UK's Isambard-AI super powers up as government goes AI crazy Brace yourselves Britain, PM Keir Starmer's challenged his teams: 'show me how they can use AI' Britain's beefiest supercomputer, Isambard-AI, is set to become fully operational this summer, as the government steps up its strategy to push AI everywhere as a driver for economic recovery.… #theregister #IT
UK
: Brace yourselves Britain, PM Keir Starmer's challenged his teams: 'show me how they can use AI'
US lawmakers fire back a response to Trump's NASA cuts Big expensive Moon rockets = good. Science = yeah, whatever While US President Donald Trump and his former best pal, Elon Musk, were having a very public spat, the US Senate fired back with its response to NASA's proposed budget cuts. Big rockets = good. Science = still bad.… #theregister #IT
US lawmakers fire back a response to Trump
: Big expensive Moon rockets = good. Science = yeah, whatever
Europe's cloud datacenter ambition 'completely crazy' says SAP CEO Christian Klein sees little benefit from trying to compete with the dominant hyperscalers The leader of Europe's most valuable company says there is no point in the continent building datacenters to try to compete with US cloud hyperscalers which have already invested in the region.… #theregister #IT
Europe
: Christian Klein sees little benefit from trying to compete with the dominant hyperscalers
Microsoft cuts the Windows 11 bloat for Xbox handhelds If gamers can have a slimline version of the OS, why not IT admins? Microsoft just demonstrated it can put Windows 11 on a diet if it really wants to, with the announcement of PC gaming handhelds running a slimmed-down version of the operating system under the hood.… #theregister #IT
Microsoft cuts the Windows 11 bloat for Xbox handhelds
: If gamers can have a slimline version of the OS, why not IT admins?
Floppy disks and paper strips lurk behind US air traffic control Not to worry nervous flyers, FAA vows to banish archaic systems... in a few years The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has confirmed that the US air traffic control system still runs on somewhat antiquated bits of technology, including floppy disks and paper strips.… #theregister #IT
US air traffic control uses floppy disks for backup
: Not to worry nervous flyers, FAA vows to banish archaic systems... in a few years
Alphawave Semi swallowed in Qualcomm's $2.4B connectivity conquest Another Brit tech biz to be Yanked from London Stock Exchange Qualcomm has bid $2.4 billion to buy London Stock Exchange-listed connectivity specialist Alphawave Semi. If approved it will see yet another British tech business put under the control of an overseas owner.… #theregister #IT
Qualcomm confirms buyout offer for LSE-listed Alphawave
: Another tech biz to be Yanked from London Stock Exchange
Blocking stolen phones from the cloud can be done, should be done, won't be done Big tech can't be bothered to fight crime. It can barely be bothered even to say so OpinionΒ  A lot of our tech world is nightmarish, but sometimes this is literally true.… #theregister #IT
Blocking stolen phones from the cloud can but won
Opinion: Big tech can't be bothered to fight crime. It can barely be bothered even to say so
Chinese spy crew appears to be preparing for conflict by backdooring 75+ critical orgs SentinelOne discovered the campaign when they tried to hit the security vendor's own servers An IT services company, a European media group, and a South Asian government entity are among the more than 75 companies where China-linked groups have planted malware to access strategic networks sh… #theregister #IT
75+ global orgs hit by suspected Chinese spy crew
: SentinelOne discovered the campaign when they tried to hit the security vendor's own servers
Seagate still HAMRing away at the 100 TB disk drive decades later The journey to mass production has been extraordinarily difficult – will it be worth it? FeatureΒ  Seagate says it has a clear way forward to 100 TB disk drives using 10 TB per platter technology, but HAMR tech is nearly 25 years old and full mass production is still not underway. What has been taking so long?… #theregister #IT
The 100 TB disk drive is a long time coming
Feature: The journey to mass production has been extraordinarily difficult – will it be worth it?
BT won't budge over pay hike for manager grade employees Prospect union threatens to up campaign, raise dispute with CEO Emotions are running high at BT over the Brit telco's refusal to "improve their derisory and insulting" pay offer to manager grade staff, according to John Ferrett, national secretary at union Prospect.… #theregister #IT
BT won
: Prospect union threatens to up campaign, raise dispute with CEO