UK bans game controller exports to Russia in bid to ground drone attacks Moscow likely to respawn elsewhere The British government is banning the export of video game controllers to Russia, claiming these can be repurposed for piloting drones on the frontline in Ukraine.… #theregister #IT

UK bans game controller exports to Russia

: Moscow likely to respawn elsewhere

AI-powered 20 foot robots coming for construction workers' jobs Er, are we sure we want to outsource the welding? Rise of the machines  Construction workers could soon find themselves laboring alongside 20-foot (6 meter) tall AI-powered autonomous robots capable of welding, carpentry, and 3D printing buildings. What could possibly go wrong?… #theregister #IT

AI-powered robots coming for construction workers

Rise of the machines: Er, are we sure we want to outsource the welding?

Signalgate lessons learned: If creating a culture of security is the goal, America is screwed Infosec is a team sport … unless you're in the White House Opinion  Just when it seems they couldn't be that careless, US officials tasked with defending the nation go and do something else that puts American critical infrastructure, national security, and troops' lives in danger.… #theregister #IT

Signalgate: Security culture? America

Opinion: Infosec is a team sport … unless you're in the White House

Build your own antisocial writing rig with DOS and a $2 USB key Reg hack pines for simpler times, then tries to recapture them Sometimes, the size and complexity of modern OSes – even the FOSS ones – is enough to make us miss the days when an entire bootable OS could fit in three files, when configuring a PC for production meant editing two plain-text files, which contained maybe a doz… #theregister #IT

Build your own antisocial writing rig with DOS and a USB key

: Reg hack pines for simpler times, then tries to recapture them

More Ivanti attacks may be on horizon, say experts who are seeing 9x surge in endpoint scans GreyNoise says it is the kind of activity that typically precedes new vulnerability disclosures Ivanti VPN users should stay alert as IP scanning for the vendor's Connect Secure and Pulse Secure systems surged by 800 percent last week, according to threat intel biz GreyNoise.… #theregister #IT

Experts forecast Ivanti VPN attacks as endpoint scans surge

: GreyNoise says it is the kind of activity that typically precedes new vulnerability disclosures

Amid CVE funding fumble, 'we were mushrooms, kept in the dark,' says board member What next for US-bankrolled vulnerability tracker? It's edging closer to a more independent, global future Kent Landfield, a founding member of the Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) program and member of the board, learned through social media that the system he helped create was just hours away from losing… #theregister #IT

CVE board

: What next for US-bankrolled vulnerability tracker? It's edging closer to a more independent, global future

Oh, cool. Microsoft melts bug that froze Server 2025 Remote Desktop sessions Where have we heard this before? Feb security update needs its own fix More than one month after complaints starting flying, Microsoft has fixed a Windows bug that caused some Remote Desktop sessions to freeze.… #theregister #IT

Microsoft fixes Server 2025 Remote Desktop freezing issues

: Where have we heard this before? Feb security update needs its own fix

Hydrotreated vegetable oil is not an emission-free swap for diesel in datacenters Biofuel lowers pollutants, but won't eliminate 'em, and could mean DCs compete for supplies Datacenter operators are being encouraged to adopt hydrotreated vegetable oil (HVO) as a replacement for diesel in generators, however, analysts say the sustainable stand-in is not emission-free and has its own dra… #theregister #IT

HVO not an emission-free swap for diesel in datacenters

: Biofuel lowers pollutants, but won't eliminate 'em, and could mean DCs compete for supplies

MS stops online orders as 'cyber incident' issues worsen One step forward and one step back as earlier hopes of progress dashed by latest update Marks & Spencer has paused online orders for customers via its website and app as the UK retailer continues to wrestle with an ongoing "cyber incident."… #theregister #IT

M&S halts online orders as

: One step forward and one step back as earlier hopes of progress dashed by latest update

Google admits depreciation costs are soaring amid furious bit barn build Still plans to invest $75B in CapEx this year as unable to meet capacity demand Google says the mega capital splurge on datacenters in recent years is putting more strain on its balance sheet due to rising depreciation costs, yet it still plans to splash $75 billion on bit barns in 2025.… #theregister #IT

Google admits depreciation costs soaring amid bit barn build

: Still plans to invest $75B in CapEx this year as unable to meet capacity demand