MediaTek is bringing out a new chip for Chromebooks that blurs the boundary with Copilot+ PCs, sporting an 8-core CPU cluster and a neural processing unit (NPU) rated at 50 TOPS.… #theregister #IT

Mediatek wants to make Chromebooks more like Copilot+ PCs

: Arm-based silicon to help Google hardware muscle in on territory of Microsoft's own Arm-based PCs

Bill Gates unearths Microsoft's ancient code like a proud nerd dad Founder shares 4K Altair BASIC source ahead of 50th anniversary Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates has shared the 1975 source code for Altair BASIC.… #theregister #IT

Bill Gates on the creation of Altair BASIC 50 years ago

: Founder shares 4K Altair BASIC source ahead of 50th anniversary

Why is someone mass-scanning Juniper and Palo Alto Networks products? Espionage? Botnets? Trying to exploit a zero-day? Someone or something is probing devices made by Juniper Networks and Palo Alto Networks, and researchers think it could be evidence of espionage attempts, attempts to build a botnet, or an effort to exploit zero-day vulnerabilities.… #theregister #IT

Unknown scanners probing Juniper and Palo Alto products

Updated: Espionage? Botnets? Trying to exploit a zero-day?

Zorin OS 17.3 takes the Brave step of changing its default browser from Firefox To be fair, it sounds like the team has ironed out the more controversial features Comment  The latest version of Zorin OS, a popular Windows-macOS-like Ubuntu Linux remix, looks good, but there's one change that causes this vulture some concern.… #theregister #IT

Zorin OS 17.3 takes Brave step of changing default browser

Comment: To be fair, it sounds like the team has ironed out the more controversial features

EU: These are scary times – let's backdoor encryption! ProtectEU plan wants to have its cake and eat it too The EU has issued its plans to keep the continent's denizens secure and among the pages of bureaucratese are a few worrying sections that indicate the political union wants to backdoor encryption by 2026, or even sooner.… #theregister #IT

EU: These are scary times – let

: ProtectEU plan wants to have its cake and eat it too

System builders say server prices set to spike as Trump plays customs cowboy Tariff moves threaten supply chain stability The cost of buying servers for business will inevitably rise as a result of US President Donald Trump's trade policies, at least in the short term, as uncertainty grips the supply chain.… #theregister #IT

Trump tariffs mean costlier servers, say system builders

: Tariff moves threaten supply chain stability

Heterogeneous stacks, ransomware, and ITaaS: A DR nightmare Recovery's never been harder in today's tangled, outsourced infrastructure Comment  Disaster recovery is getting tougher as IT estates sprawl across on-prem gear, public cloud, SaaS, and third-party ITaaS providers. And it's not floods or fires causing most outages anymore - ransomware now leads the pack, t… #theregister #IT

Heterogeneous stacks, ransomware, and ITaaS: A DR nightmare

Comment: Recovery's never been harder in today's tangled, outsourced infrastructure

UK government told to get a grip on £23B tech spend Former official also points to processes driving up the cost of IT investment The UK government does not have a clear picture of what it is spending on digital technology, and its approach to buying associated services and products drives up the cost of investment, MPs have heard.… #theregister #IT

UK government told to get a grip on £23B tech spend

: Former official also points to processes driving up the cost of IT investment

On the issue of AI copyright, Blair Institute favors tech bros over Cool Britannia Think tank report backs data mining for machine learning, leaving artists and rights holders behind Opinion  Tony Blair became famous for standing shoulder to shoulder with allies, even though the fallout from the Iraq war forever sullied his reputation. Nonetheless, the institute that bears his name mak… #theregister #IT

Blair Institute sides with big tech over AI copyright

Opinion: Think tank report backs data mining for machine learning, leaving artists and rights holders behind

Customer info allegedly stolen from Royal Mail, Samsung via compromised supplier Stamp it out: Infostealer malware at German outfit may be culprit Britain's Royal Mail is investigating after a crew calling itself GHNA claimed it has put 144GB of the delivery giant’s data up for sale, perhaps after acquiring it with the same stolen credentials it used to crack Samsung Germany.… #theregister #IT

Data allegedly stolen from Royal Mail, Samsung supplier

Updated: Stamp it out: Infostealer malware at German outfit may be culprit