China reportedly admitted directing cyberattacks on US infrastructure PLUS: India's new electronics subsidies; Philippines unplugs a mobile carrier; Alibaba Cloud expands Asia In Brief  Chinese officials admitted to directing cyberattacks on US infrastructure at a meeting with their American counterparts, according to The Wall Street Journal.… #theregister #IT
China reportedly admitted cyberattacks on US infrastructure
Asia In Brief: PLUS: India's new electronics subsidies; Philippines unplugs a mobile carrier; Alibaba Cloud expands
Tech tariff turmoil continues as Trump admin exempts some electronics, then promises to bring taxes back Beijing tries to find an off-ramp but also fights back with export bans World War Fee  The Trump administration’s strategy for the use of tariffs to bring tech manufacturing to American shores became ever harder to divine over the weekend after it announced tariff exemptions for some goods, d… #theregister #IT
Tariff turmoil continues as Trump admin exempts some goods
World War Fee: Beijing tries to find an off-ramp but also fights back with export bans
Hacktivism is back – but don't be fooled, it's often state-backed goons in masks Military units, government nerds appear to join the fray, with physical infra in sights Feature  From triggering a water tank overflow in Texas to shutting down Russian state news services on Vladimir Putin's birthday, self-styled hacktivists have been making headlines.… #theregister #IT
Are they really hacktivists or state-backed goons in masks?
Feature: Military units, government nerds appear to join the fray, with physical infra in sights
Pidgin is back, so let's talk about why a local chat client matters Multi-protocol chat client is approaching version 3 In the 2020s you might be forgiven for having forgotten that such a thing as a native chat client exists, but a handful still do and they're still useful. One of these is Pidgin, the artist formerly known as GAIM.… #theregister #IT
Remember Pidgin, formerly GAIM? It
: Multi-protocol chat client is approaching version 3
AI is making hyperscalers' sustainability pledges look more and more like a Hail Mary Carbon capture, SMRs, fusion power - tech titans' climate strategies are packed with moon shots Comment  AI's appetite for power is exploding. Hyperscalers have only just begun to adopt Nvidia's 120 kW-per-rack systems, and the GPU giant is already charting a course toward 600 kW designs.… #theregister #IT
Hyperscale sustainability is looking like a Hail Mary
Comment: Carbon capture, SMRs, fusion power - tech titans' climate strategies are packed with moon shots
AI to more than double global datacenter electricity use by 2030, say global policy wonks No worries, just use neural networks to optimize systems powering neural networks Analysis  Global datacenter electricity use is set to more than double by 2030 - slightly surpassing Japan's total consumption - with AI named as the biggest driver.… #theregister #IT
Datacenter energy usage to more than double in next 5 years
Analysis: No worries, just use neural networks to optimize systems powering neural networks
AI can't stop making up software dependencies and sabotaging everything Hallucinated package names fuel 'slopsquatting' The rise of AI-powered code generation tools is reshaping how developers write software - and introducing new risks to the software supply chain in the process.… #theregister #IT
AI code suggestions sabotage software supply chain
: Hallucinated package names fuel 'slopsquatting'
Mapping legend Ordnance Survey releases blocky Britain in Minecraft – again A thing of beauty for map fans and those with kids Have you ever wanted to explore a blocky low-resolution version of the UK? Well, you're in luck, because the Ordnance Survey has created a Minecraft representation of it, claimed to be as realistic as anything ever can be in the game.… #theregister #IT
Ordnance Survey releases blocky Britain in Minecraft
: A thing of beauty for map fans and those with kids
Pentagon celebrates snipping a whole 0.58% from defense budget in IT, DEI cuts $5.1B cancelations pitched as efficiency move, though costly Trump birthday parade mulled The US Department of Defense (DOD) has canceled contracts for "consulting and other non-essential services" in the latest round of cuts conceived by Elon Musk's DOGE unit.… #theregister #IT
US Defense Department cancels $5.1B in contracts
: $5.1B cancellations pitched as efficiency move, though costly Trump birthday parade mulled
China ups tariffs on US goods to 125%, Xi brands trade war a zero-sum game Middle Kingdom retaliates against Donald 'joke' Trump's 'instrument and weapon to bully and coerce' China is upping tariffs on US imports to 125 percent, branding the Trump administration's tax policies a "joke."… #theregister #IT https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2025/04/11/xi_says_no_one_wins/