How do you explain what magnetic fields do to monitors to people wearing bowling shoes? Techie demoed the effect in about 3 seconds, as On Call again tries to break tech-support world records On Call  The working week sometimes speeds by, sometimes crawls, and often ends with a crash. Each Friday, we try to avert the latter by delivering a new edition of On Call, The Register's reader-contributed tales of … #theregister #IT
How do you explain magnetic fields to bowling alley staff?
On Call: Techie demoed the effect in about 3 seconds, as On Call again tries to break tech-support world records
Ex-ASML, NXP staffer accused of stealing chip secrets, peddling them to Moscow We're not Putin up with this alleged industrial espionage, say the Dutch A Russian national appeared in a Netherlands court on Thursday accused of industrial espionage against ASML, the world’s leading manufacturer of chip factory equipment and a key supplier that helps the likes of TSMC pump out top-drawer processors.… #theregister #IT
Court hears former ASML staffer sold chip secrets to Moscow
: We're not Putin up with this alleged industrial espionage, say the Dutch
Retirement funds reportedly raided after unexplained portal probes and data theft Australians checking their pensions are melting down call centres and websites Australian retirement fund operators are scrambling after reports emerged of unauthorized access to customer accounts leading to theft of cash.… #theregister #IT
Retirement funds reportedly raided after cyberattacks
: Australians checking their pensions are melting down call centers and websites
China’s chip champ Loongson teases trio of new processors for lappies, factories, maybe servers too Probably still behind western rivals, but improved GPU and higher core count can’t hurt Chinese chip designer Loongson, whose products have been promoted by China’s government, has teased two new designs that will make it more of a contender for mobile and industrial applications. It may also hav… #theregister #IT
China’s chip champ Loongson teases trio of new processors
: Probably still behind western rivals, but improved GPU and higher core count can’t hurt
Signalgate: Pentagon watchdog probes Defense Sec Hegseth Classification compliance? Records retention requirements? How quaint A US Department of Defense watchdog has opened an investigation into its own Secretary of Defense, Pete Hegseth, over his use of instant-messaging app Signal to discuss government business.… #theregister #IT
Defense Sec Hegseth in Signalgate Pentagon watchdog probe
: Classification compliance? Records retention requirements? How quaint
Flux off: CISA, annexable allies warn of hot DNS threat Shape shifting technique described as menace to national security The US govt's Cybersecurity Infrastructure Agency, aka CISA, on Thursday urged organizations, internet service providers, and security firms to strengthen defenses against so-called fast flux attacks.… #theregister #IT
CISA, FBI, nations warn of fast flux DNS threat
: Shape shifting technique described as menace to national security
Windows intros 365 Link, a black box that does nothing but connect to Microsoft's cloud And it can be yours for a rather steep $349 Microsoft's Windows 365 Link has reached general availability, although some may question its value.… #theregister #IT
Gone all in on Windows 365? Microsoft has a box for you
: And it can be yours for a rather steep $349
Suspected Chinese spies right now hijacking buggy Ivanti gear – for third time in 3 years Simple denial-of-service blunder turned out to be a remote unauth code exec disaster Suspected Chinese government spies have been exploiting a newly disclosed critical bug in Ivanti VPN appliances since mid-March. This is now at least the third time in three years these snoops have been … #theregister #IT
Suspected Chinese snoops hijacking buggy Ivanti gear — again
: Simple denial-of-service blunder turned out to be remote unauth code exec disaster
Amazon's Project Kuiper satellites now boarding the rocket to relevance Jeff Bezos' other space business finally shows signs of life with launch scheduled for next week The first batch of Amazon's Project Kuiper satellites is due to be lofted into orbit next week.… #theregister #IT
First batch of Project Kuiper satellites ready for launch
: Jeff Bezos' other space business finally shows signs of life with launch scheduled for next week
When disaster strikes, proper preparation prevents poor performance It's going to happen to you one day, so get your ducks in a row As Benjamin Franklin famously said: "An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure," and that's especially true when it comes to disaster recovery.… #theregister #IT
When disaster hits, preparation prevents poor performance
: It's going to happen to you one day, so get your ducks in a row